Horror shorts never seem to be in short order these days thanks to you-tube and relatively low cost of high tech equipment and production fees (again, I say relatively). Because of the abundance of fantastic horror shorts on the web it's becoming harder and harder to keep up with them. To this I say don't bother, let me do it for you! Hasty Horrors is a new feature on HalloweenOverkill that will act as a curated list of my favorite horror shorts from the web. These may be short films that I come across on some of my favorite blogs, website, or just randomly discovered shorts. Hasty Horrors will be featured twice a week here on HalloweenOverkill on both Tuesdays and Saturdays. Please comment or send me an email letting me know what you think of these shorts and feel free to pass the links on to other fans who may be interested and let's perhaps get these talented filmmakers some well deserved buzz going!
The first short to be featured here on Hasty Horrors is a mind melting take on the cosmic horror trope or Lovecraftian genre as it is often referred to as. "Thresher" by Mike Diva is the kind of film that dares to do more in a short amount of time than most Hollywood films, and I personally found it more successful at translating the usually the cosmic horror story into film than many attempts I have seen in the past. During Thresher a man is locked in a room and his attempts to unlock the chained door holding him in are what make up the bulk of the short. Only once he finally begins to crack the combinations on the locks does the horror begin.... look for some jump-scares as well as an ending that you may just want to hit the pause button on to behold all of the Lovecraftian goodness packed into the scene. Thresher proves that not every door allows for safe passage.....
The first short to be featured here on Hasty Horrors is a mind melting take on the cosmic horror trope or Lovecraftian genre as it is often referred to as. "Thresher" by Mike Diva is the kind of film that dares to do more in a short amount of time than most Hollywood films, and I personally found it more successful at translating the usually the cosmic horror story into film than many attempts I have seen in the past. During Thresher a man is locked in a room and his attempts to unlock the chained door holding him in are what make up the bulk of the short. Only once he finally begins to crack the combinations on the locks does the horror begin.... look for some jump-scares as well as an ending that you may just want to hit the pause button on to behold all of the Lovecraftian goodness packed into the scene. Thresher proves that not every door allows for safe passage.....
For short number two we have a fan film trailer for a new "IT" film entitled "Pennywise". The trailer clocks in at a short five minutes and 49 seconds but packs quite the punch in its short length. James Cawley and Filmmakin.com do a great job of re-imagining the Pennywise character, and hey now that Cary Fukunaga is off of the official IT remake perhaps the film should be handed over to Cawley! Also props to Andrew Johnson for a stunning job of bringing Pennywise to life and making sure that our coulrophobia is as prevailing as ever.
Check back Saturday for another episode of Hasty Horrors and please leave me some comments below if you have suggestions for horror shorts that you'd like to see featured in the future!
EDIT: It was brought to my attention by someone in the know that Fleeting Fear wasn't technically the correct usage of verbiage so I have thus changed the name of this new feature to Hasty Horrors!
EDIT: It was brought to my attention by someone in the know that Fleeting Fear wasn't technically the correct usage of verbiage so I have thus changed the name of this new feature to Hasty Horrors!
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