Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
Spain, 1979. Irene is an aspiring writer who is obsessed with the delicate ghost at the library she works at.
A scientist has been attacked and a secret recipe stolen, so a private detective duo is hired to unravel the mystery.
From Simon Schwartz, this debut short chronicles a beauty pageant with a twist.
A lonely woman and a mysterious intruder get more than they bargained for when a quiet evening proves to be deadlier than either of them could have imagined.
Inspired by 70s Horror movies and real crimes, Dead Human Collection is a bloodbath that follows a deranged Serial Killer and his sadistic habits.
Daniel Crane is an American civilian engineer working to rebuild war torn Iraq who is kidnapped on his last day in Fallujah. Beaten and alone he is hostage caught up in the drama of war.
A young Dutch boy goes on a boy's night out with his friends in Amsterdam for a night of sex,drugs and rock and roll. But an expected encounter with a sex worker shows him something he could have never imagined.
A little girl is about to discover more than she dreamed about the monster under her bed.
A doctor's mysterious pill offers solace to a teen plagued by an unknown disease. As he uncovers the chilling truth behind his affliction, he is tormented by the dark and twisted side effects of his treatment.
Set in 1952, this musical thriller is what happens when a traveling salesman shows up on the doorstep of a dying old man and can't contain the song within his heart. A dark riff on a classic musical.
Made for straight 8's 2018 competition on one cartridge of super 8mm film with only in-camera edits and no post-production. Premiered on may 14th 2018 at straight 8's Cannes film festival screening.
A tragic tale of a shipwrecked and injured fisherman as he searches for signs of life on the island where he was stranded leading to a dark secret.
An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.
After a deadly car accident, a boy finds himself trapped in a sinister hospital and begins to wonder if he could be more than human.
In Japanese culture, the day before spring is known as Setsubun. For over a thousand years, it has been tradition to throw soybeans to summon good luck and cast out evil spirits. What if a young girl has different plans to those of her traditional parents?
Sissy St. Claire graces the small screen for her first ever television special, an evening full of music and laughter, glamour and entertainment! But Sissy's live event quickly begins to curdle into a psychedelic nightmare of vanity, insecurity and delusional ambition, provoked by the glowering presence of a mysterious masked man.
Sam's fear of her childhood home is brought to light when her ageing father claims there is another presence in the house.
A kinetic typography animation set to a reading of the poem "The Wings" by Sebastian Fox.