Skin | Horror Short Film | ALTER

Subscribe to ALTER on YouTube: https://goo.gl/LnXRC3 🔥 This horror is scripted. Your goosebumps are not. Insecure about her appearance, Kanika visits a mysterious skin lightening center. "Skin" by Urvashi Pathania #ALTER #horror #shortfilm Connect with the Filmmaker: https://www.instagram.com/skin_ashortfilm/ https://www.instagram.com/swurvashi https://www.urvashipathania.com/ More About "Skin": Deeply insecure about her dark complexion, Kanika seeks a radical skin-lightening treatment at the elite Markandeya Aesthetics. Her sister Ria—a rising makeup influencer famous for championing skin tone positivity—vehemently opposes the decision. But when Ria live-streams her concerns, a follower reveals the facility’s sinister, horrifying true purpose. Now, Ria must infiltrate the clinic to rescue her sister before its too late. Director's Statement: When I read the logline for The Substance out of Cannes, my heart literally sank. I thought, “Oh great, someone just made the body horror movie I’ve been developing since grad school.” But a friend knocked some sense into me. Coralie Fargeat’s masterpiece broke the body horror glass ceiling, but SKIN is entirely its own beast. It’s a psychological body horror film made by and for women of color, interrogating Eurocentric beauty standards from the inside out. By 2027, the skin-whitening market will be a $24 billion industry. Women are literally poisoning themselves with mercury to chase a white ideal. Growing up, a family friend told my mom I’d be unmarriageable because of my dark skin. The resulting years of bleaching creams bred a visceral self-hatred—the kind that makes a teenager want to literally rip her skin apart. SKIN is inspired by this feeling. "Skin" Credits: Written and Directed by Urvashi Pathania Produced by Liz Lian and Nicole Palermo Produced by Roan Bibby and Hughes William Thompson Production Company PANOPTICA Executive Producers Patxi Elizalde and Seema Hari Associate Producers Aryaman Pathania, Dawson Roebig, and Jane Zhao Cinematography by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone Production Design by Sadra Tehrani Edited by Julian Bridges and Chelsea Taylor Composer Raashi Kulkarni Casting by Ally Beans, CSA 1st Assistant Director - Will Pinke 2nd Assistant Director - Nyala Moon Script Supervisor - Arhana Singhania 1st Assistant Camera - Eliza Valley 2nd Assistant Camera - Kimmy Komrska Gaffer - Eddie Harold Jr. Key Grip - Ethan Federico G&E Swing - Dane Brown Camera PA - Lucas Salm-Rojo Sound Recordist - CP Cutler Carpenter - Henry Culpepper Makeup Artist - Agnes Lin Production Assistants - Noah Johns, Mishal Mahmud, Arhana Singhania, and Paris Yee Colorist - AB Ying Su Visual Effects Artist - Manmeet Singh Graphic Designer - Sydney Saneun Hwang Sound Designer- Ben LeHouillier Cast: Shreya Navile Sureni Weerasekera Tina Benko Srini Kumar Sheilagh Weymouth Sarah Lynn Rose Kerry McGann Jeanine Flynn Emily McNamara Tyler Merell Sophie Anna Everhard About ALTER: ALTER is an ever-expanding platform for the most daring storytellers in the world of horror. We are a home, community and launching pad for our filmmakers. Slip into the dark, disturbing corners of cutting-edge horror. Beyond our longstanding presence on YouTube, ALTER also operates a free streaming tv channel available on DIRECTV, Sling, CW, LG, Plex, Samsung TV+, Tubi, & TLC+. Learn how to watch ALTER on TV: https://linktr.ee/watchalter Submit your short films here: https://filmfreeway.com/alterdustsubmissions NOTE: Only completed horror shorts will be considered. Unsolicited scripts or pitches will be immediately deleted without review. Watch more: https://goo.gl/yvB7EM Follow us on Facebook: https://goo.gl/X4LhGr Follow us on Instagram: https://goo.gl/G6W7zn Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@watch_alter About Gunpowder + Sky: Creating content that resonates and impacts pop culture conversation, by empowering creators to take risks and experiment relentlessly in the pursuit of novel stories and formats.