CLICHÉ ** USA 2020 Dir: Royce Freeman. 23 mins A Jacksonville-shot slasher satire from editor / writer / director Royce Freeman, this has a fabulous, rhyming opening crawl that establishes a legendary menace that “seems to have no end”. It’s a welcome tribute to a select few 80’s slashers that…
Browsing: Short Film
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER (BFF) **** Canada 2018 Dir: Emily Gagne, Josh Korngut. 13 mins An atmospheric, stylish distillation of the American modern horror film’s vengeful / bullied teen trope, this has three teenage girls sharing the story of Nancy (Jen Pogue), a cruelly pranked, unpopular late-90’s student who disappeared after…
THE EBBING *** USA 2019 Dir: Kevin Patrick Murphy. 13 Mins A beguiling short from actor-turned-director Kevin Patrick Murphy and actress-turned-writer Jennifer Trudrung (who has a part in the upcoming HALLOWEEN KILLS), this follows a traumatised mother who has recurring nightmares about her missing daughter. She envisions her as pallid…
PEPPER **** Canada 2019 Dir: Kate Felix. 7 mins Toronto-based poet / writer / director Kate Felix has made a name for herself with her short and slash fiction, and now filmmaking – having earned festival plaudits with 2018’s THE RIVETERS, an assault on 1940’s patriarchy. PEPPER revolves around a…
FORET NOIRE *** Canada 2018 Dir: Philippe David Gagne, Jean Marc E. Roy. 20 mins Lushly shot by Olivier Gossot and afforded a lush, evocative orchestral score by Amaury Chabauty, this is a modern spin on old-fashioned drawing room mysteries, shot in Quebec but set in France. For those who…