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- A preacher's daughter has a secret.
THE SERMON is used with permission from Dean Puckett. Learn more at thesermonfilm.com.
A church community holds itself aloof from the rest of the world, willfully isolated and inward in its outlook. Lead by a stern preacher, this community is strict, puritanical and willfully circumscribed. But Ella, the preacher's daughter, has a secret. And when it comes out, its impact is explosive within such a small, quiet community, its reverberations unraveling the community in an unexpected way.
Director Dean Puckett's folkloric horror-thriller has its roots in a strand of British horror films of the 60s and 70s, locating its feeling of strangeness and uncanny dread within a seemingly idyllic countryside that is captured in gorgeous and lush 35mm cinematography both rich in color and austere in its framing.
Even the camerawork seems to capture a sense of timeless nostalgia, with its almost old-fashioned push-ins and statically framed wide shots, which underscore the rigidity of the community it captures. The result is a ravishing visual experience that adds an elegant and incisive level of meaning to a film already rich with allegory.
The script itself is remarkably quiet, and with spare dialogue, subtle but effective performances and archetypal characters, the story feels very much like a folktale or fairy tale, exploring issues of sexuality and oppression. It's aided by quicksilver editing that moves the audiences through the twists and turns adeptly, though it offers ample opportunity for reflection and reverie.
But when the narrative hits its disturbing, repulsive twist, it takes on an almost surreal quality that feels somewhat like a Hieronymus Bosch painting, with its wide scale containing miniature details of human cruelty and punishment.
This short sits firmly in the horror category, but with its crystalline cinematography and its well-drawn atmosphere of both nostalgia and timelessness, it feels literary in scale and quality and begs for further exploration. Puckett is developing the film as a feature, which will give the story ample room to explore its powerful evocation of puritanism, seduction, violence and ideology. Juxtaposing almost voluptuously sensual images against a story of sexual repression, THE SERMON is full of rich contrasts, provocative ideas and haunting moments that take viewers to a strangely uncanny time and place, all while illuminating parallels to our own moment in history. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
I’ve never seen someone ring a bell with such passion before.
Chuckle
Ogechi O he was a hater for sure
Bloodlust.
What a SHAME bong SHAME bong SHAME bong
Hector Salamanca from Breaking Bad.
Imagine how grateful were the people who missed church that day
I’d be that person tbh
@@kiwiana6190 same
For a minute i thought she was shaving 😂😂😂
Me too!! 🥴😂😂🤣
Same 😂
Me three!
@نوران ً her dad was
Avantika Shah oh!
I thought the daughter’s lover was her mother... and this whole story was about the “family secret”
StarMcBride I thought that too
It's kinda pervy lesbian or not because that lady looked like so much older than her .
Me too and I'm so happy she wasn't or else I would've thrown up too.
I thought the same. It could be a relative. Either way it was a secret that shouldn't be told.
I thought the exact same thing!
The moment I saw she didn't drink any wine, I said "She poisioned it, I know!"
I thought it was real blood until they started dropping.
Me too! The instant after I thought they were all being punished by taking Communion without repentance. The holy spirit says that taking the blood and body of Christ into ourselves without repentance only brings judgement upon ourselves.
too slow. i knew it from the way she looked pouring that wine to the bottle.
@@streetbreednorthborneo6887 I guess she wasn't supposed to drink for being a "sinner"
Jonestown.
Man...Some people CANNOT hold their wine.
Holy wine which is the blood of Jesus.
yanno, some people just can't hold their arsenic.
i have friends who know nothing about Chicago :(
BerryPie Loooooove this!!!!
@@ellajensen7673yessss i was thinking of this
This is literally “take me to church” Music video
I agree.. I was thinking the same while watching the short film
These spot the differences are getting too hard
Omg can someone edit it to be the music video
Damn he’s ringing that bell like he’s possessed
Same thought.
He is... by self-righteousness.
😭😭
Viking untrue
@@cryingattheclub5150 Oh cool look at our nicks ahahaha
i love the dark figure following her, representing her hatred for her community
chemeli LM mmmm
Represented the devil....
TheBrabon1 possibly
But mass murder can’t be seen as anything less than evil
TheBrabon1 the world thanks no one
This was the most anti-homosexual film I have ever seen! LOL....
The Shameless Pitchmen for Jesus Christ it was meant to be anti-religion
Her darker self standing behind her was a really good effect. @8:44 & 8:56
That was Satan. He now owns her. The black robe was fully wrapped around her now.
@@WolfietheWolfman no it was her hatred. She was doing gods work
@@LittleRainGames Her false god of self, maybe. Murderers and the sexually immoral are always self-serving.
okay that's what that represents, was a bit confused.
@@WolfietheWolfman how does this account for atheists who do samaritious work?
How were the two kids just sitting there completely calm when literally everyone around them was dying and spewing blood. Also the kids didn't even acknowledge that the old lady puked on them.
With no emotions for the dead parents? This whole town is nuts.
the children of religious zealots are often broken and robotic. have you seen the way Amish children act?
in shock.
and hapless fear.
plus, in a world where unquestionably they win because god is on their side, what does it mean when they suddenly all lose? everyone knows god punishes the wicked, is this woman now god's favored? do we follow her now? if we don't will we end up like the rest? paralysis.
They thought some miracle is happening?...
@@FeelTheLack i feel this. i would have been worse but luckily i made it to 8 or 9 before they became zealots...so a bit of my own personality was able to develop.
From the first scene, I thought their family secret that the preacher's daughter was a transgender. I thought she's shaving 🤣
Same here.
What was she doing
Her five-O-clock shadow is simply hideous, thankfully she uses a very sharp blade.
Me too lmao
LMAO SAME
Wrong film to watch during my lunch break. D:
same
Ace Same here 🤦🏾♀️
You Didn't Like the Jim Jones CockTail She Prepared?
They had oatmeal for breakfast
I mean I'm eating lunch right now and I didn't mind-
4:52 the dude ringing the bell is a psychopath
And the girl murdering an entire village isn't?
Praevasc she’s actually the sanest person in this
@@praevasc4299 No, she was just desperate and that made her cross the boundaries. But the man is just *enjoying* throwing rotten tomatoes at someone else. He's definitely sadistic and about the others, it makes people feel better about themselves when they can throw dirt at someone else and claim that they are not the abominable ones. Simple psychology, this doesn't only happen in Christian communities.
@@farout4708 The sanest person? Does this mean that you support mass murder? If you support the death penalty, for what other crimes do you think it should apply? Because if throwing rotten tomatoes at someone deserves the slaughter of an entire village, then what else would you think justifies mass murder?
@I like Potatoes It was a small village, she could have bought some rat poison or it was it their house. And about the cops, they might not have been helpful or the police in near might have been corrupt or the same as the rest of the village. She definitely wasn't a psychopath or a psychopath, this is not how they behave.
Did anyone else find that figure absolutely terrifying?
TheJJZeeman i just found it funny how her pale skin peeped through the eye holes.
me omg that was terrifying
That symbolizes her dark side
Casting her love as a much older woman had to be an intentional choice. What did it mean? Most would say that a teenage girl and an older woman is unhealthy due to the age difference. Perhaps the homophobia of the cult left the girl with few options.
Yea!! It wouldn't make you think that way if it was a teenage boy and an older man
This just disturbing and the fact you're making excuses eukhhhh
@@nesrinebk2743 when did I say I was making excuses? I was speculating on what they were trying to convey.
Older lover was attractive to the girl as she had no mother?
Why do you say it was a cult? Aren't they Christians?
newjerseymom same thing lol
Such a paradox, preaching peace and decency after committing violence and degradation to another!
i think the word you're looking for is hypocricy
"Such a paradox, preaching peace and decency after committing violence and degradation to another, leading to mass murder." There, I finish the thought. It was the awfulness of humanity all aroud. Lack of tolerance, judging, murder.
Well his following what they said "put to death"
Little Sweetie Exactly.
Damn what posion she used
Just a gulp of wine with no effects on flavour and even after subjects puked it out it still worked
Must have good grades in chemistry class
iocane powder. it is odorless, tasteless, and dissolves instantly in liquid.
@@kendra8252 liquid??
@@rishavmasih9450 lol no it's from the Princess Bride
@@kendra8252 but like imagine how long it took to have everyone drink it, before it started taking affect on people?
I assumed it was wormwood, for no other reason than that the preacher was reading Revelations as it was all going down. Didn't all the drinking water turn to wormwood in that? But I think I was overthinking it lol. Its just "Poison" with a capital P.
Everyone’s drinking out of the same glass in this film, if this was 2020 they would’ve died from covid not their sins.
Jade Elaine Wyatt this has happened in a church in south korea during covid i think. The whole congregation got it. Idiots.
wine has alcohol in it
This comment is so funny lol
COVID isn't foodborne. They would, however, all be exposed to it from congregating, assuming anyone in the community had it.
Jade chill
I don’t think some ppl understand, when u r controlled especially religiously ur whole life ur moral code becomes dark... and u need to escape... Desperate people do desperate things
SOME of the congregation pelted her lover to shame her for her sin, which spoke more about their own sin more than anything else, and she retaliated by killing everyone but a few children... so that she and her lover could skip away into the sunset and enjoy their sin. It is less about religious persecution, and more about sinners doing what sinners do.
@@WolfietheWolfman thats right, try to salvage some of the lie. ,,so you can justify your sins another day.
@@jv-lk7bc Only sinners seek to justify their sins rather than repent them. Pride does that. PRIDE IS the LIE. It is what keeps them in their sins and what prevents them from being reborn of the spirit. Only those with a contrite heart will find redemption.
@@WolfietheWolfman it is more than likely that they were in love and loved one another deeply. which is evidenced by her tears at the public shaming. i mentioned above that her killing the congregation AND her father was WAY over the top, and she could have just left. it makes me think she is rather evil, BUT when she rescued her lover, she was being lightly tortured so if she wanted to run away with her she was gunna have to whip up on that guys ass, who was whipping her lover...to do that she would need to incapacitat the congregation. was a bit saddened by that...was too much.
Beautifully and accurately put
At least the children lived😂
Yeap, the best part of the story.
Yeah. That's because children don't take communion..meaning the wine. You have to be a certain age to participate in communion.
@@brooklynitec6888 Now, they're orphans. They have no parents, I doubt the women will take care of them, they're parents died in front of them and they have to take care of themselves, most likely the girl left with her lover, out of town, they are alone.
I know. But something tells me that the kids can probably can take care of themselves. The oldest has to be in thier late teens and they live such a simple life. They'll be fine. Besides, maybe the runaways/murderers (lol), sent help for them. If they thought to spare their lives, that could be a possibility.
@@brooklynitec6888 ur being way too optimistic the women would have gladly also killed the kids if they where allowed to drink the wine
Didn’t tell them the expiration date on the raspberry juice😂☠️
No she thought they reached their expiration date.
I like that he preaches "we love them....God cannot love them."
Almost like you don't know what you're talking about.
Yooooyooooo!
The blonde lesbian must have been a great lover... She got 💯/💯 on Rotten Tomatoes.
Chrissy Mayhew 🤣🤣
The blonde could pass for her mother!!!
I know! That proves it even more.
LMAO
Looking at her father, I would go even further to say that old woman could pass as 'his' mother, even in your mind it is still unclear!
I can just hear it now..."You did what in my name?"
She was too quiet throughout the video. I thought she was gonna burn down the whole village. Close enough.
Burning the houses would have been less evil if she choose the same time.
Knowing Omeleto, I was somehow convinced that at the end of the video she was gonna say “mother”.
This is some Arya Stark type of revenge
no, actually its not. Stark went much further. This was simple self defense.
j v I’m comparing the simple fact that they both poisoned a roomful of people.
yes. i was waiting for the girl to pull her face off and reveal herself to be Maisie Williams.
@@jv-lk7bc this was not self defense!
It wasn't even overstepping self defense.
It was simply genocide and revenge.
The fact that this is still happening in some parts of the world...
@Long Schnozzed Tribesman What do you mean?
@Long Schnozzed Tribesman This happens all over the place, and mostly with Christians. Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, and the Westboro Baptist Church are all cults.
@@Keznen oh behave yourself. This is not happening in Christianity. True Christians are against Homosexuality, as they have the right to be. Nothing more nothing less.
@@cooldaddy2877 "True Christians"... you know there's a fallacy that follows exactly the structure of what you just typed, right?
@@manuelka15 pleas explain.
Wow. Beautifully done! A great example of a small-budget production delivering way above most big-budget films. Kudos! :)
Perfect example of what a proper short film should consist of and ultimately be presented as. Excellent work to the cast and crew.
I haven’t seen any one else mention that the TV reveal at the end illustrates this takes place in modern times!! Great writing. Super subtle.
Trigger Warning: There’s vomiting and violence.
wish i'd seen the vomiting warning before I watched :((
Have a fear of vomit and can't even handle watching it on shows so thankyou
for the warning. 👍🏼
Thank you. There should’ve been a vomiting warning😨
Dont drink the coolaid
Preacher:*My kink is kink shaming you can not change my mind*
I'm sensing some "Carrie" vibes here.
Carrie Anne?
retread. but timely.
Telekinesis?
Nopes!
@@duskyviolets2560 Religious fanaticism, I gueSs!
Is it wrong that I grinned as the whole cult died?
Me too
Psychopath
Bruna P ifits wrong I don’t want to be right
We love a happy ending ☺️
Is it wrong that I am a devoted christian and was actually glad she got them back so smoothly? I guess God's got a lot more work to do in me 😬
The dark shadow appears each time she commits a wrong, but which is worse: the thrown tomato or the mass murder?
"And then they lived happily ever after"
This scene is still true and happening in southern baptist and methodist church. Shocking
You've got to be kidding, right?
I love the mention about this being like a Hieronymus Bosch painting. I also got that feeling. Love this channel so much!
Oh how great a full length film would be about this! This is powerful.
I loved that dramatic ending. Finally a good ending for the good ones
I don't like repeating myself that's why I'll say nooooo.
But why did she have to hook up with someone so old? That age gap really bothers me
I doubt there was much to chose from.
she has such a pretty side profile
Very graceful profile..
very nice to paint
The dark figure following her represent swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung's shadow archetype.
The dark figure represented her Uber Eats delivery driver.
@@deborahhanna6640 uber eats centuries before?
😂😂😂
@@thaju3788 It's modern times, didn't you see the TV? And makeup? It's just a cult somewhere out in the countryside.
@@user-yk6xx9dv5z what do you think about her actions taken for revenge?
i love the ethernal almost ghostly feeling of this
Remiscint of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery.
Huh. How very egotistical for one to believe they have the right to control whether someone lives or dies or to determine what's "correct" in our existence. Ironically, they are the weak ones ultimately.
It reminded me of my time by Jehovah's witnesses. It was true horror.
You’ve written the very definition of organized religion.
I am a pk (pastors kid) and it says in the Bible we shall love people not hurt them if someone made a mistake we shall not hit them we shall help them
Have you read the Bible? In Deuteronomy 28:15-68 it is outlined what happens to non-believers, and the consequences are pretty harsh. There are other parts of the Bible that aren’t as forgiving as your comment might suggest.
Also, this is unrelated but I couldn’t help noting that “pk” means something different in Cantonese
I have watched and shared this film hundreds of times. I still come back to watch it often. This is literally some of the best 11 minutes in cinematic history in my opinion.
The only ones left were the orphans she created.
It was not a good idea to watch this while I eat dinner
That got dark really fast
Honestly, if I were her, I would've eaten the tomato😂
No it was all brown I think that where rotten tomatoes.
This was so satisfying to watch, lovely ending.🙂
you leftists are evil to your core
ISIS also enjoys seeing peoples throats..
You people are so evil and dogmatic its terrifying
running away with her lover could've been the only thing she should do in this short film, I suppose.
Yes
The Photograph is amazing. Great job
At 6:10 The preacher was wrong. The Bible says "While we were yet sinners Christ died for us"
It also says, "For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son."
We're all sinners, but Christ loves us anyway.
How was he wrong? That preacher also said to love the 'abominations' as God does, sorry but the religion is screwed up, don't try to condone it.
@@FeelTheLack The preacher was wrong because he condoned the kidnapping and torture of a sinner... just like himself. That is a man who does not know Christ. He should have been trying to stop them all. SIN is the abomination, not people. Why did no one show mercy or grace? False converts and pretenders are the ones who are "screwed up"... not Christianity. Do not toss out the baby with the bath water.
@@FeelTheLack Like Wolfie said, the preacher was saying stuff that does not represent Christ and His teachings. Most religions today, including most "Christian" ones, say that sinners need to improve or become better before God can accept them. True Christianity says that all men are sinners and that there is nothing man can do to be righteous (religious) enough to be acceptable to God. The cure for our unrighteousness and the payment of our sin debt is found only in the cross of Jesus. He died so that He could buy us back, and He did that while we were still unacceptable.
That preacher was wrong because he was saying that it is possible for us to suffer so as to cleanse away our own filthiness, making ourselves acceptable to God.
@@FeelTheLack If the preacher said that God loves abominations, that would also be untrue. God doesn't love sin. He loves the sinner.
The Biblical message of God's Mercy and Grace is so overwhelming reasonable, I find myself not only condoning it, but I'm jealous of it to the point where if someone spouts off untruths about it, I will defend it.
@@WolfietheWolfman exactly, that's not how Christ would deal with her.
Not sure what I'm supposed to get out of this, it plays out like a power fantasy. The community is unambiguously evil, the girl gets revenge without any consequences that we can see, and it's all played totally straight, no pun intended.
Nope.. shes the evil one. She would rather live in her sinful ways then give it up. Going so far as to murder countless men women and children.
This reminds me of Jim Jones the one who had the cult and had all his followers to drink koolaid with sianid
😳😳😳
Cyanide?
How did I know it was that she was lesbian before even watching!?😂😍🥰
Samantha Little i thought it was lust and the guy on the other side of her father was her lover.
@Bobchidra Thomas Duh
You have a good gaydar
@@stykze8620 same
Description of the movie
historians would say they were "Good friends"
total stunner tip to stern. I mean every nano second is unbelievibly considered...right down to that typeface serif. total stunner
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So they couldnt just run away without killing everyone?
She could have
@XvAvX So in your eyes mass murder was completely justified in that case?
@@praevasc4299 I love a good revenge film as much as the next, but the moral here should never be "two wrongs make a right." Throwing tomatoes and beating someone is never going to be equivalent to executing 50-ish people.
Love this small budget film though.
@@chrischris9123 I liked the movie too, I'm just worried about the bloodthirst so many viewers express here. I hope that wasn't the intention of the creators of the movie.
@@BigG2G You are too ready to make assumptions.
But anyway, even if it was true, how many homosexuals could have been there in such a small village, and would a death sentence be a fair and just punishment to the whole village, even just for the onlookers?
"Doesn't look like a rational society". So do you suggest we just commit genocide against all societies which don't look rational enough for your tastes?
Where did you learn such hatred against human life, that you are so eager to justify mass murder and genocide?
Thanks! I just got detention coz I got a notification that u had posted…it was worth it!
Ailsa Johnston what video was it
Ailsa Johnston yup
Nice
Y would u have ur phone in class?
Awesome
the problem with this video is that it would reinforce what their scripture says. What she did was wrong and evil same as what the church did. But people can be changed. Not when they are dead though. Even people in jail and prison are able to turn around sometimes and become better people and learn from their wrongs. Not always, granted but still.
I literally gasped when she slit that dude.
At the first sip, I knew they were ALL DONE!
I was pleasantly surprised by this great short! Hell Hath No Fury By a Woman Pissed Off by Keeping Her Away From Her True Love.....
What, BBC ?????
What that woman did was wrong, she slept with a child.
TreasureTV Jackson that girl is not a child, she’s clearly in her 20s
@@treasuretvjackson8018 there were no children in this, except the survivors.
She wasn't pissed off, she was desperately in fear of her life and and that of those she loved. Look at her face as they are dying. No satisfaction, no victory dance, just hoping to survive, for the nightmare finally to be over.
Tell them the north remembers
😅😅😅
you mean, the true north? the night king remembers. he’ll be back.
Some people would love this to be true.
Yeah like every lgbtq person
The age difference bruh just could've picked two old women or two young girls.....that difference looks too much
eleonora brown it made me uncomfortable ikr
If it was a man !! Hhhhhh double standers
Nanou B if it was an old man it would be just as creepy
@@aclove1496 i know ! but people wouldn't be so nice in the comments
That young chick could have done way better, you know its gonna be over once that young chick discovers London LOL. Also, why are they running if they got rid of the badies?
I love a good revenge fantasy. The aftermath though... could you be with someone who you saw coldly cut a person's throat....?
sjane 722 if they did it for me then probably yeah
sjane 722 yes !
Dot 😂
sjane 722 🤷🏽♀️
The fact that all this was true is traumatizing
Loved this, something gritty instead of predictable. Very original and satisfying to watch!
The true meaning of 'I'll fight the world to be with you'
Ron Burgandy: "welp that escalated quickly"
I feel bad for the children who took a sip of that wine. Poor innocent children...
The children at top of the screen @9:07, are still alive. See them move? I myself missed them the first time I watched it.
Another high quality feature length film condensed into a nugget of brillance
morale of the story...BYOB
BYOBOC
Bring your own boa indeed
bring your own booze,so true y'all
@@alfred4600 Bring Your Own Blood of Christ?
@@HanselHoeffer lol nailed it.
Awesome! Keep up the good work, Omeleto! :D
You all have some really great films. Brilliant!
i wouldnt expect to this end but i absolutely enjoyed it , well done
The mind games in the name of religion is insane ...
Great video as always !
well this gets the award for instant escalation. was NOT expecting THAT!
The Starks send their regards.
The boy's expression when the preacher starts coughing, hahahaha 18/05/2020
Another great video brought to you by Omeleto. I'm essentially giving up on big Hollywood films outside of Marvel.
Doesn't Matter Omeleto doesn't make these films
@@YT7mc I just learned something this day. Thanks for the info, still a great channel nonetheless.
Me too.
@Jane Terri so? people like Marvel, fans like the movies, it's his choice to watch Marvel movies only
@Jane Terri I'm talking it's his choice to watch what you call the worst example, for you maybe they're worst but like I said, a lot of people like it, fans like it, so.....
WHY did I decide it would be a good idea to watch a short film while having my tea?
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. - Matthew 7:15.
But who was that black shadow behind his daughter when everyone was dying?
The devil. There for all of them, including the girl.
I believe it was death. The camera pans away, and when it shoots back to the scene, the girl is wrapped in the black sheet. She has brought death with her
It's good for people to love who ever they want that a good and happy thing that God does not support but the devil does I thought god was the good guy
@Sword of S Devil or death idk
I think it's the 'dark' side of the daughter. You can see the birth of it at 6:27, by the time of the communion it has completely consumed her.
Moral of the film: don't disrespect homosexuals, unless you wanna die.
i guess the same goes vice versa
@@behindmyblueeyes99 keep a low profile and don't make enemies.
Be like Kira Yoshikage *joke*
@@lorddio2737 why did you say that to me?)
@@behindmyblueeyes99 because this is a chain .
"Yes Heathens will fall
I will strike down them all
and you will know my calling"
I just read the comments 5 seconds in and completely pissed it up for myself 😂
WOW, mind blowing! This is the reality or our society now... Being in HR it surprises me how people fear homosexuality at work.... it's 2019! Great take on this, Loved it!!!
So love how see murdered people
Where do you live? WTH?
They got what they deserved. The preacher was only preaching half the story. He was not teaching grace and salvation. And that's why I'm not Amish, among several other reasons.
Why do you think that community is Amish? True, there is no display of tech, so it could be in Europe from before the time they moved to the US, but the use of British English clearly defines the group as being in Europe, not America or Canada where almost all Amish live. In addition, the Amish in Europe became Mennonites, so that is also possible here..
@@skittles3310 No I don't believe that!! But I say to each their own, I'm not GOD..I don't judge anybody..
When the love of a young woman with a old man is considered disgusting...while the love of a wyoung woman and a old woman is considered ok.
@@DuskSunDawn
I agree
I am 48 with lovely partner 32
It's the intellect connection
@@robertmitchell8630 Ok, but the age gap between you and your partner is not too high compared to the age gap between the characters.
Your age gap is high(I'm sure there are people who disapprove your relationship) but not too scandalous(the age gap of the film is...30 years, 40 years?).
Well done! Great short!
Nicely done! Excellent acting and all of the technical stuff is great.