The Man in the Trench

AI-generated film by Lorne Echo · 2026 · 6 min · Sci-Fi, Horror

The Man in the Trench, an AI film by Lorne Echo

About the film

Beneath the forest floor, a chamber was left running. Not abandoned. Not forgotten. Just… waiting. A lone man at the entrance tries to warn you of something buried deeper. This short film is a cinematic AI cosmic horror descent into a hidden research facility sealed beneath the earth — a place of liminal corridors and impossible architecture. Fog thickens. Machinery hums. A green pulse distorts the air as the corridors pull you deeper than you were meant to go. Signal unstable. Geometry shifting. Return unlikely. Headphones recommended. Inspired by cosmic horror, retro‑futurist industrial design, liminal spaces, and analog nightmare cinema. Visuals created using AI tools including MidJourney, SD 3.5, Flux, and LTX Studio. Edited and graded in DaVinci Resolve.

Made with

Midjourney Video (detected from the film’s published title and description)

Future Lantern score

33 out of 100, based on how much YouTube viewers like the film, weighted by audience size. 134 views and 2 likes on YouTube.

Watch on YouTube. Hosted on YouTube by Lorne Echo; Future Lantern links to the original upload.