School students reluctantly go on a trip to shoot their film for media studies in school, very half heartedly preparing for their movie, just wanting to present enough to pass.
Their film is called 'monsters and caves' for some reason (not mentioned) , they are filming at the local seaside by the caves. They use their own halloween decorations and things found around the house that sort of fit in the theme of monsters but not really. The movie (film within the short) is meant to be presented as amateur and lacklustre.
3 characters, 2 of them commit sin in different ways giving off a jerky, disrespectful attitude, misbehaving throughout the film. The 3rd character is quite timid and doesn't involve himself with the bad behaviour of the other two kids he has been placed in a group with. the two jerks tease the timid child having 'banter' throughout the film. The quiet one of the group is the only one who is focused on creating the boring film, trying to make it as good as possible with the pathetic resource they are stuck with, by bringing all of the props, his car, his camera etc. Only one of the two disrespectful boys brings a very unfitting monster pyjama onesie on board with him.
One of the students notice multiple St. Bridget's crosses hung around different sections of the boat. The captain tells the students of ancient Irish mythology, rambling on about scary stories which the 2 annoying children don't believe, joking about him, mocking the myth. The quiet boy turns to the captain and is attentive to his story. He speaks about the pagan wildmen that live on these islands, speaking tales of sacrifice, which the wildmen believe is necessary to keep the crops from failing. As it all might seem like a big joke to the 2 kids, the captain stated that the tradition was not to be taken lightly by the students when entering the islands. The St Bridget's cross is used to ward off the evil spirits on the island.
The group arrive at the island, jump off the boat and immediately begin to prepare to shoot for their film. The shy boy does not feel comfortable, feeling an odd presence, where he and his class mates are not welcome. During the process of the group filming, many things are 'off' and weird things are happening around the island, hearing things, seeing things that are unnatural. The 2 naive characters think nothing of it, taking no notice to some of the odd distorted objects and human like figures that the main character is seeing.
The final scene shows 4 towering figures, all dressed in pagan costume, not happy to see the boys filming. The sailor turns the boat around leaving them stranded on the island against the pagan wildmen, he yells in an ancient dialogue to the pagans from the boat encouraging them to advance with the ritual. The 3 are taken away and their lives are taken for the benefit of the pagan's customs.
One of the students notice multiple St. Bridget's crosses hung around different sections of the boat. The captain tells the students of ancient Irish mythology, rambling on about scary stories which the 2 annoying children don't believe, joking about him, mocking the myth. The quiet boy turns to the captain and is attentive to his story. He speaks about the pagan wildmen that live on these islands, speaking tales of sacrifice, which the wildmen believe is necessary to keep the crops from failing. As it all might seem like a big joke to the 2 kids, the captain stated that the tradition was not to be taken lightly by the students when entering the islands. The St Bridget's cross is used to ward off the evil spirits on the island.
The group arrive at the island, jump off the boat and immediately begin to prepare to shoot for their film. The shy boy does not feel comfortable, feeling an odd presence, where he and his class mates are not welcome. During the process of the group filming, many things are 'off' and weird things are happening around the island, hearing things, seeing things that are unnatural. The 2 naive characters think nothing of it, taking no notice to some of the odd distorted objects and human like figures that the main character is seeing.
The final scene shows 4 towering figures, all dressed in pagan costume, not happy to see the boys filming. The sailor turns the boat around leaving them stranded on the island against the pagan wildmen, he yells in an ancient dialogue to the pagans from the boat encouraging them to advance with the ritual. The 3 are taken away and their lives are taken for the benefit of the pagan's customs.
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