Horrors Unknown
Terrifying shorts about the darkness within and without
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Presented by Quidi Vidi Brewery
The Taste In Your Mouth
Director / Writer: Jake Delaney • Producer: Robert Gains • Newfoundland & Labrador • 5 mins
A suspect in a child abduction case is questioned by a cop, and when things take an unexpected turn it becomes clear that the next victim could be minutes away. This film doesn’t use creatures or the fantastic to terrify you, just the suggestion of an all-too-human darkness.
Enter the Room
Director / Writer: Harry Waldman • USA • 15 mins
Jeremy is brand new to the city, so his brother agrees to give him a place to stay as he settles in. Their different personalities stir up conflict and tension, and an unresolved past trauma reveals itself. Suddenly the line between Brian’s reality and his worst fears aren’t so clear. A claustrophobic pscyhological drama with tension that ratchets up scene by scene.
Stigmate
Directors: Sélim Atmane, Hugo Barral • France • 30 mins
France, 1350. In the midst of the Black Plague, a monk returns to a monastery after a long pilgrimage. As he struggles to readjust and find his place, an intruder breaks into the monastery, and he discovers — all too late — that a new evil has followed him back.
Ariane’s Baby
Director / Writer: Mahée Merica • United Kingdom • 23 minutes
Ariane is a lonely woman who craves love after a history of abusive relationships. The birth of her child represents a chance to start everything anew and form her own happy family —but she worries about not being up to the task.
The Bloody Family
Director / Writer: Amir Karami • Iran • 14 mins
In a mysterious old house, a young girl has not left her dark room for years. When a social worker enters the house to save the girl’s life it suddenly becomes clear why she’s been locked away. A wonderfully creepy film from Iranian filmmaker Amir Karami with excellent set design and makeup effects.
Malakout
Director / Writer: Farnoosh Abedi • Iran • 11 mins
After the death of his wife a musician makes a dark deal, trading away his hands and his ability to play the piano to bring her back to life. But the hands he receives as replacement, they have a mind of their own. Fantastic animation and detailed, expressive models make this film a riveting retelling of the 1924 silent horror classic The Hands of Orlac.
Film Still Slideshow — Image Descriptions
The Taste in Your Mouth: a blurry image of a middle-aged man with black, balding hair and a medium-length beard, wearing a tan jacket. He is laying against a white wall with black railing.
Malakout: a claymation-style animation of a wooden old man with slicked back hair and a bare chest. He sits in front of a wooden piano with his arms outstretched, hands hovering over the keys.
Enter the Room: a young adult man wearing a v-neck t-shirt and black cap, positioned in center and looking up. He is lit with a red wash.
THE BLOODY FAMILY: a young woman wearing a navy hijab sitting in a dimly lit room with blue curtains and boarded-up windows. She looks off camera with a sad expression.
Ariane’s Baby: a young woman with red curly hair peeks her head out from behind a door, her reflection showing on a surface to the left of the door. She has a concerned expression on her face.
Stigmate: an older bald man in monk robes holding a rosary in his right hand, his back facing the camera. His arms are out to his sides and he faces a small window with some ledges beneath it.