
showbiz5
The sound effects Klausner and his crew create in Stomach It do the lions share of the work in evoking a bodily reaction both from Joels character and the audience, who is made to feel like a voyeur throughout the story. We cringed and gagged alongside Joel as he utilized the tools of his trade to clean up vomit, blood, and the other miscellaneous viscera left behind. Klausner is efficacious in deciding what to leave to the imagination versus what to show us up close and personal to elicit the strongest reaction from his audience. The movies use of a particular cleaning fluid that fizzes and bubbles upon making contact with blood is used particularly effectively.
As a short film, the story is understandably slim on character backstory. ...