Captive Audience Shorts #1

FRIDAY OCTOBER 17, 2025 AT 12:00 PM

Three stories of abduction and survival where victims are trapped, tested, and pushed through hell with no escape in sight.

75 min. total run time

The Man Upstairs

Director Wendy Wang - USA - 18 min. thriller

After being kidnapped, Julian wakes up in a stranger’s basement, where another child already lives - and where survival means playing along with the man who calls himself “Dad.” As the boys form a fragile bond, they plot an escape from a twisted domestic nightmare.

The Contest

Director South Turk - USA - 19 min. horror

On Halloween night, a financially struggling single mother working a delivery job is abducted by a deranged family and forced to judge a grotesque costume contest, only to discover the winner's prize is a fate for her that is worse than death.

*filmmaker in attendance

The Showffeür

Director Taylor Martin - USA - 39 min. slasher

2 couples are kidnapped by a mysterious rideshare driver and taken to the country to attend his sadistic birthday party.

*filmmaker in attendance

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King Memorial MARTA Station is located across the street.

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