In Toronto this Friday, our long-running short film festival LITTLE TERRORS returns with a program dedicated to ‘childhood terror’-themed genre shorts. The 65th edition has the title COMING OF RAGE, and features nine selections guaranteed to be a good time. The event takes place Friday, January 25th, 9pm, at Eyesore Cinema. Tickets can be acquired here.
Here’s this month’s line-up:
For Old TImes Sake (18 minutes, premiere)
DIR: Paul Hard-Wilden
Following the death of her parents, a woman returns home to confront the demons of her past.
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Penny Whistle (9 minutes, premiere)
DIR: Robert Cuffley
When a little girl blows an old tin whistle she finds in the dirt, something follows her home.
BFF Girls (14 minutes, premiere)
DIR: Brian Lonano
The director Gwilliam brings you….. I’m not even sure how to begin explaining this one. It’ll be an experience with an audience, that’s for sure!
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Saturn Through the Telescope (11 minutes)
DIR: Didac Gimeno
A young boy tries to sneak out of bed and watch a horror film on TV. Things do not go well. Previous selection of a ton of festivals.
Greater Good (8 minutes, premiere)
DIR: Andrea Ashton
A pregnant woman receives a visit from two strangers, presenting her with an unthinkable decision. Previous selection of Fantasia.
A Fistful of Molars (5 minutes)
DIR: Ryan Couldrey
Six-your-old Sarah is an entrepreneur – she pulls teeth for the Tooth Fairy. Fun short from LT-alumnus Couldrey.
Milk (10 minutes)
DIR: Santiago Menghini
While getting a glass of milk in the middle of the night, a young teen realizes things may not be what they seem. Previous selection of Toronto After Dark.
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Wyrmwood: Chronicles of the Dead (7 mintues, Australia)
DIR: Kiah Roache-Turner
In this teaser for the TV series based on the hit film WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF THE DEAD, get ready for some post-apocalyptic, zombie-fuelled thrills like only these crazy Aussie-filmmakers can deliver.
9 Pasos (aka 9 Steps) (7 minutes, Spain)
DIR: Marisa Crespo, Moises Romera
A young boy has to face what terrifies him nightly: the long trek down a dark corridor leading from his bedroom to the bathroom.
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If you aren’t in Toronto, remember you can always check out our ‘home edition’, with our trilogy of Little Terrors anthologies, available now: Minutes Past Midnight, Galaxy of Horrors, and Blood, Sweat and Terrors.
