Short of the Week

Horror

Horror about Friendship in Special FX
Anthony Melton / 13 min / UK / 2013

Set on one fateful night, six friends gather for their monthly ‘games night’… and accidentally unleash a demonic force that might tear them and their friendships to pieces. Part of the Bloody Cuts anthology.

Horror about The End in Live-Action

Stranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect the precious cargo he carries: his infant daughter

Horror about Life & Society in Live-Action
Mat Johns / 7 min / UK / 2013

Backpacker Sam writes a letter home to his mother from his latest destination.

Parody about in Live-Action

Jesus doesn’t only raise Lazarus from the dead…A hilarious, campy retelling of what didn’t make it into the Bible.

Horror about Corruption in Puppetry

This holiday season, ask if you know where your Teddy Bear really comes from.

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action
Kristoffer Aaron Morgan / 9 min / USA / 2012

Isolated in a place where twisted creatures torment him from the dark, a man desperately tries to find an escape.

Horror about The End in Live-Action

It’s Dogs vs. Zombies, in this light-hearted horror film from Miami collective Borscht Corp.

Horror about Revenge in Live-Action
Ryan Connolly / 32 min / USA / 2012

Can the dead truly take revenge? Taylor seeks to hide his sins in hopes that they will go unnoticed and become no more than a dirty little secret…

Horror about Identity in Special FX
Francesco Calabrese / 5 min / UK / 2012

The “true” story of Sophia, a young woman dealing with a rare and very dangerous condition.

Horror about Other Worlds in Live-Action

3 new visions of horror from leading filmmakers as they adapt video game classics to the world of short film.

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action
Alex Horwitz / 21 min / USA / 2011

The scientist who cured the Z virus is hiding a secret from this zombie-infected world.

Horror about Conquest in Live-Action
Pedro Cristiani / 13 min / Argentina / 2011

A secret order of priests guards the thin border between our world and the realm of darkness in this inventive horror film from Argentina.

Horror about Illness in Live-Action
Adam Wingard / 15 min / USA / 2011

Adam Wingard’s latest feature “You’re Next” will be coming to a theater near you soon. But for now, check out this series of three meditative shorts about damaged, desirable, dangerous women.

Horror about Family in Live-Action
Bobby Miller / 12 min / USA / 2011

Paul jerked off in the shower. Paul just impregnated his bath tub. Last year’s most outrageous Sundance short, now online.

Horror about Growth in Special FX

On this Labor Day I hope your holiday goes better than Señor Olivares’. While trying to relax on the beach, Sea Monsters come to slaughter everyone.

Horror about Conspiracy in Multi-Media

A spooky mystery is teased out of a single photograph, in this suspenseful animation nominated for Canada’s Genie award in 2009.

Horror about Human Nature in Live-Action
Nick Narciso / 17min min / USA / 2011

Twisted, disturbed, and interpretable in a hundred ways, all of them troubling. This is horror that is uncategorizable.

Horror about Conquest in 3D Animation

You may like having a good lunch in a quiet place as a park… But what if your lunch doesn’t?
In the street everyone can hear you scream, but honestly who cares?

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action
Peter Horn, Jared Marshall / 5 min / USA / 2010

It’s Christmas time and the zombies are out tearing into helpless co-workers in this innovative film shot entirely in the first-person.

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action
Jarrett Lee Conaway / 9 min / USA / 2010

Zombies are taking over the world but this clueless group of slackers is more interested in video games and the girl next door in this Horror/Comedy.

Horror Playlist / October 30, 2010

Watch our creepiest films—from the gorific Treevenge to the zombie romance, I Love Sarah Jane.

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action

What happens when you mix zombies and beer? You get a seemingly unstoppable way to spread a zombie virus.

Horror about Conquest in Stop-Motion
Robert Morgan / 4 min / UK / 2010

A dream-inspired tale of a scary kitty with a thirst for human body parts.

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action
Damian McCarthy / 4 min / USA / 2009

Does telling a story’s ending deflate its tension? In this case, definitely not.

Horror about Desperation in Anime
Kazuto Nakazawa / 10 min / Japan / 2009

A moody, and stylistic anime from acclaimed director Kazuto Nakazawa. A swordsman of legend is persuaded by a young girl to protect her village. But what is it she is unleashing?