Shorts of Madness!

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Main Theater
Date and time: 
Sunday, October 4, 2026 - 7:10pm to 8:20pm
 

Trevor Lies

West Coast Premiere
Directed by
Joe Pellegrino
starring
Caspian Proffitt, Emily Dake, Robert Dale Walker, Gracelyn Moore
10 mins
 | 2026
 | United States
 | English
 

The bizarre tale of a young boy and his puritanical family who must grapple with the morality and consequences of deceit

 

Tasty Encounters

US Premiere
Directed by
Luke Röber
starring
Thomas Blatt, Grindig, Alisa Oberauer, Elias Fleischer, Lola Basara, Peter Hengl
9 mins
 | 2025
 | Austria
 | German
 w/English subtitles

In desperation, a hungry man orders a pizza that seems to be out of this world. A feast of the extraterrestrial kind.

 

The Candle

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Ren Ariel Sano
starring
John-Michael Sedor, Daisy Marie Lopez, Christina Burdette, Rosemary Hochschild, Ryan Mack
9 mins
 | 2026
 | United States
 | English
 

An unsuspecting young couple bring a cursed candle to a friend's 30th birthday party and unleash an unlikely evil that comes to collect its just desserts.

 

They rose from the grave and it was... the Apocalypse!

West Coast Premiere
Directed by
Domenico Montixi
starring
Simone Casella, Martina Fiore, Marco Bullitta, Francesco Simula, Davide Lepori, Samael, Kenysha Diaz
34 mins
 | 2026
 | Italy
 | English
 

1980, Dunwich City, USA. A couple mistakenly summons a heretic priest, killed 100 years earlier by four gunmen hired by the residents of what was then Dunwich Town, intent on revenge and opening the gates of hell. Will they be able to stop him?

Part of this event: 
31st Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival
Owner: 
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland, OR