WFG RATING: A

Written, edited, and directed by Luigi Scarpa. Produced by Alessandro Pisani. Cinematography by Umberto Ottaviani.

Stars Corrado Bega and Ilaria Monfardini.

This haunting short film from Italian filmmaker Luigi Scarpa is quite fascinating as it deals with the horrors that will plague our protagonist. 

Awakening in an abandoned area, an old man wakes up and as he begins to walk down the hallway of this crypt, he begins to slowly experience visions. Visions that become more terrifying as he walks down further. Where and why are these visions occurring? Are they a vague memory of his past? Has his actions become karmic? What will be the fate of this man?

Writer/director Luigi Scarpa has come up with an interesting concept for his latest short film. It is a well-rounded meshing of religion, karma, and supernatural terror in the form of a man waking up in a crypt of sorts that is completely claustrophobic. We see the man in black, played by a very convincing Corrado Bega, disheveled and frightened. We see him walking down this corridor and this is where the terror slowly begins.

The cinematography by Umberto Ottoviani adds emotional depth to the terror, as the camera slowly pans towards a series of haunting images that add fuel to the fear of the man in black. With a runtime of 11 minutes, the final few moments are quite jaw-dropping with the revelations of why the man in black is there. 

Ivi Elv is haunting from beginning to end, with an excellent performance from lead Corrado Bega as we see him face his own fears and then some. A winner for Luigi Scarpa.