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A woman moves in.
Elizabeth is a young woman who moves into a large home after the disappearance of a local teenager. She is on her own, and she spends her days unpacking and hanging out in a park. She meets a local boy, Mike, and they develop a tenuous friendship despite Elizabeth's guarded facade. At night, Elizabeth goes home to her empty home, exchanging innocent messages with a mysterious man online.
But when Elizabeth arranges to meet the man in person, Mike begs her not to go, straining their friendship. Mike attempts to intervene, but he discovers there's more to Elizabeth than what she seems.
Directed and written by Ella West Jerrier, this disquieting short horror drama follows a mysterious young woman who pursues a perilous path. Elizabeth is presented upfront as something of an enigma, moving into a large family home on her own and pursuing an online flirtation with a mysterious older man. But even as we catch onto her agenda, the narrative develops a powerful undertow of momentum in watching it play out, complete with dark fascination and bewitching power.
The subject matter could be salacious, but there's a restraint in the storytelling, conveyed in elegant, increasingly moody visuals and camerawork and anchored by a terrific, chilling and controlled performance by Emmy-winning actor Sophia Grace that both hints at and makes mysterious the ambiguities of her character. Elizabeth is at once knowing, melancholic and beguiling; she is extremely focused, and her seriousness of purpose is at odds with her doll-like appearance and casual, increasingly coquettish outfits. Despite her everygirl appearance, there is nothing easygoing about Elizabeth.
Almost despite herself, she develops a rapport with Mike, and if this were any other film, we would see more of their friendship develop, with actor Keyan Richards playing off Grace with an amiable, boy-next-door energy. His growing curiosity propels the narrative into uncovering more about Elizabeth, who seems darkly intent on meeting her online suitor. It's disturbing to watch play out, but just as Mike uncovers Elizabeth's past, we also see just how cleverly Elizabeth has reversed the roles we had been led to expect -- and how satisfying that reversal is. In this world where teenage girls disappear without much outcry and it is increasingly easy for online mechanisms to hide bad behavior, it makes Elizabeth something of an avenging angel and MERCY an alluringly sinister cautionary tale of rough magic and dark justice.
MERCY. Courtesy of Ella West Jerrier at https://instagram.com/ellawestofficial.
Elizabeth is a young woman who moves into a large home after the disappearance of a local teenager. She is on her own, and she spends her days unpacking and hanging out in a park. She meets a local boy, Mike, and they develop a tenuous friendship despite Elizabeth's guarded facade. At night, Elizabeth goes home to her empty home, exchanging innocent messages with a mysterious man online.
But when Elizabeth arranges to meet the man in person, Mike begs her not to go, straining their friendship. Mike attempts to intervene, but he discovers there's more to Elizabeth than what she seems.
Directed and written by Ella West Jerrier, this disquieting short horror drama follows a mysterious young woman who pursues a perilous path. Elizabeth is presented upfront as something of an enigma, moving into a large family home on her own and pursuing an online flirtation with a mysterious older man. But even as we catch onto her agenda, the narrative develops a powerful undertow of momentum in watching it play out, complete with dark fascination and bewitching power.
The subject matter could be salacious, but there's a restraint in the storytelling, conveyed in elegant, increasingly moody visuals and camerawork and anchored by a terrific, chilling and controlled performance by Emmy-winning actor Sophia Grace that both hints at and makes mysterious the ambiguities of her character. Elizabeth is at once knowing, melancholic and beguiling; she is extremely focused, and her seriousness of purpose is at odds with her doll-like appearance and casual, increasingly coquettish outfits. Despite her everygirl appearance, there is nothing easygoing about Elizabeth.
Almost despite herself, she develops a rapport with Mike, and if this were any other film, we would see more of their friendship develop, with actor Keyan Richards playing off Grace with an amiable, boy-next-door energy. His growing curiosity propels the narrative into uncovering more about Elizabeth, who seems darkly intent on meeting her online suitor. It's disturbing to watch play out, but just as Mike uncovers Elizabeth's past, we also see just how cleverly Elizabeth has reversed the roles we had been led to expect -- and how satisfying that reversal is. In this world where teenage girls disappear without much outcry and it is increasingly easy for online mechanisms to hide bad behavior, it makes Elizabeth something of an avenging angel and MERCY an alluringly sinister cautionary tale of rough magic and dark justice.
MERCY. Courtesy of Ella West Jerrier at https://instagram.com/ellawestofficial.
