Watch: Horror Comedy Short Film ‘Meat Puppet’ with David Jonsson

Watch: Horror Comedy Short Film ‘Meat Puppet’ with David Jonsson

by Alex Billington
January 2, 2025
Source: YouTube

“The boy is out of the box.” 📦 You’ve never seen anything like this film before! A hilarious new short film is finally online after playing at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival last year. Meat Puppet is a hilarious comedy short film created by a British-Greek filmmaker named Eros V. The film won the Audience Award at SXSW and played at a bunch of other festivals and is now online to watch. It’s a knock out! On the day he promised his girlfriend he’d grow up, a man-child inadvertently traps himself inside a puppet. How will he get back to his old fleshy meat bag self?! Meat Puppet stars David Jonsson (the super talented young actor seen in Alien: Romulus and Rye Lane) along with Máiréad Tyers and Gregg Chilingirian. This concept is crazy to begin with, but it’s executed in just the right way to be super funny and exceptionally awkward, which is not easy to pull off. The puppet is also real – created and puppeted by Hugh Purves. Just click on play below.

Thanks to Short of the Week for the tip on this funny short landing online. Brief intro from YouTube: “On the day he promised his girlfriend he’d grow up, a man-child inadvertently traps himself inside a puppet.” Meat Puppet is a short film written and directed by EROS V a British-Greek filmmaker from London – you can view more of his work on his Vimeo page or visit his official website or follow him on IG @erosv.xyz. It’s produced by Leah Draws and Masha Thorpe. Executive produced by James Patterson. With cinematography by Miguel Carmenes, and original music by Pablo Scopinaro. The puppet is designed by and its puppeteer is Hugh Purves. Made by Runt Films and Maypole Production. This first premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival where it won the Audience Award last year. Eros V says “old larger-than-life morality tale movies”, like Liar Liar, Big, and Bruce Almighty were his inspiration for this absurd comedy short. For more info on the film, visit SOTW or stop by Eros V’s website. To discover more shorts click here. So how weird is that?

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