Crushing (2024)

POSSUM

When the leader of an artist residency kills the possum that’s been eating their cauliflower, the residents come to a shocking consensus.

Swallowed

Benjamin and Dom have been best friends since they were kids. On their last night together, Dom plans to send Benjamin off with a pocketful of cash. All he has to do is deliver a package over the border for a friend...

El Nazareno

The most important event in the history of the Christian religion occurs beyond the physical plane, when God himself touches humankind for the first time. This event will bring light and shadow together in one place.

In the Room Where He Waits

Tobin Wade, a young queer theatre actor poised to perform in his Broadway breakthrough role as Tom Wingfield in 'The Glass Menagerie', must return to his Australian hometown after the breakdown of his long term relationship, and the very sudden death of his father. Stuck in a hotel room before the funeral, Tobin begins to unravel, not ready to confront a past long-left behind. When Tobin begins to notice strange and sinister occurrences in his room he realises he's not in there alone, and, unable to leave, he has no choice but to face whoever or whatever is in this room with him.

Fungi

As he falls down the spiral of personal obsession; a delusional mycologist finds himself in the midst of seeking the unattainable. Morals won't play a role in his relentless pursuit of transforming his being into fungus.

SoulMaid

Loosely based on the classic story of Sleeping Beauty, this irreverent gay fairy tale for modern audiences follows a man named Moses, whose frequent seizures are characterized by the appearance of Glintentica, a spurned Goddess planning her return to earth. Problems arise when Glintentica becomes determined to take over the soul of David, Moses' new love interest.

Negativ

A photographer during the Soviet-Afghan war becomes obsessed with a mysterious figure that appears in his images every time the person photographed dies.

Possibly in Michigan

A musical horror story about two young women who are stalked through a shopping mall by a cannibal. He follows them home, and here the victims become the aggressors.

House

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.

Ray's World

A guy named Ray tries to go to sleep and a sasquatch gets into funky business.

Bunnyhood

What could possibly be more important than feeding your daughter?

The Severed Heads Are Smiling.

A passenger picks up a woman at dawn who is to be a guest until midnight. Their journey begins...

I Am Your Grandma

An autobiographical video diary log recorded by Jillian Mayer for her unborn grandchildren.

Last Call

A lesbian couple must rely on a jaded bartender to work through their recent-breakup bubble to survive a sudden zombie attack inside a dying Queer bar.

Bad Girl Boogey

A wearer of a parasitic mask with black magic sheds blood on Halloween. 16 years later, a killer with the same profile slaughters Angel's friend, who then must fight fear, overcome personal struggles and unmask the murderer before someone else dies.

His Body

On the last days of soul in Rio de Janeiro — Groove is everywhere in the night —, and Carlos and Tony have unfinished business. A tribute to Blaxploitation, the queer horror jam “His Body” chronicles the supernatural meeting of two ex-lovers on a night packed with soul music in the 1970s’ Rio de Janeiro.

A Paw Over Dark

A washed up actor performs night after night in a grimy theater to a nearly empty audience. However, everything changes when a clueless dog jumps on stage.

Bramayugam

A folk singer in 17th-century Kerala discovers a mansion. Inside, he encounters an enigmatic cook and a powerful master, setting in motion a chain of events that changes his life.

The Listener

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Hideous

Musician Oliver Sim is the main guest of a talk-show that soon slides into a surreal journey of love, shame, and blood.

RAT!

When a disgruntled music journalist accuses a global pop star of queerbaiting, the singer’s devoted fans descend on his remote cabin to wreak havoc and seek retribution.

Cyber Cemetery

A teenage boy uploads video diaries to YouTube describing his terrifying experiences with a demonic entity that haunts his dreams. Meanwhile, a young woman with an eerily similar story lurks beyond the other side of the screen.

Razors

A man with a razor in his head calls in a maintenance repair.

Submit to Me

Cinema of Transgression pioneers and participants (Lydia Lunch, Lung Leg, Nick Zedd, etc.) perform a series of acts as they submit to director Richard Kern's camera. Originally created for DTNY acid parties; Submit to Me was eventually edited down to 10 minutes and given an accompanying score.

In Bloom | A Ghost Story

In Bloom is an abstract Gothic Romance short film by writer-director Christopher Rosica, blending experimental cinema with the timeless themes of love, loss, and memory. Crafted with a meticulous attention to atmosphere, the film offers a haunting exploration of the boundaries between the living and the dead. Shot in evocative black-and-white on a Fujifilm XT-30 by up-and-coming cinematographer, Xuepei Hou, In Bloom pays homage to the aesthetic traditions of visionary filmmakers such as Bergman, Tarkovsky, and Fellini, while drawing narrative inspiration from literary icons like Mary Shelley and Henry James.

Phantasmatapes

Welcome to the 1980s TV horrorshow that never was. PHANTASMATAPES is a psychotronic VHS mixtape that reimagines THE REVENGE OF DR. X (a Japan-set creature feature that was written by Ed Wood) and THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (the savage body horror film that inspired FRANKENHOOKER) as a late-nite, home-taped double feature—complete with local TV commercials and a new synthesizer score from Taken by Savages (JUNGLE TRAP). Inspired by hazy memories of channel-surfing at the witching hour, this is a nostalgic and experimental art project from the minds behind Bleeding Skull.

Nevrland

17-year-old Jakob wants nothing more than to feel alive. Uncontrollable anxiety attacks prevent him from doing so and force him to escape into virtual worlds. One night, he meets 26-year-old Kristjan in a cam chat. Their encounter marks the beginning of a transpersonal journey to the wounds of their souls.

El sueño

In an apartment, a party is in full swing. Sitting on a sofa, Perez is hypnotized by a group of four girls facing him.

Black Mask

A father must face his dark past when his gifted daughter has visions of a young girl reborn from her deceased mother. This award-winning metaphysical thriller combines elements of art house, avant-garde, surrealism, and experimental horror.

Three Mirrors Creature's Flashes of Flesh

In the aftermath of an emotional shock, a ruthless high-class manager faces her own abyss, becomes pervaded by a sensory spirit and undertakes a purifying voyage.

Experiments in the Dark

A mysterious figure explores the uncanny and terrifying space between light and darkness.

Synonymous With

A student's increasingly intimate line of questioning causes his interview with a local horror host to take a vulnerable turn.

Birth

During Childbirth, a mother is told the child is stillborn, and she struggles to finish the birth in order to survive.

Drizzle in Johnson

A scientist obsessively seeking the answers of the universe is thrust into a mind-bending odyssey of grotesqueries and genitalia.

House Hunters

A cold-blooded estate agent leads a desperate young couple through a dilapidated property, fully aware they'll do anything to secure it. But the real question is: just how far are they willing to go to secure this place to call home? House Hunters is a darkly comedic & snappy 10 minute short, that imagines the absurd extremes of a housing market way past crisis point.

The Cranberry Hour

Experimental narrative with comedy and horror made via long-distance collaboration between two artists.

Friend of the World

After a catastrophic global war, a young filmmaker awakens in the carnage and seeks refuge in the only other survivor: an eccentric, ideologically opposed figure of the United States military. Together, they brave the toxic landscape in search of safety... and answers.

LISTEN

A young woman begins to uncover the mystery of a cassette tape left by her estranged father, causing her to question the sanity of her father and face the dark forces that lie outside our world.