What would you do if you could see 90 seconds into the future? Is that enough time to buy a lotto ticket? In A.J. Moss’ short, Morbid Sight, like all horror tales, the blessing always turns out to be a curse.
Clare (Corina Carrillo) comes home to a less-than-warm welcome. Her stepmother makes it abundantly clear she’s no longer considered part of the family since the passing of her father and her biological mother. But Clare didn’t come back to make peace with her extended family. Sarah (Jyllian Petrie), her younger cousin, was recently attacked by a strange man, and Sarah trusts no one else to help her. Uncle Dave (Matt Mattson) is there, hovering at the edges, but it’s Clare that Sarah’s been waiting for.
When Clare steps into the room, the relief on Sarah’s face is immediate. What begins as a therapy session quickly turns serious. Sarah isn’t just traumatized. She is convinced the man who attacked her left her with something unimaginable—a curse. The ability to see exactly 90 seconds into the future. At first, she tried to live with it, even leaned into it. But the visions kept coming with no end, and now Sarah is unraveling. But does Clare know what to do next?
“She is convinced the man who attacked her left her with something unimaginable—a curse.”
What Morbid Sight gets absolutely right is the feeling at its core. Given its horror-tinged tone centered on supernatural visions, A.J. Moss’ tale is about what it feels like when no one believes you, not even the people closest to you. It’s all about that desperate need to have someone look you in the eye and say, “I believe you.” Morbid Sight leans into the fear of putting yourself out there and receiving the immediate chill of isolation.
The performances are spot on. Jyllian Petrie and Corina Carrillo carry the film from start to finish. Their scenes are charged with electricity. The push and pull between a woman unraveling and a woman trying to hold it together while falling apart herself. For a 14-minute short, that’s a lot of story to pack in, and director A.J. Moss keeps it tight throughout.
For screening information, visit the Morbid Sight official website.
"…Is that enough time to buy a lotto ticket?"
