He Took His Skin Off for Me is an incredibly strange film. The premise of the movie is exactly the title and the following fallout.
I suppose it is body horror, of a sort. Really, it's a strong metaphor about relationships, about love, and about sacrifice. In its runtime of eleven minutes, the movie dances on the line of what will be the last straw before the man who took the skin off of his body for his significant other puts his skin back on and leaves. We see struggles and frustrations.
In the end, what the author of the short story, Maria Hummer, and the director, Ben Aston, wanted to say about relationships.
All in all, using such an extreme body horror technique to illustrate such a tender metaphor is unique, to say the least.
Shout by DevalabraBlockedParent2015-10-19T17:30:08Z— updated 2017-08-29T13:24:16Z
This may actually be the best short film I've ever seen. It is filmed in such a brilliant way and the message is just phenomenal. While it's not for everyone, and definitely not for younger viewers or people who are easily disgusted by blood etc, I would strongly recommend that you watch it because you most likely will not regret it.