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Satan's Barn | A Horror Short Film about Children and Religion

11-year-olds Louise and Maria make friends at a Christian summer camp. When a new girl arrives, Louise and Maria are asked to take extra care of her, but they soon realize she is different. They conclude she must be possessed by Satan. A selection of Short of the Week, the web's leading curators of quality short films. SUBMIT A FILM: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/submit/ FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2021/0... Subscribe to S/W on YouTube! Website: http://www.shortoftheweek.com Instagram:   / shortoftheweek   Facebook:   / shortoftheweek   Twitter:   / shortoftheweek   Satan's Barn Directed by Thea Hvistendahl https://www.theahvistendahl.com/ "Throughout history, people have blamed the devil for things they don’t understand or can’t accept. Be it a disability, overt sexuality, or simply not conforming to the status quo, Satan has been made the culprit. Unsurprisingly, women have always been intertwined within this wicked narrative because in patriarchal or devout religious thinking, they are to be feared. Having an understanding of this long, complicated history is perhaps what makes Thea Hvistendahl’s short horror Satan’s Barn so enthralling. The Norwegian filmmaker, who was featured on S/W back in November for her edgy coming-of-age short Virgins4lyfe, is back with another stylish exploration of girlhood that’s rich in the occult. Written by Hvistendahl and her writing partner, Sofia Lersol Lund, Satan’s Barn proves that little girls, even 11-year-olds Louise and Maria, can be warped by evil if left unsupervised. Set against the backdrop of an isolated Christian summer camp, the film explores what happens when we’re taught too many things are sinful. When a strange, mute girl suddenly joins camp, Louise and Maria assume that she’s possessed by Satan and they must ward her off. As the two girls escalate each other’s unease, it becomes clear just how dangerous fear can be when left unchecked. Seamlessly blending reality with fantasy, Hvistendahl wows with her prolific visual direction that stylishly flirts with evil. Injecting striking images of fires burning, little girls floating, and flashes of a neon cross, Hvistendahl toys with our perception of events. To Louise and Maria, witnessing the “weird” girl having a seizure or catching two female camp counselors engaging in a sexual act is proof of the devil because they go against the bible’s teachings. Of course, having a mental disability or being homosexual is far from evil, but Hvistendahl wants her audience to get into Louise and Maria’s headspace. So while we see these moments transpire, Hvistendahl incorporates demonic imagery and subtle visual effects (the centipede crawling out of the mute girl’s nose really shook me) to incite our unease until we’re not sure what’s real and what’s not. With truly stunning cinematography, the film was shot on 16mm on the western coast of Norway. While thematically, Satan’s Barn offers a cynical commentary on religion, it also explores what it means, or rather what it takes, to feel accepted. “For me it is really about the need to belong and how essential that is for humans, to the point where we would thrash our morals and thoughts, just to be able to stay inside a group. It's very fascinating how our brains can so easily transform and mess with our minds,” Hvistendahl tells S/W, “In this case, the fear and fantasy trigger each other to a point where the game goes too far.” In more ways than one, Louise and Maria need something to hold their fragile friendship together, for these two girls, their fear of evil is what binds them. “In this film I really wanted to portray how their friendship evolves and grows closer the more sure they get that Satan is there,” explains Hvistendahl." - S/W Curator Chelsea Lupkin Music by Ole Ulvik Rokseth Cinematography by Andreas Johannessen Film Editing by Trude Lirhus Colorist Nicke Cantarelli Production Design by Maria Naomi Disch Set Decoration by Camilla Sofie Hugstmyr, Lars-Martin Vågseter Makeup Artist Christine Varden Production Manager Veronica Natvig Script supervisor Bendik Mondal Prop dresser Camilla Sofie Hugstmyr Sound recordist Helge Bodøgaard Sound effects editor Matias Frøystad Sound designer / sound editor Johan Rasmus Pram Visual Effects supervisor Otto Thorbjørnsen Stunt coordinator Stian Kirsebom Andersen First assistant camera Mads Hoppe Lighting technician Sindre Lien Rildå Gaffer Theresa Winkelmann Casting Luise Nes Costume designer Miriam Lien Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.