Inspiration Post 2023
Need a little inspiration? Here are some little nuggets of horror for you to enjoy.
Short Horror Films:
DEAD LINE - Written, Produced & Directed by Harry Pages. During a zombie outbreak, a recently bitten call-center employee working for a specialist 'Survivor Hotline' must help a young woman escape her infected mother and get to safety before he becomes one of the undead.
Don't Let It In - by Jessica Henric. A Native American woman must reconnect with her heritage to defeat a legendary evil.
ELLES - Zombie Short Film 2022 Directed by Lydie Manzano. In a world devastated by a virus, Alex tries as best he can to mourn his wife...
Every Zombie Apocalypse Movie - by Duncanyounot.
Fear Filter - A Snapchat Horror Short - by Tracy Kleeman - Leah's looking for the perfect Snapchat filter to send her crush, until the app detects an unknown face in the darkness.
Fun Station - by Writer and Director: Pacey Hansen. Can Savannah survive one of her last closing shifts before leaving for college?
OVERTIME - by Directed by Craig D. Foster Written by Craig D. Foster & Emma McKenna. Wolfy goodness from Australia.
Safe Haven - by Martin Stalker - A deadly contagion. A world on the brink. A little boy alone.
Splinter - Directed by Curtis Matzke. A centuries-old vampire contemplates the meaning of immortality in a hospital bed while a small piece of wood embedded in his chest slowly stakes him.
Swarm - by Locustgarden. An MMA fighter training for a big fight gets distracted by an impending apocalypse.
Testament of Grace - by Pumpkin Creek Studios. Testament of Grace is a short horror movie about a business woman who learns that forgiveness is a better way to live... longer.
The Relic - by J.M. Logan. A group of adventurers in search of a mythological object get more than they bargained for when they discover the legend foretelling the end of all life in the universe could actually be true.
The Rougarou - Written and Directed by
Lorraine Caffery. A ten year-old girl vows to catch and kill the Rougarou, the fabled werewolf of Louisiana lore, after the monster wreaks havoc on her neighborhood.
The Trunk - by Travis Laidlaw. A father and daughter find a chained up old chest hidden in the woods. They bring it home with plans to sell its contents, but quickly discover that what's inside was locked up for a reason.
株）闇賞『膨らみ』「ショートホラーフィルムチャレンジ」【GEMSTONE】 第五回
Short Animated Films:
Francis - Directed by Richard Hickey, and written by Dave Eggers. A girl looking for adventure.
From Beyond - by Michael Granberry, based on the short story of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft.
Lights Out - 2004 Calarts Student Film by Jennifer Hager. Stuffed dog vs Monster.
Metachaos - by ALESSANDRO BAVARI - I couldn't watch this all the way through, it was too chaotic.
Mum's Sweater - by by Anand K Karma, Yi Chen Hsiao, Mauriziana Gualdrini, Ugo Offner, & James Mann - After her mother’s death, Kim finds solace in wearing her mother’s old sweater. However, the sweater begins to itch and even hurt her, but she still can’t bring herself to take it off.
Old Fur New Teeth - Hannah Stephens' SVA 2019 Thesis. A mother finds herself caught in a terrible trap and must confront her captor before it’s too late for her own children.
Shinsen - by Omayla Arciniega, Emeline Cordier, Paola Gentil, Fanny Le Fur, Morgane Périer, Aurélien Schmitt, Cécile Zwiller at ISART DIGITAL. - Set at the beginning of the Edo era, Shinsen is a story about a samurai who fled the battlefield. Starving and exhausted, he eats the offerings of an abandoned statue in the middle of the forest. But something seems wrong with the statue. Scared, he runs away one last time.
The Dark Thought - by Kris & Kurtis Theorin. A story about a young astronomer who, while babysitting her newborn sister, struggles with a dark thought after encountering something eerie in the night sky...
The Scariest Simon's Cat Videos - by Simon's Cat.
Voyeur School - Film by Kol Belov. Original score written and performed by Ghost Reflection.
Music:
A Plague Tale: Requiem - by Lindsey Stirling.
Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria - conductor Gancho Gavazov
Do You Doubt Me Traitor? - by LINGUA IGNOTA from the album Caligula.
færy - blýth - (Official Video - Extended Version)
Girl With Basket of Fruit - by Xiu Xiu.
I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home - by David Frizzell.
Less Sex - by Daughters.
Pumpkin Head - by Misfits.
The Hut on Fowl's Legs - Recorded in May of 1980 in Medinah Temple, this is Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga) from Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition.
They're Coming to Take Me Away - by Napoleon XIV
Podcasts:
Achewillow - by Amy Frost and JF Dubeau. A tree of the Salix genus found in North America near the North-East coast. Its roots are reputed to feed on the pain of the local land, and it bears fruits with supernatural properties. Achewillows do not exist and are purely fictional.
The Cryptonauts Podcast - Welcome to the Cryptonaut Podcast hosted by Marc Storrs, Chris Carnicelli and Rob Morphy. Exploring everything from Cryptozoology, Paranormal Phenomenon, Ufology, Unsolved Mysteries, Conspiracies and The Occult…. all while keeping a close eye on our reptilian overlords that dwell in the flat, hallow, robot infested Earth.
Hello From the Hallowood - by William A. Wellman. A nonbinary frankenstein piecing together their identity, a trans ghost dealing with his occultist father, and an invisible man finding love at first sight are par for the course in the Hallowoods.
Midnight Radio - Martlet Radio Podcasts production. Drawing inspiration from 1950s radio serials and ghost stories, Midnight Radio is a new limited-run audio drama which follows two women finding love through an unlikely correspondence about community, leaving your small hometown, our relationship to the past, what it means to be haunted, and what we leave behind when we die.
McGillicuddy and Murder's Pawn Shop - by Minerva Sweeney Wren. It’s 1921. Maude starts writing in a diary, but her life is abysmally boring and she has nothing to talk about. A life of meaning feels far away. One afternoon, in an unusual pawn shop, she finds a tiny fragment of china with nothing on it but a bright blue eye. Maude takes the china eye home with her, not realizing she has cursed herself - straight into an underground world of paranormal speakeasies, plague mask thingies, magic doorways, unsolved murders - and an extraordinary life.
Morbid - Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley. It’s a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. Join us for a heavy dose of research with a dash of comedy thrown in for flavor.
Neighbourly Podcast - Matthew O.K. Smith and more. Do you ever really know your neighbours? Neighbourly follows the residents of Little Street, house by house. What they do, how they interact with each other, and what skeletons are hiding in their closets. Our Narrator is definitely reliable.
ROGUEMAKER: A Science Fiction Podcast - by EMMA JOHANNA PURANEN, ROOK MOGAVERO, SHAONI C. WHITE - When a far-future commercial spaceflight ends in disaster, the survivors are left floating in escape pods with nothing but the radio for company. What happened to their flight? And…where are they going now? This Audio Verse Award-winning sci-fi whodunnit mystery features music, intercepted fast-food advertisements, and things that should never be found. Listen wherever you find your podcasts.
Spooked - by Glynn Washington - Host & Executive Producer. Original stories.
The Silt Verses - by Jon Ware and Muna Hussen. In this horror/fantasy serial drama, Carpenter and Faulkner, two worshippers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations. As their pilgrimage lengthens and the river’s mysteries deepen, the two acolytes find themselves under threat from a police manhunt, but also come into conflict with the weirder gods that have flourished in these forgotten rural territories. From Gods that bend flesh and mind to their wits, to authorities that want to hunt them down, our two worshippers try to stay alive and ahead.
Short Horror Films:
DEAD LINE - Written, Produced & Directed by Harry Pages. During a zombie outbreak, a recently bitten call-center employee working for a specialist 'Survivor Hotline' must help a young woman escape her infected mother and get to safety before he becomes one of the undead.
Don't Let It In - by Jessica Henric. A Native American woman must reconnect with her heritage to defeat a legendary evil.
ELLES - Zombie Short Film 2022 Directed by Lydie Manzano. In a world devastated by a virus, Alex tries as best he can to mourn his wife...
Every Zombie Apocalypse Movie - by Duncanyounot.
Fear Filter - A Snapchat Horror Short - by Tracy Kleeman - Leah's looking for the perfect Snapchat filter to send her crush, until the app detects an unknown face in the darkness.
Fun Station - by Writer and Director: Pacey Hansen. Can Savannah survive one of her last closing shifts before leaving for college?
OVERTIME - by Directed by Craig D. Foster Written by Craig D. Foster & Emma McKenna. Wolfy goodness from Australia.
Safe Haven - by Martin Stalker - A deadly contagion. A world on the brink. A little boy alone.
Splinter - Directed by Curtis Matzke. A centuries-old vampire contemplates the meaning of immortality in a hospital bed while a small piece of wood embedded in his chest slowly stakes him.
Swarm - by Locustgarden. An MMA fighter training for a big fight gets distracted by an impending apocalypse.
Testament of Grace - by Pumpkin Creek Studios. Testament of Grace is a short horror movie about a business woman who learns that forgiveness is a better way to live... longer.
The Relic - by J.M. Logan. A group of adventurers in search of a mythological object get more than they bargained for when they discover the legend foretelling the end of all life in the universe could actually be true.
The Rougarou - Written and Directed by
Lorraine Caffery. A ten year-old girl vows to catch and kill the Rougarou, the fabled werewolf of Louisiana lore, after the monster wreaks havoc on her neighborhood.
The Trunk - by Travis Laidlaw. A father and daughter find a chained up old chest hidden in the woods. They bring it home with plans to sell its contents, but quickly discover that what's inside was locked up for a reason.
株）闇賞『膨らみ』「ショートホラーフィルムチャレンジ」【GEMSTONE】 第五回
Short Animated Films:
Francis - Directed by Richard Hickey, and written by Dave Eggers. A girl looking for adventure.
From Beyond - by Michael Granberry, based on the short story of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft.
Lights Out - 2004 Calarts Student Film by Jennifer Hager. Stuffed dog vs Monster.
Metachaos - by ALESSANDRO BAVARI - I couldn't watch this all the way through, it was too chaotic.
Mum's Sweater - by by Anand K Karma, Yi Chen Hsiao, Mauriziana Gualdrini, Ugo Offner, & James Mann - After her mother’s death, Kim finds solace in wearing her mother’s old sweater. However, the sweater begins to itch and even hurt her, but she still can’t bring herself to take it off.
Old Fur New Teeth - Hannah Stephens' SVA 2019 Thesis. A mother finds herself caught in a terrible trap and must confront her captor before it’s too late for her own children.
Shinsen - by Omayla Arciniega, Emeline Cordier, Paola Gentil, Fanny Le Fur, Morgane Périer, Aurélien Schmitt, Cécile Zwiller at ISART DIGITAL. - Set at the beginning of the Edo era, Shinsen is a story about a samurai who fled the battlefield. Starving and exhausted, he eats the offerings of an abandoned statue in the middle of the forest. But something seems wrong with the statue. Scared, he runs away one last time.
The Dark Thought - by Kris & Kurtis Theorin. A story about a young astronomer who, while babysitting her newborn sister, struggles with a dark thought after encountering something eerie in the night sky...
The Scariest Simon's Cat Videos - by Simon's Cat.
Voyeur School - Film by Kol Belov. Original score written and performed by Ghost Reflection.
Music:
A Plague Tale: Requiem - by Lindsey Stirling.
Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria - conductor Gancho Gavazov
Do You Doubt Me Traitor? - by LINGUA IGNOTA from the album Caligula.
færy - blýth - (Official Video - Extended Version)
Girl With Basket of Fruit - by Xiu Xiu.
I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home - by David Frizzell.
Less Sex - by Daughters.
Pumpkin Head - by Misfits.
The Hut on Fowl's Legs - Recorded in May of 1980 in Medinah Temple, this is Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga) from Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition.
They're Coming to Take Me Away - by Napoleon XIV
Podcasts:
Achewillow - by Amy Frost and JF Dubeau. A tree of the Salix genus found in North America near the North-East coast. Its roots are reputed to feed on the pain of the local land, and it bears fruits with supernatural properties. Achewillows do not exist and are purely fictional.
The Cryptonauts Podcast - Welcome to the Cryptonaut Podcast hosted by Marc Storrs, Chris Carnicelli and Rob Morphy. Exploring everything from Cryptozoology, Paranormal Phenomenon, Ufology, Unsolved Mysteries, Conspiracies and The Occult…. all while keeping a close eye on our reptilian overlords that dwell in the flat, hallow, robot infested Earth.
Hello From the Hallowood - by William A. Wellman. A nonbinary frankenstein piecing together their identity, a trans ghost dealing with his occultist father, and an invisible man finding love at first sight are par for the course in the Hallowoods.
Midnight Radio - Martlet Radio Podcasts production. Drawing inspiration from 1950s radio serials and ghost stories, Midnight Radio is a new limited-run audio drama which follows two women finding love through an unlikely correspondence about community, leaving your small hometown, our relationship to the past, what it means to be haunted, and what we leave behind when we die.
McGillicuddy and Murder's Pawn Shop - by Minerva Sweeney Wren. It’s 1921. Maude starts writing in a diary, but her life is abysmally boring and she has nothing to talk about. A life of meaning feels far away. One afternoon, in an unusual pawn shop, she finds a tiny fragment of china with nothing on it but a bright blue eye. Maude takes the china eye home with her, not realizing she has cursed herself - straight into an underground world of paranormal speakeasies, plague mask thingies, magic doorways, unsolved murders - and an extraordinary life.
Morbid - Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley. It’s a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. Join us for a heavy dose of research with a dash of comedy thrown in for flavor.
Neighbourly Podcast - Matthew O.K. Smith and more. Do you ever really know your neighbours? Neighbourly follows the residents of Little Street, house by house. What they do, how they interact with each other, and what skeletons are hiding in their closets. Our Narrator is definitely reliable.
ROGUEMAKER: A Science Fiction Podcast - by EMMA JOHANNA PURANEN, ROOK MOGAVERO, SHAONI C. WHITE - When a far-future commercial spaceflight ends in disaster, the survivors are left floating in escape pods with nothing but the radio for company. What happened to their flight? And…where are they going now? This Audio Verse Award-winning sci-fi whodunnit mystery features music, intercepted fast-food advertisements, and things that should never be found. Listen wherever you find your podcasts.
Spooked - by Glynn Washington - Host & Executive Producer. Original stories.
The Silt Verses - by Jon Ware and Muna Hussen. In this horror/fantasy serial drama, Carpenter and Faulkner, two worshippers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations. As their pilgrimage lengthens and the river’s mysteries deepen, the two acolytes find themselves under threat from a police manhunt, but also come into conflict with the weirder gods that have flourished in these forgotten rural territories. From Gods that bend flesh and mind to their wits, to authorities that want to hunt them down, our two worshippers try to stay alive and ahead.