Dysmorphic | A Young Man’s Dark Plan To Win the Girl of His Dreams

A lonely young man with body dysmorphia believes that he’s too ugly to date. One day, he receives a disturbing supernatural vision about a way that he can get with the girl of his dreams.

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_Dysmorphic_
Dir. Grant Swanson
https://grantswanson.me/

Body horror exploring the turmoil of beauty standards and body dysmorphia is on the rise, with recent hits like _The Substance_ leading the charge. While women have been the focal point of such stories, men have largely been left out of the conversation. Grant Swanson’s surreal and disturbing short, _Dysmorphic_, looks to change that by using the horror genre to tackle these themes through a male perspective. - S/W Curator, Chelsea Lupkin

FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com..../2025/01/23/dysmorph

*CREDITS*

Austin Ford—Aaron
Megan Rees—Therapist
Ian Steven Peterson—Theo
Lily Hosea—Andra

Writer/Director—Grant Swanson
Producers—Grant Swanson, Christopher Behnen, Vokee Lee

First Assistant Director—Krista Koester

Production Designer—Sonja Kroop
Set Decorator—Andrea Bursott
Additional Artist—Jerron Hess
Set Builder—Andrew Mueller

Director of Photography—Christopher Behnen
First Assistant Camera—Brian Suerth
Second Assistant Camera—Laura Alexander
Gaffers—Jacob Velander, Colton Fossen
Grip/Electric Swings—Colton Fossen, Brandon Sandburg
Dolly Grips—Tyler Mielke, Tyler Thomas

Production Sound—Owen Brafford, Adam Biel

Makeup Artist—Summer Rose
Special Effects Makeup Artist—Matthew Goettsch

Production Assistants—Danny Mitchell, Nee Vang, Max Caudell

Editor—Grant Swanson
Composer—Tammy Clark-Barrett

Special Thank You—Peggy Swanson, Jim Swanson, Trevor Swanson, Krista Swanson, Eric De La Rosa, Matthew Davies, Alex Kohnstamm, Luke Stapleton, Christopher Behnen, Michael Young, Linden VanDerPuy, Krista Koester, Vokee Lee, Alexis Cruz, Cliff Warner, Cinemechanics, Ashley Vong, Ross Fleming

Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.

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