On the last night of summer in a sleepy seaside town, an insecure young woman finally reveals to her crush exactly how she feels – and what she is.
Horror Short Sunday is here again, and this time we take a look at Skin Deep. What seems like an ordinary love story, turns out to be something quite different…
Director: Abby Brooke
Writer: Abby Brooke
Country & year: USA, 2023
Actors: Lillian Bornstein, Henry Sheeran, Natalie Shinnick
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt29977780/
Two bunny girls get in trouble when a new customer turns out to be a monster!
On this Horror Short Sunday, we move into the world of claymation and take a look at Chainsaw Bunny, made by Takena Nagao who’s got a YouTube channel with several more videos showcasing his clay animation talent. It’s fun and gory, and how could you possibly go wrong with bunny girls wielding a chainsaw and axe? Enjoy!
Director: Takena Nagao
Writer: Takena Nagao
Country & year: Japan, 2019
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt14450782/
A young girl’s brother returns from war with a most disturbing souvenir.
It’s Horror Short Sunday, and today we take a look at what’s wrong with Robbie in Robbie Ain’t Right No More. No one is “right in the head” after coming back from war, there will always be wounds and scars both internal and external that will never heal. Robbie, though, has brought something more than just PTSD back home with him…
Suspenseful and creepy, this horror short is well worth a watch!
Director: Kyle Perritt
Writer: Kyle Perritt
Country & year: USA, 2023
Actors: Madeleine McGraw, Jadon Cal, Jason Davis, Walker Trull, Revell Carpenter, Mary Emily Deal, Gregory L. Wilson II, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Isaac Vickers
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt26316419/
A kaleidoscopic vision portraying mankind’s first meeting with alien life, told through faux archival footage combined with practical FX, miniatures and old school in-camera trickery.
Another Horror Short Sunday again, and today we travel yet again into some cosmic horror territory with From.Beyond by Fredrik S. Hana, the same director behind Autumn Harvest and Sister Hell. This one is much more experimental, and the director himself stated that “I wanted to make something that captured a particular sense of wonder I experienced a lot as a child. A time where the Patterson–Gimlin footage of Bigfoot caused many sleepless nights, and just the thought of space and U.F.O’s filled me with a strange feeling of limitless possibilities. This feeling is rooted in a fascination for the unknown, sprinkled with existential dread and ambiguity, and has been a big source of inspiration to me. I try to stay connected with these emotions in my work, but I never had the chance to truly explore them until now“. And the result is a bizarre and nightmarish analog horror short!
Director: Fredrik S. Hana
Writer: Fredrik S. Hana, Jamie Turville
Country & year: Norway, 2022
Actors: Espen Hana, Linda Tveiten, Thomas Aske Berg, Asbjørn R. Halsten
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt21347706/
The crew of the Thanatos, a remote mining ship at the edge of the galaxy, discover the danger of an uninvited cargo.
On this Horror Short Sunday, we’ve taken a look at Alien: Monday, which is an impressive animated horror short made by Paul Johnson aka OtaKing, animated over a period of six years and co-directed by Claudia “Maki” Montealegre. It’s a tribute to both Ridley Scott’s Alien and classic 80s anime alike. Gotta love the retro style animation and the attention to detail in this!
Director: Paul Johnson, Claudia Montealegre
Writer: Paul Johnson
Country & year: UK, 2024
Actors: Sara SecoraPhilip Sacramento
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt33030098/
A grief-stricken sailor answers a mysterious call from the sea.
It’s Horror Short Sunday again, and today we travel into some Lovecraftian territory with Autumn Harvest. This Norwegian horror short was made by Fredrik S. Hana, the same director behind Sister Hell. While the aforementioned horror short was trippy, funny and colorful, this one is in black and white with a gloomy atmosphere and Lovecraftian elements. A sailor, devastated by grief, is about to end it all when something from the sea offers him a way to get back what he’s lost. Of course, this comes with a price…
Director: Fredrik S. Hana
Writer: Fredrik S. Hana, Marius Lunde
Country & year: Norway, 2015
Actors: Oliver Hohlbrugger, Eili Harboe, Helga Guren, Thomas Aske Berg, Tomas Alf Larsen, Michael Wallin, Silje Salomonsen, Magnus Rostad, Frikk Hana
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt3811786/
Set in the late 70’s, a psychiatric doctor and his assistant are called to an isolated country house to examine Deborah, whose brother believes she is losing her mind.
Again it’s Horror Short Sunday, and this time we’re taking a look at O, Glory! This horror short offers up a trippy 70’s vibe, where an opinionated and conceited psychiatrist believes he can cure a mentally disturbed woman, only to have everything spiral into bizarre cosmic horror.
Director: Charlie Edwards-Moss, Joe Williams
Writer: Charlie Edwards-Moss, Joe Williams
Country & year: UK, 2022
Actors: Sam Spruell, Jonathan Livingstone, Emily Stott, Vincent Shiels, Charlie Ratcliffe
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt17274022/
A reclusive nun is tempted to leave the monastery. Her dream is to become a curvy, voluptuous woman; to become how she really feels inside. With cautious steps, she ventures towards the sinful city.
On this week’s Horror Short Sunday, we present the amusing Sister Hell, a horror short from Norway (our home country) about a nun who wants to undergo a total bimbofication surgery. When mother superior and the other servants of the lord tries to stop her and punish her for her sins, the devil himself comes to save the day and brings along his fiddle and his accordion as well! Yes, it’s exactly as weird and bizarre as it sounds. Enjoy!
Director: Fredrik S. Hana
Writer: Fredrik S. Hana
Country & year: Norway, 2015
Actors: Thomas Aske Berg, Espen Hana, Oliver Hohlbrugger, Anders Hommersand, Lene Heimlund Larsen, Johanna Knudsen Rostad, Michael Wallin
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt4921312/
A late-night janitor gets a strange visitor when cleaning in the swimming pool area.
For this week’s Horror Short Sunday, we take a look at the animated horror short The Night Shift, which is the second episode of the animated series Uncanny Alley shown on Adult Swim. It’s created by Rodrigo Goulão de Sousa, who is an animator based in France. The episodes are all horror themed, with surreal and often bizarre elements mixed into the creepiness. This episode starts off with a seemingly “ordinary” supernatural event: a bleeding crooked ghost walks by, leaving stains of blood all over the floor. At this point, the janitor seems more downhearted by the fact that he’s got to clean it up, rather than showing any fear over seeing an actual ghost…but then, the ghost starts gibbering some kind of nonsense and we’re suddenly thrown into a surreal, bizarre lovecraftian world of some kind. Certainly worth a watch and all the episodes are available on Adult Swim’s YouTube channel.
Director: Rodrigo Goulão de Sousa
Writer: Rodrigo Goulão de Sousa
Country & year: USA, 2024
In 1980s NYC, a young dancer at the top of her class is stalked during a lonely night of rehearsing by a shadowy figure wearing red gloves.
Horror Short Sunday is here again, and this time we’ve seen Red Gloves from 2023, directed by Santiago Saba Salem and written by Santiago Saba Salem and Drew Maxwell Weiss. We’re in the 1980’s, and some dancers in NYC are rehearsing. One of them stays alone in order to keep practicing, and of course, someone’s out to get her! Someone we can’t fully see except from noticing them wearing red gloves in typical giallo-style (well, the usual style is black gloves, but everyone’s got their own fashion preferences). It’s impossible to not notice the apparent Suspiria-vibes in this one, and it’s like a love letter to both the aforementioned film and the giallo genre.
Director: Santiago Saba Salem
Writer: Santiago Saba Salem, Drew Maxwell Weiss
Country & year: USA, 2023
Actors: Isabelle Phillips, Ed Malone, Ruth Kavanagh, Madison Grace Johnson, Olivia Greco, Alexandra Osorio, Maya Tsuruki-Holden
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt28499552/
