ABCs of Death 2 1/2

Love presents many challenges to couples...but none so daunting as the one Justin faces with his girlfriend April...

Kelby Unger is a young man from a dysfunctional family that lives with his girlfriend Amelia Gates and has sleeping problems with dreadful nightmares. When he proposes Amelia, he coincidently receives a phone call from the warden of the prison of his hometown telling that his father had just died from heart attack. He decides to return to Bisbee for the funeral and Amelia goes with him. Kelby and Amelia lodge at his mother's house and he meets his slut sister Trish, his former friends James Lilly and the policeman Wally and his unknown uncle Tom. When Wally has a nervous breakdown with the name of Joshua, Kelby is haunted by the evil past in Bisbee.

Wes and Fi are empty. While their love for each other burns strong, artistically their hearts have been locked in a box for years. Wes is a burned out photographer paying the bills by shooting weddings. Fi is the writer's-blocked author of a series of zombie novellas called, The Dead Survive.

In a world where nothing is perfect, isn't it a nice thought that a single day can be. Waking one Sunday morning, two young lovers make a pact not to get out of bed all day...no matter what. When nature calls...figure it out. When hunger strikes...make a plan. When boredom hits...play. This experimental love story attempts to create honest moments between two people and tickle your funny bone along the way. Life may suck tomorrow, but today is Sunday!

A segment created for inclusion in ABCs of Death. Later released in the all-M collection ABCs of Death 2.5.

Documentary about sixteen actors who detail their ups and downs as they struggle to forge careers in Hollywood. They've played cops, lawyers, bosses, best friends, psychopaths, politicians and everything in between. Now you'll know who they are.

"When Everything's Gone" is a post-apocalyptic drama about a man named Rory (Alex Alessi), who has survived a devastating plague by hiding out in solitude for over a year only to be haunted by the loss of his brother Chris (Gabriel Rush). The film follows Rory as he ventures out into the barren and desolate world where he befriends a man named Casper (Alex Emanuel) and his daughter, Rosie (Catherine Blades). Together, they confront the horrors of their pasts, and embark on an important journey to find more survivors and rediscover the hope they all desperately need to continue on. When everything's gone, a future must be forged.

A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infrared filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group’s attempts to contact the “other side” will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return.

A man imprisons the woman he's still obsessed with after years apart, then finds the tables turned on him.

A man wakes up one morning to realize the entire world has dreamed about him the night before.

A prostitute looking for clients interested in Dante in museums. In "Plou a Barcelona", fragile, dark triangle that make up the three protagonists (a prostitute, her pimp partner and one of its customers) whose background is particularly close, so characteristic of Raval in Barcelona, ​​between the signs of the hidden city, the globalization of consumerism and the world of high culture.

Short film collection bringing together the winners of the Blood Drive film contest hosted by Fangoria.

A diabetic trucker travels the highways of the South seeking forgiveness and the true cause of his disease as truck stop prostitutes are found murdered along his route.

A man awakes naked and confused in a isolated mountainous region, and soon encounters a strange local who offers to help him. The helpful stranger tells the man of local folklore that speaks of a murderous religious cult, a train tunnel cut deep into the mountain that leads to nowhere, and an insect-like fertility god that is said to dwell within it. The two men soon go underground in search of the truth, and find themselves in a stygian black temple of horror.

A young girl with a special gift comes of age during one of the most desolate periods in American history in this dark Dust Bowl fantasy inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid."

When a drug epidemic ravages the city, Detective Grant Pierce decides to take matters into his own hands, going undercover to infiltrate the infamous "Trap House": a madman's meth lab outfitted with lethal and sadistic booby traps.

Shy artist Isla is shocked when her painting is accidentally sold to charismatic salesman Mark, whose boss wants to commission Isla for a sculpture. Mark, hoping to impress his boss, talks Isla up and gets her to do the job, but there’s one problem…Isla’s never sculpted before. With Mark’s encouragement, Isla’s confidence blossoms and so does their love.

It follows a widow with two children who befriends some interesting characters in her small seaside town as she looks to move on ahead with her new life after the death of her husband.

Kennedy Jamieson, a wealthy socialite, has waited her whole life to have the perfect wedding. Engaged to the charming Ryan Harris, the young couple is just a week away from the big day but hasn't had a chance to celebrate their respective bachelor/bachelorette parties. Ryan's best man Chet books a remote cabin in the woods to throw them a 'Jack and Jill' stag that they'll never forget. Out in the middle of nowhere, things take a horrifying turn as members of the group are brutally picked off one by one. What started out as a celebration quickly descends into a bloody nightmare. Friendships are ripped apart and accusations fly in this blood filled psychological horror with a whodunit twist.

Deep in a barren, fantastical wasteland lays a dilapidated circus tent. Inside, an ominous ringmaster forces his prized act, a real live mermaid to perform for a group of grimy, working class spectators. The mermaid, though frightening, is but a lovesick, caged animal praying for release from her endless torture. Unwilling to surrender his meal ticket, the ringmaster rejects her pleas for compassion and continues to confine the mermaid to her stagnant holding tank. With nowhere to escape to, the mermaid must make the choice between holding on to the hope of freedom and putting an end to her abuse. Produced by Samantha Jewell, Lindsey Mann, Justin Simon and Aliya Tarmo through the VFS Compendium series and Directed by Nicholas Humphries (Riese: Kingdom Falling), The Little Mermaid is a twisted re-imagining of the classic Hans Christian Anderson tale.

Five strangers awaken to find themselves trapped aboard an alien spaceship that seems to be harnessing their terror to power the ship. They begin to understand that these species have been abducting humans for decades and possibly centuries.

A woman must face a strange cult and their nefarious Messiah if she is going to avoid being their human sacrifice.

When traditionalist historian Luna is entrusted with the legacy of her late father’s nautical museum, she must pretend that she’s engaged to the infamous son of a tech mogul in order to save it. But in discovering that there’s more to Jackson than meets the eye, can she broaden her romantic horizons as well as her professional ones?

In the year 2010, a secret war was fought and lost by video stores worldwide. One by one those that remained were assimilated by the new media giant Digital Movie Service headed by an evil Techno-Wizard from beyond our realm. Present day. A lone man battles his own extinction from within the walls of the Last Video Store. The end is nigh. Until a young man enters the forgotten underground world and joins forces to stop the destruction of the universe.

A desperate video store owner hires a crew to shoot a commercial in his shop. But when they accidentally destroy a cursed VHS, suddenly, all their lives are in danger – and worse yet, the commercial may never get finished.

From the creators of The Last Video Store comes this insane holiday treat, filled with gore, a tree monster, and VHS-nostalgia! Narrated by Astron 6's Adam Brooks.

In the year 2010, a secret war was fought and lost by video stores worldwide. One by one those that remained were assimilated by the new media giant Digital Movie Service headed by an evil Techno-Wizard from beyond our realm. Present day. A lone man battles his own extinction from within the walls of the Last Video Store. The end is nigh. Until a young man enters the forgotten underground world and joins forces to stop the destruction of the universe.

A desperate video store owner hires a crew to shoot a commercial in his shop. But when they accidentally destroy a cursed VHS, suddenly, all their lives are in danger – and worse yet, the commercial may never get finished.

From the creators of The Last Video Store comes this insane holiday treat, filled with gore, a tree monster, and VHS-nostalgia! Narrated by Astron 6's Adam Brooks.

A short animated horror film

One of Two Evils is a horror stop-motion animation short. The film follows the story of a young boy who is currently witnessing his parents go through a divorce. Due to being lonely, isolated and ignored his imagination takes over and his version of events that happen suddenly take a sinister turn.

Sleep is about a young boy, who is left alone one night, and had to face the tedious task of going to bed, alone. the boy ends up being plunged into a nightmare, where he suddenly has to fight to survive the night. Will He Survive The Night?

A young boy tries to remember what happened one fateful day that has scared him for years. The scars and suppressed emotion have conjured parts of him that force him to except what he has done,

Masked looks at social peer pressure, scars and anxieties we all face. After being embarrassed after a night out, our main character decides to take drastic action so she doesn't fall victim to her ego and thoughts of fitting in ever again.

Three teenagers go visit a friend at his old farmhouse for the weekend. What they didn't expect was to be stuck in the middle of a centenary war between good and evil.

Gabriel and Laura are two strangers drawn to each other by a spark of restlessness in their eyes. At Laura's sanctuary, an abandoned factory, a man with a camera will put their revolutionary fantasies to the test.

A film created for NASA / CineSpace 2017. The Cosmos. Mankind. The meaning of Life.Come play with us.

Two kids serving detention discuss the right way to summon Blondie, an old Brazilian urban legend. One of them tries. It works.

Submitted for "The ABCs of Death 2" competition.

Three teenagers go visit a friend at his old farmhouse for the weekend. What they didn't expect was to be stuck in the middle of a centenary war between good and evil.

A film created for NASA / CineSpace 2017. The Cosmos. Mankind. The meaning of Life.Come play with us.

Two kids serving detention discuss the right way to summon Blondie, an old Brazilian urban legend. One of them tries. It works.

Submitted for "The ABCs of Death 2" competition.

Two young girls find a severely injured man while playing make believe in the forest. M is for Make Believe is a short film for the ABC's of Death 26th Director Competition.

Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, a couple is looking for a room to spend the night. The guests are rather weird. Their hosts are very tempted by the black suitcase. Something of tremendous powers is to be unleashed upon this world. (Screamfest)

Short Horror for Bloody Cuts Who´s There Film Challenge 2013

In a world full of walking dead, a fight for a can of food becomes a fight for life.

This is Stake's entry for the ABC's of Death 2013 competition.

A psychotic musician lures a fellow band-mate and an unsuspecting woman to a remote mansion for a night of romantic deceit and grinding metal mayhem.

A devout priest welcomes a struggling couple into his house at Christmas time. What begins as a simple act of kindness quickly becomes the ultimate test of faith once the sanctity of his home is jeopardized.

After attempting to cross the US/Mexico border in search of a better life, Armando awakens in an unknown room, his body broken down and a Lucha Libre mask sewn into his neck.

A young woman who takes her niece and nephew trick-or-treating and discovers a note inside a candy wrapper informing her there’s a killer loose on her block.

In the Barrio of Oak Springs live a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends who refuse to be gentrified. Their leader, Lupita, keeps them together as a community, a family. But little did they know, their beloved Bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful force than money itself.

Police raid a house in El Paso, Texas full of dead Latinos, and only one survivor: The Traveler. When the cops bring him to the station for questioning, he tells them about the horrors he’s encountered in his long time on this earth.

This horror anthology film depicts ten tales of horror from twelve visionary directors as they take us on a journey to experience one of humanity’s most carnal fears; the fear of the unknown.

The sixth entry in the V/H/S series.

Eight tales based on the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends, an anthology of haunting stories woven into the fabric of the Mexican culture, some told through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Bogeymen, trolls, ghosts, monsters, all brought to life. Time for Aztec sacrifices. This is the Day of the Dead.

You'd better not be bad this year! A look at what happens to the children on Santa's naughty list

There’s a Sunday in Spring full of wonder and magic, But we tell a story that can seem quite tragic. The children all search for the Easter Bunny’s eggs, But they would be sickened, if they knew how they were made." Luchagore and CryptTV have teamed up to bring you an Easter special!

A young woman's journey into lust, love, sexual awakening, and murder.

A collection of 24 films that take a look at the dark side of the festive season. 24 international directors with the most diverse ideas and styles; linked by short animated segments that deal with the Advent calendar itself.

Two fishing bros catch a big titty mermaid.. you won't believe what happens next!

Diamonds and switchblades are a girl's best friend. Inspired by Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace, Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho and many many sleazy gialli of the 70s.

Mia and Patrick live an escapist life in a paradisiac place. One day Mia disappears and Patrick goes after her.

A strained suburban family’s Thanksgiving is disrupted by a gang of vicious vagrants. Barbarity abounds and secrets are brought to the table in this pitch black burlesque.

A not too gorey, masturbatory story.

Hands tied. Mouth gagged. A desperate man is at the mercy of a coldblooded torturer who receives his orders as text messages from an unknown person. What will happen next? Will this nightmare ever end?

Two sisters on the way to visit their mother come across an unexpected horror.

Two estranged sisters, Sam and Maggie, attempt to reconnect after the death of their mother. But Maggie isn't interested in anything, and that could be Sam's worst nightmare.

For more than half a decade, Etheria Film Night has been one of the world’s most respected showcases of new horror and genre films made by emerging women directors. The 2020 Etheria Film Night Shorts Lineup includes Waffle (directed by Carlyn Hudson), Maggie May (directed by Mia'kate Russell), Basic Witch (directed by Yoko Okumura), The Conversion Therapist (directed by Bears Rebecca Fonte), Offbeat (directed by Myrte Ouwerkerk), The Final Girl Returns (directed by Alexandria Perez), LIVE (directed by Taryn O’Neill), Man in the Corner (directed by Kelli Breslin) and Ava in the End (directed by Ursula Ellis)

Auditioning Fanny follows an eventful week in the life of Fanny Love. A naive woman with stars in her eyes for an old Hollywood world long gone, and a dream of a love story lost in modern society. With the innocence of a child and the temper of a psychopath, she is thrilled when auditions for a new musical film starring heart throb Jack Baron are announced. With a spring in her step and a song in her heart, Fanny knows this is the big break she's been waiting for, and as long as nobody stands in her path, everything should work out just dandy.

A late-night radio DJ with a program where people call to tell her real horror stories, soon will find out how far an obsessed fan is willing to go.

What happens when a gay priest dates a werewolf and the homophobic neighbors come knocking?