Shorts of Madness & Secret Screening

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Main Theater
Date and time: 
Sunday, October 9, 2022 - 9:30pm to 11:00pm

After serving you up heaping mounds of cosmic dread, we're going to send you off with something to lighten the mood! This is a block of the funniest, most bonkers short films of the festival, followed by our infamous Secret Screening! 

Remember, the first rule of the Secret Screening... don't talk about the Secret Screening!

 

Experience The World - The Train

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Duro Howard Jr
starring
Brad Pike
6 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

Experience the World is a bizarre journey through our shared human experiences, narrated by a strange man with a beautiful voice. Our first entry, the Train, follows you as you ride the Chicago Red Line train home at rush hour—until it takes an unexpected turn into cosmic horror.

 

Sleep Machine

World Premiere
Directed by
Jason Ewert
starring
Joseph Midthun, Kate Terres
6 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

A 16mm silent allegory of a man’s aversion to healthcare and the fear he manifests in order to get a good night’s sleep.

 

Demon For Hire

World Premiere
Directed by
Travis Heermann
starring
Thompson Powers, Savannah Mortenson, Dylan LaRay, Phyllis Ramie
21 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

Sully is a little slice of Hell who finds himself a private eye on our plane of existence with a quota of souls to corrupt before he can go home. But then SHE walks in, and a simple missing pet investigation goes wildly off the rails. Sully finds himself facing something that threatens the entire planet.

 

Reel Trouble

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Brian Asman
starring
Baker Chase Powell, Lyndon Hoffman-Lew, Sam Vanrivay, Kevin Allen, Brian Asman
7 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

Strange things start to happen after two friends uncover a lost animated film from the 1930s

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