Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend
A four-minute independent horror short turns a pregnancy announcement into an unnerving relationship confrontation.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- uneasy
- intimate
- disturbing
- late night horror viewing
- short film showcase
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Belle's pregnancy announcement to her boyfriend forms the short's central emotional and unsettling event.
The four-minute runtime makes the relationship disclosure and its consequences unusually concentrated.
The Glass Eye Pix production uses two credited principal performers and a tightly focused premise.
Films like Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend, and why
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
shared compact horror storytelling, sudden domestic anxiety, and bleak tension
Lights Out
shared short-form psychological horror, intimate relationship conflict, and disturbing revelation
The Babadook
shared independent horror atmosphere, abrupt danger, and compressed narrative structure
Movie Details
- Director
- Graham Reznick
- Release Date
- 2011-05-11
- Runtime
- 4 min
- Rating
- 5.0 / 10 (1)
Cast
- Danielle Harris
- Sean Reid
Common questions
- What is Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend about?
- A four-minute independent horror short turns a pregnancy announcement into an unnerving relationship confrontation.
- What is Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend as mild.
- Which films are like Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend?
- Films with a similar feel include The Strange Thing About the Johnsons, Lights Out, and The Babadook.
- How long is Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend?
- Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend runs 4 minutes.
