The Lantern

The Lantern is a short film by J.P. Leck and is the sixth installment (thirteenth, chronologically) in his Endless Elsewhere multimedia meta-narrative. It is the second Endless Elsewhere short film. It was screened at the Irving Theater for the Shocktober in Irvington event on October 16, 2015, then loaded to YouTube the following day.

Synopsis
A young man in a motel bathroom recounts a strange tale surrounding his discovery of a strange artifact to a call-in radio show about the paranormal.

Plot Summary
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Post-Credits
A painting of a space scene and a glowing green orb is rolled up and stolen by a pair of gloved hands.

Characters

 * Ryan Tolliver - a groundskeeper who, upon discovering a mysterious machine in a disturbed grave, becomes obsessed with the spectre of death it allows him to see following him.
 * Ryan Tolliver is played by Tucker.
 * Ray Kadera - the host of the radio show, Circle City Supernatural.
 * Ray Kadera is voiced by Timothy Renshaw.
 * The Drowned Friend - a friend of Ryan's who had drowned in Old Scratch Creek.
 * The Drowned friend is played by Samuel Dumas.
 * The Show Producer - the producer of Circle City Supernatural.
 * The Show Producer is voiced by Lindsay Leck.

Characters Referenced

 * Det. Alex Heaney - referenced as the chief investigator of the grave robberies in the Circle City Chronicle article.
 * Kaitlin Pollydore - seen as the author of the newspaper article hanging in Ryan's bathroom on the subject of the grave robberies.
 * Dr. Frederick Hardesty - seen and mentioned in the online article in The Vigilante Ryan uses while researching the Lantern.
 * Brian Pollydore - seen as the author of the online article on Fredrick Hardesty Ryan seeks out while researching the Lantern.

Locations

 * Hotel 66 - the hotel in Circle City, IN from which Ryan calls in to Circle City Supernatural.
 * Circle City Cemetery - the cemetery at which Ryan Tolliver works as a groundskeeper.

Artifacts

 * The Lantern - discovered by Ryan Tolliver in the disinterred grave of its creator, this device can be used to see through the veil into the spiritual realms.

Links

 * The Lanternon YouTube