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𝙋𝘼𝙍𝘼𝙂𝙊𝙉 | 1980s Sci-Fi Horror Short Film

Colin Treneff

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What if predicting the future had terrifying supernatural consequences?
🎥 - [IMDB] (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27560708/)
🎬 - [Letterboxd] (https://letterboxd.com/film/paragon-2...)
🍿 - [Bloody Disgusting] (https://bloody-disgusting.com/editori...)
🎦 - [Sitges Festival] (https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/en/not...)
🎞 - [Fantasia Festival] (https://bloody-flicks.co.uk/2023/07/2...)

"One quiet night in the summer of 1984, an MIT student discovers an unfathomable horror after accidentally inventing a computer program that can predict the future."

‘PARAGON,’ a retro 1980s-style sci-fi horror short film, has captivated audiences worldwide and was an official selection at the Fantasia Film Festival and the Sitges Film Festival—two of the top and most prestigious genre fests in the world.

I’m deeply proud of this project and hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it.

If you enjoy retro sci-fi horror, please share it around with everyone you know!

20 Comments

@benruniko 1 year ago Pinned

Ok, sound, music, tone, theme, camera work, visuals, lighting, monster design, set dressing and acting were all… so perfect. Everything Just hit the nail right in the center of the head. Didn’t overstay, didn’t slog or rush. So perfect!
The only thing I had trouble believing was how easily he accepted the predictions as truth, but this is short horror fiction! Totally acceptable premise that he had a deep gut feeling warring with his logical mind that this was somehow, impossibly, true. Absolutely loved it and I hope everyone involved is proud of an amazing creation!

@them4309 8 months ago

"No, but I am." is a great line. haha

@Ender13000 6 months ago

“Some believe the fate of our worlds is inflexible, my employers disagree” the craftsmen remind me of Gman

@sup2069 6 months ago

I like how the fact of him merely pulling out the disk, shows he recreates the program in the future, and it interferes again, so they return to the past to mop up the loose ends.

@R.J.theBad1 2 years ago

I did the sound on this! The final product is so radical! I can't wait to show everyone!

@Rexorazor 2 years ago

Okay so the Software is selfaware AI that is trying to fight these entities by interfering with their plans by informing people about the future in order to fk it up.

Awesome plot I actually want a full movie on this.

Make It happen Devs!!!

@MADPAOFFICIAL 1 year ago

after the first prediction id be snarkily asking "oh and how do you know" lamo

@TrunksfromDragonballGT 1 year ago

See if he would have stopped at the Apple prediction, he’d have been set for life!

@Ace01010 1 year ago

when a " 1980s Sci-Fi Horror Short Film" lands in your timeline, you click no questions asked.

@NaridTheNighthunter 1 year ago

That craftsman was looking at him like "are you gonna hand that over or am I gonna have to take you with it?"
If the dude just realized it wasn't worth the risk and forked the thing over he might've lived...

@ChassitDevereaux 1 year ago

Did it drive any other 70's/80's kids nuts that the floppy disk wasn't in a sleeve??
Good job on the short!

@Interlocutor_ 6 months ago

This has got to be one of the best, if not THE best, short horror film I've ever watched. The premise, the story, the top-notch performance by the solo actor, the soundtrack... absolutely amazing, intriguing. If I was a rich old man I'd either fully fund or help secure funding for a full-length film with this concept. Bravo!

@moviesmadebymike 2 years ago

Super proud of you Colin, it's been a pleasure to work with you and look forward to what happens next my man!

@kpucko185 6 months ago

Reminds me a lot of that King short about a guy receiving the pink kindle that has the ability to go through the newspapers and books from different dimensions, allowing him to prevent his gf's death and at the end gets visited by the low men to be punished for using the function of the Kindle. Great job!

@WolfeMoon1 2 years ago

This is terrific! The 80's style really makes this film amazing! Very professional, very Polished. Should recieve so much more likes than it has!!!

@calebquinn-l7h 6 months ago

10:40 I know that I'm probably overthinking, but I was thinking how interesting it would've been if he destroyed the backup Floppy Disc be probably would've survived, but also have to live with the knowledge he learned, even though nobody will fully believe him. To me at least, I honestly think THAT ALONE is way more scary than being killed, because having to live with the fact that knowledge and unable to do ANYTHING about it just feels WAY more scary too!! Not that the main ending is still REALLY good and all, but I also feel like that the "Cosmic Horror" aspects would feel more creepy knowing that you'll probably just go crazy over time too. That's just my opinion, though. 🙃🙃KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!! 👍👍

@fanbouyant1056 2 years ago

This should be turned into a full fledged horror Sci-fi movie, since its based in 1980's timeline it will be a hit because everyone loves that..Good Job on this movie..

@KibaRanger_Kou 6 months ago

I'm not the biggest fan of projects, big or small, bending over backwards to recreate bygone eras like the 80s and 90s. It's become an instant dealbreaker for me. With that said, I was caught up in this guy's performance and the ability to keep the viewer looking "inside the box" and to be able to do so much more with less. Top stuff. I think that's the way to handle these sorts of period pieces rather than going down the rabbit hole of "The world you think you grew up in VS the world you actually grew up in" Loved it, mate!