Stake Land: Sister
A solitary churchgoer confronts a grotesque awakening among shrouded bodies in this compact supernatural horror vignette.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- claustrophobic
- dread-filled
- horror short film night
- anthology viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sister is alone inside a church while wrapped bodies begin to move.
The four-minute runtime presents an isolated setup followed by the revelation of multiple twitching bodies.
A body wrapped in cloth twitches before other similarly wrapped bodies are revealed.
The short uses a sparse church setting, a small cast, and a compact supernatural premise.
Films like Stake Land: Sister, and why
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
shares claustrophobic horror, religious imagery, and escalating supernatural dread
The Evil Dead
shares contained setting, corpse-centered horror, and disturbing bodily reanimation
Stake Land
shares bleak post-apocalyptic horror atmosphere and undead menace
Movie Details
- Director
- J.T. Petty
- Release Date
- 2011-05-11
- Runtime
- 4 min
- Rating
- 5.0 / 10 (1)
Cast
- Kelly McGillis
- Robb McCleary
- Jacob Jaffke
- John Wooton
Common questions
- What is Stake Land: Sister about?
- A solitary churchgoer confronts a grotesque awakening among shrouded bodies in this compact supernatural horror vignette.
- What is Stake Land: Sister like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Stake Land: Sister as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Stake Land: Sister violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Stake Land: Sister as mild.
- Which films are like Stake Land: Sister?
- Films with a similar feel include The Autopsy of Jane Doe, The Evil Dead, and Stake Land.
- How long is Stake Land: Sister?
- Stake Land: Sister runs 4 minutes.
