A press deadline and the iZombie season premiere didn’t leave me much time to keep up with this mystifying goal I’ve set for myself.
Luckily, you can get your horror delivered one minute at a time: The 3:07 a.m. Project is a two-year-old promotional campaign for The Conjuring (which I saw but barely remember, except that it reinforced my fear of closet doors that are slightly ajar). Here, Jason Eisener presents “One Last Dive.” (The Jason Eisner? Director of Hobo with a Shotgun Jason Eisner? Absolutely. Although what is it with Canadians and their horror film titles? If it’s not a hobo with a shotgun, it’s a Dead Hooker in the Trunk — and though it hardly needs to be said, don’t watch that one).
The project reminds me of two-sentence horror stories (not to be confused with “The Sexiest Sentence Alive”). Of the five submissions, One Last Dive is most worth watching:
I hadn’t really thought about it, but I suppose professional divers are always on-call, even at the witching hour. Unlike the other 3:07 submissions, this one balances jump-scares and vaguery: Did he find what he was looking for, or did he stumble onto a completely tangential crime scene? What kind of Best Practices are there for professional crime scene divers? If a team member fails to surface, do you just relinquish him to the briny deep?
I never really took to being underwater, myself — although bless me, I tried…
Surfacing near Catalina Island after an unsettling staring contest with a black sea bass that was not afraid of people.
