Director: Jonas Govaerts
Writer: Jonas Govaerts, Uli Oesterle
Cast: Tijs Ceulemans, Yon-Ko Correwyn, Joke De Bruyn, Erik De Cnodder
Belgian short film directed by Jonas Govaerts and based on the comic by Uli Oesterle, about a cursed tattoo that keeps growing.
Cautionary tale about the risks of getting a tattoo while drunk. Running in at under 15 minutes this short manages to keep you entertained. The plots about a bored advertising agent, when is girlfriend tells him hes not rock'n'roll enough he goes out and gets a tattoo from a mysterious Asian tatooist known as Dr Lee . Only trouble is he doesn't like the cost and tries to flee without paying, which doesn't work out as he ends up running over Dr Lee. Matter of hours later and the tattoo mysteriously starts to grow till it covers his entire body. This in turn kicks off a run of bad luck ending in a bloody final. Played as much for comedy as horror its a nice little film featuring some well done visual tricks like a floating dragon as a shadow or the animated tattoo itself. Can be found on DVD in the Selected Shorts #3: The Best Flemish Shorts of 2005 or watched in 2 segments on youtube.
(7 out of 10)
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