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DARKER THAN YOU THINK
Graphic & Disturbing Horror Shorts
(Various Countries, 94 min)
BITERS AND BLEEDERS
(US, 22 min, 2023) Dispossessed couple Tad and Penelope have fallen on hard times. Beneath the thin veneer of their marriage lies a rotting core of regret, frustration, and contempt. When Tad's mother unexpectedly dies and Tad comes into possession of his family home, he believes it will be the key to solving everything. But what awaits them in that house is not salvation. What awaits them is the final push that will finally send them toppling over that razor-thin edge into true despair. An infestation of monstrous bed bugs eats through the home and Penelope’s psyche. She becomes increasingly desperate for any escape from the countless new bites, the constant feeling of something crawling across her skin, the punishing summer heat, her husband. It’s time for Penelope to purge herself.
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
(US, 20 min, 2023) Two girlfriends pick up a traumatized woman near the scene of an accident. But something isn't right about their passenger and soon the good Samaritans are trapped in a nightmare ride they'll never forget.
THE LOVERS (“Els Amants”)
(Spain, 23 min, 2023) It's been years since Ovidi disappeared in the sea without leaving a trail. Teresa, his widow, still visits the cave where he was seen for the last time. Ten years later, the lovers will meet again, although not in the way they would have expected.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Viewer’s Guide: Sexual assault and strong sexual content
THE QUEUE
(US, 11 min, 2023) An internet content moderator confronts the darkness within the videos he screens.
VOLITION
(US, 18 min, 2023) After getting kidnapped and taken to a sex trafficking house on the outskirts of a southern town, Emma enlists the other victims to dive head first into a volatile escape plan where every girl must fight for her life.
VOLITION
(US, 18 min, 2023)
After getting kidnapped and taken to a sex trafficking house on the outskirts of a southern town, Emma enlists the other victims to dive head first into a volatile escape plan where every girl must fight for her life.
Director Biography - Ashley George
Ashley is an award-winning director and producer based in New York. Her prior work includes DIABLA, a female revenge horror set in Mexico City, and 90s queer drama SOMETIMES, FOREVER. A proven storyteller in the socially conscious genre space, Ashley is able to build cerebral, character-driven work that creates conversations and pays tribute to underrepresented voices in communities in the United States and around the globe. Her work has received over 6M+ views on YouTube and premiered in Times Square. She’s currently developing feature psychological body horror BLAZER set during a wild wedding weekend in rural Oregon, as well as BENNY, a family drama based a life-altering car accident her brother survived in the early 2000s.
- Year2023
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorAshley George
- ScreenwriterEmily James
- ProducerChase Levy, Emily James, Andrew Levin
- CastEmily James, Aminah Nieves, Haley Hammonds, Samuel Dunning, Zachary Grant, Tessa Richardson, Kenysha Davis, MaryCharles Miller
- CinematographerSheila Altamirano
- Production DesignLindsay Moremen
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DARKER THAN YOU THINK
Graphic & Disturbing Horror Shorts
(Various Countries, 94 min)
BITERS AND BLEEDERS
(US, 22 min, 2023) Dispossessed couple Tad and Penelope have fallen on hard times. Beneath the thin veneer of their marriage lies a rotting core of regret, frustration, and contempt. When Tad's mother unexpectedly dies and Tad comes into possession of his family home, he believes it will be the key to solving everything. But what awaits them in that house is not salvation. What awaits them is the final push that will finally send them toppling over that razor-thin edge into true despair. An infestation of monstrous bed bugs eats through the home and Penelope’s psyche. She becomes increasingly desperate for any escape from the countless new bites, the constant feeling of something crawling across her skin, the punishing summer heat, her husband. It’s time for Penelope to purge herself.
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
(US, 20 min, 2023) Two girlfriends pick up a traumatized woman near the scene of an accident. But something isn't right about their passenger and soon the good Samaritans are trapped in a nightmare ride they'll never forget.
THE LOVERS (“Els Amants”)
(Spain, 23 min, 2023) It's been years since Ovidi disappeared in the sea without leaving a trail. Teresa, his widow, still visits the cave where he was seen for the last time. Ten years later, the lovers will meet again, although not in the way they would have expected.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Viewer’s Guide: Sexual assault and strong sexual content
THE QUEUE
(US, 11 min, 2023) An internet content moderator confronts the darkness within the videos he screens.
VOLITION
(US, 18 min, 2023) After getting kidnapped and taken to a sex trafficking house on the outskirts of a southern town, Emma enlists the other victims to dive head first into a volatile escape plan where every girl must fight for her life.
VOLITION
(US, 18 min, 2023)
After getting kidnapped and taken to a sex trafficking house on the outskirts of a southern town, Emma enlists the other victims to dive head first into a volatile escape plan where every girl must fight for her life.
Director Biography - Ashley George
Ashley is an award-winning director and producer based in New York. Her prior work includes DIABLA, a female revenge horror set in Mexico City, and 90s queer drama SOMETIMES, FOREVER. A proven storyteller in the socially conscious genre space, Ashley is able to build cerebral, character-driven work that creates conversations and pays tribute to underrepresented voices in communities in the United States and around the globe. Her work has received over 6M+ views on YouTube and premiered in Times Square. She’s currently developing feature psychological body horror BLAZER set during a wild wedding weekend in rural Oregon, as well as BENNY, a family drama based a life-altering car accident her brother survived in the early 2000s.
- Year2023
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorAshley George
- ScreenwriterEmily James
- ProducerChase Levy, Emily James, Andrew Levin
- CastEmily James, Aminah Nieves, Haley Hammonds, Samuel Dunning, Zachary Grant, Tessa Richardson, Kenysha Davis, MaryCharles Miller
- CinematographerSheila Altamirano
- Production DesignLindsay Moremen