When a young man takes his girlfriend out on the lake to propose, they come face to face with the dark spirits beneath the surface.
The Lake is a creepy horror short based on the origin of the artificial Lake Sidney Lanier.
Director: Joey Greene
Writer: Joey Greene, Julian Terry
Country & year: USA, 2020
Actors: Tommy Schneiders, Gina Vitori, Sonny King
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt13362758/
After taking a job on a farm run by a reclusive woman, a drifter begins suffering from visions of men trapped inside the bodies of animals.
Skin & Bone is a creepy atmospheric horror short based on Circe from Greek legend.
Director: Eli Powers
Writer: Eli Powers
Country & year: USA, 2022
Actors: McCaleb Burnett, Thomas Sadoski, Amanda Seyfried
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt20783516/
Set in Ireland, a family moves to a new city neighborhood, taking residence in a large, old house that is rumored to have a dodgy past. Their young daughter Katie is caught in a power outage while the parents are out to dinner, and her father insists that she go down to the basement to fix the fuse. When they’d first moved in, Katie had a panic attack in the basement, brought on by stories that the devil once appeared down there. But with her father’s help, she slowly descends the ten steps to the bottom, each step into darkness inducing more and more terror.
The Ten Steps is a creepy horror short which later turned into a feature film titled The Cellar which was released in 2022, 18 years after this short was made.
Director: Brendan Muldowney
Writer: Brendan Muldowney
Country & year: Ireland, 2004
Actors: Jill Harding, William O’Sullivan, Paula Lee
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt0452873/
An experimental documentary exploring a sinister theory surrounding the death of Cleveland baseball player Ray Chapman in 1920 and the subsequent rise of the Yankee dynasty.
The Beaning is an experimental and fever-dreamish mockumentary horror short, giving an occult view on baseball!
Director: Sean McCoy
Writer: Sean McCoy
Country & year: USA, 2017
Actors: Mark C. Fullhardt, Pete Mullin, James Sawaya
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt7616534/
As a woman packs up her childhood home following the passing of her father, she comes to learn that there may have been a more sinister threat behind his death, long buried on the grounds of the family home.
In the Shadow of God is a creepy horror short with a lot of dread-inducing atmosphere.
Director: Brian Sepanzyk
Writer: Brian Sepanzyk
Country & year: USA, 2022
Actors: Sara Canning, Andrew Roy Drury, Mark Kandborg, Adam Lolacher, Brittany Willacy
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt21051782/
After the tragic death of his wife in a house fire, Richard returns home on the night of her funeral to find he may not be as alone as he thought.
Deathly is a creepy horror short where you could say that in this case, revenge is best served hot!
Director: Mike Williamson
Writer: Mike Williamson
Country & year: USA, 2015
Actors: Alan Ruck, Kathleen Wilhoite, Christina Elizabeth Smith, Mickey Keating
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt4572400/
Scarlet visits her estranged birth parents in hopes of forging a long-desired connection and learns that they’re weirdly, if not dangerously, obsessed with foxes.
Otherkin is a creepy horror short starring Georgina Campbell (Barbarian).
Director: Dawson Taylor
Writer: Dawson Taylor
Country & year: USA, 2022
Actors: Georgina Campbell, John F. Higgins, Trenita Lindsay
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt21087496/
A father and daughter find a chained up old chest hidden in the woods. They bring it home with plans to sell its contents, but quickly discover that what’s inside was locked up for a reason.
The Trunk is a creepy supernatural horror short with a little bit of proper gore. By the same director that also made “The Silent Lay Steady“.
Director: Travis Laidlaw
Writer: Travis Laidlaw
Country & year: Canada, 2022
Actors: Ashleigh Morrison, Craig Monk, Anne Shepherd
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt21151200/
The middle-aged alcoholic Runar believe he has scored the perfect date. Things take a strange turn when he realizes he’s impregnated with her alien eggs.
Baby Boom is a fun and silly sci-fi horror short! He should definitely have worn some protection..
Director: Thomas Lunde
Writer: Espen Aukan, Thomas Lunde, Martin Ødegaarden
Country & year: Norway, 2022
Actors: Oddrun Valestrand, Egil Birkeland, Jesper Malm, Espen Petrus Andersen Lervaag, Tina Schei, Anja Maria Svenkerud, Henrik Horge, Anne Cecilie Ukkelberg
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt12451802/
An international research group is searching natural resources from the Arctic Ocean. They pick up a strange underwater sound from far north, and start to follow it to the uncharted waters. Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
Sound from the Deep is a nice Lovecraftian horror short!
Director: Joonas Allonen, Antti Laakso
Writer: Joonas Allonen, Antti Laakso, H.P. Lovecraft
Country & year: Finland, 2017
Actors: Eero Ojala, Lasse Fagerström, Anastasia Trizna, Mikael Andersson, Fabian Silén, Kristofer Gummerus, Gabriela Rodriguez-Aflecht
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt7213856/
