In the Dark

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.

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

A former marine awakens to an apocalyptic sight outside of his window and barricades himself from evil creatures that surround his apartment door and terrorize the city.

In a dystopian future, an office worker witnesses a chilling transformation as her coworkers fall under the control of a mysterious broadcast from their masked CEO. Immune to its effects, she becomes the only one aware of the sinister manipulation. Determined to escape the surveillance-driven corporation, the ever-watchful eyes of Secure X follow her every move. The Broadcast is a gripping exploration of control, resistance, and the inescapable reach of technology in a world where freedom is an illusion.

Two young male metalheads get locked and trapped inside a bombed out town and have to face the repercussions of a nuclear fallout and radiation poisoning while a supernatural horror begins to engulf their lives.

Boys to Men II

In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.

Moore's Lake: a small town plagued by feral vampires. Its only chance to survive rests on an all-powerful ghoul that long ago vowed to seek vengeance upon the town.

With his partner Caprice, celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An investigator from the National Organ Registry obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed... Their mission — to use Tenser's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.

When an airborne virus infects a small town turning it's locals into starved cannibals a street cop, Nurse and two tough girls try to survive the night as they figure out what the hell is going on.

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Magda is the enigmatic and resilient leader of an entirely female-led community she built in the wake of a devastating civil war. When her son returns from the front to this world without men, his arrival stirs a growing unease amongst the group. As the women’s hostility mounts and unimaginable violence begins to unfold, he comes to fear that the truth about what they’ve built — and what they’ve done to protect it — may cost him his life.

A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

A political party takes over the power of a new World Order, and establishes Dystopia law, which condemns adulterous men to death row. Each case is sentenced by a body called the Antidote. The defendant is not entitled to a defense. There is only a taped statement minutes before each execution takes place.

Christine, a lone survivor in a post-outbreak world, must face her fears in order to obtain her last human comfort – food.

In a bizarre post-apocalyptic world, Drifterboy and Boss-Action go on a quest to find a supposed civilization beyond a mountain. Instead, they find hell.

An apocalyptic female buddy movie. Two years ago zombies took over the earth. Weimar and Jena are the last places of human civilisation. Vivi and Eva have to fight the undead together, as well as the demons of their past.