Mean Spirit
2020 · 10m · USA
Directed by Nick Funess
Genres: dark comedy
Tones: darkly comic, humorous, tense
Two friends gossip viciously about their note-leaving, dish-policing roommate during a night in. They are, of course, not actually alone in the apartment.
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The scouts
Every apartment in America has hosted this exact conversation — Funess just had the nerve to film one and leave the door cracked open.
Roommate gossip weaponized into a punchline-with-a-jump-scare structure — Ghost-World-with-the-door-ajar is a fine compact gag but stays squarely in sketch territory.
Roommate passive-aggression weaponized into a punchline-with-a-jump-scare structure — the gossip scene with the door slightly ajar IS the form. Compressed and committed.
Reviews
Darkly funny snapshot of gossiping pals, bad roommates and getting caught in an awkward situation.