From the Drain

From the Drain

196713 min4.5 / 10

A darkly surreal short film that blends absurdist comedy with creeping dread, using a bathtub conversation and emerging threat to explore paranoia and the uncanny.

The film is centered on two men in a bathtub; it is implied that they are veterans of some past conflict. The first man is paranoid about the drain of the tub, the second indifferent to it. As the conversation between the two men progresses, a vine-like tendril emerges from the drain…

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