A couple and their son drive to a holiday home on the shore of a quiet lake. There's an air of unease about the whole thing (although admittedly I saw this as the first item in a program of shorts with a "fantastic" theme so I was coming to it with an air of expectation anyway). The mother seems a bit gloomy and not as enthusiastic as the husband and son, who immediately want to go swimming. What happens next falls directly under the title "spoiler". My one criticism is that I never felt any real connection with any of the characters. In a short film, am I supposed to? Obviously not to as large an extent as in a feature, but the end result was that the film was not only chilling but also perhaps too chilly. I'm probably being harsh; ultimately this is a creepy little film high on atmosphere. 7/10.
