Cthulhu Girl's Shorts of Madness

Type: 
Film
Date and time: 
Sunday, October 4, 2020 - 10:00pm

Every year, we like to cap off the festival on a touch of levity! This is a collection of the zaniest films Cthulhu Girl could find, to send you on your way with a smile, until we meet again next year!

All streams remain available until Monday 10/5 at 6 pm. All live events are recorded and can be watched later if you miss the live broadcast.

 

Wally And His Hideously Malformed Wart

Directed by
Max Johnson
4 mins
 | 2018
 | United States
 | English
 

Wally and His Hideously Malformed Wart, a tongue-in-cheek horror comedy stop-motion short film, explores a surreal, twisted version of the fifties. A peppy, bright-eyed boy named Wally navigates his morning in this slice of life tale.

 

Mushi 虫

Directed by
Odin Jurray
starring
Sheena Reyes, Dale Crawford
12 mins
 | 2019
 | Australia
 | English
 

As a nested parasite rapidly grows inside the skull of a young woman, she has one night to determine her fate.

 

The Unicorn God

Directed by
Lora and Theo T. Friess
starring
Lora Friess, Theo T. Friess
6 mins
 | 2019
 | United States
 | English
 

This film is an educational guide on your trip through the void. Today's lesson: Unicorn God's and why you shouldn't summon them.

 

Reanimated

World Premiere
Directed by
Tom Byrne
starring
Nicholas Southcott, Fedrat Sadat, Gareth Henry
16 mins
 | 2019
 | United Kingdom
 | English
 

Charlie starts his first semester at Miskatonic University ready to party and make life long friends. His flatmate, Herbert West, has other ideas.

 

Washed

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Michael Bartolomeo
starring
Stephen West-Rogers, Sergine Garraud, Lukas Hassel
9 mins
 | 2019
 | United States
 | English
 

In this stop-motion horror short, a couple enlists the aid of a mysterious figure to help them with their seemingly insurmountable laundry problem.

 

At the Mountains of Madness

Directed by
Matthew Jarjosa
starring
Phillip DeVone, Matt Szakal, Dale Dobson
25 mins
 | 2017
 | United States
 | English
 

From the celebrated tale of cosmic horror by H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness tells the story of a wry professor, an inquisitive student, a rogue scientist, and the shocking discovery that changes their understanding of earth's history forever.

 

Faust

Directed by
Marianna Atlas
7 mins
 | 2019
 | Poland
 | Polish
 w/English subtitles

A graduation short film created in technique of stop-motion/doll/2D animation with handmade dolls and scenography. It's an interpretation of the legend of Faust, based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust", where an alchemist trying to find a meaning of life signs a deal with the devil.

Owner: 
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland, OR