Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Los Feliz Theatre, Los Angeles
### **ABOUT THE EVENT:** Gentrifiers, shadow demons, restless spectres, and tormented brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothers—these shorts deliver horror in all its forms. From psychological dread to supernatural terror, each story probes fear, trauma, and the darkest corners of the human experience. Exceptional, chilling, and impossible to forget, this block showcases filmmakers shaping the future of horror, proving that nightmares come in all shapes, sizes, and runtimes. ### **ABOUT THE FILMS:** **“HAINT,” Dir. Jahmil Eady, 15 Min, USA** When gentrifiers begin dying mysteriously, a Gullah Geechee handywoman who recently lost her home, must decide whether to help them or leave the newcomers to their fate. FORMAT: DCP **“Last Story,” Dir. Erick Solis, 19 Min, USA** When her brother Benjie arrives to a celebratory dinner with a mysterious scratch, Ellie doesn’t realize their conversation about fears will evolve into their worst horrors coming true. FORMAT: DCP **“Harvester,” Dir. Charlie Schwan, 13 Min, USA** A woman forms a pact with a dark entity in exchange for a glimpse into her tormented past. FORMAT: DCP **“KILTER,” Dir. by Bartley Taylor, 15 Min, USA** A 1990s-set coming of age horror that explores the physical evil created from the silence around mental health. FORMAT: DCP **“REM,” Dir. Blair Bathory, 9 Min, USA** A teenager desperate to prove the existence of the infamous shadow demon Hatman forces herself into sleep paralysis and enters a nightmarish dream world she may never wake up from. FORMAT: DCP **“The Spectre,” Dir. Jiyuan Ler, 5 Min, Singapore** Trapped in the desolate void of purgatory, a restless spectre drifts through a labyrinth of fragmented memories and eerie hallucinations, reliving the trauma of her violent death in an endless cycle of torment. FORMAT: DCP **“STOMACH BUG,” Dir. Matty Crawford, 15 Min, UK** A disturbing unravelling of a single Father struggling to cope with an empty nest as it begins to manifest physically. FORMAT: DCP **“Belloe,” Dir. Jayden Rathsam Hua, 19 Min, Australia** An expectant mother awakens an unknown entity in the wilderness, forever changing the nature of her unborn child and her trust in the natural world. FORMAT: DCP