Shorts Block 3

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Upper Left theater
Date and time: 
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 9:00pm to 11:00pm
Location: 
Upper Right theater
Date and time: 
Saturday, October 3, 2015 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Upper Left theater
Date and time: 
Sunday, October 4, 2015 - 9:00pm to 11:00pm

Shorts Block 3 - a collection of short films from around the world. (film list tba soon)

 

The Statement of Randolph Carter

Directed by
Dylan Howie-Richardson
starring
Rich Studevant, Leif Stoehr, Ty Lucas
5 mins
 | 2015
 | United States
 | English
 

Novice occultist and academic, Randolph Carter, is questioned by the police when his friend and mentor Harley Warren turns up missing

 

The Case of Patient Paul Edward Kelley

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Roberto Spinelli
starring
Murilo Meola Rodrigo Bulgarelli
34 mins
 | 2015
 | Brazil
 | Portuguese, Brazil
 w/English subtitles

Finding the answers to the most challenging cases of psychology has always been the work of Dr. Claudio Gassner. By means of his own technique, he utilizes deep hypnosis to reprogram the traumatic memories, which so far proved unfailing. 
When Paul E. Kelley knocks on his door and presents an unprecedented case, all his studies and experiences will be put to the test. In this mental challenge, every step towards healing is a step beyond the edges of reason.

 

Escape from Midwich Valley

Directed by
Pierre-Henri Debies
9 mins
 | 2014
 | United States
 | English
 

Back in the place of her childhood, in an oddly sinister port city, a young woman plagued with traumatic memories will discover that her destiny is even more cruel than the creatures running after her. LINK

 

The Stomach

Directed by
Ben Steiner
starring
Simon Meacock Ben Bishop Peter Marinker Kiki Kendrick Neil Newbon Jennie Lathan
15 mins
 | 2014
 | United Kingdom
 | English
 

Frank's had enough. A spirit medium whose unique and grotesque method of channeling the dead is putting his own life at risk, he wants out. But others, in this world and the next, have plans of their own. Part body-horror, part ghost-story, The Stomach is a unique tale of Supernatural Noir.

 

Fat Rabbit

Directed by
Adam Petke
starring
Galen Howard, Katie Reed
10 mins
 | 2014
 | United States
 | English
 

A man and woman struggles with ascension to the heavens when the creature they summon is less than they expected.

"Fat Rabbit" is the latest film from half of the directorial team that brought us The Sunderland Experiment (aka Exile).

 

The Copy-Writer

Directed by
Liam Banks
starring
Tony Gibbons, Tony Goodall, Nikki Johnson
10 mins
 | 2014
 | United Kingdom
 | English
 

Inspired by Lovecraft's "The Rats in The Walls," "The Copy-Writer" is a tale of Henry, a man haunted by strange monsters. Are the monsters real or is this a slow decent into insanity?

 

Out of The Basement

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Benjamin Dewhurst
starring
Bobby Richards Adam Lord Patrick Higgs
14 mins
 | 2015
 | United States
 | English
 

A few weeks after his brother Danny’s funeral, Owen Davidson gets a call from his brother’s landlord Edgar. Danny left behind his personal audio recorder, an item Owen was eager to both return to his mother, and to listen to himself. Owen’s curiosity gets the better of him. As he listens to the recorder while sitting in Danny’s old kitchen, he soon learned of his brother’s apparent neurosis, brought on by a Halloween night summoning exercise. As Owen internalizes his brother’s fears, doubts, suffering, and suicide, he begins to wonder whether something sinister was indeed trying to get out of the basement… and whether it was still there.

 

The Call of Farqunglu

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Kris Theorin
5 mins
 | 2012
 | United States
 | English
 

In Arkham, MA, the Cult of Farqunglu gathers to unleash an ancient evil onto the world. A group of plucky investigators [yes they are Legos] fight to stop them. But even if they win, will they be prepared to face the wrath of civil litigation? The answer will be revealed… When the stars are right…

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