Never Tear Us Apart | |
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Credits | |
Title: | Never Tear Us Apart |
Director: | Sid Zanforlin |
Writers: | Sid Zanforlin; Chris Bavota |
Producers: | Sid Zanforlin; Chris Bavota; Matt Keyes; Patricia Gomez Zlatar |
Composer: | Michael Richard Plowman |
Cinematography: | Steve Desrosiers |
Editors: | Lucas Villegas |
Production | |
Production company: | Head on the Door Productions |
Released: | October, 2015 |
Running time: | 7 min. |
Country: | USA |
Language: | English |
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"Never Tear Us Apart" is a film short and the first vignette featured in the 2016 anthology film Minutes Past Midnight. It was directed by Sid Zanforlin with a script written by Zanforlin and Chris Bavota. It was produced by Head on the Door Productions. The original short premiered in Mexico in October, 2015.
Plot[]

Colin and James.
Somewhere in a remote cabin in the woods, a bloodied man is bound to a chair. Someone bearing a knife stabs him in the back and kills him. Simultaneously, two young men named James and Colin are approaching the cabin. James is bearing gifts, but it is unclear who the intended recipient is. Eying the cabin, Colin warns James that this place is giving off a heavy Ted Kaczynski vibe.

Sherman kills Colin.
James takes a peek through the window and sees an elderly woman serving dinner to a grateful husband. He finds their amorous nature to be adorable. That is until he spots the woman then cutting off the hand of the dead man strapped to the chair and putting it into a meat grinder. Horrified to discover that this seemingly sweet older couple are actually cannibals, James falls backwards in shock.

Eileen & Sherman bear down on James.
The noise alerts the elderly couple, Sherman and Eileen, who come running outside. They begin chasing the two young men; Sherman carrying an axe, and Eileen bearing a machete. They catch up to Colin first and Sherman cuts his head in half horizontally with the axe. James falls again onto his face and bloodies his nose. As Sherman and Eileen catch up to him, James pleads for his life, citing that he is Amy Lou's boy. Sherman and Eileen pause in shock as they realize that this is their grandson. Sherman exclaims, "Well why didn't you say so, boy?" and they both embrace their grandson with familial glee.
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Matt Keyes | James Cooper |
Alex Weiner | Colin |
James Rae | Sherman |
Leigh Ann Taylor | Eileen |
Mark Krupa | Dead man |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this film short is "Some paths are better left untaken".
- Producer Patricia Gomez is credited as Patricia Gomez Zlatar in this film.
- Actor Mark Antony Krupa is credited as Mark Krupa in this film.
- James Cooper is the only character identified by name in this film.
- Reference is made to someone named Amy Lou, possibly Amy Lou Cooper. She is the mother of James and the daughter of Sherman and Eileen.
- Sherman and Eileen likely have a different surname than James. Their last name is unrevealed.
- Colin makes reference to Ted Kaczynski in this film short. Ted Kaczynski is a domestic terrorist responsible for a string of mail bombings between 1978 and 1995. He has colloquially become known as the "Unabomber".
Body Count[]
- Dead man - Bound to chair. Stabbed in back and cut up for meat by Eileen.
- Colin - Sherman cuts his head in half with an axe.
Recommendations[]
- Awake
- Crazy for You
- Ghost Train
- Horrific
- Roid Rage
External Links[]
- "Never Tear Us Apart" at IMDB
- "Never Tear Us Apart" at Letterboxd.com
- "Never Tear Us Apart" at Themoviedb.org
References[]
Axe | Bondage | Cannibalism | Cannibals | Decapitation | Head injury | Knife | Machete | Severed head