Ababhali nabaqondisi bamafilimu azimele amafushane athusayo babheke yonke indawo ukuze bathole ugqozi. Kungase kuvele kuphawu, amazwibela engxoxo ezwiwayo, noma isihloko sephephandaba, kodwa lapho lowo mbani ushaya basuke sebelungele ukuqhubeka nakho. Bekunjalo ngefilimu emfishane ka-Domonic Smith, “Van” eqale ohlelweni lokusebenza olubizwa ngokuthi i-Hooked enezindaba ezixoxwa ngokuphelele ngombhalo kanye nemiyalezo esheshayo.

"Ngivele ngakhubeka kuhlelo lokusebenza," kuchaza uSmith. “Ngangiqhubeka lapho nsuku zonke futhi ngifunde izindaba, futhi ngathola ethi “Ngikulindile”. Bengilokhu ngicabanga ngendlela engiyithanda kakhulu ngayo le ndaba futhi ngingenaso isiqiniseko sokuthi izohumushwa kanjani efilimini kodwa ngifuna ukuzama ngempela.”

USmith uthinte umbhali wendaba wacela imvume yokuyijwayela. Wachaza ukuthi kuzoba khona izinto okumele aziguqule, kodwa okuzothi emnyombeni kuseyindaba yombhali. Lapho ethola amazwi anamandla athi “Yebo!” kubo bobabili umbhali bese kuba umnikazi wohlelo lokusebenza, wayesekulungele ukuqala ukuzivumelanisa nezimo.

Ku-“Van”, sivulela owesifazane osemusha, uLaura, evuma ngekhanda ngenkathi eshayela. Kusenjalo, uhlezi ezimpambanweni zemigwaqo futhi umngane wakhe, uJulia, uyamfonela engxoxweni yevidiyo. Umngane kusobala ukuthi ukhathazekile futhi ucela ukulandwa. ULaura ubona igazi entanyeni kaJulia futhi ucabanga ukuthi isoka likaJulia limhlukumeze ngandlela thize. Uyavuma ukuyothatha umngane wakhe futhi acele ikheli, kodwa lapho elithola, uyabona ukuthi lingaphansi kwamamitha ayikhulu ukusuka endaweni.

Faka iveni esabekayo, ene-titular.

“Kunezinganekwane eziningi ezindala ezikhuluma ngenqola kaDeveli ethwala imiphefumulo iye esihogweni,” esho. “Ngakho-ke bengicabanga ukuthi izolingana yini le nqola yesimanjemanje? Iyiphi imoto eyingozi kakhulu namuhla? Nomqondo weveni ufike kimi. Yiveni esabekayo ethwala imiphefumulo iye esihogweni.”

Iveni okukhulunywa ngalo liyasabisa impela. Iveni ephakelayo enodeveli onyantisayo kulogo lwayo (ubani onga-oda kubo?!), ibonakala ihlezi futhi igqolozele uLaura njengoba esondela kuyo sonke lesi sikhathi ehlanya ebhalela umngane wakhe ukuze athole ukuthi ukuphi. Leli veni lingumlingiswa uqobo. Iveza ubungozi futhi ifaka ukwesaba kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-angle yokuqoshwa ingakanani.

Umqondisi uqhamuke necebo elikhaliphile lokudweba izethameli zakhe efilimini ngokusebenzisa izikrini ezimbalwa ezihlukanisayo ezivumela izethameli ukuthi zingagcini nje ngokubona ubuso bukaLaura, kodwa futhi zibone isikrini sefoni yakhe njengoba ebhalela uJulia.

“Lapho ngibhalela othile imiyalezo futhi ingxoxo ishuba, ngiba novalo lapho ngibona lawo ma-ellipse abonisa ukuthi uyabhala. Awazi ukuthi bazothini ngokulandelayo. Bengifuna abantu bazizwe sengathi lesi yisimo abangazithola bekusona,” usho kanje. “Ngakho-ke angifuni ukuvele ngithwebule izithombe eziningi zomuntu othumela imiyalezo. Ngifuna ubone ukuthi bathumela ini. Ngifuna ubone ukuthi babhala ngokushesha kangakanani. Indlela abakhathazeke ngayo. Kufana nalokho okwenzayo empilweni.”

Ukukhetha kuyaphumelela futhi ngizithole ngibambe umoya njengoba uLaura esondela evenini futhi uJulia ugcizelela ukuthi ayikho iveni lapho ekhona. Angifuni ukunikeza okuningi kakhulu ukuze ngigweme abaphangi, kodwa sonke isigcawu sidlala kahle ngenani eliqondile lokushuba. Akumangazi neze ukuthi le filimu ibe ngeyokugcina kuma-iHorror Awards kule sizini edlule.

Ubungamtshela ukuthi uSmith ulithanda ngempela uhlobo lwefilimu emfushane futhi sikhulume ngothando lwakhe olukhulu lwamafilimu e-anthology ahambisana nothando lwakhe lwezindaba ezimfushane njengalezi eziku. Izindaba Zokuxoxa Ebumnyameni ayifunda esakhula.

“Ngiyakujabulela ukunikeza abantu ukunambitha ukwesaba,” kusho uSmith. “Senginesikhathi eside ngenza amafilimu amafishane kangangoba empeleni kuba nzima ukuthi ngenze into ethile. Kodwa uma unginika imizuzu emithathu, imizuzu emihlanu, noma ngisho imizuzu eyishumi, kuba lula kimina ukuxoxa indaba yami. Kufanele iqine; imizuzu kufanele igcwaliswe, kodwa ngithanda ukushiya lezo babukeli nalelo chweba. Bashiye befuna okwengeziwe!”

Umqondisi osemusha, osanda kungena ngemvume ukuze akhe okuqukethwe kwe-Crypt TV, unenqwaba yamafilimu amafushane emisebenzini kanye nesici athemba ukuthi sizoqala ukuqoshwa ekupheleni konyaka. Uma zihlakaniphile futhi zizintsha njenge-“Van”, ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi sibhekene nezimangaliso eziningi futhi ezibulalayo ezivela ku-Domonic Smith.

Bheka "Van" ngezansi!