Silver Screen Suicide: Reality and the Present Clash with Reel and the Past
Kyle Hartford’s Silver Screen Suicide is a 10-minute flirtation with classical Hollywood. The life of a man frustrated by his circumstances ...
Tag: Horror Short Film Review
Parasomnia: Sleep Paralysis in Bite-sized Horror
Jalen Tellis’ Parasomnia is a 8-minute horror film based around the terror of sleep paralysis. Its protagonist, a man struggling ...
Even Saints Bleed: A Self-Portrait of the Artist in the Middle of Construction
Ricardo Bouyett’s 40-minute Even Saints Bleed exists strongly in the psychological realm, with its protagonist leaning into her trauma so ...
Love is a Fire: Body Horror Through Everyday Things
Sofie Somoroff’s Love is a Fire deals with the horrific body. Following a couple who has just moved into a ...
Barbarian God: The Thrills of a Medieval Viking Vampire
David McGuff’s Barbarian God, based on Daniel Prillaman’s play, explores what happens when a Viking vampire confronts a nun’s faith—right ...
Return to Sender: Surveillance, Control and Paranoia in Modern Times
Russell Goldman’s Return to Sender is a psychological horror that taps into the uniquely contemporary fears concomitant with living in ...
The Changing Room: Tapping into the Reliable Horror of Mirrors
Sam Evenson’s The Changing Room is a 4-minute horror within the confines of a changing room. The cramped quarters made ...
Something Behind The Walls: Tale Of The City Slicker In A Rural Farm
Kit Wilson’s Something Behind The Walls is a horror set in 1930s Philadelphia, following the experiences of a city journalist ...
Curve: Minimalist Horror Straight Out Of Nightmares
Tim Egan’s short film Curve taps into base, instinctive fears with a narrative always headed for doom. Less than 10 ...
Saternus: The Origins Of A Cult
Malakai Tyne Bisel’s Saternus just shies away from satirizing the dark world of cults. But centred around the members of ...
