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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.27.30.64
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 10:47 am:   

Can anyone recommend a good site where I can watch good short indie horror films for nowt? I've tried YouTube but most are utter shit.

Is there anywhere which has a bit of editorial control?

Thanks.
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 92.232.199.129
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 02:20 pm:   

I'd be interested too, if anyone knows of such a site.
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John Forth (John)
Username: John

Registered: 05-2008
Posted From: 82.24.1.217
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 03:32 pm:   

You might have some joy with the ScareMe group on Vimeo, although I can't vouch for the quality. http://vimeo.com/groups/scareme/videos/2204683

Here's one from a few years ago which I thought was a bit of a standout (not the horrific one I posted the other day on another thread...): http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtzl2_the-french-doors_shortfilms
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David_lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 92.22.32.100
Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 08:41 pm:   

I got linked to this short horror film today, I thought some people here might appreciate the 70's aesthetic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKQpG7EjXsg

It's called Tea Time. "On a quiet afternoon an elderly woman prepares some afternoon tea for her and her husband. This short film was made on a single super-8 cartridge, edited in camera, shot in sequence with only one take per shot."
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Lincoln (Lincoln_brown)
Username: Lincoln_brown

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 101.119.27.72
Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 11:48 pm:   

www.watchmicrocinema.com
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David_lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 92.16.241.44
Posted on Saturday, November 03, 2012 - 11:57 pm:   

Oh hey, we had a short horror film thread. I should have put that Out of Body one on here. Anyway, I just found this, it seems to be a series with the first one as a standalone short and further ones building the mythology, Slenderman style. It's found-footage, and really well done, though I'm not too sure I like the ending. A bunch of teenagers go on an increasingly disturbing night drive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.128.209.145
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2012 - 03:45 pm:   

I'm surprised we haven't seen that ending in a feature length found footage thing yet. I'd seen that before but it is very good.
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David_lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 92.16.241.44
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2012 - 03:01 pm:   

I watched the other parts of No Through Road yesterday. While the acting wasn't as good they took it in a direction that makes the end of the original a fair bit more interesting.
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David_lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 2.96.202.2
Posted on Saturday, January 05, 2013 - 12:27 am:   

http://vimeo.com/8268959#at=0

Monsters, a 12 minute film from the director of The Cat With Hands. Sweary words, nudity and violence, so not safe for work.
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.150.18.3
Posted on Saturday, January 05, 2013 - 02:10 am:   

oooohhhh that was a bit creepy
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David_lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 92.22.9.211
Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 05:31 pm:   

http://youtu.be/gryenlQKTbE

Cargo. A father goes to desperate lengths to protect his child during a zombie apocalypse. 7 minutes and smarter than most full-length zombie features by far.
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David_lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 92.22.78.49
Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - 04:47 pm:   

Fist of Jesus

Jesus and Judas start, then fight, a plague of zombies. Genuinely one of the funniest (and goriest) short films I've ever seen, it's a teaser to get funding for a full-length feature called Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem.

http://youtu.be/GuKV2Z3eYTY
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 176.248.120.78
Posted on Friday, November 08, 2013 - 02:35 am:   

http://boingboing.net/2013/11/06/stop-motion-meat-puppets.html

Stop motions meat puppets. It only last two minutes, but it's full of creepy weirdness. Which, funnily enough, is also my least successful chat-up line.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 212.183.128.39
Posted on Friday, November 08, 2013 - 02:51 am:   

Stop motion meat puppets are nothing new, David. Watch Jan Svankmajer and shudder!

'Lunacy' and 'Meat Love' are particularly disturbing...
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 176.248.120.78
Posted on Friday, November 08, 2013 - 04:21 pm:   

Yeah, I thought there was a Svankmajer influence there :-) I was actually having a Facebook debate with a friend last night over this, I thought Svankmajer's work was more disturbing, he said it more playful and less grotesque and found this one far more unsettling.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 212.183.128.39
Posted on Friday, November 08, 2013 - 07:31 pm:   

It's the black humour in Svankmajer's films that makes them all the more disturbing, David.

In that respect he shares many qualities with Ramsey Campbell, imo.

It's easy to be grotesque but to be original and funny with it is the mark of true genius. After all... the horror genre is and always has been intrinsically ridiculous! And that's why I love it so.
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 92.237.187.186
Posted on Friday, November 08, 2013 - 10:15 pm:   

Oooo, I must set some time aside to watch some of these. Just rediscovered this thread myself. Thanks, David!
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 94.9.54.66
Posted on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 08:33 pm:   

I just got linked to this, it's a 20 minute Spanish short starring Macarena Gomez from Dagon called Merry Little Christmas. I should warn you, though, it revolves around domestic abuse and is extremely graphic.

http://youtu.be/9jyRnZGmI5w
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 94.11.203.246
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 04:55 pm:   

http://vimeo.com/82920243

Lights Out, a quite effective 3 minute supernatural short.
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 99.126.164.88
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 06:45 pm:   

Pretty good! It's not anything we haven't ever seen before... but it's done with flair and style. Commendable.
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 94.11.203.246
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 11:50 pm:   

I thought the final scare could have been done more effectively but the build-up was very good.
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Simon Bestwick (Simon_b)
Username: Simon_b

Registered: 10-2008
Posted From: 213.106.77.123
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:19 am:   

This is a very fine little movie: Run by Mat Johns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEBtB_E_INA
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 94.11.203.246
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 04:50 pm:   

That was pretty effective, yeah :-)
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Simon Bestwick (Simon_b)
Username: Simon_b

Registered: 10-2008
Posted From: 213.106.77.123
Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 12:34 am:   

Here are a couple more: BEDFELLOWS and SUICIDE GIRL, both by Drew Daywalt. He's done quite a few of these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6flB0XvmTo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uoAPMjen0Y
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 92.232.244.250
Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - 09:18 pm:   

MR James short - The Haunted Dolls House. I think it's the film maker himself who's posted it on Vimeo so I assume it's OK to put a link here?I thought fellow James fans might enjoy this:

http://vimeo.com/56113955
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 2.216.164.11
Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 11:06 pm:   

That was very well done - it's a shame the sound went shonky on the final scene though.
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 2.216.164.11
Posted on Friday, August 15, 2014 - 02:59 pm:   

There's just been a new Walking Dead videogame announced. The reason I'm posting that here is that the first 2 minutes of the announcement trailer make for a brutally effective minimalist zombie short.

http://youtu.be/mn9cp_IMXhI
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 2.216.164.11
Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2014 - 01:59 am:   

Mother Died.

http://youtu.be/FPGajeDRAM8
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 2.216.164.11
Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2014 - 02:26 am:   

Luna

http://youtu.be/Cgx9bfQYPDw
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 2.121.220.176
Posted on Monday, October 13, 2014 - 03:33 pm:   

Tuck Me In. A 1-minute long horror :-)

http://vimeo.com/97259197
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 2.121.223.255
Posted on Monday, November 10, 2014 - 01:13 am:   

2AM: The Smiling Man

http://youtu.be/_u6Tt3PqIfQ

Based a true story.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/comments/rvzaq/the_smiling_man/
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Protodroid (Protodroid)
Username: Protodroid

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 213.233.149.24
Posted on Monday, November 10, 2014 - 09:24 pm:   

The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow.

I think this is extraordinary. The director has done nothing less than find a new way of telling a story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzw8qdXCep8

And...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpURRW80LnM
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 2.121.223.255
Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 11:11 pm:   

Yeah, that was really cleverly done. The second one had a nice sting too :-)

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