One For the Road is a horror short film loosely based on a Stephen King story of the same name. I really enjoyed how casual the spoken dialogue between the two main characters was in this film. There’s a lot of banter between them, with a dash of humor to it. This made them pretty likeable and relatable, so I got pretty worried about them when the horror elements kicked in. The camera work and sound design both were great at building suspense and fear, and I enjoyed seeing the mystery in the film gradually unravel. I would definitely recommend looking into the short story One For the Road after watching this adaptation of it. The similarities and differences between the two works are very interesting in my opinion.
-Madelyn, Filmmaker Mixer Correspondent