HOUSE OF STRAW | Omeleto
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- A couple tries to lock away a secret.
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Evening is on the horizon, and Emma has a lot to do before sunset hits. But a fight with her husband Reed threatens to derail her evening plans. Soon the disagreement escalates into something much more serious between Emma and her husband, leaving little time to lock Reed away before their little secrets get out.
Writer-director Kyle Bogart's short falls neatly into the horror category, with the supernatural secret between husband and wife forming a crucial fulcrum in the plot, as well as the secret that binds them together.
But at its heart, it is an incisive, penetrating and painfully realistic portrait of a fraying marriage reaching a crisis point. Shot with a sense of muted realism with an eye for the mordant and macabre detail, the story is really a domestic drama that uses its horror elements to heighten and foreground conflict and emotion to great effect.
The actual horror is handled with great economy and precision, using strategies of suggestion and innuendo instead of explicit violence or gore, though the visuals have an uneasiness in their preoccupation with the everyday surreal.
But the real conflict and violence at the film's heart are emotional, as the story focuses on how partners in a marriage can chafe against one another, and how this pressure can cause them to act out in ways both overt and passive-aggressive. Excellent writing and performances show a certain psychological acuity that often isn't found in this genre, as the storytelling puts the focus both on Emma's stifling frustrations and the wearying yet constant pull of marital obligations.
Lead actors Liz Beckham and Jason Newman play the long-married couple with a believable sense of long-running history, one that runs the gamut from indifference, comfort, tenderness and irritation. The internal and external conflicts emerge from this complicated relationship and the gravity it exerts on both husband and wife, mining emotionally complex and decidedly mature territory.
By the time HOUSE OF STRAW escalates the tension and suspense into a memorable climax, it has laid out its narrative elements with great care and precision, and watching the puzzle pieces lock into place is both highly satisfying and genuinely thrilling in the way that only a genre film can deliver.
But HOUSE OF STRAW resonates well after its ending due to the unexpected depths it excavates within its characters. Through well-delineated characters and unexpectedly emotional intimacy we achieve with them as viewers, it offers a powerful snapshot of the complexities of marriage, partnership, duty and a fraught yet powerful love that binds people to one another -- and puts a new spin on the phrase "for better or worse."
Imagine inviting your side dude over while your husband is a werewolf
You would be surprised how often this happens
@@connor7568 haha
...the adventure...
The drug was suppose to make him sleep through the night.
Hey, where is the spoiler alert?!
Now I know he is a werewolf... :-(
Your spouse is a werewolf and you are not going to keep the shotgun loaded with silver shot at all times?
@@pakde8002since you put it that way, it sounds like a call for help.
ok i could be wrong buti think those were probably silver necklaces in shells so they would only stun him but not kill him.
You are right, but sometimes silver can't kill werewolves. Yes silver can harm more than other tools. By the way, his wolf was black. I thought he was an Alpha
@@rutvii6489 The only time I've had a problem with silver not killing werewolves is when the bullet was solid silver and fired with such a high velocity that it passed all the way through. The silver projectile must lodge within the body of the werewolf to be effective.
Silver chain is great because it hardly ever passes through.
@@hacunamatata6802 i guess you also like werewolves story, why don't you read story on Wattpad. I bet werewolves stories on Wattpad are amazing
Wait...So...but...how is he balding then?
The hairs gotto come from somewhere
If you think about it... The cells on the palms/bottom of humans hands and feet are different than everywhere else on the body so whatever cell/gene mutation causes him to change and grow hair ect. It wouldn't matter if he was balding or not in his human form.
Don’t you know balding is an early sign of werewolf syndrome.
@@mitseraffej5812 for real?
gameismyhobby no....
So i guess she didnt notice her boytoy's car parked out front after she returned home...
Thank you!!!
So obvious!
Unless his car is exceptional in some way, there is no reason to think that she would. We often don't notice things we aren't looking for. Especially when our attention is on something else--like getting the car into the driveway safely.
I’m not sure she didn’t know he killed the boyfriend. Her reaction to finding the ring in the tub suggests that, but she may have just been surprised to find it in the tub and the significance is her putting the ring back on. When he first went upstairs and asked if she was alright she gave the impression she knew what had happened.
Pegasus - I still think that she would notice if she had feelings for the boy toy. People notice the little things that are associated with people they love.… Then again, with the ending, she might not care that much.
@@joemorris8556 It is possible she did see the car and moved it before her husband woke up. She did have a strange expression when her husband asked her if she was alright. Then that Oh sh*t look when she found the ring in the tub.
I actually laughed out loud when she slid the ring back on and *literally* got his blood on her hands.
Great little visual pun.
Well done making a genuinely scary werewolf on a low budget that doesn't just look like a hairy man in a mask.
I mean, it's probably just a taxidermied dog. But some clever lighting and a little bit of of practical effects makes that scariest werewolf I've seen since Dog Soldiers.
or you know it could be a realistic fursuit
@@earthdyrad 🤣🤣
You're joking right? When I saw that "werewolf" I pissed my pants and it wasn't from fear...🤣
Yep. Stuffed German Shepherd.
Why didn't they have a scary looking living dog?
A toddler could make a more realistic werewolf from what's laying around at the barber and some marbles.
I guess she just isn't into doggie-style!
Ha. Ha.. 🐕
@@candytiger2244 woof.
If the husband was as well endowed as my dog she might be.
@@mitseraffej5812 woof woof.
Ba dum tsss
These shorts are refreshing than most Hollywood films
Better written ,better acted, with few exceptions better filmed..and with out all the political undertones.
Your sentence is grammatically correct than most TH-cam comments.
13:55 these shorts ?,lol stupidly this is the first thing that came to mind reading your comment
@@soulsymphony5111 lol I just noticed that I meant to say short films, great coincidence though.
@@johnsierra8537 indeed xD
When he peeked through the darkness my heart dropped
She didn’t even lock him in wtf. Also why would she have a guy go TO HER HOUSE when she’s married to an effing werewolf.
Because she has to stop him if he gets out. Hello......you might need to grow up a little before you start watching these complicated horror shorts. Good grief really?
@@tsommers3284 Your response literally makes no sense at all
@@tsommers3284 Im pretty sure if she locked it he wouldnt get out.
@@SB-tc7vd A werewolf can't break through a locked door? Owww I don't know how your logic goes😣
@@zaupineppo927 considering the door is still on it's hinges apparently so
This one deserves a series.
Oh! The butcher was dead meat. Now that's poetic justice
I was hoping the wife was really going to get it in the end for her betrayal
She sort of did, lol.
She didn't betray him. The marriage is over. She's not his wife she's just his babysitter. But she can't ever leave because he poses too big a risk to innocent people and is too helpless to manage the transformation without her. She can't even go to a wedding because she needs to baby sit him.
@ibigrooster11 well said
She should have come clean to him.
@@dothedeed Don't you mean puppy sit him?
I think she indirectly was trying to let her husband known that she was planning to cheat... Her actions spoke for itself: putting perfume and make up on. All of this screamed 'Pls kill my lover" Just bringing attention to herself to have him ask questions... What spouse would not know when something is different about the other one? She was way too comfortable doing the do and forgetting to actually push the lock together?! Huuummm...
Moral: Don't cheat on your spouse at full moon.
Lol
First line of dialogue": 'One, two, three little piggies..." and then later, the Big Bad Wolf...
Love it
Very clever 😁
Also... it’s literally called “House of Straw.”
They weren’t trying to hide it.
Only difference here was the wife done the blowing 😂
why did she cheat on him?just leave him
Looks like marriage with a werewolf is unconditionally...
Stress and guilt, respectively.
Because he has imprinted on her. Wait, that's Twilight. Never mind. Carry on.
killnotic those are weak excuses, respectively
She's just a bad guy... DUH!! 😈
Weredaddy knew all along. He just baited both of them at the perfect time.
Haha werewolf + daddy , weredaddy
This is a classic horror story made more sad than frightening with this superb, modern-day re-telling. However, it's also not without its comic irony: The unwitting butcher, who sells the husband bags of pig meat, becomes the midnight meal himself. What's more, there's an erotic resonance here - the wife screams and claws in orgasm, while the husband growls and writhes in monstrosity - that somehow reminds me of Picasso's "Minotaur Kneeling over Sleeping Girl." So the two are a perfect match, oddly enough, despite their troubled marriage.
you beautifully said
Welcome to the comments, where you're safe
We are now passing round cookies and blankets
Any hot milk or cocoa? 😱😂
@@Gamecockinnc1 HAHAHAHA VERY FUNNY
Why thank you!
Sounds good 😊
You baking? I’d wake and bake.
And that is why you do not sleep with a married woman
Especially when she's married to a werewolf
I have to admit I was pretty smug guessing he was a werewolf and almost rolling my eyes waiting for a dull story.
I was so wrong. Great story, great acting, great direction....just all around enjoyable for me.
Well done everyone 😁
With omeleto, everything seems a bit predictable only to turn it into something unexpected in the end. That's what I love about their videos.
02:17 he put his glasses in his pocket. 02:21 no glasses in his pocket. 02:24 the glasses are in his pocket again
Nice catch!
No animals were harm on the video
Me:oh really
Thanks many likes
Tell that to the piggies!
@JScope Oh, that's right. I forgot about that as soon as I saw meat and blood.
SKY LINES they weren’t hurt , they bought them dead
@@carterwaggoner1671 They were killed, moron. Of course they were hurt. They were just harmed before the making of this video.
Cahidi Joyo Raharjo yeah no shot that’s what i was trying to argue
GREAT JOB ... putting a fresh spin on a werewolf story.
She couldn't get a room?
BINGO!!
I laughed too when the guy said maybe I need you too. Bro you the side piece learn your place lol
I guess that's what he meant by "Where is that famous dog of yours"
Did the werewolf devoured the butcher guy? How did the ring end up on a bathtub? The last person who has it was the butcher right?
I think the werewolf did devour the butcher and dragged him out to the tub to eat him? That might be how the ring got there, cause that was a lot of blood in the tub for just pig guts
@@Questionmark8138 He ate ALL of it? Even the bones? Cause there's no bones on sight.
@@cahidijoyoraharjo7833 Was thinking the exact same thing, probably buried them in the back garden like a doggo would.
@@cahidijoyoraharjo7833 or chewed on the bones, if my doggo can chew up an entire bone into nothing at all given some time, imagine what a werewolf could do :P
@@TheLoveliestPain Yikes!
This was so good...the acting was on point. I have to give it to the actress...I wanted to hate the wife (especially for what she did in their house) but in the end, I felt her pain/frustration.
I don’t know… I feel like you owe it to your side guy to warn him, if he might get eaten for banging you.
@Eat Banana Peels
Unless, she gets bitten and joins him when he changes.
Nah, I wanted her to be the meal and the two to become homies afterwards with the moral of the story being: find your own meal.
Yeah, I didn't like her as a person, but I liked her as a character.
Well that's one way to teach you partner not to cheat.
I agree with you all the way😄😂Stacy McGee Lol!!!
She's a cheater too. She deserves the same.
Anyone else have a minor heart attack at 11:58 when the wolf’s face comes into the view.
11:49
The Woman playing Emma has great acting skills and talent; she made me really dislike Emma
I don't know it's pretty tough to be married to a werewolf give her some slack
@_.Ailee._ he pretended to be one every time there was a full moon LOL
The husband may possibly have one of the worst hair cuts I've ever seen 😅
Lmao
Nice! Am I the only one who wants MORE OF THIS COUPLE???
Yep. This could be a really cool movie.
I agree. The couple is fun to watch. She's easy on the eyes, too.
He...bites? Hell yes, he bites and eats people too! Man talk about a dysfunctional marriage! LOL I would love to be a fly on the wall of that counseling session. I love Omeleto such great videos. Peace and be kind to each other. Cheers.
How do you become so hairy but still have a receding hairline
Shadow ? Lets not bully now
A healthy human can have a reciding hairline, it's not uncommon in human's life cycles.
But it's not in a normal life cycle of any type of dog.
So he can grow bald as a man but never as a dog, so long as he is healthy
@@itsqueentd2536 Jesus this is a film
A receding hairline means maximum testosterone. And that's what a a werewolf thrives on.
She brought home the big bad wolf!
I'm not going to pick this apart. It was great. Omeleto is the best channel ever
I liked this one,not a fan of most of their stuff though but I did like the one about the girl that keeps eating cookies and her Mom puts the cookies in a special clown jar.
@@bellaraine5263 Do you know the name of that short?
@@adminadmin8992 I think it's called *Kookie* one of my favorites:)
Warning, pigs where harmed in the making of this movie.
One word. Bacon.
Ouch I harm pigs every once in a while, specially their ribs and loin during dinner.
p r o p s
The sudden pauses in the music are terrifying and the image of the wedding ring leaving blood on her finger is visual poetry i just 😗 muah! Chef's kiss
He ate him for supper, unconsciously saving his marriage 😁
I eat my dessert too! Moral: do not fall in love with the meal. He looses his memory more with each sacrifice, she gets to live with the guilty memories of each ordeal. These are gems! She’s the Alpha making him feel bad about the wedding all part of the manipulation game and it’s going on for so long it’s normal...
The moral of the story stop messing around with married people...also what pissed me off this woman knew she was married too werewolf, and invited this man into her life and him got killed. But anyways great and creative short film...
Also, she’s going to cover up his death, just like her affair with him. Obviously, she’s not going to tell her husband or the police. She’s just going to keep lying and maybe find another affair partner.
Anyone who tried to make an excuse for a wife cheating on her husband who loves her, can go tell their husband they cheated on him, see how well that works out for you...
Bingo
He looks like mark ruffalo aka Bruce banner man😂also it makes sense how both are beast
Can someone please tell me:
If she was just going to end up getting in the car and driving off why didn't she do that in the first place instead of locking herself inside not knowing where he is and not having loaded the shotgun in advance????
Thomas Gabriel no he got out by accident cause there’s the shot of one lock that was unlocked and that wasn’t supposed to happen
Because she’s the only one that knows about him, since he does make the shotgun shells himself he depends on her to end his life if he ever goes too crazy or in this case escapes
@Thomas Gabriel She saw the back gate open so she thought he'd be loose in the neighborhood. That's why she went inside to get the gun. She was going to drive around to find him on the street and shoot him. But he obviously tricked her by opening the gate then going inside. It was his plan to kill her boyfriend all along - that's why he pulled out the IV before transforming. Usually the medication would have put him to sleep.
@@jessye4377 She messed up by leaving the door unlocked but he planned on getting out. That's why he didn't take the medication. He wanted to transform and kill her boyfriend.
*@ Thomas Gabriel*
It wasn't in the script.
The comments are as entertaining as the short film
Listen! , If for some reason you don’t feel the same as the first weeks, you are simply extinguishing the flame, the full brightness you saw was the result of two persons connecting at the highest level (when it’s true) the minute your mind goes elsewhere it’s almost over. Don’t stretch it just end it...
She was the real monster - she cheated on her husband. :(
Man, this one was awesome! Excellent acting.
"Ooops i ate your lil side piece" lol And she was like "Crap! i really liked this one :("
A little confusing to me. She holds the gun to him, he lunges, she screams, then we hear the gun go off. Next thing, she gets into her car and drives away. Then the boyfriend pulls up to the house. Then we hear the husband calling her. Next thing is they're washing out the tub and she finds her ring among the blood. How did we go from her driving away and boyfriend entering the house, to her and the husband washing out the blood?
She shot the wolf but did not kill him... Then she runs away.
A bit after that the butcher comes back to give her ring (she message him before asking for it), we then hear a growl from the wolf.
What we don't see (and that presumably happened) is that the wolf back to his senses gets the butcher, takes him to the bathtub, and eats him.
While cleaning the bathtub the next morning, the wife finds the only thing left... The ring.
She then figures out what must have happened.
The blood in her hands is the butcher's.
Looks like you got distracted and didn't watch like 1/4 of the movie lol
They’re cleaning the tub the next day... after her husband ate her boyfriend
That music was dope
This short films are better than alot of Hollywood movies!!!! 👏👏👏 Loved it!
This is the perfect short movie for vegans and friends, highly recommend ;)
ok, not bad. I didn like the pace kinda slow but overall good. im gona assume the wolf ate the other guy instead of the pig he bought
Pretty well done piece. The Wolf wasn't too bad considering it didn't have a Hollywood budget. It's hard enough for CGI to overcome the uncanny valley, so it's no surprise that the practical effects couldn't get the eyes to look lifelike but in the dark it worked well enough. The twist of her lover becoming organic wolf chow was a good one.
Tat fling dude reminds me of alex honnold from the Free solo documentary film.
JD I was thinking the same thing!
i just like they showed pigs for 1 minutes straight. and im like ewww carona!!
Coronaaaa
What do pigs have to do with anything?
I was thinking ...hmmm vegans nightmare lol
@@ellamone9998 Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf
This is depressing ! Very strange to ask another man if your wife left her ring there. He must have known all along.
Bruh I wish this was a show, I’d binge it man
The wolf looked pretty darn good! Love that shot of him in the dark. 👍
Loved this one!!! House of Straw...perfect name!!!
The police will question them since his car was in front of their house
This was so good and brilliantly acted as well. Thank you Omeleto.
I guess to complete her fantasy, she had to have a lover with a full head of hair because a balding werewolf just wasn't enough.
At 15:15 she is like " honey did you eat the guy i made love with "
Am I the only one running out to buy bacon after watching this?
Make sure a werewolf won't get you on the way.
Bacon's unhealthy
Okay, so you guys need a whole movie/TV media channel. I'd never stop watching. So many of these should be shows andor movies 💞
Well...
"There goes another lover
and I sure as heck
ain't getting any younger."
She had the same luck as the movie match point.
Very well done, although the ending seemed a bit confusing. Did he or did he not attack her? Why was the gunshot so delayed?
Yeah he attacked her and she shot him in the arm. Then her bit on the side returned to give her the ring back and he became dinner for her wolf husband. So basically the wife got the cream and the husband ate the rest 😂
Lmaof 😂🤣So, she shot him, ran out the house, drove up and oh boy pulls up, enters a home with an unlocked door' 🤯😂
He ate that whole dude! Who was a butcher selling him three pigs LMAO
The butcher is like the new Justin Long.
I was all laughing, pondering and scared at this movie. Yet I really love the plot twist about the side guy. Plus, now the ending seems the only logical one: nobody else can keep the werewolf at bay than his wife with which he's psychically interconnected!
It's messed up that she still loves him somewhat, but still cheats on him. She hesitates and isn't willing to hurt him physically or emotionally, but still does it. Honesty would be better, but I get it, I've been in a relationship with someone who can't help themselves.
No pigs were harmed in the making of this film.
9:33 serious understatement
I read it as House of Saw. Errr the SAW nightmares haha
Then why stay married to him. But at least he got a hot meal out of it
DUDE, PUT WARNINGS
my husband just ate my boyfriend and i got my ring back "happy days"
The only depressing thing I see here is the chopped up pigs at the meat store.
Forest Wolf Productions MMMMMM, but they taste so good. Fried pork chops, baby back ribs, ham, bacon, ham hocks, sausage, pulled pork, carnitas, fried pork rinds, pork belly, fat back, pork loin, spare ribs, pickled pig’s feet, pork shoulder roast,. etc.
@@joemorris8556 eww
And the wife
Pigs are delicious!
I thought the wolf was a wild one until I realised he removed his own bullet chain.
Dude idk why I'm up at this time of night..or morning. (It's 4:43 here)
Same. Was watching it the exact same time. Alarm doesn't go off for another hour. Dang it.
It's 5:27a.m here
It's 4:38 am in here omg
5 26. I've had a tuff night.
She comes out the door as soon as she shoots him! Within half a second! WTF!
He's going to smell him on her !
Lmao when the music abruptly cuts once the boyfriend pulls back up
The only plot where I actually rooted for the Lycan
She was in a very hairy situation.
Lol😂😂"Oh I totally love that" !!Candy Tiger
@@heavenly5644 😆 Thanks hee hee
I got to stop reading the comments before I watched the whole thing
Vegans disliked this video!
I wish y'all made a full movie
I love the ending! Hahaha!
*That's why you NEVER date married people.*
So well acted.......so well done.......!!!!
And THAT'S how u stay married even if you're going through hard times.. I person think it's romantic 🤣😭
MMMMMM, they taste so good. Fried pork chops, baby back ribs, ham, bacon, ham hocks, sausage, pulled pork, carnitas, fried pork rinds, pork belly, fat back, pork loin, spare ribs, pickled pig’s feet, pork shoulder roast,. etc.