Woman’s walk Home Becomes a Nightmare in THE THREE MEN YOU MEET AT NIGHT Now On ALTER
Josh Millican
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A young woman’s walk home turns into a surreal nightmare in The Three Men You Meet at Night, a new short film written and directed by Beck Kitsis, now streaming on ALTER. Give it a spin and read more about the short film below.
Synopsis:
A young woman walking home alone encounters three different types of men. Whom can she trust?
The Three Men You Meet at Night stars Stella Baker, Barron Leung, Walker Hare, Tom Martin, Matthew Jarzyna, Emily Olcott, and Ezra & Michael Moran.
Director’s Statement:
When I was 11, I used to walk home alone at night from dance class. By age 12, each time I took this walk, men would catcall me from their cars. At first, I found their attention exhilarating — finally, I was being treated like a grown-up, like someone special. I had this new power over adult men, and I reveled in it. But I soon realized that it wasn’t a power I could control, and at times it became altogether frightening, like when men would follow alongside me, refusing to leave.
As women, there always comes a point in our lives when we realize how men truly see us. For most women, this moment occurs some time during adolescence, and with it comes a lifelong responsibility — to always be alert, always ready to defend against a potential threat. This is never more apparent than when we are alone, and especially when we are alone at night.
The fear we experience as women is universal and often genuinely horrific. However, I rarely see stories about female fear depicted onscreen for any purpose other than entertainment or exploitation. The Three Men You Meet at Night explores how, for women, even the most basic tasks, like walking home alone at night, often feel like scenes plucked straight from a horror film.
We don’t need to look to the supernatural to find society’s greatest evils because they are living right beside us in our neighborhoods. Here, we finally see a woman’s walk home for what it is: utterly horrific, with monsters hiding behind each and every corner. With this film, I use the very genre that has normalized violence against women and positioned us as victims to tell a surreal yet terrifying story about the true horrors of a teen girl’s coming-of-age.
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