TATTOO

Everyone loves a killer Tattoo

Nophalo

Final film by Selina Thiermann and Janina Reins of the "Digital Film & VFX" 914 course at the SAE Institute Hamburg.

The Picture in the House

The freely adapted short story, written by the famous author HP Lovecraft, will reveal dreadfully poetic images to the viewer and give insight into a man's struggle for survival and his fight against the loss of memory. His spectacular escape from human creatures that live in the woods,who have lost all humanity and turned into animals, leads him directly to a mysterious house whose owner will very soon confront him with his mad rage. The subtle dialogues between the two of them, will end in a carnage. At full tilt, the kinkiness of H.P Lovecraft's short story transforms into the transparent struggle of survival of a man who has lost everything in this post-apocalyptic world, a world that slowly wipes him out.

Monster Encounters

Humans encounter various monsters, but each encounter has a consequence.

Dark Mountain

Dark Mountain is an old New Hampshire tale about the Dreadful Doc Benton, a man who was a grave robber and found the secret to immortality in the early 19th century.

As Human As Animal

A lonely man with a dark past is haunted by the choices that led him to the shadowy, desolate place he is now forced to live.

The cheerful critique

Those Who Wander

What are they? What do they seek? When all the lights go out, they will wander. And you will never see them.

Black Dog of Bouley Bay

An old man tells the tale of his dark past in Jersey. After warning two young men not to go to the bay, they do... and they regret it.

Aberration

A group of children go on an excursion in the Gibraltar Tunnels, when suddenly things start happening.

AVE MARA. Ignosce mihi et ama.

Mara—the spirit of the night, the weaver of darkened dreams—pressed upon my chest as sleep held me captive. My memory. In the haze of a dream, I saw those I loved, their faces bathed in an otherworldly glow. The nightmare was not the shadows nor the fear they whispered, but the cruel certainty of waking—of losing them to the morning light

Reflection

A girl who lives alone finds a mirror in the trash, takes it home and strange things start to happen.

The Raking

THE RAKING tells the story of a group of college students who set out to debunk an urban legend in Joshua Tree, California for their anthropology thesis, only to find that they become part of the legend themselves.

A Tale of Two Sisters

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

The Strange Entrance

A footage of a strange door.

The Wall

A man is compelled to do terrible things by mysterious whispers.

Limbo

This the story of Syd, a teenager stuck in the 80s suburban paradise Limbo. The short film follows her as she battles demons both external and internal to realize her queerness in a heterocentric society, proving you don't always have to get to heaven, sometimes you just have to get through hell.

The Scary Movie

Martina and Sonja, cross-dress in vampire capes and werewolf claws, re-enacting familiar horror tropes. A corresponding soundtrack of stock screams and "scary" music suggests that the girls' toying with gender roles and power dynamics may have dire consequences.

Lights Gone Out

On a bleak Christmas night, Stewart just wants to fix his broken lights. Each bulb replaced sends him back into the cold, where static, sermons, and silence haunt his drives. At the hardware store, a ghostly cashier hints at something beyond. When the last light fades, Stewart faces a celestial visitor and a choice: cling to the glow, or step into the dark. A slow-burning, surreal holiday tale of grief, ritual, and revelation.

Violet in Red Silk

When Violet inherits a cabin by the lake after the death of her father she heads up to the cottage to take one more look. Unfortunately for Violet someone is waiting for her and this new guest is about to plunge Violet into a terrifying nightmare that goes deeper than she could have ever imagined.

Silent Night, Deadly Night

After witnessing his parents' brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood-soaked mission collides with love, as a young woman challenges him to confront his darkness.

Other Side of the Box

A couple receives a mysterious package from an old friend.

A Nasty Piece of Work

A mid-level corporate employee finds out he’s not getting the Christmas bonus he was expecting, but his boss invites him to earn a promotion by beating his professional rival in a violent competition.

Curve

Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.

Monster

A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

The Children

A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.

The Jester

A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat this evil entity.

The Lodge

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

Pooka Lives!

A group of thirty-something friends from high school create their own Creepypasta about Pooka for laughs, but are shocked when it becomes so viral on the internet that it actually manifests more murdererous versions of the creature.

River of Blood

Four kayakers take the wrong river into a jungle inhabited by a tribe of merciless cannibals.

Terrifier

After witnessing a brutal murder on Halloween night, a young woman becomes the next target of a maniacal entity.

The Devil Conspiracy

A powerful biotech company has breakthrough technology allowing them to clone history’s most influential people with just a few fragments of DNA. Behind this company is a cabal of Satanists that steals the shroud of Christ, putting them in possession of Jesus’ DNA. The clone will serve as the ultimate offering to the devil. The Archangel Michael comes to earth and will stop at nothing to end the devil’s conspiracy.

Doodlebug

There's something in his apartment. A man looking for an insect-like thing devolves into a bout of insanity as his subconscious mind begins to strangle his waking one.

The Deliverance

Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.

The Chair

After Reese brings home an antique chair, a series of horrific events follow, leading him to question if it's a malevolent spirit the chair possesses or the darkness inside his own mind.

Never Let Go

As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.

Thanksgiving

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.

The Dreadful

In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.

Silver Bullet

The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…

Vicious

When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.