Enjoy some tasty snacks in this block of hard to swallow horror shorts.
84 min. total running time
Michikusa
Director Nalani Williams - USA - 4 min. - animation
An animated allegory set in a surreal and hellish landscape made of skin and bone. Man and nature battle for dominance in the unending cycle life and death - or something in between.
THYSIA
Director Timo Vogt - Austria - 8 min. - horror
At an eternal dinner, five individuals negotiate the fate of their meals around a shared table. As they munch on their simple bread, they grapple with a democratic decision: to elevate their feast or to be content with what's already given.
Writer's Block
Director Steven Schloss - USA - 8 min. - gore
In hopes of earning his freedom, a prisoner embarks in a bloody process involving dismemberment, excessive smoking and mutilated bunnies.
Family Reserve
Director Isaac Areizaga - Mexico - 18 min
Victor is involved in an awkward family dinner at his grandparents' house. By interfering with the aggressions of his father and grandfather towards the women and the youngest of the family, Víctor refuses to drink a black wine that seems to be the cause of his family's behavior. While some black leaks appear that begin to soak and flood the dining room, Víctor looks for a way out of the torment that is about to drown him and his family.
Night Walks: Edith and The Empty
Director Robyn August - USA - 8 min. - horror
When a housewife named Edith who loves to cook discovers a strange creature hiding in the home being built in her neighborhood, she decides to feed it. The only problem is that the creature is never satisfied.
Meatballs
Director Julen Higuera Lozano - Spain - 14 min. - horror comedy
A young chef and his mom are having a sordid relationship while being in charge of a declining restaurant. When an important customer, whose hunger is insatiable, appears; the young boy is forced to cut his own leg in order to make meatballs.
Yeast
Director Elliott Gonzo - United Kingdom - 13 min. - horror
Yeast is an absurd and grotesque tale about a struggling baker within a hellish bakery who unexpectedly bakes himself a Frankenstein’s monster made of dough and yeast, which takes over his life.
However, the themes underneath the grime and the grit are prevalent and very quickly give's Yeast a deeper, more profound and sad message than the macabre fairytale we were given at the forefront.
The Heritage
Director Andrew Rutter - United Kingdom - 12 min. - horror
After growing up adopted, a man makes a gargantuan discovery when meeting his biological father.
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