In this horror satire about the cutthroat creative industry, five kidnapped strangers are forced to rhyme to their captor's funky beats - or die. A selection of Short of the Week, the web's leading curators of quality short films. ✨ JOIN US ON SHORTVERSE: https://www.shortverse.com/ 🎬 SUBMIT A FILM: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/submit/ 🎤 Rhyme or Die Dir. Max r Lincoln http://maxlincoln.com/rhyme-or-die Shot in a nightclub temporarily closed due to lockdown, Rhyme or Die makes the most of its setting with low-key lighting and clever set design. It’s the collars and the FX work prompted by their explosive impact that steals the show though. The ominous glow of the high-tech neckwear lends them a threatening appearance, but it’s only after poor old soil analyst Harry fails at rhyming that we witness their gory power as things get a lot more bloody. - S/W Curator, Rob Munday FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2023/10/23/rhyme-or-die/ *CAST* DYNAMO - Bethan Cullinane COLIN - Victor Alli NIDAL - Mohammad Amiri HARRY - Samuel Blenkin KAYE - Racheal Ofori EVE - Olumide Olorunfemi *CREW* Exec Producer: Ed Sayers Exec Producer: Rebecca Wolff Producer: Rami Sarras Pantoja Co-Producer: Pamela Pifferi Director: Max r Lincoln Writer: Alex Moran Casting Director: Charlotte Chapman 1st AD: Jez Marshall Cinematographer: Jonny Flint Gaffer: Frank Hammond Production Designer: Sarah Asmail SFX & Collar Maker: Carl Ryan Costume Designer: Emily Leaf Pond Makeup & Hair Designer: Shani Mushington SFX Make Up Artist: Rebecca Birch Location Sound Recordist: Aris Anastassopoulos Editor: Manuela Lupini Music: Joe Farley @Father Music: Sam McGrail Sound Designer: Sound Disposition Colourist: Carl Thompson @Molinare

The official video for ‘Brakelights’ by The Blinders Listen now. https://TheBlinders.lnk.to/Brakelights ‘Beholder’ the brand new album out on March 1st 2024. Pre-order now. https://TheBlinders.lnk.to/Beholder Follow The Blinders: https://theblinders.lnk.to/SocialsID Directed by Stuart Nimmo Produced by Gav Mukerji & Lyric Busk Shot at St Alphonsus Parish Centre, Old Trafford, Manchester Creative Direction by Stuart Nimmo & Pippa Alice Styling by Pheobe De Angelis B R A K E L I G H T S Our hearts are sick, You know the reason for this Don’t you know - no, no? Our hearts are sick, Can we go onwards like this No, no, no, no, no Brakelights Fold into the walls of This night Fold into the walls of light The sunset moves, All that we reached for’s too soon The way your moonlit face Wraps up into my arms So close to forget, Each time I see what comes next It’s easy to foresee What cause the alarm Brakelights Fold into the walls of This night Fold into the walls of Brakelights Fold into the walls of This night — [To feel I will be Is to confess I am not The images They’re unshakeable] I’m breaking all the chains to the light - ! Our hearts are sick, Can we go onwards like this Our hearts are sick, Please don’t remember for this Brakelights Folding into the walls of This night — Brakelights Folding into the walls of This night Folding into the walls of lies #TheBlinders #Brakelights #Beholder