It is February 3rd, known in Japan as Setsubun. Families celebrate by casting out evil spirits from their homes. But Ayumi is not convinced that they’re all evil. So she invites one in for a midnight snack.
Bakemono is a fun little horror short about the Bakemono from Japanese folklore.
Director: Jorge Lucas, Sumire Takamatsu
Country & year: USA, 2019
Actors: Claudia Fabella, Shio Muramatsu, Dice Suzuki, Sherry Qiu
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt11599788/
Ranger Megan Patel loses her brother Daniel, under mysterious circumstances. Struggling to understand how he died, she finds herself alone, venturing into the vast pine forest. However, as she follows the trail of her brother into the woods, the trees begin to change and shift around her. Soon Megan arrives in places without any recollection of how she got there. Almost as if something is pulling her deeper into the woods. Something dark and dangerous, that Megan might not be able to escape.
100,000 Acres of Pine (aka Hvor træerne blokerer for lyset) is a well crafted animated horror short.
Director: Jennifer Alice Wright
Country & year: Denmark, 2020
Actors: Sarah Airriess, Jericca Cleland, Kirk Johnson, Lawrence Marvit, Tobias Taastrøm
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt13065942/
A woman desperate for a child is on her way to meet her husband at an important Adoption Agency meeting when she is met with a sinister force that keeps her trapped inside her house.
Night Terror is a suspenseful horror short with an interesting and chilling concept.
Director: Mat Lo
Country & year: Canada, 2017
Actors: Merren McMahon, Julian Haig, Chelsea Brennan
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt7529562/
After a night of partying, The Girl finds herself on an empty street in Downtown Miami with a strange man who offers to walk her home. He tells her he knows a short cut through the old mall. He coaxes The Girl inside, and then locks her in. “Sorry”, he says. “It has to eat…”
Dead Mall is a nice, surreal reimagining of the minotaur myth.
Director: Olivia West Lloyd
Country & year: USA, 2020
Actors: Maya Martinez, Dylan Redford, Jillian Mayer, Claudia Rodriguez, Liz Ferrer, Kea Duarte, Angelica Arbelaez
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt12984234/
It’s 1987 and two metalheads open a gateway to hell when they follow the instructions of a satanic aerobics tape.
Satanic Panic ’87 is a fun and bizarre horror short!
Director: Bryan M. Ferguson
Country & year: Canada, 2020
Actors: Emma Burke, Yoshie Campbell, Amy Clydesdale, Andrew McLeish, Yuki Sutton, Arran Totten
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt10521492/
A young kid, Cody, receives a mysterious package appears with the game THE HOUSE ABANDON. Can Cody survive this interactive horror text game or become another in its long line of victims?
The House Abandon is a pretty fun horror short, based on a game called Stories Untold. To quote the director from a Twitter post: “I played a game, Stories Untold years ago and till date it’s one of the most memorable games. So much so, I made a short film based on it”.
Director: Clint D’Souza
Country & year: Canada, 2020
Actors: Keegan Hedley, Mark Brombacher, Michael James Regan
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt11172724/
A modern re-telling of an old classic from Edgar Allan Poe. A strange noise torments a man who’s isolated within his small country side home.
The Sound is a creepy solo-performance horror short, which is a modern take on Tell-Tale Heart.
Director: Patrick Stagg
Year: 2021
Actors: Marcus Klein
Laura and her family arrive at an isolated house in the middle of a forest. After a few hours in the house, Laura will realize that something horrific happens in the house and try to convince her parents to leave the house and never return.
The Melody of Evil (La melodía del mal) is a nice little haunted house horror short!
Director: Miguel Ángel Durán
Country & year: Spain, 2016
Actors: Alba Brunet, Lourdes Ferriol, Miquel Àngel Torrens, Aina Zuazaga, Maria Majas, Sam Parkinson, Sol Parkinson, Dana Torrandeli
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt5887306/
A woman finds herself alone with the body after a funeral in her 1860’s farmhouse.
The Silent Lay Steady is a well crafted ghost story, with great atmosphere throughout! Also check out Dead House, another horror short made by the same director.
Director: Travis Laidlaw
Country & year: Canada, 2020
Actors: Katrina Elmsley, Spencer Hanson, Justin Hay
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt11137270/
A collage artist finds a killer photo.
4×6 is a creepy horror short with great atmosphere and a good amount of tension!
Director: Jamie Gyngell
Country & year: UK, 2019
Actors: Esme Allen, Malcolm Davies, Paul Gorostidi, Blade M. Stephens
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt12127936/
