THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, BARBARA!
US/CANADA SHORTS
(90 minutes)
CAAN ARTIST
(US, 8 min, 2023)
Unimpressed by what her producer's prepared, a video podcaster attempts to craft the perfect 'scare', while catering to a masked man they've already paid.
GREETINGS
(US, 14 min, 2023)
Office newbie, Trish, finds popularity when her coworkers realize that whatever she writes in their birthday cards comes true...until they forget her birthday.
MY SCARY INDIAN WEDDING
(US, 11 min, 2023)
A bridesmaid has to forcefully get married to her soulmate before dawn in order to escape the wrath of a vengeful demon.
NO OVERNIGHT PARKING
(US, 10 min, 2023)
No Overnight Parking follows a cosmopolitan woman (Alyssa Milano) who has just left her husband (French Stewart) after a disastrous fight. Out of sorts from the scuffle, she stops at a pharmacy in a rundown town, but when she goes down into the cavernous underground parking garage, she soon discovers she's been locked in overnight -- and she's not alone!
RED VELVET
(US, 14 min, 2023)
Upon learning the end of the world is taking place, a lonely man locks himself in a motel room when a female escort arrives at his door.
ROBBIE AIN’T RIGHT NO MORE
(US, 18 min, 2023)
A young girl’s brother returns from war with a most disturbing souvenir.
SANGUINE
(Canada, 11 min, 2023)
A first date takes an unexpected turn as Mirabel finds herself captured and experimented on by shady figures who believe she isn't what she seems.
WE JOINED A CULT
(US, 4 min, 2023)
Two friends on their way to a game of kickball find themselves incessantly pressured to join an incompetent satanic cult.
RED VELVET
(US, 14 min, 2023)
Upon learning the end of the world is taking place, a lonely man locks himself in a motel room when a female escort arrives at his door.
Director Biography - Blake Simon
Blake Simon is a writer and director known for creating emotionally engaging genre thrillers. Blake has also worked in a variety of roles on numerous multi-million dollar studio films, including Logan (2017), Academy Award Best Picture nominee Ford v Ferrari (2019), and most recently as a Producer on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). In 2016 his student film Goldilocks was honored at the DGA as part of the Film Outside the Frame Awards before amassing over half a million views online. In 2022 his screenplay for the time travel feature Return to Sender placed on the Coverfly Red List in the top 2% of the platform. In 2023 his horror short Red Velvet hit the festival circuit to rave reviews and award nominations.
- Year2023
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorBlake Simon
- ScreenwriterBlake Simon
- ProducerLiz Holland, Jared Selcer
- Executive ProducerAlex Topper
- CastAlisha Erozer, Austin Lynn Hall
- CinematographerAndrew Fronczak
- EditorAlexander Sharp & Blake Simon
- Production DesignBrent Mason
- ComposerBill Snyder III
THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, BARBARA!
US/CANADA SHORTS
(90 minutes)
CAAN ARTIST
(US, 8 min, 2023)
Unimpressed by what her producer's prepared, a video podcaster attempts to craft the perfect 'scare', while catering to a masked man they've already paid.
GREETINGS
(US, 14 min, 2023)
Office newbie, Trish, finds popularity when her coworkers realize that whatever she writes in their birthday cards comes true...until they forget her birthday.
MY SCARY INDIAN WEDDING
(US, 11 min, 2023)
A bridesmaid has to forcefully get married to her soulmate before dawn in order to escape the wrath of a vengeful demon.
NO OVERNIGHT PARKING
(US, 10 min, 2023)
No Overnight Parking follows a cosmopolitan woman (Alyssa Milano) who has just left her husband (French Stewart) after a disastrous fight. Out of sorts from the scuffle, she stops at a pharmacy in a rundown town, but when she goes down into the cavernous underground parking garage, she soon discovers she's been locked in overnight -- and she's not alone!
RED VELVET
(US, 14 min, 2023)
Upon learning the end of the world is taking place, a lonely man locks himself in a motel room when a female escort arrives at his door.
ROBBIE AIN’T RIGHT NO MORE
(US, 18 min, 2023)
A young girl’s brother returns from war with a most disturbing souvenir.
SANGUINE
(Canada, 11 min, 2023)
A first date takes an unexpected turn as Mirabel finds herself captured and experimented on by shady figures who believe she isn't what she seems.
WE JOINED A CULT
(US, 4 min, 2023)
Two friends on their way to a game of kickball find themselves incessantly pressured to join an incompetent satanic cult.
RED VELVET
(US, 14 min, 2023)
Upon learning the end of the world is taking place, a lonely man locks himself in a motel room when a female escort arrives at his door.
Director Biography - Blake Simon
Blake Simon is a writer and director known for creating emotionally engaging genre thrillers. Blake has also worked in a variety of roles on numerous multi-million dollar studio films, including Logan (2017), Academy Award Best Picture nominee Ford v Ferrari (2019), and most recently as a Producer on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). In 2016 his student film Goldilocks was honored at the DGA as part of the Film Outside the Frame Awards before amassing over half a million views online. In 2022 his screenplay for the time travel feature Return to Sender placed on the Coverfly Red List in the top 2% of the platform. In 2023 his horror short Red Velvet hit the festival circuit to rave reviews and award nominations.
- Year2023
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorBlake Simon
- ScreenwriterBlake Simon
- ProducerLiz Holland, Jared Selcer
- Executive ProducerAlex Topper
- CastAlisha Erozer, Austin Lynn Hall
- CinematographerAndrew Fronczak
- EditorAlexander Sharp & Blake Simon
- Production DesignBrent Mason
- ComposerBill Snyder III