A Banded Perturbation

John's first independent work from 1989. Won Best of Fest Shorts at the Cinequest Film Festival, CA. The film is comprised of highly rendered drawings with very little moving parts to tell a complex story of relationships "gone to the birds".

Once upon a time, a mysterious stranger visits a tavern with his unusual barrel organ and gives a scary musical performance to the beggars within.

An ominous bark takes two quarrelling friends off the trail of their camping trip.

A short horror film made from the killer's point of view.

As a forest scout he was ready to spend some nights on the mountain but nothing could prepare him for what was lurking near.

A ghost light is a single bulb left burning whenever a theatre is dark. Some argue that its function is to chase away mischievous spirits, others say it lights the way for the ghosts that inhabit every theatre.

A boy is awoken by a presence and goes to investigate.

A nurse who needs money is offered a simple anesthetic part-time job, who soon finds herself caught up in a dangerous insurance scam and tries to escape. However, the nurse is left to the end.

The Boy and the Bard is simply a amazing short film creation. A short film that you most definitely can't stop watching even though it's 3 min you can watch it again and again. The short film tells a story of a boy and his imaginary friend. This one is a must watch even if you're a fan of Halloween Movies, Halloween Short Films etc. if you're in a mood for something good to watch for short period of time. Click play on The Boy and the Bard you will be amazed. A great performance by Trevor Standish he was incredible. Also a great performance and great work by Dave Campbell, Will Morris, and the entire crew.

Seraphim Cloud and his life size doppelgänger enter the netherworld of Calico Ghost Town deep within the Mojave Desert.

Following the outbreak of an aggressive virus, a young woman awakes in a hospital bed. As the horrifying events that led her there are revealed, it becomes clear that the cure is just the beginning. This short film is a prequel for the feature film, The Third Wave, which was written at the Binger FilmLab 2012. The project also won the Best Story Pitch award at the Edinburgh Film Festival, June 2012.

A group of friends struggle for survival as they are faced with the ancient, demonic evil of - the killer carnivorous coat.

Two athletic spider women quarrel over one tasty man. Can he escape?

The man is making a living by circulating advertisements. While turning the ad flyers, they find a house with a slightly open door. The man goes home thinking about stealing dinner money. There is a quiet, tightly closed door inside the house. The man who was about to come out with nothing wants to open the closed door. There are the bodies of an old man and a girl who committed suicide when forced to open a tightly closed door. Then someone rings the doorbell.

Uncle Jake

A typical Saturday morning for an unhappily married couple decades into their lives together becomes anything but typical when the husband's neurological decline and uncertain memory may or may not reveal unthinkable tragedy.

John Dykstra is a college professor that writes urban thrillers under the name of Rick Harden. After a writers event, he stops at a rest stop in the middle of the night and stumbles onto a disturbing case of domestic violence coming from the ladies room. He has to decide to help or walk away.

Ivan Cutler is a man on a mission - he spreads the good word throughout the town lands of Ireland in the 1950s. But he hides a sinister secret - he has a penchant for murdering those who are kind enough to invite him into their homes. However, when he calls to the rural farmhouse of Ma and Da Taggart, he meets two people who prove more than a match for him.

A sexual reverie unfolds over the course of one ethereal night. Characters wander through an erotic maze of love and lust, blurring the lines between wet dream and lucid nightmare as a macabre, erotic stage performance sends a ripple of lustful desires through its audience and performers.

When a young Bengali bride collapses in the desert, a cowboy appears out of the sunset and rescues her.