Scotty’s Horror Short Showcase: ‘Momo’

Written by Scott Edwards 

Sometimes it is interesting to find out what goes bump in the night, but overall, we really should not want to know. With so many legends being brought into the light, thanks to the internet, it is becoming more difficult to know which ones are really true, and which ones are made up by an active imagination. It is a strange thought that something can be brought to life if enough people believe in its existence, but it does make you wonder if our collective minds can accomplish something that powerful. That’s the kind of late-night thought that will you keep you awake in the dark, when you do/don’t want to see what is lurking in the shadows.
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Getting ready to go to sleep, Lola looks over at her partner Donnie to see that he is already out for the night. Walking into the bathroom to wash off her face, Lola thinks she sees something out to the side of her eye and is forced to take a closer look. Seeing straight on, a female figure standing in her shower, Lola pulls back to the shower curtain, but the figure ceases to be there, yet when she pulls it shut, the figure is easily seen. This goes on for several pulls and retractions and while there is no one in the shower, Lola thinks that she must be seeing things and tries to head off to bed.

Before she is able to shut the bedroom door however, Lola hears a humming coming from the living room and is forced to check it out. Seeing the back of the same woman she saw in the shower, this time the figure is one hundred percent real. Hiding around the corner, Lola sees the face of a demon in her home and is able to wake up Donnie to take a look. As the home has cameras all around it, Donnie checks the feed on his phone to show Lola that there is no one there. Being sure that his partner is having a bad dream, Donnie heads into the kitchen only to find that the demon is there waiting for him.  Watching her partner’s death on the phone, Lola must find a way to escape the demon before it is too late.

This is a cool little look at the myth of Momo that has been going around the internet for a while now. While I don’t know the entire story behind this demon, I do remember the face showing up on my timeline along with a blurb, that it was just a story and parents should tell their kids that it is not real and that they can sleep soundly in their beds. Well, according to this horror short, Momo is most certainly real and ready for her next victim, probably one that does not believe in her, since it will be easier to take over a non-believer than someone that knows what is up. With a strange disappearing woman in the shower, some ghostly humming, some very large eyes, a creepy face, a death in the kitchen and a possible escape from the nightmare taking place, this is a pretty good horror short that will make you want to question what goes bump in the night, at least until you find out first hand. Stay Scared.

See ‘Momo’ on Amazon Prime Video.

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