Happy Birthday - Short Horror Film

A girl finds a mysterious birthday cake in her dining room.

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Directed & Edited by: Aaron Fradkin
Starring: Victoria Fratz
Producer: Victoria Fratz, Anna Shields
Director of Photography: Keelan Carothers
SFX Makeup Artist: Mandy Mossman
Music: Robot Disco Puma

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[JustinJaiC.]

Stop showing the "monster" in the thumbnail. Let us be shocked/surprised. I say this with the utmost respect. 😊💙

[sophial.]

Victoria did an amazing job. That frantic eating and heavy breathing made you see how desperate the character was. She indulged no matter the cost and it was disgusting. Great job.

[lauracox]

I love when she sees her reflection and is so happy about it. And those sounds… oh boy! Great work. Great editing Aaron Fradkin! That roach running on the cake!

[BuriedHatchetProductions]

It took me a rewatch to see the bug crawling out of the cake, those little details make everything so much better. Really great stuff, I feel like since “The Ballerina” everything has been feeling even more cinematic, almost like season 2 of Social House. Road to 100K ;)

[teethejedi]

This hits different when you watch it on your birthday 😭

[piccolapiccola]

This reminds me of people who have difficulties in accepting that they age and who develop an addiction because of that. The older we get, the more we become aware of the fact that we age (with every birthday). So people try to stop the march of time (of ageing) by all means (e.g. by plastic surgery, etc.). Some people get obsessed with the idea of looking young forever, as a consequence of which they become virtually addicted to plastic surgery and can't stop "eating the cake" (can't get enough of it). Whereas they are content with the results, others might feel disconcerted and startled by their outer appearance. At some point self-perception and external perception diverge considerably. The cake might stand for the opportunity to take measures against ageing (plastic surgery, botox, etc.). If you "eat" an appropriate amount of it, you'll be fine. But if you get addicted and can't stop "eating" it, you may develop an addictive disorder without realising it. Even if you look into the mirror, you only see what you want to see. And then you want more of it. You are no longer able to see what that kind of addiction is doing to you (in this case to your outer appearance, but also to your mind / psyche) - but other people can see it clearly.

[jeffdorman]

I especially like the creepy touch at 5:02 when she eats her own eyeball

[richards]

I love Victoria her eyes are so beautifully expressive and she is willing to do any role for the success of the film, congrats.

[movienationtv]

Disturbing… so in reality she’s actually made herself older. But in her in mind and appearance towards the mirror she’s younger because that’s what she wished for much more wanted to be.. sick in a good way❤️❤️ just wish you guys were a lot faster with making these🥲 SUCH A HUGE INSPIRATION FOR ME AND MY IDEAS FOR MY CHANNEL. Thank you for this. Victoria was amazing as always😆

[GoodboyMedia]

Honestly thank you guys for being a constant reminder to just things done. We have started making our own horror shorts now and we are having so much fun making them. It's so easy in this line of work to overthink things and you guys just keep coming out with these simple powerful concepts. Awesome work as always.

[nsporiginals]

Well done. Every single short film you guys improve on something. Keep at it! You're an inspiration for so many creators and channels out there

[SourceAwareness]

🍰 *Marie Antoinette **_approves_** of this HORROR MASTERPIECE!!!*

[megan]

I really like these (nearly) silent horror movies. It shows the talent of the actress (Victoria) to show all the needed emotions without speaking to the audience in a REALLY short amount of time. Very impressive.

[Collinator]

The intro....if you don't make a deal with Blumhouse in the future to turn one or a few of your short films into a full movie....please make it happen someday qwq I'd be in the theater day 1!

[darlene_]

This is literally me eating cake, especially red velvet.

On a serious note, I absolutely loved this short horror movie. Reminded me of Dorian Gray. Keep the good work !

[marianne]

Victoria is a strength for this channel. She often play the role as Protagonist and sometimes as the villains.. I don't think that I could watch Social House Film's Video without her

[justinlocke]

Second short I've watched from this channel and I'm thinking Aaron Fradkin might be my new favorite director.

[houdiniwi]

Underated as fuck. I cannot stress this enough.

[adriennereyes]

I'm never going to see 🍰 the same way again this was awesome 🤟🤟

[JH-cpwf]

i really like the dark fairytale vibes of this one? Could fit right in with the scissorman and black annis and all those kind of stories. good job!