Horror Short Films
Up for another horror short? Have a phobia of clowns? Love the Walking Dead? This one kind of covers all three. “The Birthday Present”, starring Addy Miller from “The Walking Dead”. Thi is a short story that will be part of the horror anthology, “Witching Hour” which you can learn more about here [...]
It is that time of year again where the floodgates open and hundreds upon hundreds of hopeful filmmakers submit their film to be a part of one of the greatest anthologies ever. Yep, The ABCs of Death is back and they are once again looking for their 26th director, and you never know, it could [...]
Just a couple of weeks ago I finally got to witness The ABCs of Death, and while I didn’t hate it like many of you guys did, I was left questioning as to why some shorts were favored over some others. Case in point, T is for Turbo. Although, in this case this one was [...]
Are you guys looking for something a little different? Well, we may have your hook-up. How about a flick which features a robot obsessed with capturing, torturing and killer young helpless females? If so, then we have the flick for you and MGM look set to catapult this one to the masses. According to Deadline, [...]
To call this short by Riley Stearns unusual is probably an understatement. The Cub tells the story of a five-year-old girl, who reads at an eight-year-old’s level. Her middle class parents turn her over to a pack of wolves so that she will learn “strength, self-reliance, and cunning behavior.” The girl is timid at first, clutching [...]
Jug Face director Chad Crawford Kinkle just released his short film Organ Grinder. The short follows a young woman whom after he mothers death seduces a men possessed by demons in order to cleanse them. I have to mention that it is pretty graphic so I wouldn’t watch this at work. Keep an out for his [...]
It is very hard to stand out these days when there seems to be literally hundreds of horror shorts being made each and every day. So the fact that Chronicles of the Dead shines should tell you something. Chronicles of the Dead takes the not so original concept of Zombies and makes it fresh again [...]
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Two words for you, “freakin’ awesome!” That’s what I thought upon watching the trailer for Rickey Bird’s upcoming grindhouse zombie short, Naked Zombie Girl. I mean, what more could you want in a film. Here we have zombies, buckets of the red stuff, a naked girl and of course the chainsaw. So, head on down [...]
Since I got word of Jennifer Campbell’s first short Hike (check that sucker out HERE) I have been following her career within the horror genre very closely, as Jennifer, certainly has a bright future ahead. So, I was very pleased to learn that her latest short, Bruised, is quickly making headway, and we have just [...]
Zombies. We love em’ right? It just seems as if we cannot get enough of these brain munching fiends. So, to help with your addiction of everything zombie, we have got word of a new zombie web-series which is entitled Zombie with a Shotgun. so far there are four episodes, and we have all four [...]
Several months ago I stumbled upon Jared Skolnick’s awesome horror short, The Earth Rejects Him, and basically I absolutely loved it! It’s a mesmerizing film which kept me thinking throughout, and it’s totally worth a watch. So, after a very successful festival run, and a brief run on DVD, Jared Skolnick has decided to unleash the film [...]
I love apocalyptic movies. Quite frankly it may be my favorite sub genre mainly for the fact it is something that could happen any day. This morning Olivier Mamet sent me over his new 4 minute short film that tells the story of the end of the world and one persons survival within it. In [...]
Blackberry has launched a campaign called Keep Moving. Basically its set up to inspire people to keep following a dream they may have. Today Robert Rodriguez released his contribution by making a short called “Two Scoops”. It is exactly what you would expect from the man and his recent work. Check it out below. Two [...]
6 Shooter has a very important message and the message is alcohol is bad. Or at least it is if you drink the whole bottle and the result is unleashing holy hell on your friends. The short film is directed by David ‘dwyz’ Wayman and is a very well polished affair. Apart from one badly executed [...]
Like most 13-year-old boys, Jimbo (Brad Ashby) has that one girl he is crushing hard on, and despite there being this whole zombie apocalypse thing going on, he will do whatever it takes to win the affection of Sarah Jane (Mia Wasikowska). Written by David Michôd and Spencer Susser (who also directed), I Love Sarah [...]
Allure is a 4 minute stop-motion animation film that focuses its sights on these strange, but sort of cute, Moguai looking creatures who are attracted to something on the other side of a very busy street. This dangerous road would mean the end of most of these creatures that dare to cross it, however, the [...]
Yesterday I shared with you all a short film called DONT MOVE and it can be summed up with ‘wow’. Today I am back with another horror short that quite frankly makes me disgusted. The horror short film is titled Death Scenes and is about a detective who brings in a serial killer for an interrogation [...]
Both Determined Spirits and Into the Light are two parts of a continuous story, so I will go over each short’s plot then review them together as one entity. M’kay?! Determined Spirits focuses on a mysterious woman named Ming Lee (Diana Rumjahn), who has discovered that she’s been cursed by an evil spirit. According to [...]
DONT MOVE is a demonstration in how to make a truly great horror movie. It is no easy feat to make a horror movie that fans appreciate but making a horror short is even harder. Lets he honest as horror fans we are jaded because every year we are bombarded with hundreds of new horror [...]
You might remember Krueger: A Tale from Elm Street from a few years back. It was a pretty impressive fan film shot by Chris R. Notarile that explored the mythos of Freddy Krueger before he became the master of dreams. It added a bit of depth to the character of Freddy and showed how terrifying he really could [...]
I’m always excited for the chance to see genre’ short films at a festival or event because very often they are hard to track down otherwise. So with two separate collections of shorts showing during Texas Frightmare Weekend in Dallas, I was pretty jazzed at the chance to see some off the beaten path work [...]
For many years, people have been constantly improving their advertising and marketing skills. Back then, commercials were marketed with video clips or posters of very unlikely situations and people but now, creative experts and directors are doing what wasn't done before: diving right into the human's psyche and extracting the right ingredients to better express [...]
Got arachnophobia? Then it's a pretty safe bet that this one will leave you on edge for the rest of the day. Filmmaker Andrea Ricca is back with yet another stellar horror short and this time he deals with gargantuan spiders from outer space, real good b-movie stuff here. Andrea Ricca is basically a one-man [...]
I think its pretty safe to assume that we all hate going to the dentist. I mean, we are at their mercy, and they could do anything, and I mean anything. Case in point, Ryan Spindell’s impressive short The Root of the Problem. This is one short you want to keep your eyes on as [...]
Today Vice released a short film directed by Spencer Susser and co-written by David Michôd called I Love Sarah Jane. It is an excellently made short which addresses a lot of questions that we have all had about what would happen if your parents turned into zombies and other societal questions. On the other hand it [...]
If you like Zombie movies and have a soft spot for 28 Days Later you are going to love the short film PREY. This 14 minute zombie short is a demonstration of how to make a great film with great characters, a fantastic script and an excellent mix of modern zombies that run like hell [...]
