NEW SHORTS: Midnight Movies
23:30 Fri 18 Jan 2019
Our choice selection of bite-sized horrors served up as is LSFF tradition: at (just about!) midnight. Expect hints of Under the Skin sprinkled with Stranger Things, zombies, vigilante social justice shapeshifters, witches and scientific experiments gone awry – all any horror lover needs. Eyes out for Brit indie scream queen Alice Lowe (Prevenge) in the latest from cult writer-director Rob Savage. 91’
Rio Cinema
E8 2PB
Access
Please find all access information here, or drop a line to Helen MacKenzie at access@shortfilms.org.uk for more information or special requests.
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THE SERMON
Dean Puckett 12 mins (UK, 2018)
A young woman’s secret rocks an isolated church community in this disturbing folk horror tale. -
SALT
Rob Savage 2 mins (UK, 2018)
A demonic presence closes in on a mother and her sick daughter and their only protection is a ring of salt. -
ALL YOU CAN CARRY
Andrew Rose 11 mins (UK, 2018)
A young boy and his parents race against dawn to escape home as the reality beyond their scavenged life finally catches up with them. -
CATCALLS
Kate Dolan 9 mins (Ireland, 2018)
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RETCH
Keir Siewert 4 mins (UK, 2018)
A young woman's illness takes a disturbing turn. -
GUT FEELING
Nesto 6 mins (US, 2017)
Two scientists toss logic, reason, and the scientific method to the wind in favor of a “gut feeling” that their seemingly dangerous experiment will work. -
WHO'S THAT AT THE BACK OF THE BUS?
Philip Hardy 5 mins (UK, 2018)
Alone, on the top deck of the night bus, old lady Joyce is haunted by an unlikely apparition. -
AND THE BABY SCREAMED
Dan Gitsham 3 mins (UK, 2018)
A father struggles to put a baby to sleep. -
CLICKBAIT
Ryan Phillips 2 mins (UK, 2018)
The trap is set, the horror awaits... all you have to do is click! -
MJ
Jamie Delaney 13 mins (UK, 2017)
Mary Jane is desperately trying to make real connections in a world dominated by social media. -
TOXIC HAIRCUT
Bryan M. Ferguson 2 mins (UK, 2018)
A 90-second horror odyssey about a haircut. -
ASIAN GIRLS
Hyun Lee 7 mins (AU, 2017)
Chan suffers from horrific nightmares involving the woman in the apartment next door, a Japanese office lady. -
HELSINKI MANSPLAINING MASSACRE
Ilja Rautsi 15 mins (Finland, 2018)
One woman’s desperate struggle to survive a horde of men with frail egos, who just want to explain everything to her.