ECHO TORCH - A Cinematic Short Film
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2016
- A inventor creates an electrical torch that reveals a spirit world layered upon our own - filled with beautiful spirits, strange creatures, and dangerous phantoms. Written & Directed by Chris Preksta
PRINCIPLE CAST
James Fitzgerald
Amy Staggs
Tony Bingham
Jonathan Visser
CREW
Writer/Director - Chris Preksta
Producer - Olivia Vaughn
Director of Photography - John Pope
Editor - Beth Voltz
Color / Finishing - Allan Stallard
Original Music Score - Ryan Will Stewart
Sound Mix - Julian Evans - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
I came here after seeing a video short. 3.13.24. Better than 95% of any movie anywhere made today.
March 20 '24 for me.
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03.26.24 for me 😊
03/28/2024 for me! That short seems to be great promotion for this work.
31.03.2024 Short on TH-cam
April 2nd 2024 for me 😃
The moment of realization that it’s the son reuniting his parents was crazy
Spoiler alert. Come on, bro.
I made me cry so heart touching
It
@@UnicornGuru never read the comments first
@@Braisedin Yeah lesson learned.
"The psycho ghost wasn't scary enough. I'm going to the basement."
🤣🤣🤣👍
For a film 7 years ago, this was great. Not a word is spoken in this film yet you can hear their thoughts. Beautiful film, far from anything you usually see nowadays. ⭐️
The horror to me is that short films approached this value some 10 years ago. I remember being a child, mesmerized by such stories. Echo Torch gains me an echo of that experience. It feels the same. The production value feels the same. But it was 10 years ago. A day that feels like yesterday... so long ago...
See? you don't need a 3.5 hour long movie to tell a complete story
Yea and that's great. But I still curious who is the big guy who chase him there and who control that puppet. Overall, it's a great story
@@adityarizky8533 If you noticed, there's no one controling the puppet. It was hanging there
Edit : I changed "wife" to "mother" because I rewatch it again and agreed with the fact that the lady is the mother
Edit (because I rewatch this) : My theory about that big guy who chase him might be a prisoner of war and when he died, he might be a corrupted soul that escaped the underworld and his mind or brain might be filled up with aggressive things like the war. That's why the room was filled with scratches.
One more thing if you noticed, when he met his mother, she was in a different room alone and brought her back to the hall where every souls were dancing and met the father. But, the things is, why she would stay there alone, right? So, I might think that the big guy is a threat to the other souls too. That's why they didn't left the hall nor the room.
@@iminyourfridge I thought, the puppet's wire is penetrate into the ceiling and someone controling it
Btw that's a good theory
@@adityarizky8533 Ngl, I was expecting a big hands controlling the puppet tho but that's makes it more mysterious
Thank you, whenever I watch this types of film, my brain will automatically think of any theories that I shouldn't overthink about
@Marko Djurdjevic Yeah, I was thinking about that too but I'm so confused rn. My siblings and I are fighting over our theory lol
Welp, time to rewatch it again ig
It’s 2024, this is something I would pay to see in a cinema.
Its 2024 people have shorter attention spans lol
Watch old movies. Enjoy.
Yeah it's better than most movie bring made lately 😂
Seconded
Fights a monster and survives decided to go deeper to dark chamber. Genius 😅😂
He must've figured he's now the chosen one.
It's the last memory of his parents. He needed to venture.
Also, that wraith wasn't scary. It was in pain.
I came here from a TH-cam short failing to explain the plot in 60 seconds, but I was hooked. Not a single word is spoken, yet the emotion is felt.
Honestly, I thought he was looking for his lost wife until he lead the woman to the ghost soldier and realized they were his parents and just aaaaaaaaaa
Who came here after seeing filmicraft review......
Tik tok ho
Saw this on Tiktok.. 😂
Guilty lol
Just a fan of short films but yeah i saw it on a list of good ones
Movie ape got me here glad I came
This is an absolute masterpiece and deserves far more views and comments. Give this team a movie deal.
Facts
Watch Hollywood butcher it with Jewish script writers
@J. A Rimba Bo'a don't beg for likes pretending to be woke it's sad, transparent and frankly fooling nobody.
@J. A Rimba Bo'a because theyre too far into politics and usually are in it for self gain.
This 20 minute masterpiece is hell of a lot better than the 6+hours Disney Star Wars
Would anybody else look forward to a short series about this guy, exploring the supernatural with his lightbulb?
That would be a great series
Memories. I once worked in an old Asylum built in the 1870's that looked and felt exactly like this. Old bricks, slate roofs, wavy old glass. I could sometimes feel the pain of those who had been trapped there, at their last stop. No hope. No release. I still dream about it, but it's all gone now. The rot, the rust. The ashes. The dust. The aching sadness.
This film is superb.
Amazing effects and such a heartfelt story achieved with no dialogue, to be honest I feel almost guilty for watching a film that good for free! Great job Chris!
Totally agree
The puppet reminds me of. th-cam.com/video/_qApXdc1WPY/w-d-xo.html
LOL HE STARTED PLAYING WE WILL MEET AGAIN AND THATS MY FAVORITE CLASSIC SONG LOLL
The _sound design_ just... *Chef's kiss*
Metoo
So many people portray ghosts as evil monsters when in all honesty, there just simply the people before us.
I uh uh don’t think that brute was one of us
@@mostfaded9539 he probably was, he was more than likely someone who was mentally in a really bad place.
@@mostfaded9539 human soul can be the most evil thing and the most kind thing
@@mostfaded9539 was that brute is even human before? Or it is just a Demon...
If you're able to see ghost (if you have 6th sense) yeah they're just simply people before us, BUT most of them didn't die peacefully, coz if they died peacefully they will be gone from this earth to another place
So even if they don't disturb you.. They still look not good (ex: died because of accident, you'll see blood everywhere, incomplete / broken body parts, organs, or if they hung themselves then you can see that their neck is broken, they can't even stand straight with their heads up.. Etc etc.. It's disgusting bro, trust me
Only small amount of them are still shaped as normal human.. It's because they died nicely, but they're still looking for something incomplete in their previous life
Respect to all the soldiers that are working and worked for their country from there soul.
And yet can't band together to fight that ghost
Egon Spengler's father! - that makes him interested in the afterlife - This to me is a prequel to Ghostbusters - EVEN down to the neutrino wand back pack look! 😁😁👍👍👍
This short film blows multi million dollar films out of the water.
Creativity in the film industry isn't dead it's right here.
Agree! As Disney can take a $100mil budget (or a $billion franchise)and flush it down the toilet
This really should be made into a full length movie
It actually was adapted in Hindi language movie called "Phillauri".... It has similar plot
Luigis Mansion Live Action
agreed
I think it's perfect just how it is
@@artshreshth lol paka thama
This was the best movie that has been released in the past 24 years.
This film is an underated masterpiece. This team deserves way more respect and notoriety.
How do I respect it??
@@zochiangjust appreciate the short film 😊
It was not what I expected. It was much more. Scared me, gave me chills and made me cry. So well done. Absolutely loved it! More, more!
5 years later I cried too
I came here expecting an horror movie about a guy that makes a light that can see ghosts but finds out that there's things worse than ghosts, and I'm leaving with a feeling of wonder and sorrow, almost doubting my understanding of the world beautiful work, this is the kind of thing that we call art, something we rarely see going out and making success
What's depicted in the movie which is worse than ghosts.
Me too
@@dodge9600 Humans. In this case someone smart, creative and determined enough to make a phantasmic flashlight and he's not afraid to use it.
@@dodge9600 feelings I guess lol idk what they meant by that
Evil spirits
Best gift for his parents from son, masterpiece crafted...
This was the most poignant piece of art I have seen in a long time, he knew the sadness in his mum, the reason she is alone in my opinion is because she died alone, her only joy was her son, and when she saw him, she found her joy, and the son took her to the father, a complete family... I love this short because it understands the love one feels for his mum, it's greater and purer than anything one feels romantically...
Edit: I didn't realise it is 5 years old... why was youtube hiding this masterpiece from me for 5 years
Hear ye, I agree!
That was so sweet and poignant. I cried when I realized he had reunited his mother and father... The way she look so happy and full of joy at seeing her baby again... This was not what I thought it would be in the beginning or even in the middle (the scratches man was very scary) but it was so good. Thank you.
Not going to lie - this short film brought a tear to this old man's eye. Without having a single piece of dialogue this film managed to tell story that not only intrigued me, frigthened me (a little, but still), and managed to touch me on an emotional level very few films have managed to. For that alone I tip my hat to the creative team behind this film. I don't think this film may have worked as a full feature length film, not in the way it was made, but damn it - I'd love to see more adventures of this invetor and his ghost-revealing lightbulb. I'm truly appalled how few views this wonderful film has and swear to spread it around so that this error might be fixed!
Can milk 4 seasons and 1 movie out of this.
This is what Ghostbusters should of been.
True
It had Sigourney Weaver. Why would you want more?🤣
That's is true
Released in 2016. 200,000 views. What the heck, this deserves more.
This was such an inspiring experience. Not only it's the highest class in visuals, it also is a short film that told a long story without even using words. Played my heart like a fiddle
- Amazed viewer
They played his heart like a damn fiddle 🥲🙏
Best short I have ever seen in my life. No exaggeration. 10/10
The emotional rollercoaster in such a short straight to tje point film
I really didn’t know what to expect going into this but it was extremely impressive and blew my mind
The Scientist is looking for a way to see ghosts, as he found a way with the miner ghost, he makes a portable version of his invention
Goes to what i think is a Ballroom building to find the woman in the picture, and revealing that his mom who died in World War II (judging by the uniforms of the ghost soldiers) and trying to reunite his parents, knowing they've been separated for so long
Wow, that was really good. If it was a full length movie i would definitely watch it. Unique and creative. Two thumbs up.
The ONLY BAD in regards to this film is that it's too SHORT! I was in AWE from the moment it began to the tear jerker at the end... A True Masterpiece that needs to be in theaters at a showing length of at least 4+ hrs....
Man made a bulb brighter than my future
We need a sequel to this amazing short film, it’s amazing that you can create a story in such short time and have it be a thrilling and heartwarming film
I kinda of like the idea of leaving it how it is
@@mrnubbones8626 True, and at least the kid managed to reunite his parents and got to see them dance together knowing that they will always be with each other
Nah a one and done.
I agree
Nah just leave as it is.
Amazing film - saw the premier in Pittsburgh, PA - Chris's an awesome guy - he got a Hollywood deal, but like usual, they sabotaged his story and turned it on his head, much to his dislike. He won the rights back, and hopefully, Hollywood will respect his input on his next gig.
I would like to know more about Chris and his story
Even though I am a veteran of foreign war standing here today with my wife in the next room who waited for my return, this story had me enthralled from beginning to end. But you see this story never really ends for as long as we remember what came before and continue striving forward our sons and daughters can learn which mistakes are not worth the risks. They can become what we are all consider to be worth remembering.
This could be a whole series. Not a single lines of dialogue and it didn't even matter. 😊
First rate entertainment, Chris! Love the effects (and still shot on an iPhone?!). Impressive to tell such a rich story with no dialog! Having moved away so many years ago, Pittsburgh still holds many spirits for me. I wish I had that lamp!
You need that lamp to see your dad
Not cool
@@gokureka2751 What
@@ThaFnixxIshere you need that machine to see your imaginary bitches
@@ThaFnixxIshere lmao
Outstanding in all respects! I vote for a new (Twilight Zone type) series - filmed right here in the 'burgh.
I always said that Echo Torch felt like an episode of Spielberg's old TV show "Amazing Stories."
Oh my gawd, at first there was such a GhostBusters vibe, but then such an amazing turn. Visually stunning and enveloping. Took me on a trip I never knew I needed. My 14 yr son found this and showed me. We both cried. So amazing and I need more.
The man got to see that memory, one last time. One about his parents
That's all he could of asked for
I wonder how the spirits work. Some seem like they realize they’re dead, others seem like they forgot everything about reality and relive a moment over and over, and some seem tormented and out of touch.
Every person has his own qareen (a type of djinn) since the time of his birth, that keeps leading him to astray, and stays inside him just like blood flows in the entire body.
When a human dies normal death his qareen becomes free because his job is done by the death of the human who he was assigned to. Where he goes after the human dies nobody knows, however when people do black magic rituals in an attempt to summon the soul of the deceased then what they see is not actually that person’s soul but his/her qareen that looks exactly like that person.
When qareen of the deceased person shows up, he has the same looks and voice as the deceased person. That makes people, who summoned, mistakenly think that they are interacting with a soul, i.e. it further leads them to strengthen their false beliefs and encourages them to do more black magic.
Hence, this tells us that qareen not only survives after a person’s death but he can take part in spreading further mischief on earth and can lead people to go astray.
I hope it helps.
There are just no words for how beautiful this was.
Bro found Luigi's mansion
This is the best short film I have seen in years the fact this only has 683k views at the time of me watching is just blasphemy. Brave to the director crew and everyone involved. You have my full respect
Man Hollywood gotta make an extended version with these guys
Ohhhhh, so this is how the guy got taken in as a scientist for the scp foundation (from the 096 short film)
This could lay the foundation for a exploration thriller video game. Use the torch to gaze back to past events and defend against demons and ghosts.
... This brought me to tears man. Sister died in 97 from a car crash... I was 11.
... and Pops just passed 3 years ago from complications with Leukemia.
what we wouldn't do to see or speak to them again...
I am crying so hard that was so lovely and cool
We still cry every time we watch it too :(
Dude this had me tearing up at the ball room with the music and the moment he found his wife, well done on this hidden gem.
I don’t believe that was his wife. I believe that was his parents. The soldier killed in war and the pictures of a young woman with the baby and then the two with the child and then older child.
I don’t know, either way it’s still got me tearing up
Def his mom and dad but dont get why they needed him to find each other. All the other dead couples seemed to find each other just fine.
@@TheCatIsAMonster I don't know if I misinterpreted the scene but I believe the "screaming scratching ghost" was in the way of his mum coming out of that room, and with that guy out of the way, his mum was "free" to leave that room.
I could be wrong but that's my understanding of it
Nope. he found his mother
The story line
The twist in the story
The plot
The acting
Thr graphics
Just mind blowing
Felt a thunp in the heart and something rolling in my eyes
WHAT A MASTERPIECE
Very nice
Jai hind
I'm watching this after almost 7 years
Today is 2 May 2024
Same, 5 may 2024
This makes me want a kinda Ghostbusters prequel set in like WWII, where a special platoon of supernatural specialists and scientists from all the Allied nations has to fight Hitler's occult division, with melee ghost lanterns and weak proton packs. Basically the nazis are trying to summon ghosts under the direction of Ivo Shandor, who at the end surrenders and defects but because the war is basically over and occult research was disregarded after the war, he just moves to New York and builds the Shandor Building. Throw in some references to Gozer and the main characters being related to the originals somehow.
They should make Cockbusters starting Caytlin Jenner
That is some wild fantasy
This masterpiece feels like one of those short mini-films that should play before a movie
Helping the mom and dad find each other after death! That was beautiful
The echo torch can spawn a series exploring its use, like a police investigating a crime, historian wanted to see the past, or scientist fine discovering how to control it.
Beautiful, wondrous, scary, breathtaking...such a wonderful film! Bravo!
I just can't quit watching this! If this is what you've been working on, you're forgiven for not making any new episodes of The Mercury Men. This is far and away the best thing I've watched in a long time. As a paranormal investigator, myself, you have perfectly portrayed the emotions of an investigation. I would also like to point out that I would rather own one Echo Torch than a hundred proton packs. Thank you, for putting out such an excellent movie!!!
You still watching?
@@A--1._ lol nice
@@gravity6255 holy. How are we here almost at the same time
@@TheChosenGamer_TCG yaya
Saying you're a paranormal investigator and being 100% serious about it 😂
Sometimes you need someone else to show you the light to find your joy of life again
This is beautiful a child bringing his parents back together even death won't part these lovers
Perhaps the only place scarier than a haunted church is a haunted school. Yikes! Fantastic!
You are an amazing story teller. Love the work that you do. It inspires me to follow my dream in becoming a film maker myself thank you for all that you do.
That's a kind compliment. Go make something you love, even if you can only shoot it with your cell phone! You never know what can happen.
@@mercurymenfilms Whats up with the zombie person and the alive marionette doll? They seemed pretty out of place and left me confused.
@@crownj01 probably the light shines into dimensions? Like the fish with glowing eyes right? What's up with that?
@@crownj01 same, my confusion on those aspects are the whole reason I am scouring the comment section for some clues, lol
@@dildoswaffel6144 on the fish, I thought that was because at some point in the distant past that area of land was under water, and that the images were the energy signals that they left behind.
love this. the puppet was awesome. I would've had the protagonist use an actual old school weld mask and not clear goggles to weld. that would've actually blinded him and given him a bad sunburn on his cheeks. but the story. the lack of any dialogs. the angry trapped spirit. the officers dance, were perfect. thank you
Better than anything "Hollywood" has made in the past several years.
That was terrific and beautiful. well done. Yinz killed it. I see a multi sequel movie deal. great talent Chris
Wow, I looked for this after seeing a very short clip of it on TikTok, and I have no regrets! This has got to be one of the shortest movies I've seen, but it is nicely done!!!👏 👍 👌 talking about an emotional roller coaster 🎢!!!
A masterpiece and flowed beautifully. I Applause you all for this great work of cinema art.
I would like to see a full blown 2 hour film like this
Six years later, I found this and loved it. Six years from now, I hope someone else has the same experience. Legitimately one of if not the best short film I have ever seen.
I have so much respect for this film I'm sitting through the credits right now.
he did all that for his mother. fulfilled his mothers wish to reunite with father. beautiful story
the opening to the luigi's mansion movie
I hate how little views this has gotten over the course of 5 years. Definitely needs a lot more than that. This was an incredible experience and I wish I could see more of this
Gotta add to the fantastic comments - this needs to be mainstream! Anyone who sees this, share it! Spread the word!
The acting, angles, storyline and overall production is masterclass, all without a script. Impressive work
Sharing it with everyone in my contacts who I think might enjoy the viewing experience, which is everyone I know!!!
I liked the Marionette ghost 👻.
Very cute 🥰
The acting and special effects were spot-on with this short film. I would have paid to see this as a full movie. This was 7 years ago?? I loved it! Well done!!!!
This is honestly better than movies now and day and for a short film this feels like such a great movie and it deserves to be one.
I came expecting a horror. But this.... So. Beautiful ❤️
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FILM, SAD, BUT BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. 🇮🇲👍🇮🇲
nice 1 .
This really hit home for me, as I found out me and my fiance are going to have a child, and I am planning on the marine corp. Loved this short. Keep going
Congratulations! Good luck in the marines 💗💗💗
Absolutely magnificent. A story full of feelings. Fear, grief, sadness, joy, all in so little time. For all those involved in the making of this film, my most sincere congratulations.
The basis of this would make for a nice little series. A person goes around using a odd device like this to see spirits and helps them find peace and move onto the beyond while also hunting down harmful entities and using his torchlight to banish them to hell and protect people and more peaceful spirits that want to be left alone but are prayed upon by these evil creatures.
An Absolute MASTERPIECE. This short film just had me feel MORE than the so called "Box Office Hits" of recent years. VERY WELL DONE. Bravo.
Why is this still not getting any more views? The short film is actually superb 👌 and I've watched it many times too. I loved how every scenes depict diff stories. I hope you will continue creating one. I feel guilty only watching it for free
Shed a tear. Such an amazing concept too. Id watch a full hour movie of this just someone exploring the past in spirit form. No talking needed just visual.
Fantastic direction and cinematography of a wonderful love story !!!
Love the idea of being able to communicate with the spirit of those who have passed on. To have, as in this case, a special light by which to see them and help them find those they lost would be a gift. What a great idea made into a wonderful film.
Very cool.
Wow! Loved the cinematography. The mood set by the camera angles, coloring and music really created a powerful statement...in a way that dialogue could not duplicate.
Such high quality. Deserves expanding into a full film.
Wow amazing. Why isn’t this a movie yet?
This was the most beautiful and heartwarming shortfilm I've ever seen the dedication that son had to help his parents reunite in the afterlife put tears in my eyes and I'm a full grown man
This was such an amazing short film! I absolutely loved it!
Show, don't tell. Masterpiece
There are no dialogues, there are no Hollywood superstars.. but it is the best story that can be told in less than half an hour.. The good thing if it is brief, twice as good
It's sad to see a story about this movie has over 9M views but the original has just 400K.
This masterpiece deserves lots of vews and comments. Share it around guys.
would u mind sharing the link to the original video?