History Film / TheFactsInTheCaseOfMisterHollow

* ConspiracyPlacement: Batwinged Cadeuces are tattooed prominently on the wrists of the men, as well as embossed on a leatherbound book on the investigator's desk, marking these men as members of the cult.

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Johnny Hollow is unseen, as the photographer who took the photo that's the subject of the film. His only "appearance" is via the text of a letter, warning the recipient, an OccultDetective viewpoint character, to "look closely."

* OccultDetective: The unseen ViewpointCharacter who is the recipient of Mister Hollow's photo, actively investigating paganism in Ontario.

* ConspiracyPlacement: Batwinged Cadeuces are tattooed prominently on the wrists of the men, as well as embossed on a leatherbound book on the investigator's desk, making these men as members of the cult.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Johnny Hollow, the photographer who sent the campsite photo, is named after the [[Music/JohnnyHollow electronica group]] who's song "Alchemy" provides the film's soundtrack. (It's co-director, Vincent Marcone, is a member.) The short was initially conceived as a music video before developing into a more fully-plotted short film.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Johnny Hollow, the photographer who sent the campsite photo, is named after the electronica group who's song "Alchemy" provides the film's soundtrack. (It's co-director, Vincent Marcone, is a member.) The short was initially conceived as a music video before developing into a more fully-plotted short film.

In 1933, Johnny Hollow took a photograph of a woman holding a child and three men. However, the camera pans around the photograph to reveal that things are not quite right. What is that weird symbol on everybody's wrist? What are they going to burn in that fire? As the movie progresses, the photograph changes, getting progressively more unsettling. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzw8qdXCep8 here]].

* ConspiracyPlacement: Batwinged Cadeuces are tattooed prominently on the wrists of the men, as well as embossed on a leatherbound book on the investigator's desk.

* PhotosLie: The premise of the film. The photo seems relatively innocuous until the camera progresses from showing particular details to showing things no viewer could see with the naked eye. (The contents of a rearview mirror's reflection at an angle not seen in the photo, the presence of figures obscured ''behind'' the trees.) Eventually, elements of the photo begin to change outright, suggesting that the investigator who's researching the photo is beginning to piece together a narrative about the more sinister context in which the photo was taken, as well as hinting that [[spoiler: the photo itself may be possessed.]]

* PhotosLie: The premise of the film. (The tagline is "Look closely.") The photo seems relatively innocuous until the camera progresses from showing particular details to showing things no viewer could see with the naked eye. (The contents of a rearview mirror's reflection at an angle not seen in the photo, the presence of figures obscured ''behind'' the trees.) Eventually, elements of the photo begin to change outright, suggesting that the investigator who's researching the photo is beginning to piece together a narrative about the more sinister context in which the photo was taken, as well as hinting that [[spoiler: the photo itself may be possessed.]]

[[caption-width-right:226:Look closely.]]

* PhotosLie: The premise of the film. (The tagline is "Look closely.") The photo seems relatively innocuous until the camera progresses from showing particular details to showing things no viewer could see with the naked eye. (The contents of a rearview mirror's reflection at an angle not seen in the photo, the presence of figures obscured ''behind'' the trees.) Eventually, elements of the photo begin to change outright, suggesting that the investigator who's researching the photo is beginning to piece a narrative together, about the more sinister context in which the photo was taken, as well as hinting that [[spoiler: the photo itself may be possessed.]]

* PhotosLie: The premise of the film. (The tagline is "Look closely.") The photo seems relatively innocuous until the camera progresses from showing particular details to showing things no viewer could see with the naked eye. (The contents of a rearview mirror's reflection at an angle not seen in the photo, the presence of figures obscured ''behind'' the trees.) Eventually, elements of the photo begin to change outright, suggesting that the investigator who's researching the photo is beginning to piece a narrative together, as well as hinting that [[spoiler: the photo itself may be possessed.]]

PhotosLie: The premise of the film. (The tagline is "Look closely.") The photo seems relatively innocuous until the camera progresses from showing particular details to showing things no viewer could see with the naked eye. (The contents of a rearview mirror's reflection at an angle not seen in the photo, the presence of figures obscured ''behind'' the trees.) Eventually, elements of the photo begin to change outright, suggesting that the investigator who's researching the photo is beginning to piece a narrative together, as well as hinting that [[spoiler: the photo itself may be possessed.]]

In 1933, Johnny Hollow took a [[SpookyPhotograph photograph]] of himself, a woman holding a child and two other men. However, the camera pans around the photograph to reveal that things are not quite right. What is that weird symbol on everybody's wrist? What are they going to burn in that fire? As the movie progresses, the photograph changes, getting progressively more unsettling.