AI Horror Short Film

The story

An empty living room. A grandfather clock ticks. On the shelf, a ceramic figurine has been turned to face the wall. The camera keeps moving in.

How it was made

This short was rendered with Seedance 2.0 inside ShowMaker Studio. It was a test of how a video model handles slow, quiet dread with no character on screen.

The opening is one slow push-in across the room, named as a location @reference (@living_room), in a 3D animated look with amber lamplight. The sound is written into the prompt: the clock, distant wind, the creak of settling wood.

What to take from it

Dread comes from one wrong detail in a normal room. A figurine turned to face the wall can be scarier than a monster.