Kitchen Sink - short film by Alison Maclean

Kitchen Sink
Horror

10 min1980saward-winningcanneseclecticNew Zeland

Disturbing horror film. A woman is cleaning her kitchen sink. Just when she thinks it is spotless, she notices what appears to be a strand of hair near the drain. As she pulls on it, she realizes it is coming out of the drain…and is very long.

Nominated for Golden Palm.

Directed by Alison Maclean / New Zeland / 1989

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A short to scare the crap out of you. - MONTREALRACING says:
August 4, 2009 at 7:29 am
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Neil Auty says:
July 18, 2010 at 1:59 am
I will never pull the hair from the drain again. This is a well conceived story, translating to film seamlessly. The use of monochrome adds enormously to the aura and encourages the viewer to join the story. Nice one…
cooom says:
May 13, 2011 at 12:54 pm
I definitely make out with things I find in my kitchen sink after I shave them.
Girl Meets House: Kitchen Sinks, Joanna Russ and the Female Gothic « Apex Magazine says:
June 5, 2012 at 5:11 am
[…] Kitchen Sink, (1989) a short black and white film by New Zealand indie director Alison McClean, tells the story of a woman who finds a creature in her kitchen sink and tends to its needs as it becomes man-shaped. As a viewer, I was gripped by this fascinating and subtle piece, which constantly flipped back and forth on me. There were so few words or clues, it was pure emotion. Was he going to attack her? Had she hurt him? Why was she trying to look after him? Was he her lost husband returned to her? Was he a threat to her home, or a necessary part of her home? Did she love him? Was she grieving for him? Was he alive or dead? Was he going to hurt her? Every thirty seconds or so, I changed my mind about whether she loved the creature or feared him, and I was on the edge of my seat when the final denouement came… (check it out on Shorts Bay to see for yourself: https://shortsbay.com/film/kitchen-sink) […]
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Jo says:
August 27, 2013 at 5:45 pm
I remember seeing this short film years ago on HBO when they showed short films between movies. It has haunted me since. So glad I found it.
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Girl Meets House: Kitchen Sinks, Joanna Russ and the Female Gothic | Apex Magazine says:
March 9, 2015 at 11:31 am
[…] Kitchen Sink, (1989) a short black and white film by New Zealand indie director Alison McClean, tells the story of a woman who finds a creature in her kitchen sink and tends to its needs as it becomes man-shaped. As a viewer, I was gripped by this fascinating and subtle piece, which constantly flipped back and forth on me. There were so few words or clues, it was pure emotion. Was he going to attack her? Had she hurt him? Why was she trying to look after him? Was he her lost husband returned to her? Was he a threat to her home, or a necessary part of her home? Did she love him? Was she grieving for him? Was he alive or dead? Was he going to hurt her? Every thirty seconds or so, I changed my mind about whether she loved the creature or feared him, and I was on the edge of my seat when the final denouement came… (check it out on Shorts Bay to see for yourself: https://shortsbay.com/film/kitchen-sink) […]
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