THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, BARBARA!

US/Canadian Shorts

(75 min)

DID YOU REMEMBER THE CAT?

(US, 2024, 18 min)

After surviving a house party-turned-horror film, Tara and Mitch’s escape is cut short when they realize… they forgot their cat. Now, the couple must return to the house and brave the eldritch monster that waits inside to save not only the cat, but their relationship itself.

Director: Daniel B Foster

ESCAPE

(US, 2024, 4 min)

Awakening on the floor of a destroyed suburban bedroom, we discover a global invasion has begun and we are not alone in the house.

Director: Lorenzo Manetti

IT DRAWS CLOSER

(US, 2024, 5 min)

A young woman discovers the creature she just sketched is in the bedroom with her.

Director: Joshua David Matthews

KILLING TIME

(US, 2024, 13 min)

After his car stalls on a deserted road, a theater teacher must fight for his life when he finds himself at the mercy of an aspiring serial killer with dreams of acting.

Director: Caroline Koonce

THE RED HOURGLASS

(US, 2024, 16 min)

Following a strange and unsettling encounter with a black widow spider, a young virgin woman finds herself inexplicably pregnant. After the birth of her child, a shadowy cult begins to gather outside her home, drawn to the child as if by dark forces.

Director: Bradley Charles Jones

SKEETER

(US, 2024, 4 min)

Every party has a buzz kill.

Director: Chris McInroy

SUNDOWNING

(US, 2024, 15 min)

A horror-with-a-heart short film following three members of an assisted living community – Shu-Hua, a stubborn, sharp-eyed new resident already trying to find her way out of this dump; Zach, a well-meaning but inexperienced young night nurse; and Gerry, a long-time old-timer facing down nightfall and the monsters it contains, armed with only a straw and a handful of peas.

Director: Faith Liu