HIGHLIGHTS: May 2026 HORROR Film Festival

A showcase of the best HORROR films in the world today!

AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival):
Best Short Film: BOROM BAAX
Best Micro-Short Film: LAST CALL
Scariest Film: DEAD END POC
Best Music Video: DEMONS AND SAVIORS
Best Direction: JUST BEING NICE
Best Visual Design: CROWDED RIVER
Best Story: NATURAL MEANS

DEAD END POC, 3min., Canada
Directed by Jeffrey Atsuson
When a trio of deranged, violent misfits invade a seemingly nondescript suburban home on Halloween night and terrorize the owners for the benefit of an elite dark web audience, they soon discover that the real terror already lives inside the house.

https://instagram.com/deadendpicture

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-dead-end

LAST CALL, 2min., USA
Directed by Juan Brea Garcia
A lonely patron sits idly at an empty bar, unimpressed by the menu and unmoved by the night. When the bartender finally asks what she’s having, her answer turns the last call into something far more sinister — and eternal.

https://linktr.ee/lastcallshort

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-last-call

DEMONS AND SAVIORS, 6min., USA
Directed by Jessica Spinelli
In this music video for the Connecticut-based heavy metal band, Eyes of Theia, Father John, a devoted priest, begins to lose control as dark thoughts and fantasies begin to prey on his suppressed desires. While in his church, he experiences disturbing visions that twist the sacred into something seductive and corrupt. As his internal struggle intensifies, his reflection reveals a growing evil presence, and he ultimately becomes fully possessed. Under demonic influence, he leads the nuns into blasphemous, chaotic acts that mock the sanctity of the church. As the song comes to a close, we learn that it was all just a dream. But Will Father John be strong enough to conquer the darkness taking root within his soul?

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-demons-and-saviors

Borom Baax, 12min., Senegal
Directed by Georges Diodji Ndour
On a Saturday night, Papis, a lonely 35-year-old gas station attendant, comes home hungry and broke.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-borom-baax

JUST BEING NICE, 5min., Argentina
Directed by Jeronimo Geldart
Late at night, a woman stops at an almost empty gas station. What begins as a brief, ordinary interaction slowly turns unsettling as a man’s presence reshapes the space. Through silence, proximity, and small gestures, Just Being Nice explores how behavior often framed as harmless can become threatening, revealing how fear can emerge without explicit violence, simply through presence.

https://www.instagram.com/J.geldart

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-just-being-nice

CROWDED RIVER, 9min., Australia
Directed by Andrew M Sully
When Jane, a mid-career novelist racing a looming deadline, accepts a last-minute dog-sitting stay in a secluded riverside home — the perfect hideout to finish her book, or so she thinks — ordinary moments begin to feel charged with unease. The quiet quickly curdles. A stranger arrives, claiming to be ‘maintenance.’ No phone signal. A river sealed in ice. Footprints in the snow. What starts as a working retreat becomes a tightening psychological trap.

https://www.instagram.com/crowdedriver

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-crowded-river

NATURAL MEANS, 14min., USA
Directed by Leo Magnus Mousseau
As they drive into the night, a man attempts to control the dynamic between himself, a younger woman, and a vengeful corpse.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-natural-means

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