The Shunned Shorts and other Lovecraftian Treats
See also Shorts Blocks for information on which shorts are in which block.
When a new patient arrives at the asylum Dr. Kaufman must attempt to find the source of his violent madness. Joe Slater has suffered his entire life from strange fits upon awakening, ranting and screaming to the heavens. When Joe murders a neighbor in the throes of one of his attacks he comes under the care of the one man who may be able to discover what lies beyond the wall of sleep.Shot in a neo-noir style and with nods to B movie chillers, Twilight Zone and, Universal Horror. Beyond the Wall of Sleep is a fresh look into the inventive mind of one of the masters of horror H. P. Lovecraft.
In this disturbing Lovecraftian fairytale, a man awakes naked and confused in an isolated mountainous region. He soon encounters a strange local who offers to help him. The stranger recounts local folklore that speaks of a murderous religious cult, and an insect-like fertility god that is said to dwell deep within the mountain. The two men go underground in search of the truth and soon find themselves in a stygian black temple of horror.
A hilarious commercial spoof from the people that brought you Casting Call of Cthulhu. If you suffer from an overwhelming sense of dread brought on by the realization of your own insignificance in the universe, then you need Elder Sign - H.P. Lovecraft's aeons old remedy for cosmic dread. Written and directed by Joseph Nanni and produced by Bad Advice for Good Times, Elder Sign takes horror comedy to a new level of dreaded hilarity. With special effects by 4 Stroke and music by Apollo Studios.
The movie represents an occurance where one of Nyarlathotep forms makes its presence known in Germany 1631. A group of scattered soldiers that are lost after the battle of Breitenfelt meets a man who guides them on a forlorn mission. Soon death and mistrust are spreading within the group and a a horrifying showdown becomes inevitable.Read more
A story about the survival instinct of most primary. A Science-fiction/horror story that takes place in Catalonia, Spain in a likely future. After the dreaded climate change, in a world dominated by hunger, epidemics and fear and where death is a travel companion, a man, an ordinary citizen, loses his daughter 20 years old. When he still her’s death cries, a stranger who seems be aware of such misfortune comments to him that out to sea, a day of navigation port, there is a house that has survived the catastrophe, which rises above the sea as if it were a miracle.Read more
ALLAN, puts away the memories of his bride, LENORE, while noises and shadows in the house creep upon him.In his sleep Allan is haunted by Lenore's ghost. She comes out of a chest in the attic.Allan wakes up from the nightmare and goes into the attic to confront his fear, while Lenore's bloody hands crawl out of the chest and start wandering around the labyrinth-like space. When they finally run into each other, Lenore in fear, runs away from Allan who locked her in a chest alive. The chase ends when Allan catches her. Crying with remorse he strangles her to death.Read more
Lovecraft Paragraphs" presents selected material from Lovecraft's work which has affected me, and rung in memory, since my first readings of it almost forty years ago.Read more
MILBE (MITE) is a short animation film about my grandmother, Oma Grete, and gigantic house dust mites that threaten to destroy world.
A grandfather (Paul Marin) instructs his deceased grandson on the concept of time. Time appears to drag out in youth, later turning into a race - as we age. The Pony is an archetype of time, that finally runs out.
Lucy, Noirville's only inhabitant, takes a mysterious journey through the night in a hope to cure her loneliness in this darkly surreal tale. Lucy lives alone in an abandoned air raid shelter. She knows that true friends are hard to find. In her loneliness she has resulted in trying to grow things, but with no luck. Out one night collecting water Lucy makes a strange discovery in the forest. When she takes it home and pours it on her dying plant something unbelievable begins to grow.Read more
Horror story of three people, who are trying to find fortune of deceased baroness through the spiritualistic séance. But things will go a bit differently, than they planned…
“The Call” is about a scientist, Stuart Geoffries (David Pringle), who turns himself into an agency, which he believes is the FBI. After turning himself in he is interrogated by Agent Gil (Kutcha), who wants to find out exactly what Geoffries knows and if he's told anyone about the disappearance of his boat and his crew so the secret of 'The Call' can be protected. Gil has Geoffries killed and sends Agent Johnson (Vin Reccoppa) to retrieve a package, mailed out by Geoffries before he was killed.Read more
Jack and Ed get more then they bargained for when they buy an old play titled 'The King In Yellow' over an online auction service. After several accidents, Jack can only turn to a supernatural investigate named Daniels. Will he help Jack or does he have his own motives?
A young student becomes fascinated by the strange music of the eccentric violinist living above him, leading him to a terrifying discovery.
This short adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's infamous story follows a bicycling scholar lost in the rural areas of the Miskatonic Valley. With a threatening thunderstorm brewing overhead, his journey leads him to an isolated house filled with odd relics and books; among them a particularly gruesome piece that catches his attention. But he soon realizes he is not alone, for the house is occupied by a strange old man with sinister intentions.
The Prey is a fast-paced supernatural horror story that examines the relationship between predator and prey, as three thugs terrorize a handicapped victim who may not be as helpless as he appears. Based on Lovecraft's The Terrible Old Man
Susan makes a video diary documenting the final minutes of her life and her understanding of the horrors surrounding her.
1949: When a scientist discovers his worst fears have come true - that horrifying elder beings from another dimension are using cults on Earth to facilitate their enslavement of humanity - he assembles former comrades, associates, and even old enemies in order to combat the menace. Alongside him fight his former assistant, granted superhuman powers, as well as a Canadian soldier, a Russian soldier, an American mobster, a Spanish anarchist, and a jaded beat cop. Against them are arrayed a host of grotesque extradimensional creatures, and the mutated human leader of their cult.Read more
A sneak preview of the film based on the winning screen play last year by Jeffrey B. Palmer.
Vincent is seeking a change from his monotonous routine. Every day he sits, he catalogues, and he repeats. It isn't until he is given the case file of Randolph Carter that he is jolted from his tedious work. The statement is set at a secluded cemetery where Carter's mentor Harley Warren descends into a necromantic crypt. Carter is instructed to stay above the surface. Amidst the cemetery's ruins, Carter can only hear (via a makeshift telephone apparatus) the terrible surroundings that Warren has blindly - and willingly - wandered into.Read more
Within the chambers of a desolate house, a solitary manservant tends to his invalid master. Tormented by constant silence and the banality of his duties, the Servant's fears turn to violent obsession. With tangibly detailed period design and hauntingly lifelike puppetry, director/designer Robert Eggers unearths the decaying dreamworld of Poe.
From the work of legendary author Edgar Allan Poe. Disturbed by an old man's maligned eye, a deranged young man resorts to murder and buries the body beneath the floorboards of his home. Relieved of his burdens, he soon hears a knocking at the door, and a beating beneath the floor...Shot in Baltimore where Poe met his grisly demise, and featuring the voice-over talent of Tony Tsendeas.
Tension between Sam and his father inspires a long overdue family outing deep into the Tinglewood forest. As darkness falls, the camping trip enters dangerous territory when they are attacked by an unseen enemy. Sam is forced to overcome his differences and step up to protect those closest to him.
