Tuck Me In (2014 film)
| Tuck me in (2014 Film) | |
|---|---|
| Tuck Me In (2014) | |
| Directed by | Ignacio F. Rodó |
| Produced by | Ignacio F. Rodó |
| Written by | Juan J. Ruiz |
| Based on | justAnotherMuffledVo |
| Music by | Marcos Fernández |
| Cinematography | Patri San Martin |
| Edited by | Josep M. Gifreu & Laia R. San Juan |
Production company | VOSE |
Release date | 3 June 2014 (Spain) |
Running time | 1 min |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | English |
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The film is a 2014 Spain one-minute horror film based on a 2013 two-sentence horror story on Reddit written by a platform user "just Another Muffled Vo". The film is directed and produced by Ignacio F. Rodó and was written by Juan J. Ruiz. The film tells the story of Alex and his father, who asks his father to tuck him in and check under the bed, something creepy happens, Dad sees another Alex under the bed. The film including cast list play time is a mere one minute long, the strange background music and black screen-time left unlimited horror imagination space to the audience, many details in the film need the audience to consider constantly. It was released in Spain on June 3, 2014, the short film attracted worldwide attention since it released, especially the favors of film festivals, it received nominations and rewards from international film festivals. The short film won the award at the best one-minute Film of 2014 in FILMINUTE international one-minute film festival, and it earns a high reputation in Spain as well, which won the award of 2014 Best 90 seconds film in Almería International Short Film Festival. And it received many reviews, with critics praising the horror atmosphere, convey tone and pithy of narrative. And the monster under the bed became a common horror feature in the later horror films, the similar theme of the short horror film has the film "Bedtime" and "I hear it too".
Plot[edit]
As night falls, a little boy is snuggled under the blankets ready to sleep. His father goes through their nighttime ritual, tucking him into bed and kisses Alex' forehead. “You forgot to look under the bed,” the smiling boy tells his dad. And that’s when things take a turn for the creepy. This time the joke from child paranoid about monster under the bed comes true, Dad sees another Alex under the bed who told him someone occupies his bed. The story ended with Dad gets up and stares the Alex on the bed.
Original story[edit]
About a year before the film launched, a user took to the AskReddit forum making a simple request: they wanted to hear the best horror stories users could come up with in just two sentences. The top submission - which has 6,038 up-votes - was written by Juan J Ruiz (username justAnotherMuffledVo), and the film "Tuck me in" was based on this two sentence horror story from Reddit user - just Another Muffled Vo, another short horror film "Bedtime" use this two sentence horror story as the original inspiration as well, its entirety below:
"I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, “Daddy check for monsters under my bed.” I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, “Daddy there’s somebody on my bed.”
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Cast[edit]
| Stars | Character |
|---|---|
| Luka Schardan | Alex |
| Mark Schardan | Father |
*Mark Schardan is an actor who known for Las pequeñas cosas(2016), Megan Leavey (2017) and Lost in the West (2016). And Luka Schardan is his son both in the film and reality.
| Cast | |
|---|---|
| Director of photograph | Frederic Comí |
| Sound | Maijo García |
| Sound Mix | Stereo |
| Gaffer | Mireia Gimeno |
| Electrician | Jordi Balcells |
| Production assistant | Ander Muntadas |
| Graphic design | Laia R. San Juan |
Reception[edit]
| Award | Year | Category | Recipes and Nominees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almería International Short Film Festival | 2014 | Best Film | Winner
Best 90 Seconds Award - National Competition |
| Lund International Fantastic Film Festival | 2014 | Best Short Film | Nominee
Jury Prize |
| Molins de Rei Horror Film Festival | 2014 | Best Short Film | Winner
Audience Award |
| South African Horrorfest | 2014 | Best Short Film | Nominee
Horrorfest Award |
| Alcalá de Henares Short Film Festival | 2015 | Best Short Film | Nominee
National Short Film Award |
| FMK International Short Film Festival | 2015 | Best Horror | Winner
Festival Prize |
| Huesca Film Festival | 2015 | Best Short | Nominee
Iberoamerican Competition |
| iHorror Awards 2015 | 2015 | Best Horror Short Film | Nominee
iHorror Award |
| IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival | 2015 | Best Film | Nominee
Competição Internacional |
| Landshut Short Film Festival | 2015 | Deadline Award | Nominee
Deadline Award |
| Rio de Janeiro Curta Cinema | 2015 | International Competition | Nominee
International Competition - Grand Prize |
| Short of the Year | 2015 | Best Short Film | Winner
Special Jury Mention |
| Maremetraggio International Short Film Festival | 2016 | Best Short Film | Nominee
Maremetraggio Competition |
Critical response[edit]
Media review[edit]
David Girvan from Hammer considered "Tuck me in" is concise, creepy filmmaking of the highest calibre. The brief narrative unfolds like a joke, with a 'punchline' that'll stay with you for days."[7]
Tardio from MTV News affirmed "Tuck me in" film was scary enough to say, he commented, "the director made the crappiest story that had mere two sentences come to vivid, the visual film is more than horrid. Moreover, the film is very unfriendly to friends who are afraid of monsters under the bed."[8]
Editor Sarah Barness from the Huffington Post, who commented "Tuck me in" film in the same year of the film release. She was sure that the film was well-produced and said there was every reason why the film had achieved excellent performance at numerous film festivals.[9]
H. Perry Horton from Film School Reject on March 2, 2017, commented on the movie "Tuck me in" creates a great horror atmosphere and convey tone. There is no jump scare in the minute, and it still can scare you through genre and logic. Even though the film is only one minute long, it absolutely will stay in your mind for a very long time. "[10]
The editor Noel Murray from Dissolve on June 19, 2014 commented to the film "Tuck me in". Murray thought the film "Tuck me in" is less terrifying than "Lights Out," He pointed Spanish filmmaker Ignacio F. Rodó's "Tuck Me In" is just as skilled at turning a common situation into something profoundly unsettling. Juan J. Ruiz's story is set at bedtime, as a father (played by Mark Schardan) tucks in his young son (Luka Schardan), and performs the requisite under-the-bed check. To put it in clickbait terms, what happens next… may surprise you.
At only one minute long, Murray believed "Tuck Me In" is more a scene than a film—and really may be more of an image than a scene. However, Murray gave Rodó credit for knowing what's frightening here: not a jump-scare or a special effect, but the look on a child's face as he suggests that something's not quite right. Never mind the supernatural implications of what the dad finds when he looks under the bed in "Tuck Me In." What's troublesome for parents is that the child's too young to explain or even really describe what's happening in his room. However, it's his father's problem now.[11]
The reviewer Kat Hughes made the review on Dec 12, 2016. Hughes thought the short film "Tuck me in" is definitely short, clocking in at barely one minute. Yet the editor emphasized it is just a starting point for the feature, it does not explain a thing, that means it would be a long distance to make it a full-length film which could be thousand different directions. [12]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Barness, S. "his 1-Minute Film Will Chill You To The Bone With Terror". Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "FILMINUTE 2014 WINNERS". www.filminute.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "Tuck Me In - IMDbPro". pro.imdb.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "reddit: the front page of the internet". reddit. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ↑ "This Short Horror Film Will Creep You Out In 60 Seconds". CINEMABLEND. 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ↑ "festivals and awards - Ignacio Rodó tells stories". cargocollective.com. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- ↑ "Hammer Halloween film competition – The Finalists". Hammer Films. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- ↑ Staff, MTV News. "This Mini Horror Film Will Terrify You In 60 Seconds Flat". MTV News. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- ↑ Barness, Sarah (2014-10-11). "This 1-Minute Film Will Chill You To The Bone With Terror". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- ↑ "'Tuck Me In' Packs the Punch of a Horror Feature in Just One Minute". Film School Rejects. 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- ↑ "Short Cuts: "Tuck Me In," a one minute creep-out, set at bedtime". The Dissolve. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
- ↑ Hughes, Kat. "What should follow 'Lights Out'?: The scary shorts that should be features | THN". Retrieved 2019-06-03.
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