Verdict

A young woman brings a friend over for family dinner...

Jacob, Tony, and Brandon are on a night drive through the wooded outskirts of an unknown city. While his friends sleep, Jacob remembers where he's seen the upcoming overpass, the man standing on the other side of it, and the abandoned parking garage sitting above the road.

A young boy in a dark room must face alone a mysterious threat.

Late night in Jakarta, a woman walks home alone and becomes a man's sexual harassment target, but things take an unexpected turn when the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted.

A mind-bending psychological horror about a deadly game played by five friends after a night out.

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.

Children of the past reach through the folds of time

Caleb, came from a rich family with extraordinary perks in almost every avenue of life, albeit sports, college or his social life. This made him attract girls from everywhere, but surprisingly, he always kept to himself. Until one day.

After watching his favorite TV program, Medical Emergency, Alberto (8) asks he father, Félix (50) to play with him. Alberto, trying to ask and bug his father to play with him, provokes his drunk and nearly unconcious father to try to hit him. However, when Félix gets up, he falls under his own weight and hits his head. Alberto attempts to save his dad by following the step by step directions of the medical TV show.

A homeless eats a strange biscuit and begins to hallucinate; everything around him becomes an evil space.

In 1964, during the construction of an electric dam, a macabre discovery causes a serious incident. Thinking that the communication outage on the construction site is caused by a broken telephone line, Raymond and Fleurian are sent to the site to repair it. They will be the first to discover what really happened to the workers...

A doctor goes to a dinner party where he's made fun of and soon afterwards returns home and sends a monster to attack the people.

You wake up in a warehouse where a bunch of degenerates is willing to execute you.

VICKI is a loving, somewhat subtly comedic homage to John Carpenter’s truly underrated Christine, adapted from the novel by Stephen King. It’s also a stand-alone tribute to 80′s horror in general, with very controlled compositions, non-choppy edits, a natural lighting style (like the master, Dean Cundy), and a killer synth soundtrack by Umberto and Time Fighter.

An actress answers a call from an unknown number and the conversation takes a strange turn as the man on the other end preys on her deepest vulnerabilities.

A small town is changed forever on a cold morning in 1983 when a shocking, supernatural event occurs after a tragedy.

Struggling with the pressures of homophobia when her partner is taken away by a hateful mother, a young gay woman struggles to cope with the traumas and anxieties of her life. Her dreams descend, taking the shape of shadows which reach into her life.

A young man tries to sleep as a mysterious voice wants to be let in.

A teenage boy tries to hide from a sinister figure prowling around the house.

While exploring the local area Jill discovers a small Chinese box in an antique shop and takes it home to add to her collection. Over the next few days Jill's dreams become troubled, turning into disturbing nightmares that stay with her when she wakes. After being prescribed sleeping pills the nightmares seem to fade and Jill begins to relax. Then the waking dreams return, far more intense than before, blurring Jill's perception of reality.