In one of 2012's best horror flicks, boy is mourning the loss of his canine friend when he finds an ensorcelled hat and scarf under his bed. Innocently, he builds a snowman, only to find that at night the hat and scarf bring it to terrifying life. The bizarre snow demon and its dog- homonculus kidnap the boy, subjecting him to all sorts of terrors; in one of the more frightening moments, he sees other snow-demons flying through the air all around them as his own tormentor drags him into a run down a steep hill, seemingly about to crush him against a fence and at the last moment pulls him into a flight among the other creatures, which laugh and cavort at the boy's terror. Truly frightening, and reminds one of the wendigo of Algonquian myth which would drag people to their death, forcing them to run the whole time to survive.
The demon then steals a plane from some unsuspecting aviator (why? When it can fly? I can only assume to sow the seeds of more disappointment, as planes are very expensive). The boy is dragged to some far off place where the demons have built a mockery of human society, dancing in outfits clearly meant to parody various social positions. Toward the end of the film, they make the boy race for his life against an evil bird while they dash themselves to pieces on the rocks nearby, careless of their own bodies which are, after all, merely snow shells for the horrifying spirits within.
Valiantly, the boy wins, and they are forced to return him home. Seemingly with the coming of the sun the demons lose their powers, and he'll be free, but at the last moment they use their magic to create an amulet which turns the dog-homonculus into a creepy facsimile of the boy's own sadly-departed pet, directly mocking the child's pain. The creature then goes to live with him, watching him sleep, the child's mother knowing nothing and welcoming the new "pet" into the family.
Truly, truly scary, in ways almost no short film can aspire to be. Ten out of ten, I recommend to all horror fans.
The demon then steals a plane from some unsuspecting aviator (why? When it can fly? I can only assume to sow the seeds of more disappointment, as planes are very expensive). The boy is dragged to some far off place where the demons have built a mockery of human society, dancing in outfits clearly meant to parody various social positions. Toward the end of the film, they make the boy race for his life against an evil bird while they dash themselves to pieces on the rocks nearby, careless of their own bodies which are, after all, merely snow shells for the horrifying spirits within.
Valiantly, the boy wins, and they are forced to return him home. Seemingly with the coming of the sun the demons lose their powers, and he'll be free, but at the last moment they use their magic to create an amulet which turns the dog-homonculus into a creepy facsimile of the boy's own sadly-departed pet, directly mocking the child's pain. The creature then goes to live with him, watching him sleep, the child's mother knowing nothing and welcoming the new "pet" into the family.
Truly, truly scary, in ways almost no short film can aspire to be. Ten out of ten, I recommend to all horror fans.