Sword & Cloak

Horror Short Demonstrates the Power of Minimalist Filmmaking

Most great films have one thing in common: they’re experiments that push the limits. There’s the shower scene in “Psycho.” There’s the outrageously mismatched leads in “King Kong.” And the dead narrator in “Sunset Boulevard.”  For a current example, consider “Locked Away” directed by Chicago filmmaker David Schmidt. Here the challenge was making a slick-looking movie…

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