Shorts: Horror

The Pearl Comb
Narrative • Drama/Horror • UK • 2025 • 21 Minutes

Director: Ali Cook
Writer: Ali Cook
Producers: Matthew James Wilkinson, Ross Williams
Cinematographer: Dave Miller
Editor: Sadaf Nazari
Cast: Beatie Edney, Ali Cook, Simon Armstrong, Clara Paget, Roxana Cook, Thomas Stocker

A doctor, hell bent on proving a woman’s place is in the home and not practising medicine, is sent to investigate her miraculous claim – only to discover the source of her unearthly power…

Hellvette
Narrative • Horror/Thriller • Australia • 2025 • 15 Minutes

Director: Amiel Peter Matthews
Writer: Amiel Peter Matthews
Producers: Amiel Peter Matthews, Jim Capewell
Cast: Elijah Anthony Munt, Jim Capewell, Alastair Tomkins

A young mechanics dream build becomes his worst nightmare when his missing 1978 C3 Corvette resurfaces, transformed into a death machine leaving a trail of bodies-and every clue points back to him.

Kali
Narrative • Drama/Horror • USA • 2025 • 9 Minutes

Director: Cassius Michael Kim
Writer: Cassius Michael Kim
Producers: Zoe Rosenberg, Cassius Michael Kim
Cinematographer: Joe Simon
Editor: Ashwin Gandbhir
Cast: Ashritha Kancharla, Corbin Bernsen, Alynah Nathen

A mysterious woman appears in the desert and undergoes a startling transformation, leading to a fateful encounter with a lonely old man.

Lightly Ghosted
Narrative • Horror/Comedy • USA • 2025 • 10 Minutes

Director: Garrett Sammons
Writer: Ben Armes, Garrett Sammons
Producers: Jack Anderson, Brandan Lee Keller, Simon Bowles
Cinematographer: Brandan Lee Keller
Editor: Garrett Sammons, Shazmin Kahn
Cast: Ben Armes, Garrett House

A contented ghost stirs his tea—blissfully unaware he’s dead. His peaceful afterlife unravels when two young paranormal investigators—one a believer, the other a fraud—accidentally tear the veil between their worlds.

Something Wrong With Kit
Narrative • Drama/Horror • UK • 2025 • 21 Minutes

Director: Ali Cook
Writer: Ali Cook
Producers: Matthew James Wilkinson, Ross Williams
Cinematographer: Dave Miller
Editor: Sadaf Nazari
Cast: Beatie Edney, Ali Cook, Simon Armstrong, Clara Paget, Roxana Cook, Thomas Stocker

A doctor, hell bent on proving a woman’s place is in the home and not practising medicine, is sent to investigate her miraculous claim – only to discover the source of her unearthly power…

Yule
Narrative • Drama/Horror • UK • 2025 • 20 Minutes

Director: Griff Jones
Writer: Griff Jones, Charlotte Brownlee
Producers: Charlotte Brownlee, Lindsey Weber, Richard Bain, Colin Nicholson, Julia Wu, Peter Carmichael
Cinematographer: Chloe Harwood
Editor: Heidi Freeman
Cast: Ella-Rae Smith, Vanessa Grasse, Leon Wadham, Jack Brett Anderson, Nigel Cooke, Anthony Wallyn

With underlying tensions rising, Violet’s Christmas holiday in Yorkshire is derailed when she fails to uphold tradition.

bush
Narrative • Horror/Thriller • USA • 2025 • 14 Minutes

Director: Emma Mazurek
Writer: Emma Mazurek
Producers: Max Warchol, Tiffany Zhao, Ahsha Davis
Cinematographer: Jenny Popovich
Editor: Stella Eddinger
Cast: Sar Cohen, Nick Pine

Alma is meeting her boyfriend’s parents for the first time — at their pool party. She is tense about their opinions of her, but once they start mentioning body hair, her anxiety about her appearance and a sudden strange hair growth force her to shave compulsively.