Saturday Night Shorts: Film 276
The tale of Anthony's first day at school.
It's been almost a month since my last film review. For the first time in four years I fell short of my annual goal. Sixteen reviews short to be exact. I even had twelve days off from work and still couldn't bring myself to watch a film. I guess I was burned out. Today I am going to try to get back into the swing of things…
"You tried to kill me, you Robert Redfordy piece of shit!"
A wealthy family meets for the annual Christmas party at the matriarch of the clan's house. None of them seem to like each other much, but it's tradition. One thing they all seem to have in common is their opinion of the Christmas punch. Something doesn't taste right, but they drink it anyway. What they don't know is that someone spiked the punch with a military-grade drug that turns…
Charlotte is a young girl with a wild imagination. In her free time, she travels through her apartment building's ventilation ducts, getting herself into all kinds of mischief. One day during a meteor shower, a tiny piece of space material lands in the building and a spider emerges from it. Not knowing its origins, Charlotte takes it home and quickly discovers that it's highly intelligent, growing rapidly, and insatiably hungry.
Let me preface this by saying I absolutely hate spiders…
Gavin York is a struggling filmmaker who stumbles upon a box of tapes left behind by two teenagers who were aspiring filmmakers themselves. The box is ominously labeled "DON'T WATCH!" Undeterred, Gavin dives into the roughly forty uncut tapes, piecing them together to complete what the teens never did, eleven years ago. As he delves deeper, he learns the tapes document their investigation into a local urban legend, The Peeping Tom, a supernatural entity said to get closer every time…
The Barker family is a well-off family in the suburbs who invite Pilgrim reenactors to stay with them for the few days surrounding Thanksgiving. The goal is to teach family unity and experience the hardships of their ancestors. The invited Pilgrims are very serious about their roles, even building their own dwelling in the backyard. The daughter, Cody, has been pampered her entire life and is in her rebellious phase, in which she lashes out against her family and tradition.…
Saturday Night Shorts: Film 275
AT 12:05 YOU WILL BE VISITED BY THE CRAFTSMEN.
June, 1984. Jeremy G. Wilkins is an M.I.T. student that accidentally invents a computer program codenamed PARAGON that can predict the future. This leads to a visit from the mysterious entity that runs the world from the shadows.
Paragon may only be twelve minutes long but it packs quite a bit of suspense and a very interesting premise into that entire runtime. It's supported by a…
"You aren't ever gonna sell this house, and you aren't ever gonna leave it either!"
"Baby Jane Hudson" is a former child star who sold out auditoriums with her song and dance routines in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Fast forward fifteen years, and Jane's sister Blanche is leaps and bounds more successful than her in film. Blanche knows that Baby Jane's early success gave her the platform to shine, and so she makes sure that her contract insists…
Saturday Night Shorts: Film 271
A young woman receives a package full of gifts from her mother in the mail. One of them is "The Clapper," a once popular device which allows the users to turn whatever is plugged into it on and off with the clap of hands. It doesn't take long for her to realize that this is no normal "as seen on TV" device. This one just might have a mind of it's own....
The Clapper is…
"They will say that have shed innocent blood but what's blood for if not for shedding?"
Helen Lyle is a college student writing a thesis on urban legends, and her research leads her to the murder of a woman who locals believe was killed by the mysterious "Candyman." Candyman is said to be a tortured soul with a hook for a hand. Though he died years ago, he continues to haunt the residents of Chicago's Cabrini Green housing projects, appearing…
31 DAYS OF HORROR 2024 - Film 35
On an island in Asia, scientists experiment on the body of a terrorist, but the result is a failure. When the government arrives to claim the results, a chain of events leads to a chemical leak that mixes with the rain. The result is an island doomed to a zombie outbreak.
Don't let the title Zombi 3 fool you. This is actually the sequel to Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2, known in America…
31 DAYS OF HORROR 2024 - Film 34
"There's no need for hate, now, or love."
Citizens of San Francisco become alarmed when they start noticing that people they've known their entire lives have changed. Not physically, but on a personal and emotional level, becoming almost drone-like. Matthew and Elizabeth, who both work for the San Francisco Department of Health and take pride in their work, start to notice the same unsettling pattern, and it’s spreading fast. Worst of all,…
31 DAYS OF HORROR 2024 - Film 33
Saturday Night Shorts: Film 267
A young woman is putting on her makeup one morning and looks out the window to see a terrifying sight in her back yard. A creepy individual in a mask staring up at her window. Her father calls her on the phone and she describes the situation to him only to get an unexpected response. "DON'T LOOK AWAY!"
Don't Look Away is a solid short film that…