Alexia is an Argentinian short horror movie by Andrés Borghi, released in 2013.
Within this short, Franco is looking at Alexia's, his ex- girlfriend's, Facebook page. She recently killed herself and he feels guilty for breaking up with her, believing his actions to be the cause of it. His currently girlfriend – or love interest, it's not fully explained – Melina comes to visit after telling him not to be too down about it and to stop beating himself up over Alexia's death – he was not the cause of it. She was a "troubled child" and would have done it either way. Comforted by this, Franco unfriends Alexia on Facebook to begin to move on. What happens next is beyond scientific explanation, and downright creepy.
This was absolutely brilliant. Borghi has managed to make a large amount of suspense in just nine minutes. I found myself turning away from my screen quite often in the nine minute time frame, and jumping quite a bit. The effects done on Alexia were absolutely stunning – I'm a studying make up artist and to see such good effects on her was a blessing. The premise was really well thought out, and it was a short, nine minute film full of fright.
Please be warned this film does have close ups of graphic slit wrists.
This was brilliant and I can't praise it enough. In just nine minutes, I found myself with a seriously increased heart rate, shivering as adrenaline coursed around my venous system and whining in fear. This was definitely atmospheric and deserves a bit more hype surrounding it. A definite seven out of ten for me and a definite recommendation.
