Phantasmic

A 2023 Perth Anthology Feature Film. Four directors come together to create and dissect an exploration of mental health through four short, but horrifying stories and genres; Sci-Fi, Gothic, Fantasy, and Psychological.

Sean, an anxious and isolated man, goes about his mundane daily routine with a pleasant twist: an unexpected trip to sunny Brighton Beach. His desire to enjoy the gentle breeze, lapping waves, and sunny skies is put to the test as the beach itself seems to turn against him.

Obscure is a short film that addresses, through a personal narrative, the director's first contact with depression and anxiety.

A story about a girl and her inner demons.

Mara, an exhausted, anxious insomniac, is continuously plagued by familiar looking visions.

In the near future, on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons face terror at night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a plan for survival, using everything their father taught them to keep him alive.

Orion and Cassius; two seemingly unrelated agoraphobes, are stalked by a deathly entity whose invasive attacks on their homes compel them to break out of their empty existences.

The night before her eighteenth birthday recital, an overworked and undertalented pianist is abducted by three ghouls.

Tokio finds his wife Kumiko drowned in the bathtub one night. He lifts the telephone handset to call an ambulance but hesitates. Instead, he takes a cup of coffee before empting the bathtub and carrying Kumiko to the couch. When he wakes up after a nigh of heavy drinking, he finds himself in bed. Kumiko enters the room and asks how he is.

Anders’ rage is on the precipice of taking control, fearing he’ll succumb to his violent visions, he seeks the help of a psychiatrist whose mediation methods awaken a power within him. Short film that screened at Chicago Horror Film Festival 2025. Won Best Horror Director.

Switch On is a short horror film that juggles questions about the pressures the modern-day education system places on young students and the effects this has on them. The heart of the story is Alexander, a young student plagued by insomnia and anxiety, who tries to retain his sanity under the pressure of a looming exam.

An anxious woman struggles to cope in isolation as a pandemic sweeps the world, forcing her to confront the monsters in her head.

When her husband leaves for a night shift, a woman battles physical manifestations of her repressed fears and desires.

While struggling to emotionally detach from the deceased, a crime scene cleaner believes a monstrous presence is toying with him.

Haunted by her turbulent past, a young woman embarks on an emotional journey to confront her mother's legacy, seeking healing and closure as she grapples with the scars that still define her present.

A young digital influencer, struggling with his own traumas and social pressures, faces a crisis of identity and loneliness as he tries to reconnect with life and discover a path to redemption.

A psychological horror short film about a desperate photographer who directs a feminist photoshoot to save his tarnishing reputation, but when the consequences of his past manifest in horrifying ways, the shoot spirals out of control.

On a trip to Los Angeles to visit a new flame, Anna finds herself lost, stoned and alone… or is she?

An anxiety-ridden teenager searches for connection at a high school party, until an unexpected connection finds him instead.

The film chronicles a day in the life of a man during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, but something inside his house isn't quite right.