A dark gothic bedtime story, this is the tale of a little girl too scared to suck her thumb – lest the monstrous Suckablood should come! Written and directed by Ben Tillett and Jake Cuddihy, Bloody Cuts bring their brand of UK horror to new levels with a new film shot on location in a stately home and featuring the ... Read More »
“The Slender Man” is a full-length movie based on the internet-born urban legend and produced by Super Movie Bros. It was released in February 2013. Visit the official movie website here: www.officialslendermanmovie.com Read More »
Once there was a girl named Jenny. She was just like all the other girls, except for one thing: Jenny always wore a green ribbon around her neck. This story from Alvin Schwartz’s I Can Read book In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories terrified many a child growing up. With this wonderful film adaptation by a pair of ... Read More »
A mother and her daughter are on a leisurely ride across empty, rolling country. The good times are shattered when Mom turns a blind corner and crashes into a deer in the road. The collision sends the van off the road and down into a field where it comes to rest upside down. Miraculously, both of them have survived, but Mom ... Read More »
A wonderfully short and haunting tale of a little girl, her mother and a lone tree out in a field which would be better off left alone – written and produced by author Katy Towell. Her neighbor warned them, but everyone knows that meddling neighbors can’t be trusted. Right? Click here to check out Katy Towell’s published books! Don’t Go ... Read More »
An excellent animated short horror film written and produced by Emlyn Boyle. It is based on a rhyme he wrote in 2008. Per Emlyn himself, “Anyone who really loves ghost stories, gothic tales, horror stories, Halloween, scary rhymes, macabre poetry, gothic fairy tales, vampire stuff, Tim Burton movies, or just films and animation in general should appreciate it.” And we do! ... Read More »
Narrator Edward Bennett tells this cautionary tale of a boy and his father who live together on a lake. The boy gives his father the age-old excuse typically used to stay up at night, the one regarding a monster under the bed. His father, of course, brushes it off as nonsense – perhaps a bit prematurely. Writer Mark Newton wrote ... Read More »
“The Big Toe” is a short horror film adaptation of the story of the same title as featured in Alvin Schwartz’s legendary book of scary folktales, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, about a poor boy who finds a big toe sticking out of the ground near a local cemetary. Being the resourceful chap he his, he decides to ... Read More »
Bump is a fantastic short independent horror film written by Jerod Brennen, produced by Martin Troy and starring L.V. Alberto and Gina Evangelisti. Two young co-eds housesitting for friends away on vacation. Everything is going well until they hear “bumping” noises in the basement garage. They investigate, of course. Check out more of Martin Troy’s work on YouTube here. Read More »
This wonderfully original and award-winning short-film by Matt Bloom of Hurricane Films is based on the theory that as death approaches time slows to a crawl. The question is – who is going to die and how? *WINNER: BEST HORROR/SCI FI: London Independent Film Festival* *WINNER: PLATINUM REMI DIRECTING AWARD: WorldFest, Houston* *WINNER: SILVER ACE AWARD: Las Vegas Film Festival* ... Read More »
This short film by Matt Rogers was inspired by the infamous folktale of the same title, which is featured in many books and anthologies of folklore. There are literally hundreds of variants of this tale, including such well-known versions as Mark Twain’s “The Golden Arm” and selections from Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories books such as “Just Delicious,” “The Big Toe” ... Read More »
This short film was inspired by the short story of the same title, which is featured in the book Scary Stories 3 by Alvin Schwartz. Check it out - it’s an amazing collection of horror stories, with the most freakiest hand-drawn pictures ever. If you enjoyed this tale, perhaps you would be interested in the following items: Read More »
Late at night. A man. His dog. Some shadow puppets. It’s all fun and games until the twist hits. Enjoy! See more of Fewdio’s work here. Shadow Puppets Video Producer: Fewdio Read More »
The Backwater Gospel is an animated horror / thriller short film, produced at The Animation Workshop (www.animwork.dk). It is quite gruesome – definitely not for the light of heart or for small children – but is a wonderfully produced dark and well-rendered short film masterpiece. Check it out today and let us know what you think of it! CREDITS: Bo ... Read More »
WINNER: Best Short Film and Best Concept, 2006 Chicago Horror Film Festival, October (Chicago, IL) A pumpkin is kidnapped from the pumpkin patch, stabbed and disemboweled in a ritual known as “Halloween.” Brought to you by Blame Society Productions. Directed by Aaron Yonda Voice of Pumpkin…Matt Sloan Demon 1…Ouisia Whitaker-Devault Demon 2…Maya Whitaker-Long Demon 3…Carmen Prater-Bellver Demon 4…Sara Prater-Bellver Kidnapper ... Read More »
I always thought that this was one of the best “creepypastas” I had ever read – short and unnerving, as good as any short horror or scary story ought to be! Enjoy! Read More »
Chilling Tales For Dark Nights Who Needs Sleep Anyway?
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