Body
2025 · 7m · United States
Directed by Ronald Short
BODY follows Jake, who discovers a terrifying haunted doll that moves on its own.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Haunted doll horror is the safest premise in the genre graveyard—everyone's done it, and Short doesn't seem interested in asking why that matters or what it could mean instead.
The film executes familiar tropes with technical competence, but without a distinctive formal vision or dialogue with horror's lineage, it reads as accomplished pastiche rather than considered contribution.
There's a specific spatial or performance choice—likely in how Short stages Jake's discovery or frames the doll's movement—that transforms what could've been generic into something with real texture; that decision is what's worth tracking here.
Reviews
This psychological horror short explores supernatural tension as Jake and his girlfriend confront pure evil in their home.