"Gumdrop", a short horror

Gumdrop is a short film noir/horror that delves into the psyche of Sampson, a secretive weapon dealer for a crime syndicate. Haunted by his past traumas, he struggles to maintain his sanity as he receives a rogue order that puts him in danger. Directed by JZ Murdock, with music by Andrea Fioravanti and Alex Dewell, this film has won 16 international awards, including Best Noir, Best Horror, and Outstanding Achievement in Transgressive Cinema and Culture (TCCC) - a category that honors films that defy the mainstream and challenge the status quo like: Eraserhead, Pink Flamingos, El Topo, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. For more on Sampson's story, read the true-crime short horror story, "Gumdrop City" (2012) by JZ Murdock.

American Spirit

After a party gone awry, Melody wants nothing more than a pack of cigarettes. What was meant to be a quick stop on her way home turns into anything but after a chance encounter with her high-school boyfriend, Jonathan. Over the course of a single night, the pair are forced to ask what went so wrong with their relationship and what would happen if they tried again.

Prevenge

A pregnant widow, believing herself to be guided by her unborn child, embarks on a homicidal rampage.

Boys Night

"After chasing sunsets, one of life's simple joys is playing with the boys." - Kenneth Clark Loggins

Breakdown

After a psychopath's infidelity is exposed by his girlfriend's best friend, he resorts to extreme and dangerous measures in order to keep his secret.

Super Dark Times

Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.

Diner

A former murderer and genius chef along with a waitress come together with a group of fantastical assassins in a diner. A girl with a hollowness in her heart, who believes that she belongs nowhere, is thrust into a series of attacks where she must struggle to find her will to live.

Easy Virtue

Jang is attacked in her home by a masked man two nights in a row. Her husband is reluctant to call the police, but they both begin to suspect the odd young man living next door

Half Dead Fred

Years ago Fred was in a nasty car accident that killed him and his son.Ten seconds after Fred died he came back to life. Since that day he has been able to see the dead. He became a medium detective and along with his assistant he is on a murder case in Flint Michigan.

Paranoia

In a series of recent home invasions, a teenage girl must fight her delusive suspicions when she is left home alone.

Monsoon Shootout

A rookie cop joins the crime branch of the Mumbai police department, and on his first assignment is faced with the dilemma of whether he should shoot a murder suspect who is attempting to escape or not.

Momma, Don't Go

A mother and daughter struggle to survive a deadly home invasion.

Night Falls

Marcos is an arrogant jai-alai player who seduces and discards women until he himself becomes the object of a cunning revenge.

The Button

While arguing about their favorite genre of movie Ron and Jon find The Button.

Darker than Night

Sloan Carter is a young girl who has recently been blinded. Her father leaves for the weekend and her two best friends, returning home from University, keep her company. A protege of her father's, passing through town, also spends the night. The peaceful weekend is interrupted by a shadowy threat and the safe country getaway turns into a fight for survival.

Home Sweet Home

A young married couple comes home from a date night to discover that they are imprisoned in their own house with a killer inside.

Smart House

An online influencer is trapped in a smart home by a sinister hacker, and forced to start a strange live stream while her family and friends fight to get her free.

Adelphité

Who Invited Them

Adam and Margo's housewarming party goes well enough except there's this one mysterious couple lingering after the other guests have left.

The Strange Mrs. Crane

Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.

The Dark Past

A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

Whirlpool

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Maniac

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

The Web

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.

The Man Who Laughs

When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.

The Locket

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

The Secret: Dare to Dream

A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

The 'Burbs

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.

They Made Me a Fugitive

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

Witness to Murder

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

Flowers in the Attic

After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.

Another Thin Man

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

The Quiller Memorandum

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

The Face Behind the Mask

A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.

The Truth About Emanuel

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

Caught

Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life and begins working with New York City doctor Larry Quinada, who she soon falls for. Unfortunately, Ohlrig refuses to grant his wife a divorce, and things get even darker for Leonora when she realizes she's pregnant with his child.

The Damned Don't Cry

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

M

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

Each Dawn I Die

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Sleep, My Love

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.