In the unsettling horror short Stocking Shelves, directed by Isaac McHale, a mundane retail job descends into a waking nightmare for a weary overnight stock clerk. The film follows an unnamed worker, played by Nikita Kochnev, who is assigned to restock the aisles of a cavernous, eerily quiet grocery store during the graveyard shift. What begins as a monotonous task quickly turns sinister when the clerk notices that the shelves seem to rearrange themselves when his back is turned, and the flickering fluorescent lights cast shadows that move with a life of their own. As he struggles to maintain his grip on reality, he encounters a cryptic manager portrayed by Joel McHale, whose unsettling instructions and knowing glances hint at a dark secret lurking within the store’s inventory. Joined by fellow employees played by Wyatt Kehoe and Lennon Wedren, the clerk must navigate a claustrophobic maze of towering aisles and grotesque, unnatural products. With a tight runtime of just four minutes, Isaac McHale crafts a masterful exercise in tension and dread, blending psychological horror with body horror to create a chilling experience that questions what truly lurks behind the everyday facade of consumer goods.