ABE: A Short Horror Film

In keeping with my last post, I again am attaching a short film that I found online. This specific film is a scary short about a serial killing robot. There is some very interesting hidden messages in the film, including the issue with robotics and really showing the difference and the horror of what can happen when a robot tries to "fix" human beings into making them love him.

There is something that makes this robot terrifying yet at the same time by the end of the short I feel sort of bad for him in a creepy way. The maker of this film did a great job of managing to have a CGI robot appear so real, and also to have the viewer care about him in such a short film.

I also really liked the cinematography in this short, some of the reflective shots off the blades are really interesting. Also the english accent of ABE is perfectly chosen, and somehow is eyes make him seem lifelike.

I thought the premise of this short was really interesting. What happens when you teach a robot the meaning of love? The terrifying part is that his programming is flawed, causing him to not understand what to do when his love is not reciprocated. Making the logical confusion, he thinks the people must be broken. So he tries to "fix" them into loving him.

The animation of ABE along with the dialogue used really brings this robot to life and makes you forget that he isn't real, and despite what he is about to do we can't help but feel bad for this robot as he desperately tries to find a way to make people love him.