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In The Closet is a 2026 short horror film about a terrified teenager hiding after sending a message that someone is inside the house. The situation initially resembles a conventional home-invasion story before the character upstairs realizes that the threat is far more disturbing than expected.
Erick Freitas directed and wrote the three-minute short and plays Dad, while Ana Sofía Salazar appears as the teenager. The extremely compact runtime allows the film to build its entire horror premise around one location and one escalating discovery.
- Erick Freitas directed and wrote the film.
- Freitas plays Dad.
- Ana Sofía Salazar plays the frightened teenager.
- The film runs approximately three minutes.
- It is classified as horror and short film.