“Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole F*cking Face Explodes” – Young Love Is Complicated – Horror Shorts Review

Ice cream is like a hug from the inside.

~ Unknown

Experiencing the first blooms of love can be as sweet as ice cream cones and cotton candy. The short film, “Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole F*cking Face Explodes” directed by Anthony Cousins and co-written with Carlton Mellick III adds a dash of blood to the mix when two outcast teens take a fancy to each other. The film is based on the novel by Mellick, Every Time We Meet at the Dairy Queen, Your Whole F*cking Face Explodes.

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The Plot

The film opens in the most common teenage space in the world…the school bus. A teenage boy has just had ice cream smeared into his brown hair. The boy’s expression is stressed and annoyed until the bus doors open and in walks his crush. The first glimpse of the teenage girl is her blonde shoulder-length hair, a yellow headband peeking through. She swings her head to face the rowdy group with a smile on her face.

And something else.

A series of pink scars crisscross her face like cracked porcelain. There is something delicate about the hopefulness in her cheery disposition as she walks down the bus aisle. Even as each student scoots to the edge of their seats to prevent her from sitting with them, she seems blissfully unaware of their micro cruelty. She finally sits next to the boy and the romance begins.… To read the entire blog, head to Killer Shorts Reviews.