A wretched human houseplant learns all the horrors of its new life inside a nightmare house of flesh, meat, muscle, and bone.
2021, USA, 7 minutes
Directed by Benjamin Roberds
Category: Shorts
Little Creep
A child rescues a tiny garden denizen from their mother’s pesticide rampage but struggles to keep the creature alive in captivity.
2021, USA, 6 minutes
Directed by Gurleen Rai
Unlawful Combatant
American contractors endure a surprise workplace inspection.
2021, USA, 10 minutes
Directed by Jackson Fatheree
Geri and Rick
Two venerable street hustlers spend a late night arguing and reminiscing in a broken-down car on the outskirts of New York City.
2021, USA, 21 minutes
Directed by Vincent Turturro and Alena Turturro
Stinger
Stung by a mysterious insect, a filmmaker documents his intensifying sickness using microscopic video.
2021, USA, 5 minutes
Directed by Brian Zahm
Just a Guy
Three women share their experiences corresponding with Richard Ramirez — the murderer and rapist known as The Night Stalker.
2020, Germany, 15 minutes
Directed by Shoko Hara
Winner: Weirdest Boner Award
The Last Temptation of Aelred
A religious initiate battles an infernal beguiler who offers the young priest forbidden delights.
2021, USA, 25 minutes
Directed by Jack Pratt
Forgive Us
When a young man returns home with his boyfriend after a long absence, he finds his family’s cordial reception masks a secret menace.
2021, USA, 14 minutes
Directed by D. W. Hodges
Corked
A man with a dark secret accepts a mysterious invitation to a bar and finds it has dark secrets of its own.
2021, Australia, 10 minutes
Directed by Zac Loy
Help
A woman looks to a self-help app for guidance in her meandering life and finds the app demanding more from her than she’d expected.
2020, USA, 5 minutes
Directed by Liesel Hanson
Chinook
During a sputtering attempt at a romantic date, a young man realizes the restaurant he’s chosen isn’t quite what it seems.
2020, USA, 8 minutes
Directed by Costa Karalis
Calliope
Mired in ennui, a bored young man stumbles upon a secret world of frightening delights.
2021, Hungary, 8 minutes
Directed by Zsófia Csánki