Quiet Apocalypse

A lot of horror films deal with the end of humanity, by war, natural disasters, disease, aliens, or supernatural beings. But what if it happened without gore, panic, heroics, or any action at all? What if we slow-walked into our own destruction so gradually that we just accepted it? What if, instead of fighting for our last chance, we sympathized with our destroyers? Somehow, that scenario is even more terrifying than a violent apocalypse, because there's the possibility that we may already be doing that slow walk.

The short film Quiet Apocalypse by Brazilian horror fan insolitum picks a scenario for the end of things that is a cosmic horror for both the predators and the victims. But even if all these deaths came from some other source, the misery that opens the door for the acceptance of doom is more dreadful than the deaths themselves. He got that idea across in less than two minutes, and now I may have trouble sleeping. (via The Awesomer)