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Cloven is a Bahraini horror short film that follows an old man (Mubarak Khamis) that picks up a mysterious lady (Reem Erhama) at a secluded bus stop in the middle of the night. It is based in a local folktale about a creature called "Um Homar" that hunts unsuspecting children and people.
Stumbled upon this by mere chance and it was quite a pleasant surprise. With a 6 minute runtime and a fairly simple premise and setting, there's not much to say about it. But director and co-writer Mohammed Fakhro makes the most out of that to present a weirdly effective and chilling short that had me smiling with glee in the end.
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CLOVEN
(2018, Fakhro)
A film from Bahrain
(2018, Fakhro)
A film from Bahrain
"What are you doing out here this late? There's no one around you. It's a scary area, and that stop isn't even in use anymore. You should be more careful."
Cloven is a Bahraini horror short film that follows an old man (Mubarak Khamis) that picks up a mysterious lady (Reem Erhama) at a secluded bus stop in the middle of the night. It is based in a local folktale about a creature called "Um Homar" that hunts unsuspecting children and people.
Stumbled upon this by mere chance and it was quite a pleasant surprise. With a 6 minute runtime and a fairly simple premise and setting, there's not much to say about it. But director and co-writer Mohammed Fakhro makes the most out of that to present a weirdly effective and chilling short that had me smiling with glee in the end.
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