Scotty’s Horror Short Showcase: ‘Mr. Pointy’

Written by Scott Edwards 

With all of the possible hiding places for monsters to stake claim to in our rooms, as children, we never really knew where they would be coming from. Trying to cover all of our bases before falling to sleep, checking under the bed, in the closet, in the dark chair in the corner and other places, our parents were never able to find any monsters, but we knew that they were there. No matter who checked the darkest places in our rooms, they could never check the darkest parts of our imaginations and while that may have been where the monsters really lurked, there was no convincing us that they were not real, much less that they wanted to take us away for some strange reason.

While a young girl lies in her bed, she waits and watches her dad check out the normal places where the monsters would be hiding. With his final check coming from next to her night light, her dad pulls up Mr. Fuzzy who should keep her safe through the night. Urging his daughter to pull up her covers and go to sleep for the night, the father wishes her sweet dreams and heads off to the living room for the evening, but there is something sinister creeping around in the closet that he did not check.

While sleeping, the young girl rolls over and knocks Mr. Fuzzy off of the bed and looking up into the darkness when she awakens, she spots a pair of eyes lurking in her closet. Yelling for her dad to come and protect her, the two fathers take a moment to decide who will be checking on their child. With the first dad being chosen with this task, he enters the room to find his daughter in a cold sweat. Asking what she had seen that has her all worked up, the dad hears her utter, ‘Mr. Pointy’, a name that he remembers being terrorized by as a child. Trying to calm his daughter down by telling her his old tale, the dad quickly finds out that the monster is not waiting for her, but for him instead.

It is always fun to get lost in a short story that has to do with a monster in the closet, mainly because it is very relatable for most of us. As we get older, we start to believe that the monsters that we saw during the night were just in our minds, but as this story shows, that might not be true at all. With a terrorized little girl wanting her dad to believe her, she is forced to deliver a message that only he will understand and this is most shocking and satisfying part of this horror short overall. With a little girl, some stuffed animals, a nightlight, a self-opening closet, some red eyes, plenty of screaming and a monster looking to finish off the job, this is a great little horror short to remind you that sometimes there really are monsters waiting for you in the dark and even though it may take them some time to find you again, they are always looking for the right opportunity. Stay Scared.

See ‘Mr. Pointy’ on Amazon Prime Video.

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