Watch Nicholas Verso's Dark Thriller THE LAST TIME I SAW RICHARD

If it were meant as a calling card project - as short films most often are these days - then you can consider Nicholas Verso's The Last Time I Saw Richard a resounding success. Winner of an Australian Academy Award the film has launched Verso onwards towards his debut feature - scheduled to shoot later this year - and, now freshly available online, has been selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick and is currently featured on Short Of The Week. And now that it's online you can see that whatever it did or did not do to push Verso's career forward it's just a damn good film.

In 1995, Jonah is proud to be the loner at the teen mental health clinic. But when a new patient, Richard, is admitted and the boys are forced to share a room, Jonah finds himself forming a connection despite himself. But will their bond be strong enough to protect them from the darklings that hide in the night shadows?

Watch the complete short below!