2nd Door

written and directed by Umesh Verma

Release: 8 December 2017
Format: Short Film
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Two men—a garage shop owner and a mad scientist—loop through 13 days, meeting and shooting each other and themselves, but not so that we could understand much (beyond that there was a time portal made of hubcaps and blue electricity).

— Michael Main

This freak made a mess of our garage.

DEBUT

2nd Door (Youtube: 2nd Door Channel, 8 December 2017).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 2000 to 2099: presumed time period

Time Travel Methods

Time Portal: made of hubcaps

Themes

Experiencing Time Rewinding: At least once, when one of the Johns is killed, time seems to rewind for both Ragwhan and another John.
Retrocide
Self-Visitation
Selves-Visitation

Fictional Tags

Mad Scientists: Ragwhan
Parallel Universes or Dimensions: Although Ragwhan uses the term “parallel universes,” it’s hard to understand what’s time travel and what’s a new universe.

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From various places and times within a 13-day time span at an unknown time ⋙ to to other times and places in the span at an unknown time. Note: Ragwhan and John.