Shorts Block: Living in the Blood Red Light

Crimson Mirror

2020 / USA / 6 min / Horror

Directed By Ella May Sahiman
Cast: Flora Wildes

In the bathroom waiting for the toaster to get hot, a woman on the edge has a breakdown where she stares herself down in the Crimson Mirror.

Richard Nixon The Getaway Driver

2020 / USA / 6 min / Horror

Directed By Kevin Daniel Lonano
Cast: Denny Holmes, Dave W. Campbell, Josh Skierski

Drunk on power and tripping on LSD, President Richard Nixon recounts his role as the getaway driver for JFK’s second shooter. Is he confessing to save his soul, or is it all just a bad trip?

Klaus Eats Butterflies

2020 / USA / 6 min

Directed By Shane Aquino
Cast: Monica Keena, Denny Kirkwood, Debbie Kasper

Had anybody known that Molly’s DNA code was 14% butterfly, they probably would not have brought Klaus on as a guest seeing as his skin secretes (Z)-9-tetradecenol (Z9-14:OH), hexadecanal (16:Ald ) and 6,10,14-trimethylpentadecan-2-ol (6,10,14-trime-15-2-ol).

Look Twice

2018 / USA / 8 min / Horror, Sci-Fi

Directed By Kyle Wilson
Cast: Darren Lee Campbell, Rick Montgomery Jr., Troy James

A night surveillance security guard spots a trespasser on the property; then regrets grabbing their attention once he realizes the intruder is paranormal.

Schism

2020 / USA / 13 min / Horror

Directed By Chris Holland and Osvaldo Ramirez
Cast: Richard Gallardo, Dov Hassan

A man battles for the truth within himself, but just how far will he go to find it? So many questions. So many choices. Witness how far the mind can stretch as the schism takes hold, spiraling down to the ultimate sin.

Unholy Mole

2019 / USA / 6 min / Horror, Comedy

Directed By David Bornstein
Cast: R.D. Mower, Rachel Leigh Moore, Ray Wise

A selfish man sells the soul of his unborn child to Satan in exchange for forcing his wife to make guacamole for him. Things go wrong…

Into the Uncanny Valley

2020 / USA / 13 min / Horror, Dark Humor

Directed By Liz Fania Werner and Carlos Montaner

When a woman takes a new drug meant to enhance assertiveness by blocking empathy, she ends up locked in a deadly power struggle with her dismissive husband.

Mousy Hana is thrilled to discover a new pill that temporarily disables the empathy center of the brain so that people who have always had trouble putting themselves first can finally get a chance to succeed in life and love. Her husband, Aleksi, calls all the shots in their marriage, largely by criticizing and manipulating her into feeling sorry for him. With the help of the drug, Hana hopes to assert herself and improve their relationship.

At first, the pill seems to be paying off: she’s able to stand up for herself and meet her needs. But there’s a downside: when the drug wears off, all of her guilt comes rushing back. In order to avoid these attacks, Hana increases her dosage and, as a result, begins to lose her humanity.