Viewer's Guide: This program contains violence and gore. "Fisherman" contains explicit nudity and strong graphic sexual content. Please be informed before watching or purchasing.
Here is a 105-minute collection of nine horror, fantasy, and mystery shorts from around the world.
CATFISH KILLER: Starring Chris Salvatore (Eating Out), Nathan Ramos-Park and Sachin Bhatt, Catfish Killer follows three diverse gay besties on a camping trip who are thrust into danger when one of them inadvertently catfishes a serial killer online. Now, they must come together to survive or get gutted, and not in a good way.
FAMILY HISTORY: On the anniversary of his mother's mysterious death, a young man brings his new boyfriend home to meet his reclusive, conservative father, and secrets rise to the surface.
HANGRY: When teenage Rae realizes her stepfather has been stealing her mother's medication as her mother inches closer and closer to death, she has to make a decision regardless of her morality...Quiet. Calculated. Strong. And now fearless. LeRoy will find out who his stepdaughter is when her back is against the wall...literally.
SUNDOWN TOWN: Bryce and Mitchell's trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town.
THORNS: Stopping at a sketchy motel for some private intimacy, Gwen and Jade get the sense that someone’s watching them.
THE FORGOTTEN PLACE: In this whimsical fantasy, all Eric ever wanted was a friend. He just never knew how to find one.
HIDE OR SEEK: Andrew introduces his boyfriend to his childhood friends by playing a nostalgic - and terrifying - game of Hide and Seek. The game turns deadly when he discovers someone from his past hiding in the shadows, out for violent revenge.
GUARDIAN: Two employees get into a hilariously-heated argument when one of them begins questioning his sexual identity. Who's gonna explain this to "The Boss"?
FISHERMAN: A fisherman is at the lake when a beautiful young man rises from the water. Fascinated by him, the fisherman begins an idyllic sexual trip into nature.
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Andrew introduces his boyfriend to his childhood friends by playing a nostalgic - and terrifying - game of Hide and Seek. The game turns deadly when he discovers someone from his past hiding in the shadows, out for violent revenge.
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Director Biography - Brian Newell
Brian Newell is a filmmaker based in Washington, DC, where he grew up harboring an unhealthy love of film at home and at his first job, working at Blockbuster Video. He graduated with a B.A. in film studies from Connecticut College in 2005, and has been working in the non-fiction TV and film industry for the last 15 years. Since 2014 he has been producing and editing documentary films for National Geographic, including the award-winning feature doc, Into the Okavango (2018), nominated for a Producer’s Guild Award and The Last Ice (2019), a feature documentary currently finishing up its film festival run. While Brian loves making documentaries, he also has a deep passion for fiction, and has been writing screenplays and editing on fiction films ever since his teenage years. Hide or Seek is the first film he has made as a writer/director since college, and he hopes to continue to write, produce and direct films, as well as write screenplays, into the future.
- Year2021
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorBrian Newell
- ScreenwriterBrian Newell
- ProducerBrian Newell & Ross Morin
- CastMichael Ford, Theodore Copeland, Cecelia Auerswald, Byron Clohessy, Saad Siddiqui
Viewer's Guide: This program contains violence and gore. "Fisherman" contains explicit nudity and strong graphic sexual content. Please be informed before watching or purchasing.
Here is a 105-minute collection of nine horror, fantasy, and mystery shorts from around the world.
CATFISH KILLER: Starring Chris Salvatore (Eating Out), Nathan Ramos-Park and Sachin Bhatt, Catfish Killer follows three diverse gay besties on a camping trip who are thrust into danger when one of them inadvertently catfishes a serial killer online. Now, they must come together to survive or get gutted, and not in a good way.
FAMILY HISTORY: On the anniversary of his mother's mysterious death, a young man brings his new boyfriend home to meet his reclusive, conservative father, and secrets rise to the surface.
HANGRY: When teenage Rae realizes her stepfather has been stealing her mother's medication as her mother inches closer and closer to death, she has to make a decision regardless of her morality...Quiet. Calculated. Strong. And now fearless. LeRoy will find out who his stepdaughter is when her back is against the wall...literally.
SUNDOWN TOWN: Bryce and Mitchell's trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town.
THORNS: Stopping at a sketchy motel for some private intimacy, Gwen and Jade get the sense that someone’s watching them.
THE FORGOTTEN PLACE: In this whimsical fantasy, all Eric ever wanted was a friend. He just never knew how to find one.
HIDE OR SEEK: Andrew introduces his boyfriend to his childhood friends by playing a nostalgic - and terrifying - game of Hide and Seek. The game turns deadly when he discovers someone from his past hiding in the shadows, out for violent revenge.
GUARDIAN: Two employees get into a hilariously-heated argument when one of them begins questioning his sexual identity. Who's gonna explain this to "The Boss"?
FISHERMAN: A fisherman is at the lake when a beautiful young man rises from the water. Fascinated by him, the fisherman begins an idyllic sexual trip into nature.
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
Andrew introduces his boyfriend to his childhood friends by playing a nostalgic - and terrifying - game of Hide and Seek. The game turns deadly when he discovers someone from his past hiding in the shadows, out for violent revenge.
WEBSITE: Click Here
Director Biography - Brian Newell
Brian Newell is a filmmaker based in Washington, DC, where he grew up harboring an unhealthy love of film at home and at his first job, working at Blockbuster Video. He graduated with a B.A. in film studies from Connecticut College in 2005, and has been working in the non-fiction TV and film industry for the last 15 years. Since 2014 he has been producing and editing documentary films for National Geographic, including the award-winning feature doc, Into the Okavango (2018), nominated for a Producer’s Guild Award and The Last Ice (2019), a feature documentary currently finishing up its film festival run. While Brian loves making documentaries, he also has a deep passion for fiction, and has been writing screenplays and editing on fiction films ever since his teenage years. Hide or Seek is the first film he has made as a writer/director since college, and he hopes to continue to write, produce and direct films, as well as write screenplays, into the future.
- Year2021
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorBrian Newell
- ScreenwriterBrian Newell
- ProducerBrian Newell & Ross Morin
- CastMichael Ford, Theodore Copeland, Cecelia Auerswald, Byron Clohessy, Saad Siddiqui