An experimental documentary exploring a sinister theory surrounding the death of Cleveland baseball player Ray Chapman in 1920 and the subsequent rise of the Yankee dynasty.
The Beaning is an experimental and fever-dreamish mockumentary horror short, giving an occult view on baseball!
Director: Sean McCoy
Writer: Sean McCoy
Country & year: USA, 2017
Actors: Mark C. Fullhardt, Pete Mullin, James Sawaya
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt7616534/
As a woman packs up her childhood home following the passing of her father, she comes to learn that there may have been a more sinister threat behind his death, long buried on the grounds of the family home.
In the Shadow of God is a creepy horror short with a lot of dread-inducing atmosphere.
Director: Brian Sepanzyk
Writer: Brian Sepanzyk
Country & year: USA, 2022
Actors: Sara Canning, Andrew Roy Drury, Mark Kandborg, Adam Lolacher, Brittany Willacy
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt21051782/
After the tragic death of his wife in a house fire, Richard returns home on the night of her funeral to find he may not be as alone as he thought.
Deathly is a creepy horror short where you could say that in this case, revenge is best served hot!
Director: Mike Williamson
Writer: Mike Williamson
Country & year: USA, 2015
Actors: Alan Ruck, Kathleen Wilhoite, Christina Elizabeth Smith, Mickey Keating
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt4572400/
Scarlet visits her estranged birth parents in hopes of forging a long-desired connection and learns that they’re weirdly, if not dangerously, obsessed with foxes.
Otherkin is a creepy horror short starring Georgina Campbell (Barbarian).
Director: Dawson Taylor
Writer: Dawson Taylor
Country & year: USA, 2022
Actors: Georgina Campbell, John F. Higgins, Trenita Lindsay
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt21087496/
A father and daughter find a chained up old chest hidden in the woods. They bring it home with plans to sell its contents, but quickly discover that what’s inside was locked up for a reason.
The Trunk is a creepy supernatural horror short with a little bit of proper gore. By the same director that also made “The Silent Lay Steady“.
Director: Travis Laidlaw
Writer: Travis Laidlaw
Country & year: Canada, 2022
Actors: Ashleigh Morrison, Craig Monk, Anne Shepherd
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt21151200/
The middle-aged alcoholic Runar believe he has scored the perfect date. Things take a strange turn when he realizes he’s impregnated with her alien eggs.
Baby Boom is a fun and silly sci-fi horror short! He should definitely have worn some protection..
Director: Thomas Lunde
Writer: Espen Aukan, Thomas Lunde, Martin Ødegaarden
Country & year: Norway, 2022
Actors: Oddrun Valestrand, Egil Birkeland, Jesper Malm, Espen Petrus Andersen Lervaag, Tina Schei, Anja Maria Svenkerud, Henrik Horge, Anne Cecilie Ukkelberg
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt12451802/
An international research group is searching natural resources from the Arctic Ocean. They pick up a strange underwater sound from far north, and start to follow it to the uncharted waters. Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
Sound from the Deep is a nice Lovecraftian horror short!
Director: Joonas Allonen, Antti Laakso
Writer: Joonas Allonen, Antti Laakso, H.P. Lovecraft
Country & year: Finland, 2017
Actors: Eero Ojala, Lasse Fagerström, Anastasia Trizna, Mikael Andersson, Fabian Silén, Kristofer Gummerus, Gabriela Rodriguez-Aflecht
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt7213856/
The End of the Squirrel is an irreverent indie apocalypse film about two siblings stranded in an antique shop waiting for the impending zombie horde to break in and end their lives. A surrealist sequence provides a visual reflection on their time in the barn, scored by an original song played on a weathered piano uncovered among the mountains of ancient treasures.
The End of the Squirrel is an emotional zombie horror short about two people awaiting their deaths as a horde of zombies are about to break into their little shelter.
Director: Michael Christensen
Writer: Michael Christensen
Country & year: USA, 2022
Actors: Katherine Olson, Jeremy Appel
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt19356128/
Overweight teen Sara lives in the shadow of a clique of cool girls holidaying in her village. Not even her childhood friend Claudia defends her when she’s bullied at the local pool in front of an unknown man. Finally, her clothes are stolen and she must get home wearing only her bikini. Her long walk home will mark the rest of her life.
Piggy aka Cerdita is a horror short where you actually root for a serial killer. The director Carlota Pereda also made a full-length movie based on this short, which was released in 2022.
Director: Carlota Pereda
Writer: Carlota Pereda
Country & year: Spain, 2018
Actors: Laura Galán, Elisabet Casanovas, Paco Hidalgo, Mireia Vilapuig, Sara Barroso, Jorge Elorza, Alejandro Chaparro, Pascual Laborda
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt8286974/
After a zombie attack, the sole surviving police officer of the rescue team recalls his painful memories during an interrogation. But the truth becomes more elusive as more conflicting evidence comes to light.
The Door is a fun Chinese horror short about a zombie outbreak and police officers struggling to make the right choices..
Director: Hetong Zhang
Writer: Hetong Zhang
Country & year: China, 2021
Actors: Nilie An, Jiliang Li, Ping Sang, Shilin Sun, Nibuaki Takahashi
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt23023600/
