Mud Boy

2009, 10 minutes

A traumatised young girl makes the chilling discovery that her missing brother has been buried in a shallow grave at the bottom of her garden. And yet he seems to be still alive.

A young London girl escapes to the end of her garden after being caught in the middle of a fight between her mum and boyfriend. As she plays with her toys she accidentally unearths her brother’s grave. Failing to accept that he is dead, she make-believes he is alive and starts to do all she can to clean him up and bring him inside again. When the police arrive, they find the dead Jamie, but to Mina Jamie is now roaming free in the garden.

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