In the chilling horror short Helene, director Reese Carmen Villella crafts a tense and unsettling experience that unfolds in a mere twenty-two minutes. The story follows a woman named Helene, portrayed by Audrey Hui, who finds herself trapped in a nightmarish scenario where reality and paranoia blur into a terrifying haze. As she navigates a claustrophobic and oppressive environment, her motivations are driven by a primal instinct to survive against an unseen, malevolent force. Joined by John Ricotta and Chris Jaymes in key roles, the film explores the fragility of the human psyche when pushed to its breaking point. With its minimalist setting and a relentless atmosphere of dread, Helene delivers a concentrated dose of psychological horror that keeps viewers on edge from the first frame to the last, questioning what is real and what is a product of a fractured mind.