Advantage Satan - Just Not Cricket

I was first subjected to this experience last year when it played late night on SBS. This being before I began my recent horror binge, I was relatively inexperienced/a bit soft and literally could not finish it. It shook me to my core. When I found the short film online (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RbKwDItEgc) and managed to sit through the entire ordeal, I was remarkably impressed by its pitch black humour and stunningly well-matched use of the audio in tandem with some delicious camera work.

*Slurp*

The script from Rob Beamish is somewhat high concept, but it's fleshed out perfectly by the cast and remaining crew. When a young couple (Shelly Lauman & Mark Winter) are heading back from a party, they decide to have a quick, slightly pissed frolic on the local tennis courts. Abruptly, the lights flare up and the PA system blasts to life with some creepy shit. They're locked in. They try to escape. It gets intense.

I really enjoyed this. Director Sean Byrne (who wrote/directed The Loved Ones) has an eye for horror, and the tension ratcheted up here is exceptional. Our leading couple are also very solid - there's not much required from them in the short space of time but they can do loving canoodling and brain-numbingly scared with the best of them. But it's that damn soundscape that steals the show. A few songs by Wolf Eyes make up the demonic yowlings from the PA and they eat away at the viewer's resolve perfectly. All in all, Advantage Satan doesn't require much effort to watch, and it's terrifically worth the 10 or so minutes of your life that it devoures - 5 out of 6 cool, cool beverages.