During the Vietnam War, a Viet Cong soldier stationed in the claustrophobic Cu Chi tunnels is haunted by the ghost of a fallen comrade.
This is a well crafted horror short, both creepy and a little disturbing.
Director: Josh Tanner
Country & year: Australia, 2016
Actors: Otto Bots, Alex Fitzalan. Cuong Nguyen, Lap Phan, Henry Vo
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt6146432/
Why does ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ give Jamie nightmares? It’s been 15 years, and the girl in the hallway haunts him still. This is a testament to locked doors. A lullaby sung by wolves with duct tape and polaroids. Not all girls make it out of the forest. Some stories children shouldn’t hear.
Girl in the Hallway is an animated horror/drama short directed by Valerie Barnhart. Made in a variation of animation techniques it’s quite mesmerizing to watch. Based on a true crime story and performed by Jamie DeWolf (you can see the video of the original “Snap Judgement” performance here) it’s both creepy and heartbreaking at the same time.
Director: Valerie Barnhart
Country & year: USA, 2019
Voice Actors: Jamie DeWolf
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt11085712/
It’s 1975, and an investigator enters a house, filming while he walks through the murder scene. The murders were committed by a cult calling themselves “3rd Eye”.
This horror short, made by the “Midnight Video” team, is presented as a “crime scene footage”, and it was actually made during quarantine. Much like several of their other horror shorts (like for example Mikus and Your Date is Here), it’s simple, yet very effective.
Director: Todd Spence
Country & year: USA, 2020
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13884658/
A woman suspects she’s not alone in her house.
It’s not often that Mr. Ghööl hands out both the “Creepy” and “Funny” badge, but in this horror short you can expect both to laugh a little in addition to feeling the atmospheric dread creep into you. Who wouldn’t feel on edge if suspecting someone has hidden inside your home, but you cannot find them despite searching high and low? Made by David F. Sandberg (Lights Out director – both the short and the feature film).
Director: David F. Sandberg
Country & year: USA, 2020
Actors: Lotta Losten, David F. Sandberg
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt12345606/
The artist James Whistler spent years trying to capture the essence of his mother for his most famous work of art. Not to create a masterpiece, but to save his mother from possession by the Baba Yaga, an evil Russian witch.
In Whistler’s Mother, Russian folklore is mixed with one of history’s most iconic paintings (the painting is called Whistler’s Mother, painted by James McNeill Whistler in 1871).
Director: Robbie Robertson
Country & year: USA, 2018
Actors: Jennifer Christa Palmer, Barbara Hawkins-Scott, Bryce Harper, Samuel R Moody, Stephanie Dunnam, Gabriel Manak, Jared Carter
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt8075310/
Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a girl tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.
Curve is a suspenseful horror short that literally keeps you on the edge!
Director: Tim Egan
Country & year: Australia, 2016
Actors: Laura Jane Turner
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt4975312/
Marcy and her husband live together in a constant state of disarray. Her husband continually demands Marcy make him sandwiches, ad nauseam – but how long can she withstand his abuse before she finally cracks?
Make Me a Sandwich is a funny and slightly bizarre horror short, ending with a nice little twist!
Director: Denman Hatch
Country & year: Canada, 2019
Actors: Peter Hodgins, Anne Shepherd
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11615812/
A mysterious old man is moving into the abandoned apartment next to Sara. Someone is now in trouble. Destiny is no matter of chance.
Skickelsen is a suspenseful Swedish horror short, that keeps you guessing about that old mysterious man right until the very end!
Director: Jonas Gramming
Country & year: Sweden, 2018
Actors: Tony Lundgren, Lova Schildt, Lars Väringer
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt6925126/
Picking up trash along the beach, a girl discovers items left behind that become increasingly ominous.
Sea Grass is a great example of one of those horror shorts that are simple and straight forward, with no hocus pocus or jump-scares, and still manages to be quite creepy.
Director: Dylan Clark
Country & year: USA, 2019
Actors: Charlotte Butcher, Karen Butcher
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt10993446/
A starving young boy eats a human toe that he finds in the ground. Later that night, something dead comes to his bedroom wanting its toe back.
Toe is a pretty cool and atmospheric stop-motion animation horror short. It’s based on one of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark stories which is called The Big Toe (which was also referenced in the movie Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark).
Director: Neal O’Bryan and Chad Thurman
Country & year: USA, 2020
Actors: Cassie Carey (voice actor)
Creators Twitter page: twitter.com/workshedanimate
