HORROR SHORTS A Run Time: 86 minutes
Itsy Bitsy Spiders
Beware of Children!
Screening Times: Friday, April 4 at 11:20 am Sunday, April 6 at 2:00 pm
Directed by: Bertrand Paré Edwin has a dark obsession with drawing spiders. His mother does her best to curb his increasingly odd behavior, but unbeknownst to her, a terrifying mystery will soon be solved with the help of these sinister drawings.
Directed by: Ares Ceylan A couple believes to have accidentally run over a young boy with their car, but quickly realize that they have stumbled into a trap. Their worst fears become reality when children from the neighborhood turn up and start a deadly hunt against the adults.
Love Directed by: Cameron Macgowan A love triangle between a man, a maiden, and a monster.
‘Til Death Happy birthday Mr. Zombie Directed by: David Leclercq Mr. Zombie comes back home after a hard day’s work. When he turns the light on... Surprise!
Directed by: Jason Tostevin A horror comedy about four unhappy husbands who wake up to a gruesome surprise the morning after killing each other’s wives.
VHS
Signal
Directed by: Scott Bekisz While a man is upgrading his VHS player to a DVD player he soon finds out VHS is not a dead format! This short is in the vein of low-budget 80’s horror.
Directed by: Lutfu Emre Cicek Victims meet a gruesome fate at the hands of a malevolent entity.
One Please Directed by: Jesse Burks Mommy and daddy love you... very much.
Kenneth Miller’s Dust Jacket Directed by: Kenneth Miller A young woman becomes the fixation for a pair of men who follow her home one night. Alone at home, the girl watches a local talk show discussing the ongoing ‘Red Menace’ murders. Outside, we see the men peep through her windows. When she hears noises coming from one of her rooms, she arms with a kitchen knife and investigates - leading to an ending that is as shocking as it is horrifying.
HORROR SHORTS B Run Time: 86 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 4 at 9:40 pm Saturday, April 5 at 9:40 pm
Whispering Pines Directed by: John Fraser A teenage boy and girl child play hide and seek in the forest, until their game develops a dark twist.
Edward the Damned Directed by: John Weckworth What is it Edward is hiding beneath his wig? To the people around him he seems an average bloke. But tonight his insidious secret will finally see the light of day in a reveal you won’t soon forget.
Tasha and Friends Directed by: Greg Kovacs Local children’s show host, Tasha, decides to shut the show down. Her puppet co-stars, however, want to shut her down...permanently.
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Bright Eyes
One More for the Road
Directed by: Jamie Rivera A woman wakes up to suspect that someone, or something, may be in the house with her in this satirical riff on the horror genre.
Directed by: Navin Ramaswaran One More for the Road is a short film starring Lindsay Smith (In the House of Flies) and Jeff Sinasac (Clutch) as a married couple going on a road trip to rekindle their marriage leading to disastrous results.
The Carriage or: Dracula & My Mother Directed by: Ben Gordon When director Ben Gordon spends Christmas with his family, a casual home movie soon turns to horror upon the appearance of a sinister carriage.
My Love, Our Time is Now Directed by: Kyle Dunleavy The video portrays a character being stalked by demons who surround him at every turn in the story. The man is aware they are there and is constantly trying to escape them, and eventually realizes the only way to escape the demons is through a woman.
14TH ANNUAL PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 3-10, 2014
The Bad Days Directed by: Gregory Keras As a middle-aged couple struggles to survive the apocalypse tucked away in their New York apartment, unassuming wife Marjorie is forced to make a terrifying decision as terror threatens both from without and within. The Bad Days is rife with both physical and psychological horrors, but, despite the apparent despair, is everything truly as it seems?
The Carriage or: Dracula & My Mother