Horror Movies To Scare You In Under Five Minutes. Movies and TVDustin Koski. August 9, 2. 01. 5Too many makers of horror shorts seem to think that “suspense” means “characters sitting or wandering around while nothing happens until there’s a loud noise.” Minutes of time get wasted looking at empty rooms, knickknacks, and other superfluous things in the hope of establishing mood or atmosphere. This makes it all the more appreciable when someone has the discipline and skill to get you hooked on a horror story in less than five minutes. Note: Depending on your definition, many of these videos may not be safe for work or your peace of mind. You are viewing the 2017 Program. The 2018 Program will be announced in December. The culmination of the Sundance Film Festival is the Awards Ceremony. Individuals. Proceed with caution. Phil- a- del- phi- a. The premise of this one is much more fantastical than most horror shorts attempt to be, but the execution by a director with the alias “Broadway” is sufficiently down to Earth that it’s believable anyway. There’s no explicitly portrayed threat to anyone’s safety in it. Two children are in a bizarre apocalypse where making a loud noise makes people vanish because they get taken away by mysterious beings. They are played excellently by Chase Ramsey and J. ![]() Directed by Phil Karlson. With Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell, Rosemary Murphy. A lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent pack of. Psycho is a 1960 American psychological horror film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by Joseph Stefano, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh. Subscribe to TRAILERS: http:// Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn. J. The movie doesn’t overplay the melancholia of being alone and desperate in a world with so little hope left. The movie’s most horrifying and heartbreaking scene, where the older brother accidentally causes a loud crash and vanishes, leaves the viewer to imagine something completely alien to human experience. The camera lingers on the younger brother’s face to let the loss that the scene means for him sink in. 25 Chilling horror films you may have never seen just in time for Halloween! I am a huge horror buff, and Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. First “American Horror Story: Cult” Trailer Explores Post-Election Insanity. ![]() But since this is a world with no room for sentimentality, he merely collects what little useful material his brother had that he can carry and goes on his way. We later see the younger brother grown into an old man, musing that although he’s since learned of other communities, he isn’t about to go join them. ![]() Pretty much all that he has left now is the hope that someday everyone who disappeared will return. This must be a dim hope, given that he’s quite aged, and it hasn’t happened yet. Torture Porn. Since “torture porn” is almost universally used as a derogatory term for horror which relies on mindless violence, the title of this short from director Brandon Christensen simultaneously oversells it and sells it short. It features a scene of extreme violence, but contextualizes it in a way that is very different from what people think when they dismiss things as “porn.” No movie that simply tries to appeal to a lust for torture would use the twist that this movie does. It begins with an anonymous person waking up restrained to a table and surrounded by cameras. Someone in surgical gear comes in and reads a statement to him saying that because he had sex with that person’s wife, he has hired the man in surgical gear to torture him to death. He begins on the space between his captive’s big toe and second toe. After suffering severe injury, the man yells “medulla.” It turns out that was the safety word, and that this is a couple in a horribly extreme sadomasochistic relationship. In the final scene, they re- watch the video, and it’s very unclear which one is deriving pleasure from it. Henry Dean and Drew Marvick both give performances that truly bring the unnerving situation to life. Lot 2. 54. If you feel that every time a jump scare is used in a horror movie a crime has been committed against horror movies, then you might want to skip this Toby Meakins film. However, you’ll also be skipping a video with excellent camerawork and sound design (minus the jump scares), an intriguing premise, and a decent performance from Adrian Schiller as the sort of person who usually doesn’t get to star in movies like this. A camera collector is fine- tuning a recent 8- milimeter motion picture camera purchase and finds a rather curious object within it: A miniature crucifix has been placed inside it in an inconvenient spot, but it’s easily removed. Checking to see if it works and playing at filming, he winds it and then looks around the room through the eyepiece. Doing so, he gets glimpses of a strange pale being in the room with him. When he gets a good look at its face, he hears an ear- piercing shriek. Then he feels a presence behind him, something he set free when he removed that crucifix. It isn’t grateful. Lights Out. With more than 1. You. Tube and Facebook) Lights Out is by far the best- known film on this list. There are two big reasons for this: There’s no dialogue, which is invaluable in breaking the language barrier which holds back a lot of aspiring viral videos. Also, it has a scene which establishes an intriguing pattern and then subverts it, which makes for a scene that works well for gifs. The scene that works perfectly involves an anonymous woman (Lotta Losten) walking to her bedroom and turning off the lights of the hallway. Looking behind her, she sees what looks like a person’s shadow on the far wall. She turns the lights on, and there’s nothing there which could be casting the shadow. She turns them off and on again, repeatedly trying to find the source. On the fifth time, there’s no shadow, but there is a nude person near her. It is a very effective scare and a very original situation. Unfortunately, many viewers will probably feel the quality of the short dips from there. Unfortunately for the many people who complain whenever characters in horror movies go into dangerous places by themselves, Losten’s character makes the weird decision to just put tape over the light switch and go to bed. She tries to hide under the covers. After a wait, she looks out and sees a mad woman with pure white eyes. Then the lights go out. After such an intriguing beginning, seeing the somewhat odd- looking person is a bit of a letdown versus what your imagination could conjure, and the character motivation is a bit weak. Still, the first half of this short is enough to overcome the problems of the second half, and director David Sandberg deserved every accolade he got for this movie—particularly the fact that it’s now getting a feature film adaptation. The Cabin. This video differs from the rest in that it’s illustrated. It’s not necessarily horrifying, as no one is even explicitly threatened, but it’s very creepy. A hiker is lost in the woods at night and chances upon a one- room cabin. He finds a bed inside and is so tired that he can only think to try to sleep. In the night, he awakens to see that the cabin has three portraits on the far wall. They are excellently painted yet feature people looking forward with malevolent expressions. He tries not to look at them and eventually falls back asleep. In the morning, he sees that those were not portraits. Those were windows. Breathe. Toby Meakins returns with something very different from Lot 2. This gorgeous, creepy video is of two guys in an abandoned building. They both take deep breaths, which manifests a female apparition. One is new at it and understandably horrified, but the other manipulates him to keep at it. They do it again, and when she appears again, she caresses the new summoner. The more experienced one promises that things will go a lot further than that if she is summoned one last time. The new one agrees to try again, and when she manifests, her face is right in front of his. When he can no longer hold his breath, she steals it from him. The other guy comes up behind the unfortunate newbie and smothers him. His final breath allows the woman to become corporeal, and she and the murderer share a kiss before she fades away again. Clearly, more people will be brought in for future summonings. As said, it’s very far from relying on jump scares. Tuck Me In. One time on Reddit, a popular thread was posted where readers were asked to submit two- sentence horror stories. A lot of them boiled down to “There was an intruder in the house that we thought was a member of the family making a noise.” The most popular of them was credited to Juan R. In it, a guy looks under his son’s bed intending to reassure him that there’s no monster and finds his son under there saying “Daddy, there’s a monster in my bed.” Ignacio F. Rodo took this story and turned it into a very popular and very short horror video starring father- and- son team Mark and Luke Scharadan. The best part of the short is that it ends before there is even the slightest hint which one of these is the real son. It’s not overtly lit or shot to emphasize the creepiness, which leaves it more believable and surprising when the horror comes in. There’s no catharsis or cheap shocks here, just an unanswerable question—one that will leave many parents unwilling to put their kids to bed at night. Stone. With its notoriously campy tone, Doctor Who is not something that even most fans of the series would associate with horror. One of the more prominent exceptions are the “Weeping Angel” characters, statues that moved to kill people as long as they weren’t being observed. First the claustrophobic brick walkways, then after a bit of a wait to build up suspense, the first weeping angel appears. It’s relatively easy to keep it in sight. Then a second appears, and it’s a constant juggling. Finally, the protagonist backs into a corner, and the flashlight goes out. Then the Angels’ eyes begin to glow. Night Watchmen. This short film, another by Brandon Christensen, is all about providing just enough information to tap into the average viewer’s imagination. It pretty much has to be, since it’s only one minute long. A police officer (Brian Blu) is looking for his partner who has gone silent. He finds the partner’s vehicle abandoned but hears something on the other side of a wire fence. It’s the missing partner (Kyle Von Elzey), and he’s badly injured. Surveying the fence, the newly arrived officer sees bits of flesh and uniform in the razor wire . What could have compelled the officer to climb through razor wire? Well, the other cop is about to find out, because it’s coming up right behind him. Ways to Go to Bed After Watching a Horror Movie. Be logical about what frightens you. Remind yourself that you are just as safe as you were before watching the movie. Tell yourself that it was a movie, not reality, and realize that the movie was designed to scare you. Hundreds of people worked hard and millions of dollars were spent creating costumes, putting on makeup, and adding special effects to create a horror flick. Consider the likelihood of your fear coming true and use rational thinking to pick apart your fears. There’s no boogeyman out to get you, either.
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