We’ll be screening a number of shorts, pilots and other films, more or less related to the vampire theme: “Children of the night” would be a good way to sum them up! They range from the serious to the comic, intense to light, and are a showcase of the many different ways in which vampires and their ilk can be seen…
A Tale of Claws and Fangs (USA, 9 mins)
Director: Luca Tedesco
It’s Romeo and Juliet. With werewolves and vampires. Acted by kids. Totes adorbs!
And now the Bacon… (Austria, 5 mins)
Director: Christian Schönleitner
A horror-comedy about cultural differences between Austrians and Vampires.
Anna(stasia) (US, 10 mins)
Director: Hailey Russell
A high schooler with vampiric tendencies seeks revenge on her bully, which quickly spirals out of control.
Blood Bond (US, 6 mins)
Director: Nicole de Meneses
A serial killer believes God is testing him by sending demons.
Familiar (UK, 10 mins)
Director: David J. Ellison
It is 1942, in the dark woods of Pennsylvania, Richard Mason is the Familiar to a hideous ancient vampiric creature living in the bowels of an isolated mansion. Every day he must bring a new victim for it to feed on and tolerate its physical and mental abuse.
Ghost Trippers (US, 15 mins)
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When a skeptical motel manager skips the Halloween parties for a quiet night at work, four amateur paranormal investigators arrive with a story too bizarre not to believe. Join Alex and the Ghost Trippers as they set off to find the ultimate proof of paranormal existence.
Hell Sings for the Damned (US, 5 mins)
Director: Kevin Kittle
A lone cowboy is searching for something but finds more than he bargained for.
Lucy X Mina (US, 17 mins)
Director: Sean Rourke
The Count’s leading ladies – Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker – re-connect in the modern day. Lucy is now a master vampire, and Mina, having never aged from Dracula’s bite, is now an immortal vampire hunter! What happens when two best friends come face to face on opposite sides of a supernatural war? It’s stakes and bullets vs. swords and fangs in Lucy X Mina!
Margaret (US, 14 mins)
Director: Larnell Stovall
“Home is not always where true love is, only in truth are we free. Sometimes we have to fight for freedom to find out who we really are”
Nightcap (US, 4 mins)
Director: Nicole De Meneses
A stalker sets his sights on the wrong victim and gets more then he bargained for.
Psycho Chromatic (US, 14 mins)
Director: Chaz Parvez
Life dies but forever will there be music. Always.
― Nicholas A. McGirr
The Witch’s Bargain (US, 30 mins)
Director: Corey J. Trahan
The story of a witch and her quest for a spell that will grant her eternal life.