A showcase of the best HORROR films in the world today!
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Short Film: GUILLOTINE
Best Scariest Film: STATIC
Best Visual Design: THE HAND OF DARKNESS
Best Horror Comedy: THE BODY
Best Micro-Short: THE OTHER
Best Performances: MASK OF EVIL (A Halloween Fan Film)
Best Music Video: PIRATE JENNY
Best Student Film: THE FIRST NIGHT
BEst Story: MARA
STATIC, 10min., USA
Directed by Krista Michaels
A woman finds a free TV that turns out to be much more than she bargained for.
https://instagram.com/kristamichaels/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-static
The Hand of Darkness, 8min., USA
Directed by Rowan Kelley
In 1978, Astoria, Oregon, newcomer Alice Mitchell becomes the target of an otherworldly entity hell-bent on consuming her soul to regain its former power.
https://www.instagram.com/rowanrkelley
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-hand-of-darkness
The Body, 6min., USA
Directed by Ryleigh Kennedy
Alex thinks she is at home alone, finishing up her “work,” when her brother Ansel interrupts. Now, she must clean up all the evidence before he can see it.
https://www.ryleighsportfolio.com/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-body
THE OTHER, 3min., France
Directed by Cyril Emmanuel Ferment
At 3:15 a.m., Lise is awakened by a strange noise. Dan has disappeared from the marital bed, and a disturbing clue lies on the sheet. Armed with her lantern and her courage, Lise goes to look for Dan in the apartment…
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-other
MASK OF EVIL (A Halloween Fan Film), 16min., USA
Directed by Michael Brandon Wright
On Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers committed his first murder wearing his first mask. After he was committed, that mask was thought to be lost but it managed to find its way to different donation centers. Now, many years later, the evil inside him must claim his first mask, the original Mask of Evil, wherever it has managed to end up.
https://www.instagram.com/mbwvideos/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-mask-of-evil
Pirate Jenny, 5min., Italy
Directed by Elisabetta De Luca, Alessandro Freschi
A hotel maid has a very particular story to tell us…
Inspired by the ballad from The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht – 1928.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-pirate-jenny-film
The First Night, 7min., Brazil
Directed by Gabriel Milessis Braga
After collapsing at the altar, Elise awakens inside an old church, and something inside her has changed. Guided by a mysterious man who seems to understand her condition, she begins to confront a new, terrifying hunger. The First Night is a gothic meditation on becoming, resistance, and the quiet seduction of darkness in our lifes.
https://www.instagram.com/thegabrielwars/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-first-night
Guillotine, 22min., Romania
Directed by Alexandru Hosu
https://www.instagram.com/hosu_de_biciclete/
wildsound.vhx.tv/videos/audience-feedback-guillotine
MARA, 18min., USA
Directed by Ben Harl
After years spent recovering from a botched exorcism, Jake prepares to reintegrate into society. However, the mounting pressures of everyday existence trigger a harrowing regression back into madness.
https://wildsound.vhx.tv/videos/audience-feedback-mara
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