SHORTS #4:
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
Thu 06 Feb | 20:30 | 90 mins | Recommended 18+ | £5
Devils, demons or DMs? Explore the horrors that keeps you awake at night in this collection of sinister shorts.
ROACH
Dir. Angelica E. Gayle | 14 mins | UK
Roach is a 14 minute suburban horror film that follows, Bonnie; a 17-year old girl who shows up at the eerie house of Mr. Roach to answer a cleaning job she found in the paper. Bonnie has forged a CV in hopes of getting the job and is surprised when Mr. Roach asks when can she start. As time passes, Bonnie releases she is in way over her head as new horrors begin to unearth in the house. Bonnie stumbles upon something hidden in Mr. Roach’s abode that she shouldn’t have, and this changes the way she now sees her seemingly innocent employer...
UNWELL WOMAN
Dir. Daniella DeVinter | 14 mins | UK
Dark Academia Just Got Darker… A night at the library turns into a nightmare when a Cambridge student comes across a creepy painting, and the haunted past of her long-dead mother threatens to impregnate the present.
GHOST STORY
Dir. Daniel Granville | 10 mins | UK
A bereaved husband attempts to connect with his partner on the other side, when something sinister begins to listen.
THE BARREL
Dir. Katie McFadden | 12 mins | Ireland
An unnamed narrator transverses her memory of a local area, and in doing so unveils the lasting impressions of past on the landscape, her journey culminating in a particularly horrifying local myth.
THE NUDES
Dir. Benjamin Turner | 9 mins | UK
A young woman is alone in her room when her boyfriend asks permission to send her nude. Each one appears, coming to life in front of her. But just when things are getting exciting, she starts being harassed by unwanted messages from other men.
SKIP INTRO
Dir. Hunter Hopewell | 11 mins | UK
An outsider must navigate a watch party for a popular show he's never seen.
RED SKY AT NIGHT
Dir. Kieran Stringfellow | 19 mins | UK
Val is a century old vampire, but in human terms, she can barely pass for twenty. After what feels like an eternity spent at her family home in the northern reaches of the UK, she’s now ready to embark on a new chapter at university. However, the long trip down south soon turns frosty as grieving mother Vera struggles to come to terms with her little girl flying the nest.
