SCARY LITTLE FUCKERS ** U.S.A. 2015 Dir: Nathan Suher. 23 mins A very broadly played GREMLINS riff in which an obnoxious, alcoholic father buys toothy, furry creatures from a weird curio shop, and the only rule involved (never put them in the same cage…) is broken to allow for festive…
Browsing: Short Film
PIGSKIN **** USA 2015 Dir: Jake Hammond. 14 mins Made at Florida State University, this extremely well crafted, well-acted short follows a long line of American horror films offering gruesome metaphors for traumatic adolescent experiences. Isadora Leiva gives a striking performance as a self-conscious, self-harming, bulimic teenager preparing for a…
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ‘HELLo tHERE’ NEEDS YOU ‘HELLo tHERE’ (a.k.a. HELL HERE) is a short psychological thriller that is not only setting out to scare you but also to be thought provoking. The film takes a dark, but realistic look at the psychological trauma caused by inequality, racism, and homophobia. Their…
HUSH ***** USA 2015 Dir: Michael G Kehoe. 6 mins College student babysitter suffers a power cut during a raging thunderstorm and tries to comfort a sleepless kid who is terrified of something in the bedroom. Reassurance follows in the form of proving there’s nothing in the closet, under the…
SELFIE **** UK 2015 Dir: Geoff Harmer. 7 mins Stacy Hart is chatting to her boyfriend on Messenger, taking selfies for his pleasure as she does so, and begins capturing a creepy figure lurking behind the sofa each time – a figure only visible on the selfies themselves. An update…