Pencil Face
2008 · 3m · USA
Directed by Christian Simmons
Genres: experimental, fantasy, horror
A bored girl discovers a giant yellow pencil with a menacing grin that magically brings her drawings to life. She exploits this power until her own greed becomes her downfall.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Daylight horror executed with crayon — the sheer audacity of making something this genuinely disturbing out of a children's art supply deserves a spot in any self-respecting weird film vault.
Bright-daylight horror weaponizing sunny suburbia is the actual formal idea — a giant grinning pencil bringing drawings to life until the child's greed becomes the trap. 3 minutes, tight, memorable; Eraserhead is generous but the impulse is real.
Three minutes from 2008 shot in bright daylight to weaponize suburban cheer against itself — minor classic energy, even if the pitch is more clever than profound. The brevity protects it.
Reviews
A short that is so God damn creepy it will burrow deep into your mammalian brain and lurk there for years.