BLACK HEARTS

DRAMA HORROR SHORTS: Volume 1

(Various Countries, 91 min)

CRAVE

(US, 13 min, 2023)

A young man in an isolated motel desperately tries not to succumb to addiction while navigating a night of temptation.

FREE BENCH MUST PICK UP TODAY

(US, 6 min, 2023)

A young gay couple pay an unexpected price for bringing home a free piece of furniture.

IT’S REALLY YOU

(United Kingdom, 15 min, 2023)

A priest arrives at a house to perform an exorcism, unaware that he's about to be reunited with an old flame.

LATER

(US, 13 min, 2023)

A zombie flick shot in North Carolina.

MANICURE

(US, 10 min, 2023)

Before her 30th birthday party, Elanor's anxiety and demand for perfection turn a pleasant manicure into a bloody mess.

MONOPHOBIA

(US, 8 min, 2023)

25-year-old Thomas Neville suffers from monophobia, the fear of being alone, brought about by a childhood trauma. To treat his monophobia, Thomas and his psychiatrist, Dr. Ramon Medeiros, rent a home and begin exposure therapy. When a malevolent entity latches onto Thomas, Thomas must not only convince Dr. Medeiros that the entity is real but must also persuade Dr. Medeiros to help him expel the entity.

MOSQUITO LADY

(US, 13 min, 2023)

Terrified of telling her parents that she's pregnant as restrictions to abortion access worsen, a desperate teenager seeks the help of a reclusive neighbor who her parents warned her about.

THE PERFECT PLACE TO CRY

(US, 7 min, 2022)

Late at night, deep in the woods, a woman cries in her car. A light flickers through the trees. At the edge of her headlights' reach, she can just make out the shape of a man. He's coming closer.

THE VOICE IN ISABEL FLEISS’S OFFICE

(US, 6 min, 2023)

A woman with an unusual malady--cobweb buildup in the throat--receives an even more unusual treatment in this adaptation of a surreal poem by North Carolina writer Virgil Renfroe.