Horror Short Film 'Kalley's Last Review' | ALTER

Aspiring beauty vlogger Kalley is positively determined to finish her first sponsored review video for an unknown brand’s chemical peel... and it doesn't seem to be going so well.

"Kalley's Last Review" (2020) by Julia Bailey Johnson

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More About "Kalley's Last Review":
Kalley longs to be a social media influencer with her skincare videos. With her first ever sponsorship, she’s excited to test a brand new product on her face and share the results with her beloved followers. When things begin to take a turn for the worse, it becomes a bit hard to stomach just how far Kalley will go to remain in the public eye.

"Kalley's Last Review" Credits:
Written, Directed, and Produced by Julia Bailey Johnson
Shot, Edited, and Acted by Julia Bailey Johnson
Special Effects Makeup by Alondra Excene Shields
Audio Mixing by Sounds Red

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[juliabaileyjohnson]

Hi! It's me, Julia with a J and an A... I made this! 🤸‍♀🕳
Thank you so, so much for watching/stomaching my nasty lil' movie <3
Here to answer any questions, if you have any! I can share some advice too, like don't film scenes with red dye on your face the day before a job interview.

[vianarising]

the most terrifying thing about this is how realistic it is. I actually felt as if I was watching a skincare review channel

[Smiley_Fruitcake]

Honestly the actresses performance is what really sells this. That hidden panic in her voice is really well done, the way she tries to keep it together but you can tell she's freaking out is so jaw and relatable. If the acting were bad it wouldn't hold up as well.

[disorganzedchaos]

fun fact: “sous” is a french word and it translates to “under”… like, it shows what’s under her skin. this is really good

[TheRealMurdocFluxes]

the ending is what threw me off, the realization of "Oh shit... she's actually insane".

[usernthng]

the fact that she mentions the face on the product being distorted is actually very eerie knowing what will happen later on

[LexaJ]

I also love the foreshadowing! When she says “It would be amazing if this peel could take everything off” and the image on the jar being distorted

[realdazaiosamu]

the fact kailey had time to edit everything with the happy background music after getting her whole face skinned off is just😭😭

[labrxx]

"It'd be amazing if this peel could get rid of everything."

Famous last words, lol.

[crypticphobia]

this is genuinely one of the most creative horror shorts ive ever seen, since there's no big monster or villain, just a woman making a horrible choice for herself, and it still manages to be horrifying. everything from the set to the acting to even the editing was incredibly similar to a real makeup tutorial. the gore was really fun. her peeling off the dead skin made my stomach turn. instant horror fave

[LanaAndJen]

As someone who used to watch a lot of beauty YouTubers, I can attest those first 30 seconds or so were very realistic, as is Kalley’s background and setup

[Kavilion]

This is the scariest YT short I’ve ever seen. There’s a certain kind of terror in realizing you made a tiny mistake that will have permanent, terrible consequences and it’s too late to take it back.

[TheLastSinner]

As someone who burned their own face with skincare products, this honestly is terrorfying. Achne at least is natural; a scarred face is not. And the funny thing is? I talked to a friend years later, and she told me she never even noticed my achne. Social media portrays everyone with perfect skin, perfect proportions, perfect everything. Just remember that each and every one of you is beautiful.

[lunchablecheese]

Her apologizing for being bare faced while clearly having lashes on bro y’all nailed this

[eyeorigins]

even after all those suffering, she still managed to edit this review like we gotta appreciate her for her dedication!

[happyfirechannel]

the twist being not that the company is sinister but that the company never existed was so shocking. loved it!

[Superfreek]

The most realistic thing about this is that your face could be slowing melting off and these influencers would still film edit and post themselves dying a slow painful death before calling 911 😅 good lord. That was fun to watch thank you!

[meatymaggot]

Body horror always get's to me. The slow realization she done something wrong was dark and scary af. I was practically screaming for her to head to a hospital, crap is insane 💀

[danoob]

The fact she managed to edit the video with music, text, and transitions with her face literally burned off and only showing the muscle shows how much dedication she has for these videos

[carlitagarzia]

As someone who's been suffering with acne since I was 12, I've hated my face so much. I hated my oily skin so much I used the skincare products my mom would buy because it "worked" for her. It destroyed my moisture barrier, sensitized my skin and the acne. I couldn't forget the time I used the wrong product on my face, it burned so bad and left horrible marks. I was called an old hag by someone who was much older than me.

Now I became more educated on skincare and bought products suitable to my face which helped me slowly.

The video reminds me of my younger self unaware of the harm I did to my own face. This showed how much we are desperate for beauty, harming ourselves in the process.

P.S. Always patch test.