Scotty’s Horror Short Showcase: ‘The Thing at 2:37’

Written by Scott Edwards 

There are all kinds of things that we are not supposed to see during the night hours, because let’s face it, most of us are sound asleep. But when you look to break that cycle, you may be shocked to find out that there is a whole other world, thriving in the darkness, that you have never been privy to. While some of the new events that you witness may be astounding, there are others that you might want to steer clear of, since they are not meant for you at all. Knowing what goes on in the shadows is something that many people strive to find out, but at what cost are you willing to pay, since some of the prices are awfully high.
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While waiting at the bus stop and lighting up a smoke, Mr. Black is not expecting anything out the ordinary, but he hears a strange clicking in the distance. Looking at his watch, he sees that that time is 2:37 a.m. and looking down the empty street, he sees something that he has never spotted before. Watching as a skeleton passes him, Mr. Black does not know what to make of the event and tries to pull out his phone to record the strange occurrence, but when he looks back up, the skeleton is gone. Getting back home and having a drink, Mr. Black is trying to wrap his head around what he saw and while there does not seem to be any reasonable explanation for it, he starts to hear the clicking again, but passes out before he can see who or what might be messing with him.

With the skeleton still on his mind at work, Mr. Black starts seeing things out of the side of his eye, and knows that he must record this strange specter to prove that he is not going crazy. As night sets again, Mr. Black keeps a keen eye on his watch as to not miss the time when the skeleton will walk by again, but this time he is ready with his cell phone recording. Right on time, the skeleton makes its way down the empty road and Mr. Black is getting it all on tape, but on this night, he is not the only one on the road as a car comes out of nowhere and destroys his cellphone when pulling away. Knowing that this strange specter is real, Mr. Black has one more idea and pulls out his camcorder and decides to follow the skeleton as far as he can, but when the battery starts to run out, so does time for Mr. Black who might be heading toward to a place he may never return from.

I was a little skeptical about this horror short when it started, I mean, how can you make CGI skeleton good in a short? Well, they did it right and it was pretty creepy overall, especially when you get in close to it and see no visible outlines of an actor. I liked the determination of Mr. Black to try and prove that he is seeing something that not everybody has seen walking down the road in the middle of the night, and seeing that the booze plays a part of the story, he appears to be trying to prove that he is not a crazy drunk. With a random skeleton, an empty road, some vanishing, a phantom car, some booze, some smoking, and a walk to remember, this is a good short that proves that maybe you don’t always want to know what is hiding in the shadows, since it may not want you seeing it. Stay Scared.

Watch ‘The Thing at 2:37’ on Amazon Prime Video.

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