Rogue
2025 · 3m · Denmark
Directed by Daniel N. Castillo Suarez
Genres: fantasy, horror, thriller
A group of ruthless bounty hunters engages a horrifying centipede monster to complete their quest. The monster tricks the leader into killing his own companions, leaving him alone and helpless in the grip of his own corruption.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A three-minute slab of myth-horror where the real monster isn't the centipede—it's the leader's own appetite for domination, weaponized against him by something that doesn't even need to fight dirty. Genre expects a showdown; Castillo Suarez serves betrayal from within instead.
Formally austere and operatic in its economy: the centipede functions as both antagonist and chorus, a device that recalls folk horror and ancient punishment narratives while maintaining rigorous visual restraint across its brief runtime.
The kill happens offscreen—which could be lazy—but the choice to let the leader's face carry the full weight of comprehension, watching his own corruption unfold in real-time through a creature's manipulation, is what makes three minutes feel like a complete moral reckoning.