23rd Nevermore Film Festival

IT'S ONLY A NIGHTMARE, CHARLIE BROWN PG-13 Dark Fantasy & Horror Shorts

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Here is a 96-minute collection of PG-13 rated horror, dark fantasy, animation, and sci-fi shorts from around the world.


BREAK ANY SPELL: A teenage girl uses Live Action Role-Playing to cope and escape from her mother who suffers from early-onset Alzheimer’s.

DIRTY LAUNDRY: A man investigates the disappearance of his sock after doing laundry. The truth, he discovers, is much more terrifying than he imagined...or is it?

ELENA: Elena wakes up in a cabin in the middle of nowhere, the place is full of mysterious books that keep the history of each of the people who have lived; an old woman smiling is its guardian and with much affection she prepares to talk to Elena to remind her of those lives she forgot. Little by little and over three different lives, the old woman will teach Elena what she really is and introduce her to a world full of mystery, beauty and duality.

FRANCESKA: In this delightful animated short, the cold night hangs over the old Frankenstein's castle. Victor -- the scientist willing to challenge science -- sets out to carry out his most ambitious plan: bring his admired Franceska back to life. With the collaboration, or not, of Igor, his invaluable and loving assistant; Victor will face the greatest challenge of his career.

HUNGER: A child is being tormented by a voracious well monster demanding food from him. But as he proves unable to satisfy its hunger, he drags himself to find another way of feeding it.

SCRATCH: Separation, loneliness and a deadly smell tarnish the lives of the occupants of the forest.

MATTRICIDE: A humorous stop motion thriller following one woman's fight with urban fly-tipping. If Hitchcock made “The Birds” with mattresses instead of crows, it would look something like this.

WAKE UP LITTLE GIRL: While home alone, Sara gets a familiar but unwelcome guest who threatens to destroy what she loves most.

THE PEY: A social media obsessed teenager is haunted by a terrifying monster after posting a mysterious GIF online.

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A child is being tormented by a voracious well monster demanding food from him. But as he proves unable to satisfy its hunger, he drags himself to find another way of feeding it.

In Spanish with English subtitles.


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2022 Nevermore Jury Award Nominee!

Best Cinematography


Director Biography - Carlos Meléndez

A graduate of NYFA Los Angeles in Directing, Editing and Scriptwriting, Carlos Meléndez has directed nine short films, including Chalino Rivera (2008), Silver Star (2009), Beast (2010), Red Light (2011), The Host (2013), Clickbait (2018) all of which screened at international film festivals.


His first feature film, After School (2014), was also Carlos’s directorial debut in the USA, and won Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Feature Film awards at the Encuentro Mundial de Cine 2014.


Hysteria (2016), Carlos’s second feature film, celebrated its world premiere at the Merida Yucatan International Film Festival 2016, and won the Best Director award at the Macabro International Horror Film Festival 2016 in Mexico City, as well as Best Drama Feature Film at the Sydney Indie Film Festival 2016. He directed 3 episodes for The Unknown Hitman (2019) streaming on Netflix worldwide.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Country
    Mexico
  • Premiere
    North Carolina Premiere
  • Director
    Carlos Meléndez
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