Other Side of the Box | A Horror Short from Caleb J. Phillips

yo careful you're cutting that broccoli awfully short you know you just keep your eyes on the sauce sister i got the broccoli under control sister no wait you better believe i am not to be trifled with well god damn it that broccoli is not to be trifled with either oh hey the sauce you cannot let it burn recipe says stirring constantly i swear i swear if any of those two inch broccoli end up on my plate you're getting it i have to deal with a disappointing two inches enough as it is you are back oh

that's why i like you i guess i mean all two inches of me anyway oh god well it's not a bad two i guess maybe two and a half do i hear three you're getting me wet yes but i want to hear no jesus you're getting wet all right i'll get the door you saved the sauce oh [ __ ] what it's sean what is he doing here i don't know oh i really don't want to see him right now i got it hey sean long time man good uh good to see you hey bam

them this is a bad time uh no i was just uh no yeah sorry do you want to come in yeah sure that'd be great thanks [Music] your mom told me where you were at oh oh this is a nice place oh thanks yeah where are you at now same place oh cool i'm really sorry everything went down before oh no you know it's uh water under the bridge is she here oh no she's uh she's at her parents house right now she's decorating oh great um look i just i just want to give you

this shawn you i um can i get you a drink or something no no i'm fine i'm fine are you okay yeah uh yes can you can you just do me a favor though yeah of course can you can you open it [Laughter] yeah of course man let's uh let's open it now open open the box first the card will make sense after all right i i i don't get it is it supposed to sean i'm sorry i'm sorry i gotta go what happened he left what's that a box well no [ __ ] ben

ben ben i need something what well that's odd no kidding don't he give us you yeah there was a card dear ben i'm sorry about everything before and everything now but i had to give it to someone i don't have it all figured out but i know it can't move while you're watching whatever you do don't take your eyes off of it it wants you to look away [Music] hello hello i'm calling sean hey this is sean make the message sean hey it's ben look i don't know what this thing is that you gave me

here but uh call me back now why is it looking at you like that i don't know what do you think it wants i don't know call him again hey this is sean leave the message what do you think it wants i said i don't know why is it looking at you like that sean hey it's ben look call me back now we're getting out of here rachel we can't we're not supposed to look away from it what happens if we do well that's what we need to find out just for a second okay we

need to know what we're dealing with on the count of three one two three [Music] could have been worse what what do you want sorry i'm sorry i gotta go just ben don't let him leave the house [Music] you can't move as long as you're looking at it right that's what it says yeah i'm gonna find sean i don't know why he did this but i'm gonna find out one of us has to stay and watch it [Music] what no no no no don't don't let me alone here with this thing it's fine we don't

even know what it is okay it could be harmless is that what you think [Music] [Music] you know it has to be me right you heard what john said not let you leave the house that's exactly what it wants just be quick real quick hey this is sean leave a message hey this is sean leave a message hey this is sean leave a message sean answer the phone i don't know why you did this but i'm gonna find out and told us what you said i don't know what i could have possibly done what are

you talking about sean why haven't you been answering what did you just say why haven't you been answering the phone no you you just said it told us what i said yeah it spoke or echoed it it told us what you said oh yeah i said what do you mean who's us i'm on about me not leaving the house then i didn't tell it to do anything i didn't i didn't even know i could speak sean what's going on ben it's lying to you i don't know why but it lied to you why did you

give this to us you keep saying us who's us us man me and rachel she was at the house ben where are you right now i'm i'm coming to you no no no you you have to keep your eyes on it i know rachel's watching it no ben you you you goddamn it i gave it to you you have to keep your [ __ ] ass on it ben don't go back don't you go back [Music] there [Music] so [Music] um rachel yeah what's up where's the box [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so so

[Music] i see you i see you i see you [Music] so [Music] so [Music] you