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*** is an utterly creepy little Hitchcockian/Freudian nightmare, stylishly directed by writer Francis Thompson. You see...little Paul doesn't feel loved at home. He's overprotected by his fear-mongering mother, and frightened to death by his brash, turtle-kicking father. So Paul...coldly drowns his teddy bear in the bathroom sink. With his little hands clenched tightly around the bear's neck. Look out, Daddy. This is a striking short, nicely directed by Thompson, with an attention to the mise-en-scene that's almost unheard of in films like these. Thompson uses a series of menacing, low-angled shots and extreme close-ups to forcefully get across the plight of poor Paul, who's either ignored by his parents, or smothered by their unrealistic expectations. If you buy Freud, Paul's dream at the end of the film - his return to the cave where he first became scared (womb imagery) and the terrifying threat of the killer bear (the teddy bear he strangled and drowned, representing his father) - is a dilly. One of the best shorts on this collection, and way ahead of most of these educational shorts