Come check out a monthly showcase of horror short films! Hosted at IMAGINE CINEMAS CARLTON on Monday, April 23rd at 9:00pm, enjoy two full hours of the craziest, goriest, most-disturbing and off-the-wall short films the genre has to offer! Plus Q&As with some of the filmmakers! $10, 18+. Fully liquor-licensed theatre!
This month’s poster features hand-drawn artwork from Darryl Shaw. Films will play in a different order than listed. This month’s lineup includes:
Thorn (15 minutes, Japan, premiere)
DIR: Sôichi Umezawa
The director of TIFF Midnight Madness selection ‘Vampire Clay’ brings this surreal and impressive tale of a bullied boy, his avenging mother, and the pet cactus that will bring everything to a disturbing conclusion. A must-see!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4834986/
Eat Jeremy (10 minutes, UK, premiere)
DIR: Sam South
It’s the Apocalypse, and a small group of people have a difficult choice to make. Comedic take on the end of the world.
Salient Minus Ten (13 minutes, premiere)
DIR: Emma Dark
An average man is propelled into a strange game of chance, where the stakes are a matter of life and death.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5935326/
What Metal Girls Are Into (15 minutes, premiere)
DIR: Laurel Vail
Three women attending a metal festival in the desert find something disturbing in the freezer of their vacation rental home. Horns up for the mayhem that ensues! Previous selection of Screamfest.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7204704/
Limbo (8 minutes)
DIR: Will Blank
A man finds a dying dog on the side of the road. In exchange for water, the dog grants him a single wish. Featuring the voice of Sam Elliott, based on the comic strip by Marian Churchland. Previous selection of Fantastic Fest.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5585418/
Rain (15 minutes)
DIR: Matt Glass
Told with impressive puppetry and vast sets, experience the tale of a town without sunlight or rain, a tyrant who controls the only source of water, and the mysterious wanderer offering a bright side to it all.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5613864/
Your Date is Here (6 minutes)
DIR: Todd Spence, Zak White
While playing an old Mystery Date board game, a mother and daughter realize the game holds more evil than amusement. Previous selection of Toronto After Dark and more.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6398778/
The Freeze (9 minutes)
DIR: Trevor Mirosh
A chilling intruder visits a young girl and her roommate. Previous selection of Telluride Horror Show and Toronto After Dark.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6670028/
The Plague (10 minutes, Uruguay)
DIR: Guillermo Carbonell
A woman’s father escapes from a nursing home, bringing a secret and something dangerous with him. Previous selection of Toronto After Dark.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6646050/
Hello Quinn (4 minutes)
DIR: Daelin Wood
A young boy left home alone gets an unwanted visitor.
Visit www.littleterrorsfestival.com/ for more event details.
