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Short Films Articles
The Sinister Seven: A Septet of Short Films We Recommend for Panic Fest 2025
Kansas City’s Panic Fest 2025 opens March 27 with an in-person festival running through April 2 and a virtual version...
Spoiler-Free Review: HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND? (SXSW 2025)
Official synopsis: A corporate employee finds himself in a fight to survive Monday morning after breaking the most...
Calgary Underground Film Festival Unveils Its Terrific 2024 Lineup
Horror buffs and genre-film fans of all stripes: The Calgary Underground Film Festival has just released its lineup...
Spoiler-Free Short Film Reviews: “Apotemnofilia,” “Lullaby,” “The Bleacher,” “Make Me a Pizza” (SXSW)
Apotemnofilia The titular condition is the desire of amputation for a healthy limb, and writer/director Jano Pita’s...
Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “The Activated Man,” “Escalation,” and “Ron” (Romford Horror Festival)
THE ACTIVATED MAN (U.S., 2023) Writer/director Nicholas Gyeney’s feature The Activated Man is an interesting variation...
Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “The Foreboding: Fractured,” “Sour Milk,” and “Dolly Molly’s Playhouse” (Romford Horror Festival)
THE FOREBODING: FRACTURED (U.K., 2024) In director Kemal Yildrim’s short The Foreboding: Fractured, four university...
Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “Nian,” “Days of Spring,” Mosquito Lady,” and “A Dire Strait” (Final Girls Berlin Film Festival)
Following are reviews of four of the offerings that screened as part of the 2024 Final Girls Berlin Film Festival's...
Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “The Looming” and “Dream Creep” (Sundance Film Festival)
THE LOOMING So often in horror films the elderly are portrayed as scary or creepy subjects, something to fear, run...
Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “Legend of El Cucuy,” “PU EKAW TNOD,” “Blockbuster,” and “Welcome to the Enclave” (Slamdance Film Festival)
Legend of El Cucuy Folklore horror meets problems of modern parenting in writer/director Cynthia Garcia Williams’...
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival Offers In-Person and Online Viewing for Its Ninth Edition
The FINAL GIRLS BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL proudly unveils its 9th edition, featuring a captivating array of horror cinema...
Short Film Review: Guest 2 (2023)
Remember like four years ago when I clued you beautiful cats n’ creeps in about writer/director Finn Callan’s sinister...