“Hide Your Crazy” – Can Love Conquer All? – Horror Short Review

“We loved with a love that was more than love.”

~ Edgar Allan Poe

Can love conquer all? “Hide Your Crazy”, from writer/director Austin Kase aims to dissect the complexities and realities of modern day courtship with humor and body horror. Snuggle up with your better half and a shaker of salt to watch this entertaining gem on Alter’s YouTube Channel.

Love is in the air! Submit your own script to the next Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition. Maybe the judges will fall head over heels for it! In fact, this short originally started as a script that won 3rd place in Killer Shorts (Season 2). Austin took the tools and inspiration his win provided, assembled a stellar crew, and made his short film a reality. How’s that for inspiration?

The Plot

A car screeches into the driveway of a suburban home. A woman gets out and rushes to the front door. A shadow darts past the window. Inside.

This is the viewer’s introduction to Iris—a nervous and anxious person who’s behavior makes the viewer anxious as well. As she enters the dark house, a side room with the lights on catches her eye. She creeps toward the light. A sudden movement from behind startles her.

Dan, Iris’s boyfriend of six months, jumps out of a closet as a heart-stopping birthday surprise—a birthday surprise gone awry. He set up a romantic dinner to celebrate Iris’ birthday – candles, flowers, and Cajun-style pork chops, “pink and bloody just the way you like it”. Dan was meticulous in the planning of his big reveal. Little does he know…

Iris has a big reveal of her own.

This couple will face mounting challenges to their happily ever after when Iris can’t hide her ‘crazy’ any longer.  .…To read the entire blog, head to Killer Shorts Reviews.