STALK *** USA 2018 Dir: Michael Coulombe. 5 mins An effectively executed horror short from L.A. based filmmaker Michael Coulombe, following his earlier work for Horror House Media, SOUNDBITE. This is constructed around one of the most prolific of all modern horror movie set ups: a woman (Kara Schaaf) walking…
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THE BABYSITTER **** USA 2017 Dir: Greg Klepper. 31 mins Writer-director Greg Klepper has crafted a suspenseful riff on the babysitter-in-peril sub-genre, echoing the title of Fred Walton’s influential short THE SITTER, itself adapted into the well-liked WHEN A STRANGER CALLS. Klepper may well have been equally inspired by the…
WHAT WAS LOST *** USA 2014 Dir: John Patrick-Driscoll. 24 mins Co-writer / director Patrick-Driscoll also plays the lead in this heartfelt, downbeat drama: he’s a middle-aged publisher who gets fired the same day he catches his wife (Elsa Carette) cheating on him with a comically buff younger model described…
PHANTOMS OF THE FOG **** USA 2018 Dir: C.M. Lazer. 14 mins It’s perhaps surprising that more horror films haven’t used the oft-filmed Vietnam War as a suitably grim backdrop for genre shenanigans. This 1966-set short takes place during the conflict, following the plight of a lone American soldier wandering…
In December 2018 a team of Pittsburgh filmmakers launched a crowdfunding campaign for an exciting holiday horror film, The Elf in the Room to be filmed and produced in Pittsburgh in 2019. The campaign is currently running until 8th February 2019 on Indiegogo with a fundraising goal of $10,000. The Elf…