Shorts
Short Review: “Mute” by A Color Green To Be Released on VHS
An eerie stillness echoes throughout the hollow sea of winter trees. Footsteps, frantic and hurried, rush through the miles of dead leaves. Two sets of breath whisper over the rolling hills: the first, distressed and frenzied; the second, short and steadily focused rage. A girl in an orange coat (Catherine Beckett) is caught and tackled to the ground by a man in a green long-sleeved shirt and a be...[Read More]
Review: âAmong The Shadowsâ From Seraph Films Eyes The Macabre
Ariel has just landed the Vice Presidency of her company. She is a hard working business woman with a plan until she is visited by a shadow-like figure from her childhood nightmares. Now, she must fight for her life or remain in the darkness forever. Ariel (Raquel Houghton) begins to unravel the mysteries of the shadow man with a little help from her BFF (Samantha Rund) and a creepy occult booksto...[Read More]
Carlos Omar de Leon Shorts: ‘KAL – The Clown’ & ‘Killer Date’
We are Indie Horror just got a look at two short films from writer and director Carlos Omar de Leon, titled KAL â The Clown (which you might have seen on the Crypt TV Facebook) and Killer Date, both from 2016. In the first short film, KAL â The Clown, a woman (Noelle Hanson) receives a mysterious package in the middle of the night. If that wasnât weird enough, inside the box: a marionette clown. A...[Read More]
Scary Endings Just Released Their Most Chilling Episode Yet. Oh, And Donât Forget A Towel
Given that weâve gone two whole days this ear without any majorly influential people passing away, itâs safe to say that 2017 is off to a better start than 2016. To add to the great start of 2017, Scary Endings just released their newest episode, and it is their most intensely chilling to date. The Water Rises is a fitting title to the new Scary Endings. It stars Empireâs Kaitlin Doubledayand Scar...[Read More]
Review: âBorder Patrolâ Short Mixes Mystery, Suspense, and Skill
Out in the woods, isolated miles away from the rest of civilization, lies an outpost guarded by two men. Against an army possessing insatiable bloodlust, they have to protect themselves armed with only binoculars and a rifle. Border Patrol has mystery and suspense coupled with some great cinematic shots. Dee McCullay is a Canadian filmmaker with a magnificent sense of the macabre. McCullay is an a...[Read More]
Review: âTrouser Snake,â Well-Done Parody of 50s Monster Movies
For fans of 2011âs horror-comedy anthology Chillerama, Alex DiVincenzoâs new short, Trouser Snake, will provide a delightful reminder of just how fun a well-done parody of classic genre films can be. DiVincenzoâs Trouser Snake runs just five minutes, but definitely entertains for the entirety of its brief screen time. Taking a tongue-in-cheek view of â50s monster movies, this short homage plays mo...[Read More]
Scary Endings Gets In The Holiday Spirit With âSanta Claus Is A Vampireâ
The monthly YouTube series Scary Endings is back for season 2 and their second episode falls just around the time of all the holidays. The latest Scary Endings episode is titled âSanta Claus is a Vampireâ and before even watching the film, it is a valid question to ask. He sees you when you are sleeping and knows when you are awake. He only comes out at night and has a tedious plan that only allow...[Read More]
Review: Short âThe Night They Hit Backâ is a Four Year Labor of Love
Given the sheer length of advance work on The Night They Hit Back, it seems like thereâs a lot riding on director Jason Thorsonâs short â along with his co-producer, Chris Haag, Thorson spent two and a half years in pre-production on The Night They Hit Back, shot it in four days in the summer of 2014, and only just released it. Thatâs nearly four and a half years of work on a half-hour film. Happi...[Read More]
Review: ‘Puppet’ Short Is Ambitious and Compelling
From PROco PROduction coMPANY, Puppet is the third short film from directing duo DaG (Joseph R. Davis & Brian Gerson). In their latest exploration of the horror genre, with a script by Jeffery Potts, they tackle the ever popular zombie sub-genre. It goes without saying that the genre suffers from over-saturation and seems to be the go-to fixation of indie filmmakers. However, as tenacious film...[Read More]
Review: Short âPlague of the Pot Rabbits,â is Fun Campy Schlock
Plague of the Pot Rabbits is a hilarious film about two friends and business partners named Frank and Eddy, who sell and grow pot. One day they go to a field where theyâve been growing an experimental strain to find that the whole fieldâs been decimated. They inspect the site to find that the only trace of whatever did the pillaging is a few rabbit droppings that smell like hash. Later on that day...[Read More]
Review: Short Film âInto the Mudâ is Evocative and Mysterious
Writer and director Pablo S. Pastorâs Spanish debut short film Into the Mud was part of the official selection at this yearâs Screamfest LA and We are Indie Horror has a short review and trailer for you. Here is the official synopsis for the film: âA young woman wakes up naked in the middle of the woods. After the initial confusion and after verifying that sheâs hurt, she discovers a fisherman and...[Read More]
Review: Short Film âHazardâ Will Hack at Your Expectations
The best films are those that place archetypes in familiar situations and then upends what is considered normal within the parameters of a genre and rattles the cage with a variable, that the audience, or the players in the film, donât see coming. The short film Hazard accomplishes just that. Hazard begins like any slasher film would with an unfortunate victim and his hunter, a masked madman wield...[Read More]