Nightmare Fuel: Horror Shorts Block

Red Door Yellow Door

Directed by Delaney Hoffman

When an innocent sleepover game leads to death, how long will you play until the game is truly over?

Katrina’s past haunts her ten years after losing a childhood friend to game that took her life. But was it the game that was deadly? Or are people the true monsters.

It’s Just Business

Directed by Alex Bindschadler

Marcus’ father is sick in bed and is unable to meet with Samael to uphold their yearly agreement. Marcus’ father Jeffrey Crowe, calls upon Marcus to carry out this task, not telling him the true motive behind it. Marcus takes the suspicious bag to the abandoned parking garage, and he meets Samael. What starts as a normal interaction quickly turns into something else as Samael reveals who he truly is and turns Marcus’ world upside down. His father made a deal with the Devil, in exchange for seven souls every year his dad keeps his riches and power. This year due to the illness, he was unable to procure the seventh soul, so he sent his least favorite son. The Devil toys with Marcus, making his last moments of freedom terrifying, teaching him the reality of the world he lives in. The Devil takes him, Marcus’ father’s debt is paid. Final shot being of his father, the Devil isn’t the true monster, it’s his father.

COULROPHOBIA

Directed by Christopher White

Nick’s world unravels when his wife Grace vanishes, leaving behind only fragments of memory and a recurring nightmare that blurs the boundaries between sleep and waking. Each night, he finds her standing beneath a streetlight, her face hidden behind a grotesque clown mask that seems to shift and breathe with malevolent life. Desperate for answers and drowning in gambling debts, Nick turns to a late-night podcast, hoping to monetize his terror. But the hosts of “San Diego After Dark” know more than they should—about Grace’s disappearance, about Nick’s debts, and about the terrible truth lurking behind the painted smile. As reality fractures and reforms with each awakening, Nick must confront the possibility that some nightmares aren’t meant to end, and some masks can never be removed. In this suffocating psychological thriller, guilt takes shape, memory becomes predator, and the line between victim and perpetrator dissolves into shadow.

Beneath The Balcony

Directed by Hayden Goldman

A seemingly normal afternoon is interrupted by a strange disturbance.

The History of the La Paloma Theater

Directed by Donovan Zachery Henning-Di Bella

Welcome to the La Paloma Theater. Please enjoy this presentation, in which the theater’s owner takes you through its luscious history-and nothing else.

ECHOES OF VENGEANCE

Directed by Christopher White

Echoes of Vengeance follows Mandy as she seeks justice for her sister Julia’s murder by confronting Colby, a charming photographer she suspects is the killer. Through tense exchanges and chilling flashbacks, Mandy unravels Colby’s deadly secrets. In a final twist, she poisons him as he did to her sister, reclaims her sister’s ring, and delivers poetic justice. The film concludes with Mandy’s reflection, symbolizing her strength and the resolution of her quest for vengeance.

Amber

Directed by Elisha Christopher Cecil

A merciless killer stalks a woman and ensures a ruthless game of cat and mouse.

HOA

Directed by David Christopher Nelson

A Water-wasting resident ignores the HOA’s warnings, and they’re plunged into a chilling showdown with a headless specter enforcing its own deadly conservation policy.

Sugar Rush

Directed by Hayden Goldman

An innocent sweet tooth craving leads to unforeseen mayhem.

Bobby Should Leave

Directed by Ross Tokosch

A therapist is troubled when her neurotic patient shows up unexpected on her resort vacation.