Lock Up | 3:35 | English

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The first of 13 'Bloody Cuts' makes its entry wound with the release of 'Lock Up' - the debut from an anthology of chilling shorts spilt from the vein of horror fanaticism.

When you're leaving late from work, like you've done many times before; spare a thought for the complacency of your safety and stay out of the dark - evil lives there. Lock Up is a chilling tale of fear and suspense and a potent reminder that something of nightmares could be lurking in the shadows around any corner.

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Starring Josh Burdett

Shot on 7D in 4 hours by the Bloodycuts.co.uk team.

Lock Up is the first video in a horror anthology called Bloody Cuts. A man (Josh Burdett) is working late at the office, Preston Security. He gets a call from his partner. The partner is at home, tucking in the kids. The man asks his partner to give the kids a kiss for him. He says he's just leaving the office, and will be home in twenty minutes. He hangs up. He grabs his stuff and leaves down the stairs.

The security cameras record him leaving. On his way out, the man turns off the lights and makes sure the offices near his are locked up. He hears a dragging noise in one of the hallways. He calls out, but no one answers. The man thinks he was just hearing things and keeps going.

The man leaves the main door that leads to the block of offices he was working in. He turns off the lights in the main hallway. He reaches into his backpack. It's his duty to lock the door since he's the last one working. That's when he realized he forgot the keys in his office. The man flips the light switch. The lights don't come back on.

He pulls out a small flashlight from his backpack. He turns it on and goes back to his office. The security cameras are still recording. The man finds his keys on his desk. After grabbing them and leaving again, he hears the same noise again. He ignores it. The noise keeps going. He turns to see what's making the noise. Nothing's there. He walks faster. The noise happens again. He turns, but he still can't see anything. The flashlight begins flickering. The man hits it against his palm. The flashlight goes out.

The noise gets closer. He desperately tries to get the flashlight to work, but it keeps flickering. At the end of the hall, a figure is standing in the door. The man keeps hitting the flashlight. It flashes and illuminates the hallway behind him. The figure is halfway down the hall. He finally hits the flashlight enough that it comes back on. The figure is right behind him. Its face is white. Its mouth and eyes are black. The man realizes something's behind him. The light goes out just as the figure lunges at the man.

I think Lock Up was well done for the most part. The darkness played an important part, but it didn't overwhelm the film. At least, we didn't have a two-inch range of vision with lots and lots of jump scares around every corner. I liked the amount of tension in Lock Up. I kept expecting something to happen whenever Lock Up switched to the security cameras. Are we going to see someone sneaking up on the guy in the movie? The dragging noises the man heard sounded like something heavy made out of metal. The sound made it tenser because I didn't know if it was another employee moving furniture around, or if it was the figure doing something.

There were a few things I didn't like about it. Zooming in on the forgotten keys in the beginning of the movie was a bit clichéd. I don't understand why Lock Up shows the point of view from the security cameras. I didn't see the figure lurking in the background on any of the cameras. Unless it's to show we're not as safe as we think we are. The man is surrounded by security cameras and locked doors. The figure is still able to get inside and attack him.Lock Up did make me think twice about how safe I really am.

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