A boy meets with his best friend to celebrate Halloween, making trick-or-treat.
Missing Halloween is an animated horror short by Mike Inel. While this is more cute and charming than creepy/scary, it’s still a very nice short to watch for the Halloween season!
Director: Mike Inel
Country & year: USA, 2015
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt6641940/
Four young trick-or-treaters set out on a door-to-door adventure – making their way from house to house, collecting strange treats as they go – that could very well end up being… the Last Halloween!
The Last Halloween is a fun Halloween-themed horror short set in an apocalyptic world.
Director: Marc Roussel
Country & year: Canada, 2014
Actors: Ron Basch, Emily Alatalo, Angela Besharah, Julian Richings, Drew Davis, Alastair Forbes, Zoe Fraser, Kristina Uranowski, Brendan Heard, Adrian G. Griffiths, Jake Goodman, Ali Adatia
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt3190246/
Jenn lives in an underground bunker, protected from the monsters that now ravage the world. This is the day that she goes outside…
Monsters by Steve Desmond is an atmospheric and tense horror/thriller short, that isn’t what you probably think it will be…
Director: Steve Desmond
Country & year: USA, 2015
Actors: Caitlin Carmichael, Ione Skye, Christopher Wiehl, Joey Luthman, Eva-Marie Fredric, Paul Hickman, Brooklyn Robinson, Benjamin Waters
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt4433106/
A young witch named Emelin and her friend Gloria perform an ancient ritual to summon a demon.
Goat Witch is an occult horror short with a fair amount of nudity, and even a bit of blood ‘n gore and a fitting score. The director, James Sizemore, previously made an indie-horror movie called The Demon’s Rook (2013), with himself in the leading role.
Director: James Sizemore
Country & year: USA, 2014
Actors: Ashleigh Jo Sizemore, Maia Costello, Kevin Galbraith, Josh Gould, Athena Sanchez, Akom Tidwell
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt3916828/
A man locked in a room faces inter-dimensional terror.
Thresher is a short that offers a little bit of inter-dimensional horror, where a man is locked inside a Victorian-styled room while trying to figure out a way to escape. Guillermo del Toro was the set designer for this short, and it was shot for the Guillermo del Toro & Legendary pictures House of Horrors competition.
Director: Mike Diva, Sam Shapson (co-director)
Country & year: USA, 2014
Actors: Nick Gregorio, Ruben Pla, Douglas Olsson
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt4172114/
A group have signed up to a mysterious lottery with disturbingly high stakes, where their thirst for dominance blinds them to the risk they take.
Another Game is a psychological horror short, where a group of people are joining some kind of lottery which is fueled by pure blood-thirst…
Director: Riyad Barmania
Country & year: UK, 2017
Actors: Paul Neafcy, Dan Tomlinson, Matthew Stogdon, Millie Reeves
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt7391550/
A grieving mother latches on to a magical surrogate for her lost child. But small miracles come with big consequences..
The Dollmaker is a creepy and a little sad horror short about a couple that has lost their son. They’ve gotten in contact with a doll-maker that makes a doll by using a lock of the boy’s hair, clothes he’s used and something he valued, and promises the parents that they’ll be able to see their son again through the doll. Seeing the simple ragdoll they’re both sceptical…but upon touching it, they realize that magic really does happen. But spells tend to come with a set of rules…and if broken, there will be consequences.
Director: Al Lougher
Country & year: USA, 2017
Actors: Perri Lauren, Sean Meehan, Daniel Martin Berkey, Aiva Onfroy
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt7253316/
This horror short follows Lucy, as she struggles to survive an increasingly bizarre and horrifying night. Lucy’s most secret fears begin to manifest and attack her, and she must fight for control of her mind…and ultimately her life.
How To Be Alone is a weird horror short starring Maika Monroe (It Follows) who struggles with being alone when her husband (played by Joe Keery from Stranger Things) is away working the night shift. She tries to get through the night by making plans and keeping herself occupied…but it’s just not that easy.
Director: Kate Trefry
Country & year: USA, 2019
Actors: Maika Monroe, Joe Keery, Evan Miller
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt8526524/
A shipwrecked fisherman is led to a dark secret within this short animated thriller.
GEIST is a CGI animated horror/thriller short, that builds up a ton of suspense and atmosphere, and the animation provides amazing visuals. While the “twist” is somewhat predictable, it’s still a pretty thrilling and quite emotional short.
Directors: Ben Harper, Sean Mullen
Country & year: Ireland, 2015
Voice Actors: Cormac O’Sullivan, R.M. Clarke
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt5143626/
Five bored children enter an imposing, decaying building that has been abandoned for years. Finding a room with a light switch, they decide to play a game of turning it on and off…but upon doing so, one of the kids disappear each time the lights are turned on again. Suspecting each other of playing pranks, they continue the game…
CLICK is one of those creepy horror shorts that builds slowly, and brings on a ton of great atmosphere due to the dystopian scenery. Note: the actors in this horror short does have a strong Yorkshire accent, but it contains subtitles if you have any difficulties understanding what they’re saying.
Director: William Prince
Country & year: UK, 2010
Actors: Francesca Parker, Lucy Hird, Daniel Leach, Samuel Holland, Jamie Spencer
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt1692297/
