Cakeman (short film)

## Cakeman

Blow out your birthday candles...

***Cakeman*** is a 2017 short horror film written and directed by Sofia Garza-Barba and released by Crypt TV. It stars Strange Dave, Zoephia Decker-Knealing, Anastasia Elfman, Steve Olson, Santino Barnard, and Aaron Bradshaw.

The film was originally released on July 25th, 2017. It was rereleased on Crypt TV's Facebook page on August 23rd, 2017, and again on their YouTube channel on August 25th, 2017.

## Summary

When an extra gift box shows up for Libby, she's surprised to find it empty, but inside is a whole world of birthday nightmares.

## Plot

A little boy is at a nighttime birthday party, presumably his own, but he appears less than happy to be invited. He begins sobbing, begging whomever is throwing his party to stop as his fingertips burn akin to birthday candles.

The film then cuts to Libby, a little girl who has finished her sixth birthday party. She tries to sneak a bite of cake, to which her father remarks that it's a little late to be eating cake and she should help her mother clean up, much to her annoyance. Libby's mother then finds a present that Libby hadn't yet opened, to which Libby excitedly tries to find out what's inside. When Libby and her mother open the box, they find that there's nothing inside. Libby's mother, ever the optimist, says it will work nicely as a storage box, and she helps Libby load up her new toys so Libby can get ready for bed. Behind them on the table, six candles on a small plate of cake arrange themselves into six tally marks.

Up in her bedroom, Libby takes out one of her new toys, a white plush teddy bear, and sets it on her dresser. However, when she lets go of the bear, she finds that her hands are covered in blood. As an apropos flash of thunder echos in the background, Libby turns and finds that the inside of the large box has begun to glow, with a music box from inside playing the "happy birthday" song. She goes towards the box, and a confetti suddenly bursts from the inside of the box. A strange pair of hands with knives attached to the fingers emerges from the box, and Libby is dragged inside. All the while, her father hears her screams and ignores her to have some cake.

Libby wakes up on the ground with frosting stains on her neck, and she sits up to see that she is in a strange playground with a black sky. Four other children -- all with cake like dough over their hands -- are there as well, and a little boy in an orange shirt tells Libby that he's coming and they need to hide. Libby stands up, afraid of where she is, and a hand with knives for fingernails appears on her shoulder.

Libby turns around, and a pink-skinned man with cake for hair appears behind her. He hushes her and takes her hand as she tries to scream, telling her that she's just in time. Back in the real world, Libby's mother hears her screaming, and rushes upstairs to find her. Back in the box, Libby is forced to sit at the picnic table, her fingertips now on fire like birthday candles, and she screams for her mother to help her as the man cuts off her fingers.

Libby's mother rushes into Libby's bedroom and sees the inside of the box glowing. She inches closer, and screams in horror as the man from before comes out of the box.

## Cast

 Libby's Mother
 Libby's Father
 James
 Henry
 Featured Extras

## References

1. ↑ “Cakeman (Short 2017).” IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7433916/releaseinfo?ref\_=tt\_dt\_rdat
2. ↑ Crypt TV. “Cakeman | He's coming.....HIDE. Beware, beware, BEWARE of CAKEMAN (Wait for the end...) | By Crypt TV.” Facebook, Crypt TV, August 23rd, 2017.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1  Crypt TV. “Cakeman | "Birthday Wish" | Scary Short Film | Crypt TV.” YouTube, Crypt TV; August 25th, 2017.