Oats Studios dropped its newest science fiction – horror short film yesterday, and it’s pretty damned good.  “ZYGOTE” follows (an all grown up!) Dakota Fanning and Jose Pablo Cantillo as they try to escape an inspired and truly horrifying monster.  (Cantillo was none other than Martinez a few seasons ago on “The Walking Dead.” )

My enjoyment here was hampered just a little with some problems I had with the short film’s audio … I tried watching this both with my laptop’s speakers and with my headphones, and I found the early dialogue a little difficult to hear either way.  (I’m guessing the problem is only mine.)

Nevertheless, this was a pretty decent short film, taking writer-director Neill Blomkamp’s zeal for body horror to a new level.  (I get the sense that Blomkamp watched a lot of David Cronenberg growing up.)

Fans of John Carpenter’s “The Thing” should be pleased.  Check it out below.