Review: Within
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 20, 2011
This story begins in Dr. Caffer's office. He is a hypnotist, and Beth, his patient, has just been put into a trance. The doctor's focus is on Beth's fear of children and the things that represent children. Soon, as Beth travels in her mind back in time, the reader is taken to a place in Beth's memory and we see what she sees- Beth at age seven, when her father was superintendent of an apartment building.Next, in Beth's memory, we are sneaking along with her, on our way to apartment #34, filled with many dolls and with something evil. For me, there's just something unnerving about certain dolls, those dolls that go beyond cute and sweet and into something dark and sinister, with those unblinking eyes that seem to see right through you and want something from you.This short was good and spooky, with a nice feeling of foreboding. I love having that sense of something bad is about to happen. And that last scene, as the doctor uncovers what is hidden in Beth's mind, was a creepy twist to the story.