Horror Short Review: In the Walls (2023)

From Burnt Mill Road, In the Walls was written and directed by Jacob Arbittier, and stars Autumn Witz.

We’re introduced to her character Autumn, in the middle of the night, as her partner finds her freaked out and taping up a vent in their hallway. For some reason, he doesn’t turn a light on, choosing instead to shine a torch directly into her face.

After putting her to bed, he returns to the vent and starts to remove the tape but she gets back up and tells him not to take the tape off. Why? Because she’s in the walls and he will let her out.

That’s pretty freaky.

After putting Autumn to bed again, he returns to the removal of the tape but hears something unusual coming from the vent. He then notices the TV in the living room is on and the image appears to be from the bathroom near the vent.

What happens next? Check it out below.

Filmed from a distracting POV perspective, In the Walls has some nice creep factor but fails to stick the landing with the final scene. The short has atmosphere as it creates tension around what could possibly be in the walls, and that is something that certainly deserves paise.