Mr. Bubbs (2007)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Very good horror short has a little girl playing on the side of her street with her imaginary friend, Mr. Bubbs. A child molester comes along and lures the girl into his car but Mr. Bubbs is there to protect her. I think it's important to have an imagination whenever you're doing a short today and director Thompson certainly has one. The story could have been simple and predictable, and it is to a point but there's another side of the film that pushes it over the line and makes the movie highly entertaining. The dark subject matter has a decent amount of humor thrown in and this makes the film very memorable. The movie goes by very fast and has a great pace but the director really takes the film to another level. There's some small blood but the revenge aspect of the film goes for smiles and gets them. Kendall Ganey is very good as the girl and Alan Lilly is also fine as the predator.
