After closing his eyes our hero wakes in another world. There he awaits the arrival of someone on top of the mountain. Together they will walk deep into the woods with the intention of rescuing their dearest loved one from the clutches of a mysterious secret society.
Rito de Paso is a surreal and nightmarish horror short!
Director: Jaime Herrero
Writer: Jaime Herrero
Country & year: Spain, 2019
Actors: Antonio Meler, Elisabeth Bonjour, Luis Torrelles
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt10950196/
In a made up abandoned hangar, a gang of beauty addicts are frantically looking through a collection of limbs. Their mission is to piece together a man that will please Mama Joan, their frankensteinian leader.
Dystopia is a bizarre Norwegian horror sort, offering a bit of a twist at the end!
Director: Laura Ugolini
Writer: Sofie Somoroff
Country & year: Norway, 2020
Actors: Maria Galliani Dyrvik, Anja Skovly Freberg, Laura Ugolini
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt13837112/
After an unbearably creepy negotiation with some skeevy car guys, a mechanic has to fight off a demonic monster inhabiting her dream 1978 Camaro.
Ride Baby Ride is a fun horror short about a Christine-like car sold by two creepy dudes to an unsuspecting mechanic!
Director: Sofie Somoroff
Writer: Sofie Somoroff
Country & year: USA, 2023
Actors: Celina Bernstein, Anthony Richard Pagliaro, Sam H. Clauder II
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt28493032/
Ana encounters an electrical black hole in her apartment building hallway, after which everything seems the same yet isn’t.
You Will Never Be Back (original title No podrás volver nunca) is a creepy and strange horror sci-fi short!
Director: Mónica Mateo
Writer: Mónica Mateo
Country & year: Spain, 2020
Actors: Ximena Vera, Chumo Mata, Laura De Pedro,
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt13266132/
A woman wakes in a car with no memory of how she got there, and a man tied up in the back seat. Stranger still, she finds an audio recording with her voice telling her what to do next.
Play Me is a simple yet suspenseful horror short, by the same director that also made Other Side of the Box!
Director: Caleb J. Phillips
Writer: Caleb J. Phillips
Country & year: USA, 2023
Actors: Lindsey Garrett, Josh Schell
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt23642400/
Monsters exist. They live inside us. And sometimes, they win.
There Will Be Monsters is a nice Spanish horror short directed by Carlota Pereda who also directed Piggy (Cerdita), and it is also starring Laura Galán who had the leading role in both the Piggy horror short as well as the feature film.
Director: Carlota Pereda
Writer: Carlota Pereda
Country & year: Spain, 2020
Actors: José Gabriel Campos, Alejandro Chaparro, Jorge Elorza, Laura Galán, Patricia Ponce de León, Álvaro Quintana
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt11638302/
A game of seven minutes in heaven turns deadly when two teens are attacked by a monster in the closet.
7 Minutes in Hell is a creepy horror short where some teenagers break into a haunted house, and decide to play a seemingly innocent game which turns out deadly.
Director: Justin Reager, Shane Spiegel
Writer: Brian Lonano
Country & year: USA, 2022
Actors: Samantha Cormier, Christian Weissmann, Luke Georgecink, Paige Searcy, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Madison Shamoun, Lize Johnston
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt11840426/
In a run-down part of town stands a small theater, owned by an eccentric old man. His spectacle The Mechanical Dancer is a sight to behold, although it has seen better days.
The Mechanical Dancer is a beautiful animated horror short, inspired by German Expressionism and particularly The Cabinet of Dr Caligari.
Director: Jenna Jaillet
Writer: Jenna Jaillet, Josh Jaillet
Country & year: USA, 2021
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt14223664/
“Filmmaker” Brian Lonano tries to talk about a beloved cult film. What happens next will shock you.
CONTENT: The Lo-Fi Man is a hilarious and insane horror short where a “content creator”, Brian Lonano, is trapped in a facility where machine-gun wielding guards wearing Mickey Mouse ears demands everyone to be “content with the content”. He manages to escape, meets a group of filmmakers outside who gets attacked by the facility’s robot who wants these content creators to “submit their ideas for experience and exposure” (the oh so classic thing some corporations tell content creators when they want their skill and efforts while giving practically nothing in return for it), ending up killing and maiming them. Then Brian finds a VHS of Tetsuo: The Iron Man and, well…watch the video to find out for yourself what happens next.
And to quote one of the ladies struggling with the AI/Robot who tries to make her submit to it: “fuck your experience and exposure“!
Director: Brian Lonano, Blake Myers
Writer: Brian Lonano
Country & year: USA, 2023
Actors: Clarke Williams, Soleil St. Louis, Marilyn Chung, Jessica Shipp, Brian Lonano
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt26771199/
During a trip to Poland, two American influencers are sent by their employer to photograph an old mansion resembling a haunted house deep in the forest. Inside the mansion, the two young girls are confronted by some very strange phenomena.
Maryla is a creepy horror short set in a wonderfully spooky mansion!
Director: Guillaume Heulard
Writer: Stéphane Valette
Country & year: France, 2023
Actors: Otilia de Royer, Christine Lutete, Paul Bandey
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt25578592/
