Shorts Block 4

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Main Theater
Date and time: 
Saturday, October 5, 2024 - 3:10pm
 

'Head Sighs' - Jumprope

World Premiere
Directed by
Matthew Hardesty
starring
Julia Sell, Sarah Jean Campbell
4 mins
 | 2024
 | United States
 | English
 

Two friends mettle with dark forces, summoning a creature from their nightmares.

 

Innsmouth Blvd

World Premiere
Directed by
Ethan Messecar
starring
Wade Pierson, Camille Corbett, Sebastian Sage, Lawrence Mandley
20 mins
 | 2024
 | United States
 | English
 

A private eye takes on a routine stakeout, only to find himself investigating an occult ritual.

 

The Outsider

World Premiere
Directed by
Monstark
12 mins
 | 2024
 | United States
 | English
 

A mysterious woman in a shadowy realm braves the unknown and discovers her true nature in a dark revelation that changes her world forever. Based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft.

 

Bananahead

Pacific NW Premiere
Directed by
Christopher Greenslate
starring
Sally MAersk, Ryan O'Nan, Montez Blair
24 mins
 | 2023
 | United States
 | English
 

After her mother’s disappearance, Andi Sanger hopes to land the lead role in the adaptation of her mother’s bestselling novel BANANAHEAD. But after discovering the haunting legacy within the walls of her familial home, her own aspirations threaten to tear her apart.

 

Better Like This

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Brian Hauser, Daniel Nienhuis
starring
Isaac Austin, Talulah Rice, Kevin O'Toole
6 mins
 | 2024
 | United States
 | English
 

A young man brings home an antique oculist sign and unknowingly lets a shadowy force into his life.

 

Lab Rats

World Premiere
Directed by
Stimson Snead
starring
Nicole Merat, Andrew Wind
19 mins
 | 2024
 | United States
 | English
 

A man finds himself in cage, like a lab rat. The most recent abductee of a prolonged alien invasion. There he joins a woman, a day-one abductee, long consigned to the mind altering drugs given to her by their alien overlords. Together, they must decide whether or not to succumb to being pets or face the absurd horror of their reality and find a way to escape the lab.

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