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DARKER THAN YOU THINK
Graphic & Disturbing Horror Shorts
(Various Countries, 90 min)
AND THEY SHALL HANDLE SERPENTS
(US, 6 min, 2025)
A deranged takeout delivery driver, hoping to lead the wayward home to the Father, makes a terrifying adjustment to their orders.
Director: Stuart Valberg
TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/1032732470?fl=pl&fe=vl
BLINDSIDED
(US, 9 min, 2025)
A blind schoolteacher struggles to survive through a nightmarish night when an alien spaceship crashes and unleashes a monstrous predator. This unique horror short film features an all low-vision cast and places the audience in the POV of a blind protagonist who is only able to hear what happens around her.
Director: P Patrick Hogan
CANNED
(Belgium, 6 min, 2025)
Canned presents a symbolic portrayal of anorexia through the story of Sam, a young teenager who seeks solace in a fishbowl as an escape from bullying.
Director: Hasse Van Overbeke
No Dialogue.
IT SUCKS
(US, 7 min, 2025)
After 94 rejections, a desperate founder lands a pitch at a charismatic VC’s mansion--until one proposition unleashes a blood-soaked nightmare that flips the power.
Director: Rocky Jo
THE KING IN YELLOW
(US, 17 min, 2025)
There’s a reason no one has studied the contents of the play - the one notorious for driving readers insane. Three grad students come up with a plan to divide a copy into quarantined thirds, allowing them to safely perform groundbreaking research on the text. But the endeavor takes a sinister turn when it becomes clear that one of them has read more than just his share. Based on the seminal collection of supernatural horror stories by Robert W. Chambers.
Director: Sam Shapson
OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS
(US, 15 min, 2025)
A young woman visits her grandmother’s house to meet grandma’s new boyfriend—who turns out to be a twenty-six year old man with questionable motives and a cryptic backstory.
Director: Graham Burrell
PAS DE DEUX!
(UK/US, 4 min, 2025)
The chaos of a flashback is transformed into a visceral performance as two bodies struggle for control in this grotesque dance for two.
Director: Nathan Koranda
No Dialogue.
SCULLION
(US, 10 min, 2025)
A playful couple tests their household chore habits and unknowingly summon a vengeful presence.
Director: Trevor Graciano
SPANKED BY A GHOST
(US, 12 min, 2025)
Alone in her home, a woman is spanked by an unseen entity, awakening a force she cannot control.
Director: Katelyn Douglass
ULTRA JUICE
(US, 4 min, 2025)
A lonely man finds friendship in an unexpected place: his new vape.
Director: Carl Conway Maguire
Overall Program Viewer’s Guide: Anorexia and Mental Health.
THE KING IN YELLOW
(US, 17 min, 2025)
There’s a reason no one has studied the contents of the play - the one notorious for driving readers insane. Three grad students come up with a plan to divide a copy into quarantined thirds, allowing them to safely perform groundbreaking research on the text. But the endeavor takes a sinister turn when it becomes clear that one of them has read more than just his share. Based on the seminal collection of supernatural horror stories by Robert W. Chambers.
Director: Sam Shapson
Director Biography - Sam Shapson
Sam Shapson is a genre-focused writer, director, producer pursuing character-driven stories that push beyond the everyday to explore cerebral and unsettling themes. His short THE TREEHOUSE played internationally at Austin, Fantasia, San Jose, BendFilm, as well as featured on Short of the
Week and Omeleto. In 2015, his short film REFUGE was acknowledged as the world's first narrative film lit exclusively by natural moonlight in articles by Gizmodo, Indiewire, Vice, Nerdist, & No Film School. In 2021, Sam’s latest short film, THE OFFER, played at Fantasia, San Jose CineQuest, 2020 DeadCENTER, Ojai, and FilmQuest. Sam was a DGA 1st & 2nd AD for 10 years, during which time he AD’d 11 Features, 40+ Commercials & 60+ Music Videos. His projects as AD have premiered at Sundance, Tribeca, & SXSW, and includes Hulu Originals CONTROL FREAK (2025) and CLOCK (2023). He is currently completing an MFA in the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC.
- Year2025
- Runtime17 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorSam Shapson
- ScreenwriterSam Shapson & Elena Malashenko
- ProducerElena Malashenko & EJ Smither
- CastMichael Budd, Haley Baird, Alex Reynoso
DARKER THAN YOU THINK
Graphic & Disturbing Horror Shorts
(Various Countries, 90 min)
AND THEY SHALL HANDLE SERPENTS
(US, 6 min, 2025)
A deranged takeout delivery driver, hoping to lead the wayward home to the Father, makes a terrifying adjustment to their orders.
Director: Stuart Valberg
TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/1032732470?fl=pl&fe=vl
BLINDSIDED
(US, 9 min, 2025)
A blind schoolteacher struggles to survive through a nightmarish night when an alien spaceship crashes and unleashes a monstrous predator. This unique horror short film features an all low-vision cast and places the audience in the POV of a blind protagonist who is only able to hear what happens around her.
Director: P Patrick Hogan
CANNED
(Belgium, 6 min, 2025)
Canned presents a symbolic portrayal of anorexia through the story of Sam, a young teenager who seeks solace in a fishbowl as an escape from bullying.
Director: Hasse Van Overbeke
No Dialogue.
IT SUCKS
(US, 7 min, 2025)
After 94 rejections, a desperate founder lands a pitch at a charismatic VC’s mansion--until one proposition unleashes a blood-soaked nightmare that flips the power.
Director: Rocky Jo
THE KING IN YELLOW
(US, 17 min, 2025)
There’s a reason no one has studied the contents of the play - the one notorious for driving readers insane. Three grad students come up with a plan to divide a copy into quarantined thirds, allowing them to safely perform groundbreaking research on the text. But the endeavor takes a sinister turn when it becomes clear that one of them has read more than just his share. Based on the seminal collection of supernatural horror stories by Robert W. Chambers.
Director: Sam Shapson
OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS
(US, 15 min, 2025)
A young woman visits her grandmother’s house to meet grandma’s new boyfriend—who turns out to be a twenty-six year old man with questionable motives and a cryptic backstory.
Director: Graham Burrell
PAS DE DEUX!
(UK/US, 4 min, 2025)
The chaos of a flashback is transformed into a visceral performance as two bodies struggle for control in this grotesque dance for two.
Director: Nathan Koranda
No Dialogue.
SCULLION
(US, 10 min, 2025)
A playful couple tests their household chore habits and unknowingly summon a vengeful presence.
Director: Trevor Graciano
SPANKED BY A GHOST
(US, 12 min, 2025)
Alone in her home, a woman is spanked by an unseen entity, awakening a force she cannot control.
Director: Katelyn Douglass
ULTRA JUICE
(US, 4 min, 2025)
A lonely man finds friendship in an unexpected place: his new vape.
Director: Carl Conway Maguire
Overall Program Viewer’s Guide: Anorexia and Mental Health.
THE KING IN YELLOW
(US, 17 min, 2025)
There’s a reason no one has studied the contents of the play - the one notorious for driving readers insane. Three grad students come up with a plan to divide a copy into quarantined thirds, allowing them to safely perform groundbreaking research on the text. But the endeavor takes a sinister turn when it becomes clear that one of them has read more than just his share. Based on the seminal collection of supernatural horror stories by Robert W. Chambers.
Director: Sam Shapson
Director Biography - Sam Shapson
Sam Shapson is a genre-focused writer, director, producer pursuing character-driven stories that push beyond the everyday to explore cerebral and unsettling themes. His short THE TREEHOUSE played internationally at Austin, Fantasia, San Jose, BendFilm, as well as featured on Short of the
Week and Omeleto. In 2015, his short film REFUGE was acknowledged as the world's first narrative film lit exclusively by natural moonlight in articles by Gizmodo, Indiewire, Vice, Nerdist, & No Film School. In 2021, Sam’s latest short film, THE OFFER, played at Fantasia, San Jose CineQuest, 2020 DeadCENTER, Ojai, and FilmQuest. Sam was a DGA 1st & 2nd AD for 10 years, during which time he AD’d 11 Features, 40+ Commercials & 60+ Music Videos. His projects as AD have premiered at Sundance, Tribeca, & SXSW, and includes Hulu Originals CONTROL FREAK (2025) and CLOCK (2023). He is currently completing an MFA in the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC.
- Year2025
- Runtime17 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorSam Shapson
- ScreenwriterSam Shapson & Elena Malashenko
- ProducerElena Malashenko & EJ Smither
- CastMichael Budd, Haley Baird, Alex Reynoso