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- čas přidán 13. 03. 2024
- A couple is bombarded by hyperactive neighbors when they move to a suburb.
CUL-DE-SAC is used with permission from Francesco Gabriele. Learn more at / fra_gab .
Steven and Bonnie have left the city to move to a leafy, quieter suburb. Steven misses the city, but Bonnie is ready for a slower-paced, calmer life. But her hopes for a more idyllic existence are disrupted when the couple meets their new neighbors.
The neighbors are an odd group: they dress in bright workout clothes, power-walk around the neighborhood together and speak in relentless cheerful and positive voices. They're also eager for Steve and Bonnie to try their strange wellness products, which they promise will inject a new level of health and energy into their lives -- but may prove more than they bargained for.
Directed by Francesco Gabriele and written by Brandi Self, this offbeat comedy-horror short sends up suburban life, MLMs, pyramid schemes and the cult of wellness, offering a "fish out of water" perspective as a pair of former city dwellers acclimate to their new environment. Told with deft visual storytelling and brisk pacing, the narrative wastes no time clashing the skeptical couple with the gun-go neighbors, opening with a scene of them meeting right at the top. Right away, both the viewers and the couple discover that the neighbors are an eccentric group, and the humor seems to fall on the goofy, broad side of the spectrum.
The oddball tone and splashes of goofiness set up expectations for a kind of culture clash farce or satire, but the writing cleverly subverts this expectation, especially as the neighbors begin to insinuate themselves into Steven and Bonnie. The neighbors are eager to get the pair to try some strange energy products. Neither Steven nor Bonnie is keen at first, but when Steven ends up sampling one, he finds himself drawn into the neighbors' group, complete with an obnoxiously bright workout outfit and fanny pack.
The transformation of a sophisticated, bookish Steven into his new incarnation is funny, and actor Tom Cox handles the shift with comic aplomb and just the right note of ominousness. His transformation also throws his wife for a loop. Alarmed and suspicious, Bonnie -- adroitly played by actor Nina Mahdavi with an emotionally grounded skepticism -- tries to discover just what's behind the neighbors and their mysterious wellness products.
Her search for answers helps propel CUL-DE-SAC into darker, more sinister terrain, making for an entertaining, alarmingly memorable viewing experience and a quietly horrific ending. Funny and ultimately outlandish, it also might prove the ultimate lesson in never trusting something that seems too good to be true -- or a neighbor hawking a "miracle" product. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
This is such wry & well-observed comic horror! There's a touch of Stepford Wives & Synths about the neighbours & then the chilling shock once the bedroom door opens. Surreal suburbia has the darkest undertone, stay safe in the city! 🎉
Wow that is really creepy. Seems like the Hollywood I've been hearing about the last few years.
What the Hell did I just watch 🥲🤦♂️😂
This is a disclosure FYI. It is the drug of choice of the elites including those of Hollywood. As indicated by a commentator below, Adrenochrome...
pointless
Ditto 😂
Exactly what I was thinking 🤔
Yeah this was a strange one lol
So, my take on this. When you encounter a new peer group, at first you feel a little put off. Their "thing" isn't your "thing," exactly. You don't want to assimilate. But, eventually you do. It just gets to be to hard not to. Even if it is not really what you want, eventually it envelops you, and you become a different person.
And what thing, associated with suburbia, that most often draws people into a new peer group? Children. You go from hip, aloof yuppie to soccer mom almost overnight.
😂😎
Only the weak comply.
Bat, I think that you have a hot take, but I think that you might be over thinking the message of the movie. What you say, though, is true for a lot of us.
Yes, most folks assimilate. Except most members of a self-declaredly _peaceful community_ ;they stick out like a sore thumb, mostly, wherever they be. As they ever would, according to Genesis 16:12.
Does there have to be a deeper more complex meaning? I just enjoyed it as-is.
I liked this it gave me a "Stepford Wives" vibe.
There was definitely a “special” ingredient in those brownies. 😯😉😆
This is like that cream that Sandra Bullock uses.
I definitely had smirk on my face the whole time 😂
those babies though... ugh. Great short story.
There's an old Twilight zone called : to serve man...Kind of on the same initial wavelength as this story. Creepy regardless.
I’ve seen ever twilight zone ever made ! lol
It’s a cookbook!
That was a good episode.
Great episode
The camerawork in this is SO good
So Stepford Wives meets The Twilight Zone
Nice amount of creepy and "Stepford Wives" vibes.
Amazing work! Well done to your crew!
"Put that cookie down!!!"
2:24 I've never seen a more convincing shoe tie
Wow! Amazing work! Well done to everyone who worked on this!
Those coca!ne brownies seem irresistible!
ADRENOCHROME
💯
😣
I had a feeling it was going to be some illuminutty ish as soon as I saw her t shirt at the very beginning
The difference is that the babies in the movie are sleeping instead of suffering.
Well it has babies SOOOO YEAH 👍🤣
Eating them brownies turns you into a doggy paddle walker.
So are these neighbours extracting youthfulness of the babies?
Looks that way.
That was unexpected...but, REALLY enjoyed it!
This is like The Stepford Wives..great..
Holy moly that was somw5hing else...
Moral of the story: Keep your criminal activity behind locked doors. 😬
Amazing!!
That's very dark. Still way better than Tomorrow's Teachings
Thank you! We’ve had fun making this 🥰
what's the name of the song in the credits
Creepy as hell lol
Who bakes all the brownies?
Waaa-daaa-faaark 😳✨
The sequel is Bal-de-sac
Exciting👍
I need those brownies😊
ew
What's this? The Stepford Neighbours?
I know this isn't the point by a long shot, but the main actress looks like a prettier version of Emily Ratajowski
Wow that got dark 😂
For 16 years I've lived next door to an empty lot. A miniature nature preserve. Recently, the lot was sold and the trees have been bulldozed for a soon to be built house. As I watched this video, I began to worry about who's going to be my neighbor. I hope that I get a simulation of Phoebe Cates in a red bikini but my luck usually isn't that good.
Yeah...Phoebe at her current age...
Phoebe Cates? My fellow gen x'r 😂
Nina is super cute
Think those brownies had a certain special ingredient
Babies
@@cherrypie6784 weed
@@cherrypie6784its baby poo
I was hoping the plant would grow wild and feed on all of the brownies and the crazy people and the husband and wife would escape.
Yeah, I kind of thought later we'd see the plant and see what the brownies had done to it.
The stepford neighbors.
they’re cooked
Stepford
Am I the only one that lives in a cul-de-sac? I’m about to Google the definition of where this word originates from😂& Was I the only one waiting for the plant to start vibrating when she dropped the brownie in it?😂
Thank you culls are dangerous
Sly and edgy. Good job.
What about the poor baby 😢
Eating babies smh
Aha, so that's what they're up to.
Adderrol
Why are they giving it away for free?
Oooo…Kay? Not sure if I liked this or not.
He's hot
…
2:04 I swear to god I knew those would the first words outta his mouth!
Adrenochrome for aging. Horrid
Disturbing. Wish I hadn't watched.
I think these serve as a warning
@@PaulaStreetwhat are they warning against?
@@PaulaStreet No warning. A-chrome is the drug of choice of the Hollywood elite
Early Gang
I don't expect stuff as simplistic as this from Omeleto.
You'd be surprised
Creepy and disturbing.
Nothing funny.
Omeleto has a lot of great videos. And sometimes there's a bit of a lull in the quality.
Yeah, but I'll gladly endure the duds for their better films. The ratio of good to bad is pretty high here.
Yeah, I didn’t like this one (soylent green blah blah), but I like a lot of their stuff. I really like the time travel themes.
1st?
28th
WTFLIP IS THIS SUPPOSED TO MEAN 🤔😕😑🤣?
I keep thinking - you're not supposed to put things in a film if they don't mean something, especially not a short film. So what was the purpose of having the blonde woman get all up and flirty in the husband's face, if it wasn't going to go anywhere? Another scene was cut for time maybe?
Where does she get flirty? I didn't notice that
@@dfb2913 Very briefly, at 3:17 - the way she looks at him, approaches him, the way she drops her tone just the slightest and stands a little too close for too long. And the wife in the background being chill about it but starting to question at the last second before it changes screen. It's not super heavy handed, but it was enough to make me think she was going to try something with him later on.
@@quikinn527 Interesting... I rewatched the scene and notice the change of tone you mention, but I interpret it as just trying to "seduce" the guy into trying the brownie, not in a literal sexual way
@@dfb2913 Oh I agree, I just thought it seemed like a hint at a second scene where she pulls a similar move, but amplified, to cement his place in their little group. She never behaved that way prior, so I was expecting to see it a second time, because that's the kind of thing I learned in film school lol - not at all saying "I know everything bc I took some classes," I'm just saying that those lessons are what set that expectation for me.
meh, so everything ended like everyone thought it was gonna end? predictable
I am trying to hard to find something to like about this film. Well, at least you had fun making it 🤗
Not the best