A dark short film about a young family on the verge of collapse. A simmering, slow downward spiral of insecurity with devastating consequences for all involved.
Within is a creepy horror short with some pretty good cinematography of the atmospheric woods.
Director & Writer: Rory Wood
Country & year: USA, 2021
Actors: David Lewis, Lisa Chandler, Ridley Havok McLeod.
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt15812664/
A cameraman helping to shoot an indie film suddenly finds himself wandering a liminal space.
The Backrooms a 9 minute found footage short film made by the 16-year old director and VFX artist Kane Parsons which takes the concept of liminal spaces to a whole new level of horror.
Director: Kane Parsons
Country & year: USA, 2022
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt17291392/
A husband’s attempt to keep his sleepwalking wife from injuring herself descends into chaos as he discovers she may be in the grips of mind control.
Sleepwalker is a weird, nightmarish horror short about a man who keeps watch over his sleepwalking wife.
Director: Nathan Alan Bunker
Country & year: USA, 2022
Actors: David Sullivan, Haley Webb, Robert Michael Ryan
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt11057180/
A widower with supernatural abilities helps a local detective save her daughter from dark forces.
Evenfall is a thriller/horror short with an interesting concept: a detective using his supernatural abilities to help a local police woman find her kidnapped daughter. Could easily have been an interesting series!
Director: Dean Butler
Country & year: Australia, 2020
Actors: Dean Butler, Gemma Cavoli, Mariah O’Dea, James Broadhurst, Zack Inglis, Allyce Ananda, Lucia Tennant
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt12676980/
The ghost of bad decisions haunts a drunk driver.
Hit + Run is a creepy horror short about a man (with an obvious alcohol problem) who gets haunted by the girl he killed while drunk driving.
Directors: Austin Faust, Mike Wolfe
Country & year: USA, 2020
Actors: James David West, Michael Leidel, Briana LaChelle Lantz, Emily K. Dennis, Thom Booton
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt12383904/
A family struggles to cohabitate with a malevolent spirit that becomes violent whenever its presence is acknowledged.
Ignore It is a creepy horror short based on the viral NoSleep story “You’re Going to Notice a Woman in Your Home, You Must Ignore Her…”
Directors: Sam Evenson
Country & year: USA, 2021
Actors: Madison Rojas, Michael Perl, Madison Leyson, Crystal Hughes
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt11085736/
Dark Water focuses on the narrative of a deep-sea environment that unexpectedly manifests in the walls of a grieving women’s suburban dwelling; an impossible, flooded inner-architecture. It explores familial trauma through the darkly surreal tale of a woman who discovers an ocean within her house. The life forms that dwell in this space are both real and a manifestation of the resident’s internal psychological state, as she comes to terms with the death of her mother. Dark Water is underscored by both a sense of human loss and contemporary concerns around habitat loss within our oceans.
Dark Water is a strange and surreal little horror short!
Director: Erin Coates, Anna Nazzari
Country & year: Australia, 2019
Actors: Zachary Drieberg, Alexandra Nell
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt11492724/
A strange discovery leaves a woman haunted by her husband’s absence.
Pare isn’t exactly a jolly Christmas tale…instead, we get chills and suspense as a woman experiences strange events after finding a bloody jacket which might belong to her husband…
Director: Lauren Sick
Country & year: USA, 2020
Actors: Dana Drori, Josh Ruben
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt13658316/
An animatronic Santa head has a different kind of present to give.
Jolly is a simple, yet effective, horror short! It’s made by the “Midnight Video” team. Time to get into the perfect holiday mood…
Director: Todd Spence
Country & year: USA, 2020
Actors: Todd Spence, Zak White
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt13884852/
A father discovers his children are grieving their mother’s death in their own terrifying way, after having met a mysterious entity in the woods.
The Rickety Man is a dark horror tale with a nice amount of creepy atmosphere and great cinematography.
Director: Cameron Gallagher
Country & year: USA, 2021
Actors: Ava Torres, Russell Shealy, Wyatt Cary, Kurtis Martin, Allison GiamBruno
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt13915690/
