THE SKY - AWARD WINNING COSMIC HORROR

Never have I ever watched a horror movie, or short, and had intense goosebumps the entire time. I was terrified the whole time. Amazing. This was truly incredible honestly. Absolutely incredible work on everyone’s part. This may very well be one of my absolutely most favourite shorts I’ve ever seen. And I’m pretty hard to please for horror! :) <3

If cosmic horror is characterized as "the fear and awe we feel when confronted by phenomena beyond our comprehension" then this thing is straight on, cause I have absolutely no clue what the fuck just happened

HOW IT FEELS TO CHEW 5 GUM

I love cosmic horror. Weirdly it doesn't scare me (which I do love about traditional horror), but rather because it fills me with a sense of sublime awe and intrigue with its obscurity. Well done

Still can’t decide if it was just an incredibly bad shroom trip or just the apocalypse lol

You couldn't pick a worse time to take shrooms.

As someone who's taken shrooms and gone for a walk in the woods I can say it's really unsettling when you feel like the trees are trying to lull you to sleep so they can eat you and make you one of them

This short film created such intense feelings in just a few seconds. The idea that two teens accept their inevitable deaths and are waiting for it to come while enjoying the best view is so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. It's been days since I first watched it and I keep thinking about it. Well done.

Okay, so the world is ending and they’ve decided to spend it together. Her estranged mom realizes she wants to spend the last day together and invites her to the Pier, the friend over hears this conversation. When Ellie decides not to go her friend says “the piers too far anyways” and Ellie wigs out because she didn’t know her friend was eavesdropping and instead assumes something more sinister. So, Ellie doesn’t let her friend explain, her friend doesn’t really try to explain, and Ellie runs off to meet her mom before they’re all destroyed

I really love how this plays on the realistic fear of are we spending our last moments who we should be spending them with? Or did we make the wrong choice

“These edibles ain’t shi-“ gets obliterated

No cap that choker is CHOKING ...

A detail I really like is that the sky doesn't start looking weird until after they take the shrooms. So from then on it could all just be a really bad trip or actually happening. Nicely done.

Eating Mushrooms and watching the world end seems like more fun than when I ate mushrooms at a Kanye West concert.

Though I can totally see why some people would call this horror, I personally find it to be far more of an abstract drama than anything directly frightening. It is oppressively sad and hearkens back to emotions that nearly everyone has experienced. The fear of losing a loved one, the fear of betrayal, and the fear that tomorrow many never come are all expressed here tastefully, and it all comes together beautifully.

I see the slowly approaching doom as a metaphor for death. None of us can escape it and our older, loved ones are taken before us. I also see advice to repair a once-important relationship before it's too late.

I don't get why this is horror or why it won an award...

"The sky is raising! The sky is raising!" ~ Licken Chittle

I know they're just actresses...but I feel bad for the girl left behind. Her performance was really convincing.

To get a phone call like that would ruin your mindset for that shroom trip