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It's a premise that's been done to death—paranoia in the home, the TV as dread machine—and Lee doesn't really subvert it, which means it lands as competent but forgettable, the kind of short that plays safe when it should be breaking the fourth wall or something.

A disciplined exercise in domestic tension that understands the grammar of slow-burn horror; the restraint is admirable, though one wonders if the formal control occasionally outpaces the emotional payload.

That moment when the camera lingers just slightly too long on the reflection before cutting to black—Lee trusts the audience to complete the terror themselves, and that single decision of what *not* to show turns a familiar setup into something that actually unsettles.

Reviews

After turning on her television, a young woman fears she may not be home alone. FEED, Director: WILL LEE, Writer: WILL LEE, Producer: IAN HEDMAN, Cinematographer: TRAVIS TOROK, Editor: WILL LEE Composer: MARC D.