I praised Angel Connell's previous film, You Know My Name for his ability to create something unique through his own interpretation of someone else's work. That work was a Beatles rarity titled You Know My Name (Look Up the Number). Connell crafted a wonderfully fitting music video around the song, and the overall effectiveness of the film was increased as a result of the title song being relatively unknown. Connell has crafted She's So Cold in a similar vein, and the end result is a short which is in many ways a better film/video than You Know My Name, yet inferior in a few ways as well.

While You Know My Name wasted no time getting to the music, and was, in essence a music video, She's So Cold takes a little time to set up a story before it gets to Connell's twisted interpretation of the classic Rolling Stones' song. This leaves the film feeling like more of a movie than Connell's previous effort, yet the inclusion of an incredibly well known song lessens the film's impact slightly. Now, before I'm misinterpreted, I don't mean this as a slight toward the film, I simply mean it feels like less of an original work than Connell's You Know My Name.

Taking place in the near future, She's So Cold involves a love triangle, a murderous confession, and necrophilia... What else do you need to know? Running nearly 13 minutes, the film has a surprisingly weighty prologue for what is still considered a 'music video', and while the wraparound sequence serves to both establish the story and tie everything together in the closing minutes, the film's strongest aspect is its musical sequence.

Technically, nearly every aspect of the music sequence is an improvement over You Know My Name. Connell's skill behind the camera has certainly improved since his first film; the black and white photography is fantastic, as is the editing, creating an incredibly polished product that is simply a joy to watch. Angel Connell's performance in front of the camera is also a highlight, as he lip-synchs the words to the Rolling Stones' song with a female corpse directly in front of him. He brings a level of eccentric intensity to the character, and it's incredibly enjoyable from an audience standpoint.

Yet, as great a film as She's So Cold is, it never quite reaches the levels of excellence set by You Know My Name. Both are excellent films, yet the obscurity of the Beatles' tune left me with the feeling of seeing something completely unique. The inclusion of a more well-known song in She's So Cold makes it seem more like a music video. It is superior in all the technical aspects, and god knows it's twisted enough to be strangely enjoyable, and completely entertaining, it just seemed a little more like a collaboration between Connell and a song than a single piece of art, a la You Know My Name.