Upon acquiring a vintage toy, the “Peep-Scope”, a man unleashes a ghostly entity from a comic book into his own home.
The Milkman is a really fun horror short that presents part of the story through a cool retro “comic book” viewed in a special device, the “Peep-Scope”.
Director: Vincent Dormani Writer: Vincent Dormani Country & year: USA, 2022 Actors: Ben Goldman, Larry Thompson Jr. IMDb:www.imdb.com/title/tt24515514/
You know you’re about to watch a real Christmas Special when it opens with the theme from Cannibal Holocaust.
Treevenge gives us a terrifying look of what the poor pinetrees has to endure around the time of the holidays. But this time they’ve had enough, and have decided to let everyone without plastic trees regret their choice. They’re not holding back, and who can remember to ever have seen a pinetree assplay someone…?
This jolly horror short is directed by Jason Eisener, the man behind the modern Grindhouse-classic Hobo With a Shotgun and the upcoming Kids vs. Aliens.
Director: Jason Eisener Writers: Rob Cotterill, Jason Eisener Country & year: Canada, 2008 Actors: Jonathan Torrens, Sarah Dunsworth, Maris Morgan, Jayden Taylor, Lex Gigeroff, Mike Cleven, Jason Collins, Timothy Dunn, Shaun Clark, Aria Publicover, Molly Dunsworth IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt1343750/
Not exactly a horror short in the purest sense this one, but it fits perfectly in our Horror Short banner and has a runtime under 25 minutes, so …
Mirror, Mirror is an episode of the anthology TV series Amazing Stories from the 1980s, created by Steven Spielberg. The episode follows the horror writer Jordan Manmouth who claims he is immune to being frightened by the nightmarish creatures he creates. From being a douchebag he gets reduced to a person with crippling fear when he is stalked by a black-caped phantom through mirrors and everything that gives reflections.
This episode is directed by Martin Scorsese and will give everyone with eisoptrophobia a harder time to stand in front of the mirror while brushing their teeth.
Director: Martin Scorsese Writers: Joseph Minion, Steven Spielberg Country & year: USA, 1986 Actors: Sam Waterston, Helen Shaver, Dick Cavett, Tim Robbins IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt0511104/
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster. A fight ensues but the monster, seeing himself in a mirror, is horrified and runs away. He later returns, entering the new bride’s room, and finds her alone.
This 1910 film based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was originally listed as missing with no copies of it known to exist. It wasn’t until the mid 1970’s that an original nitrate print finally turned up in Wisconsin.
This version was restored in 2017 by the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, with new music by Donald Sosin.
Director: J. Searle Dawley Writer: Mary Shelley (novel “Frankenstein”), J. Searle Dawley Country & year: USA, 1910 Actors: Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle, Augustus Phillips IMDb:www.imdb.com/title/tt0001223/
Three friends go on a trip and decided to rest at an abandoned house. Everything seems pretty normal until really weird things start to happen.
La maison ensorcelée is most likely the oldest horror short that will ever be showcased here on Horror Ghouls, and is an amusing look into the very earliest usage of stop motion effects.
Director: Segundo de Chomón Writer: Segundo de Chomón Country & year: France, Spain, 1908 IMDb:www.imdb.com/title/tt0449308/
Flynn investigates a noise in her cellar and makes a terrifying discovery that forces her to question the nature of her relationship with her girlfriend, Eve.
Two Birds is a simple yet creepy horror short.
Director: Brendan Beachman Writer: Brendan Beachman Country & year: USA, 2017 Actors: Avital Ash, Nea Dune, Sarah Greyson IMDb:www.imdb.com/title/tt6406792/
At a hospital, late one night, a physician discovers that one of her patients is missing, and likely has passed away, as he was not expected to survive the night. The physician tracks the body to a nearby medical school, where students are in the midst of an illicit experiment. The physician faces an ethical dilemma that puts her clinical judgment up against the amoral ambition of the chair of the graduate school of neuroscience. Even if the doctor can save her patient, what about the next one? And the one after that? At what point should human compassion outweigh research science and “the need to know”?
Laboratory Conditions is creepy horror short about how the outcome can be when scientists keep asking themselves “can I” when what they really should be asking themselves, is “should I”…
Director: Jocelyn Stamat Writer: Terry Rossio Country & year: USA, 2018 Actors: Marisa Tomei, Minnie Driver, Paulo Costanzo IMDb:www.imdb.com/title/tt6956566/
It’s Not Custard is the darkly comic story of Louise, a teenager suffering the dual blows of unrelenting acne and continual bullying, at home from her cruel older sister Jennifer, and at school from bully Wayne. She wishes to quiet those who bother her, to cease their teasing and she is presented with such an opportunity when she awakes to find her acne gone.This magical gift has a bizarre consequence that grants her the most delicious of revenges.
It’s Not Custard is a weird and somewhat whimsical horror short. And it would probably catch Dr. Pimple Popper’s interest..
Director: Kate McCoid Writer: Kate McCoid Country & year: UK, 2018 Actors: Charlotte Luxford, Donal Cox, Kate Leiper IMDb:www.imdb.com/title/tt4136706/
A group of vloggers search for an abandoned ghost town, where the entire population disappeared seemingly overnight.
Stalked is one of the lengthier horror shorts we’ve posted here in a while, and it’s a good load of fun! Also starring Lauren LaVera, from Terrifier 2.
Director: Wesley Mellott Writer: Rob Coccagna, Andrew Glessner, Wesley Mellott Country & year: USA, 2021 Actors: Buddy Caine, Andrew Glessner, Lauren LaVera IMDb:www.imdb.com/title/tt10009718/