South African filmmaking duo Hayden Phipps and Brett Williams may have facetiously labelled their production company One Trick Pony Films but their most recent effort,
The Parcel, makes it abundantly clear that they've got far more to offer than just one trick. Accomplished visual artists, both of them - Phipps a photographer, Williams a painter, both of gallery quality - the level of craft on display in
The Parcel is absolutely fantastic, as is the duo's marvelous ability to carry narrative, tone and character with no dialogue whatsoever.
A haunting tale of a suburban man's encounter with a mysterious parcel.
After collecting the parcel from his local post office he is confronted
with an unsettling force that embeds itself into his reality.
There's a bit of Serling in the storytelling here, though delivered in a style all their own and with the film having recently picked up the audience award at the South African edition of the international Shnit Short Film Festival the complete film is now available online for your viewing pleasure. Take a look below.