In the unsettling horror short Humans Are Shapes, director Sepi Mashiahof crafts a claustrophobic and deeply unnerving experience that blurs the line between the familiar and the grotesque. The story follows a group of individuals, including Sepi Mashiahof, Sepehr Mashiahof, Ryan Kelly, Soussan Kooshadpour, and Shadanlou Mashiahof, who find themselves trapped in a reality that is both mundane and deeply wrong. As they navigate their everyday surroundings, the very concept of human form begins to distort, with bodies shifting and morphing into impossible, abstract shapes. The central conflict emerges from the characters' desperate struggle to maintain their identity and sanity as the world around them becomes increasingly hostile and incomprehensible. The atmosphere is thick with dread, relying on slow-burning tension and stark, minimalist visuals to create a sense of pervasive unease. Sepi Mashiahof’s direction focuses on the psychological horror of losing one’s physical self, turning the simple act of existing into a terrifying ordeal. This brief but potent film asks what happens when the most basic aspect of being human—our shape—becomes a source of primal fear.