Horror Short Showcase: ‘The Passing’

Written by Scott Edwards

Since we sometimes suffer great losses in our lives, we use the pain that comes from that as motivation to get a little more closure when it comes to certain situations. While sometimes it never comes in the form that we would like to see it, it has to be enough for us to move on. As some of us will never find it, some people look to others that are willing to help provide it by talking to entities from the great beyond. While I do believe that there are spirits staying around us, I have problems with people trying to profit off of us while falsely claiming that they can speak to them. But you need to do what you feel is right to find the sense of closure that you need to move on, so to each their own.
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Getting a call about a disturbance at the Wilhelm house, detectives Williams and Rogers arrive to find the front door open. Calling for anyone, they are shocked to see a young woman arise from the shadows who is crying about her child. While Williams stays outside to try and find out what happened in the house, Rogers heads in to find that the house is full of strange relics to help summon the dead. With flashlight in hand, he continues to search the house only to find the dead body of a Medium who might have been involved with the disappearance of the little girl.

While staying outside with the grieving mother, Williams listens to the story that the woman has to tell. Trying to see her daughter once again, the woman went to the Medium to make it happen. Promising to be a better mother than she was, her daughter arrives out of sight only to say that she does not want her mother to see her again. While the mother gets heated towards the Medium, she tries everything in her power to see her child once again and forces the spirits to take over. Being blown back as the story is being told, Williams and Rogers have no idea who or what has been released in the house, but when the little girl is spotted, she has a message for them that they did not expect.

This is a very cool film that is filled with more creepiness than I expected overall. Seeing the innards of the house was just eye opening, as there are all kinds of things around that would indicate more than one person has lost their life there. I liked the flashback sequence where we got to see the young mother beg and plead to see her daughter once again, along with the repercussions of what the daughter wants. The lack of knowing who or what is in the house is the most disconcerting part about the story, as the mother has a secret of her own and while I am not sure if she is really the devil, she wants the soul of her daughter right now. With darkness, a missing little girl, a battle for the innocent spirit, a dead body, a séance gone terribly wrong, and two detectives caught in the middle, this is really a creepy take on what can happen if the spirits really don’t want anything to do with you. Stay Scared.
 
Watch the horror short, ‘The Passing’, right here.

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