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The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!


The thread title says it all, let's get scared!

The Jigsaw
An old man buys a jigsaw puzzle.

The Quiet
A deaf girl grows impatient waiting for her mom to pick her up from the bus stop.

POKOPOKOPIKOTAN
A classic from nana825763.

Web series and things like that are absolutely welcome.

The Mighty Moltres has a new favorite as of 15:15 on May 2, 2020

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The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!


There Is Nothing

Space Cob
Jan 24, 2006

a pilot on fire is not fit to fly
I enjoyed this one recently: Oscar's Bell. 12 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6tQCE1N_no

Samovar
Jun 4, 2011

I'm 😤 not a 🦸🏻‍♂️hero...🧜🏻



The Ten Steps .

Cat Hassler
Feb 7, 2006

Slippery Tilde
Coven

I haven’t seen it and it’s apparently really bad but the documentary American Movie is about the making of Coven and it’s great

shut up netface
Jun 15, 2008
Still haven’t bothered to watch Something About The Johnson’s but seeing small bits and reading about it cuts me to the bone.

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

shut up netface posted:

Still haven’t bothered to watch Something About The Johnson’s but seeing small bits and reading about it cuts me to the bone.

It's a brutal hard-bad-time movie.

LeafyGreens
May 9, 2009

the elegant cephalopod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUQhNGEu2KA

The original short that was adapted into Lights Out is so much better than that whole movie!

The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!



Cool, that did not end how I thought it would.

Tuck Me In
One minute long.

The Jester
A magician wearing a mask really likes Halloween.
Part 2
Part 3

Magiczny Swiat Ani
Ania's Magical World
A trippy Polish webseries about a girl who has gone missing.
(Make sure subtitles are on if you don't speak Polish)

The Mighty Moltres has a new favorite as of 17:23 on May 5, 2020

coleman francis
Aug 8, 2007

Tap tap
The ketchup bottle
None will come
Then axolotl
Hair Elf
The hopewell haunting. Slow and steady, love it to bits. Inspired by the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark books.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sImMmdeO0c

dthrone
Jun 6, 2019

The Mighty Moltres posted:


POKOPOKOPIKOTAN
A classic from nana825763.


Nana's poo poo is really nice. Have you seen My house walk through yet?

MALIGNANTLY USELESS

Grammarchist
Jan 28, 2013

coleman francis posted:

The hopewell haunting. Slow and steady, love it to bits. Inspired by the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark books.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sImMmdeO0c

Thanks for sharing this. I have a soft spot for ghost stories about abandoned houses in the countryside told by elderly residents, so the aesthetic hits all my buttons. The ghost is definitely recognizable as well, and the grainy black and white does it all kinds of favors.

I'm also a big fan of "The Backwater Gospel"just for the setting and animation, though the music clicks with me as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkDrIacHJM

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost
Jack Stauber only occasionally drifts into horror as opposed to grotesque or vile, but this one is definitely in there. Plus, it's thirty-five seconds with no jump scare. Just lingering existential dread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVddN_nr1CI

If you don't get it, watch it again.

The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!


dthrone posted:

Nana's poo poo is really nice. Have you seen My house walk through yet?
Nana's making-of videos are cool as hell.


Somfin posted:

Jack Stauber only occasionally drifts into horror as opposed to grotesque or vile, but this one is definitely in there. Plus, it's thirty-five seconds with no jump scare. Just lingering existential dread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVddN_nr1CI

If you don't get it, watch it again.

Even if you do get it, watch it again. And again. And again. And prepare to be thinking about it for the rest of the day.

The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!



If you are afraid, we will look together.

Local 58
There's something wrong with the moon.

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LifeLynx
Feb 27, 2001

Dang so this is like looking over his shoulder in real-time
Grimey Drawer

The Mighty Moltres posted:

The Jigsaw
An old man buys a jigsaw puzzle.

I find short horror stories like this disappointing. I know they're meant to be "classic", and maybe it's taken from a real short story, I didn't check. My problem with them is that the ending of the story is so blindingly obvious from the start that I expect some kind of twist, and it never comes. Very predictable.

The Mighty Moltres posted:

The Quiet
A deaf girl grows impatient waiting for her mom to pick her up from the bus stop.

I don't know how to feel about this one. It wasn't great, maybe because the chase went on too long?


This never grabbed me, the way it does others, it's more of an art piece than anything. I get the message it's saying, and it's a good film (especially when looped, as intended) but it's not that scary unless you've had the pleasure of never wondering if there's just absolute nothing after you die.


Last time I watched this, that guy's phone was state of the art. It's still scary, and I like that it's chilling even if the girl is just at home, completely catatonic and walking the same last step over and over while counting. In fact I wish the end credits didn't have her steps echoing more and more and sounding like she's crunching on... something.

Octolady posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUQhNGEu2KA

The original short that was adapted into Lights Out is so much better than that whole movie!

First time seeing this, and it's really creepy! The fact that the monster breaks the original established rules is freaky.

It reminds me of another short film I can't remember the name of. A guy installs a new door to an outside entrance, and then realizes that it's always night outside that one entrance. I tried searching for it, and ironically all the results are for Lights Out.


I think this one started as a very short written story? And then there was an animated version? But it's much more terrifying this way. My favorite thing about it is it's not even hinted at, as far as I can tell, as to which kid is real. Just imagining this scenario where it's impossible to tell which one is the monster until it's too late.

In the same kind of idea, here's I Heard it Too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxRIWBoluzs

The original two-sentence story this is based on: A girl heard her mom yell her name from downstairs, so she got up and started to head down. As she got to the stairs, her mom pulled her into her room and said "I heard that, too." The short film gives up the mystery for a jump scare and makes it really obvious which one is evil. The original short story is really close to Tuck Me In, but that one is based on the fear of protecting a child, while I Heard it Too is based on some childhood fear about going to your parents for help, or something to that effect.

The Mighty Moltres posted:

Local 58
There's something wrong with the moon.

There was actually a whole thread on creepy fake PSAs, wasn't there? After a few they're all mostly the same unless one happens to hit on one of your specific phobias or an idea you like. I guess they're like SCPs in that way.

coronatae
Oct 14, 2012

The Pier

The animation shows its age but the whole thing is atmospheric as gently caress and never fails to fill me with dread.

Piss Meridian
Mar 25, 2020

by Pragmatica
I Feel Fantastic

The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!


LifeLynx posted:

I don't know how to feel about this one. It wasn't great, maybe because the chase went on too long?
The ending was kind of dumb too.

LifeLynx posted:

There was actually a whole thread on creepy fake PSAs, wasn't there? After a few they're all mostly the same unless one happens to hit on one of your specific phobias or an idea you like. I guess they're like SCPs in that way.
This isn't a fake PSA, it actually ran in Canada for a number of years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOk2Akqb3CI
I love the theory that this is a serial killer's video.
Basically he was frustrated by his victims screaming and crying, so he made that animatronic lady to say that she…. well... feels fantastic.
That sort of out-of-place shot of the yard at 1:46? That's where he buried the bodies.
Obviously it's just an art piece, but head-canon is fun eh?

Aginor
Aug 1, 2005

by Fluffdaddy
Great thread!

Don't Look Away - really enjoyed this one for some reason.

https://youtu.be/4f3hG-5grlw

The Nurse - it won some competition during the release of Annabelle: Creation

https://youtu.be/oA9H2NDAJ4A

The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!


Aginor posted:

Great thread!

Don't Look Away - really enjoyed this one for some reason.

https://youtu.be/4f3hG-5grlw


I also really enjoyed this one!

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6EK1vGJzs

(:ssh: it's real link)

The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!



Well that took a quick corner into wtf territory, thanks Pick.

Piss Meridian
Mar 25, 2020

by Pragmatica

I played that a couple of times in highschool

Jay 2K Winger
Oct 10, 2007

What are you looking for?
Still Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La6T8Bq6CsU

It's unsettling thanks to the atmosphere it cultivates, and the ending is not what you'd expect.

Sloth Life
Nov 15, 2014

Built for comfort and speed!
Fallen Rib
Still Life was great

Oscars bell was upsetting :(

The Hopewell haunting was very well done and eerie.

The Nurse is very in line with the Conjuring schtick, nice.

Don't look away was odd I didn't quite get caught up in it.

The Local 58 stuff (I watched Moon and Contaigion I think) were very well done, I'm not American but I still got shivers, very atmospheric.

Thanks for posting all of these!

Sloth Life
Nov 15, 2014

Built for comfort and speed!
Fallen Rib
Here's one I like

Dollmaker https://youtu.be/OqSmb3n0j8o

The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!


Jay 2K Winger posted:

Still Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La6T8Bq6CsU

It's unsettling thanks to the atmosphere it cultivates, and the ending is not what you'd expect.
What with him taking the pills, this reminded me of Unedited Footage Of A Bear.
I posted this video years and years ago in a TCC thread about deliriants (ie allergy medication, motion sickness pills, etc) and the general consensus was that it is pretty on-par with what could happen if one were to abuse this kind of drug.
WARNING: Violence and blood.

SIDS Vicious
Jan 1, 1970



I haven't been able to stop thinking about this for three days and I hate you

Bogart
Apr 12, 2010

by VideoGames
If it makes you feel better, originally the guy was just trying to sell his creepy singing robot, and somebody took the original video and edited in the random clip of the backyard.

Hispanic! At The Disco
Dec 25, 2011


The Mighty Moltres posted:

What with him taking the pills, this reminded me of Unedited Footage Of A Bear.

One of the comments said something like "I feel sorry for the people who were looking for footage of a bear".

SIDS Vicious
Jan 1, 1970


This House Has People In It is also fantastic

The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!


Sid Vicious posted:

This House Has People In It is also fantastic

Lots of depth to that one too.
It's great as a standalone video, but there are ARG-like elements throughout it.

The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!


Sid Vicious posted:

I haven't been able to stop thinking about this for three days and I hate you

Yeah that's me, but with this one:


Is this some sort of post-human Earth?
It must be, there are docks and fishing rods, but the protagonist is a strange bird-human hybrid.
What happened?
From what evolutionary chain did the predator come?

Mods, change the name of this thread to PYF Short Horror Film & Post Your Theories About Them

Not really

Grammarchist
Jan 28, 2013

The Cat With Hands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PR9NZlAB4

I'm mostly fond of this one out of nostalgia. I remember seeing it on SA about 10 years ago.

Under The Stairs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTYuIaYO7U

This one actually does a good deal more to keep me on edge for the full few minutes it runs.

Spikey Willow
Feb 26, 2008

Bedfellows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQvGmMVBYMw

The Mighty Moltres
Dec 21, 2012

Come! We must fly!


Tea Time
A woman makes a pot of tea.

lord funk
Feb 16, 2004

This one's old, but I still think of it sometimes:

Still Life

Cast Iron Brick
Apr 24, 2008
Does anyone happen to have a link to one of the old megathreads for Short Horror films? It would have been around 2012 or 2013.

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FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!

Shameless self promotion:

A short I did a while ago specifically for the local horror film festival. Can't really get into any details because it's barely a minute and anything I could say would be spoilers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj8cP4Huysk

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