I Am Here Now

Égida

A young man meets his doppelganger.

Casey, a social media influencer, takes on a house-sitting job for the night. Casey's lighthearted updates quickly turn into a desperate plea for help as the night progresses.

Musician Oliver Sim is the main guest of a talk-show that soon slides into a surreal journey of love, shame, and blood.

This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

An unexpected phone call leads a group of friends into one hell of a night.

A young boy's quiet stroll gets interrupted by the haunting feeling that something is watching him, as he’s being stalked by visions of a mysterious tower that he soon stumbles across.

As the homeless population of an Ohio town is ravaged by brutal deaths in the dead of winter, city officials turn a blind eye to the violence in the name of squashing panic. With no help from the city in sight, Constance Wilmenson and Sketch Williams make a pact to defend their turf in the name of their forgotten homeless brethren and fight back against the deadly creature… a werewolf.

A seemingly ordinary family harbors a dark secret: they are vampires. They choose not to drink blood despite their natural cravings, but one day, their truth comes to light.

Martina and Sonja, cross-dress in vampire capes and werewolf claws, re-enacting familiar horror tropes. A corresponding soundtrack of stock screams and "scary" music suggests that the girls' toying with gender roles and power dynamics may have dire consequences.

An amateur filmmaker, struggling to turn his passion into a career, returns with friends to Loveland, Ohio, the location of his first, notorious sighting of the Frogman, determined to obtain irrefutable proof that the cryptid legend exists.

In the 90s, four friends try a hand-crafted card game their friend has created. Whilst playing, things quickly start to go wrong as strange occurrences begin happening quickly.

A married couple, trying to rebuild their relationship after an affair, travels to a secluded cabin and stumbles into a blood feud between the Native American owners of the property and the neighboring clan, who obsessively guard their land and punish those who trespass on it in terrifying ways.

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

A family is rocked by a split opinion on a seemingly mundane topic.

An aspiring voice-over actress gets the chance to work with a famous horror director and will stop at nothing to give a good performance, much to the chagrin of her neighbors.

Two friends, Kevin and Luke, embark on a hiking trip deep into a forest to escape their hectic lives. When Luke receives an urgent call from his boss, he reluctantly leaves Kevin behind. Alone in the woods, Kevin discovers a mysterious, glowing red mark on a tree. Is it merely a mundane symbol, or could it signify something far more sinister—a territorial sigil that awakens an ancient deity of the forest?

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Trapped between the frames of time.

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.