From haunted homes and fractured families to deadly games and twisted relationships, these shorts show that safety is an illusion and nowhere is truly secure.
109 min. total run time
Til Death
Director Matthew McGahren - USA - 12 min. monster
An older man marries a younger woman who both learn that death lurks in the shadows.
The Humming Grows
Director Aughbar - USA - 12 min. horror
When MMA fighter Jodie breaks into her sister’s home to save her, she discovers her chained niece, a brutal captor, and dark family secrets. What follows is a fight for survival in a gripping and original thriller.
What's Wrong?
Director Allen Parker- USA - 11 min. horror
Adopted as a teenager, a now 25 year-old woman travels back to her foster mother's home for a funeral where she faces a past, long forgotten.
House of Aradia
Director Julianna Piechoczek- USA - 12 min. horror
A Prosecutor drops his two children off at their distant aunts' island home. The kids are told they've free reign of the property- EXCEPT the crawlspace downstairs; and, they learn why their powerful aunts have been ostracized.
Let's Play
Director Angel Alvarez - USA - 9 min. horror comedy
Be Careful how you play!
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End
Directors Brian Alexander, Nikki Durbin- USA - 10 min. dark drama
A man alone in a room is confronted with a decision, with only a notepad, an old radio, and a button marked with a single word. END.
*filmmaker in attendance
Paragons
Director Aryan Varma - USA - 7 min. sci-fi
Two brothers who've never met each other before, due to neurotechnological experimentations, attempt to meet for the first time.
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Rage
Director ShawnKole - USA - 5 min. music video
How many deaths are truly justified, and at which point do you become the monster? In this retro rock opera, Esther, a meek librarian picked on by the world, is forced to stand up for herself when her boss delays her promotion again. It feeds her now insatiable lust for blood and twisted sense is justice, driving her mad with power, dragging the audience right along with her.
*filmmaker in attendance
Tether
Director Igor Pending- USA - 10 min. psychological horror
A councilwoman fears she is being stalked and exposed during her campaign. As the night gets older, everything becomes stranger. Written, filmed and edited in 14 days for the Fiction Fest Competition.
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Firecrow
Director Markham Samuels - Canada - 20 min. horror
Two farm workers are tasked with moving a cryptic scarecrow one day, which unbeknownst to them, has been afflicted with a powerful curse.
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