Join Lucy as she embarks on a spiritual journey to Mars in this psychedelic short film full of music and mischief.
Simmons, best-known for her photographs of miniature rooms populated by dolls and of oversized objects—such as a house, birthday cake, and pistol—balanced on female legs, both human and fake, brings these characters to life in a three-act mini-musical. The film is inspired by three distinct periods of Simmons’s photographic work: vintage hand puppets, ventriloquist dummies and walking objects enact tales of ambition, disappointment, love, loss, and regret. Working with composer Michael Rohaytn ("Personal Velocity") and cameraman Ed Lachman ("The Virgin Suicides" and "Far From Heaven"), Simmons’s puppets come to life in miniature domestic scenes that echo real life.
Mandy is desperate to marry before her family gives up hope. So, when she meets a handsome lawyer, she falls head over heels. Thanksgiving week, he suddenly has a business trip. Mandy panics. So, she convinces her best friend to pose as him for the holidays.
After discovering a new species of dinosaur on private land, Ruth is forced to contend with forces both big and small in her quest to get it out of the ground before anyone notices.
Night Kaleidoscope transforms Edinburgh's cobbled backstreets into a dark dreamscape brimming with supernatural menace. It's the perfect backdrop for Fion, a cynical psychic investigator who peddles his gift for anyone willing to pay. With abilities depleting, he must take powerful drugs to induce his visions and track down a pair of vampires terrorising the cities night population.
Marta is a fatty and shy girl who uses technology to relate to her friends. But this night will be different. It has a very special date with Carlos, the ideal man.
Minutes before her perfectly planned evening, Lily accidentally summons a genie from a vinyl record. The fairy-godmother-like Reggaetonero is convinced he can help her woo her date, but Lily is skeptical about his methods.
A playful and upfront defense of telephone sex: this is dedicated to the women who work the lines.
Allan Gray, a young man fascinated by the supernatural, goes to a small village where he feels a sinister force descending upon him. There, Allan meets an old man who asks him to protect his two daughters, for one of them has been bitten by a vampire.
On the surface, this collection of shorts by up-and-coming African American filmmakers arrived at a perfect time. The cutting-edge products of the New Black Cinema of the early '90s had disappeared, giving way to embarrassingly stereotypical, scatological fare such as Booty Call and Next Friday. This feature-packed compilation (which includes production notes, interviews with all of the filmmakers, and audio commentary by four) attempts to prove that African American cinema is intent on moving past the lowbrow humor, as six of the seven shorts steer clear of any comedy.
An American huckster Priest and his wife embezzle money from a member of their small town English congregation.
In Motu Patlu vs. the Ghost House, a builder plans to demolish Furfuri Nagar for an amusement park, so he hires John the Don to scare the residents away with a ghost plot. John and his goons dress as ghosts to steal from and frighten the townspeople, but the friends discover the ruse after seeing a fake ghost and realizing the builder's involvement. To combat the fake ghosts, Dr. Jhatka creates a special "invisibility powder" to turn the tables on John and the builder.
In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya asks David to give a new katana to her. Soon she saves the school nurse Makiho Amano from two vampires disguised of classmates and Makiho witnesses her fight against the powerful demon.
Sometimes the only way to safety lies on dark paths....
Follows the exploits of two hapless stoners named Nixon and Hogan as they find themselves on the receiving end of a zombie apocalypse.
Pledges at a sorority house are plagued by a former sister who happens to be a vampire. Luckily, each of the new pledges is skilled at kickboxing so they are able to defend themselves.
Bolero de amor
In this animated short, a terrible curse deprives Balthasar's kingdom of its stories. Taking the unicorn's horn back into The Belly of the Earth is the solution. Poppety will lead an expedition, by chance uncovering a hitherto closely guarded family secret.
A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Man dies, but his family members can't notice this.