PIGGY ** USA 2019 Dir: Dixie Gers. 22 mins Dixie Gers, who played the title role in the 2016 remake of CRAZY FAT ETHEL, wrote, produced, directed and starred in this Louisville-shot take on the “woman scorned” theme. She plays the plus-sized barmaid of a grubby looking Kentucky dive where…
Browsing: Short Film
ATTACK OF THE CAT PEOPLE *** Australia 2019 Dir: Sarah Stephenson. 45 mins Filmed in glorious B&W, the ‘Attack of the Cat People’ is a crystal clear hark back to the classic Universal horrors of the ’30s and ’40s or the old sci-fi films of the ’50s A meteor crashes…
THE SUM OF SEVERAL STICKY SITUATIONS INVOLVING SALAMI STICKS ** Australia 2021 Dir: Oli Stenning. 20 mins The plot begins in a butchers, where a policeman Sonny (Ben Corlett) enters to explain to the insane proprietor- Ivan the Butcher (Oli Stenning) – behind the counter how someone had stolen his…
THE PEY *** USA 2021 Dir: Ramone Menon. 9 mins After sharing a mysterious GIF online, a social media-obsessed teenager is hunted by a terrifying monster known as The Pey. This was a rather fun and enjoyable short. The concept is quite intriguing, taking a monster that would’ve normally come…
FILTERED *** Canada 2021 Dir: Vincenzo Nappi. 5 mins Reading this review maybe longer than the film. Writing short fiction or today’s Flash Fiction is hard to do. There is no padding the story, events must be direct with a sledgehammer ending. With that in mind, I was taken aback…