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After Dark

These shock-filled, spine-tingling, and wildly strange visions will keep you up late into the night.


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All Jacked Up and Full of Worms

Alex Phillips  |   United States
Comedy, Horror

After a disturbed recluse scores hallucinogenic earthworms, he embarks on a psychedelic journey of self-discovery with a sex worker and a hotel maintenance man as his companions.

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The Dinner After [short film]

Matty Crawford  |   United Kingdom

A grief-stricken Angela visits her parents for a meal where discussion of painful truths turn the evening into a nightmare.

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Girls Night In [short film]

Alison Roberto  |   United States

A “girls night in” is abruptly interrupted by a home invasion with a comedic twist.

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Guts [short film]

Chris McInroy  |   United States

A worker with exposed guts struggles at the office.

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Huesera

Michelle Garza Cervera  |   Mexico, Peru
Spanish  
Family Affairs, Horror, Women Centered

Believing she has been cursed by a sinister entity, a pregnant woman must embrace dark magic to combat the malicious spirit in this chilling exploration of the anxieties of early motherhood.

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La Ceremonia [short film]

Isaac Berrocal  |   Spain

A new priest carries out an exorcism that goes off the rails, and he’s forced to deal with a strange, evil power.

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Leonor Will Never Die (Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago)

Martika Ramirez Escobar  |   Philippines
Filipino  
Action, Comedy, Film on Film

When an aging action screenwriter is knocked into a coma by a falling television, she becomes trapped in one of her unfinished scripts and must find a way to complete the story while still unconscious.

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O, Glory [short film]

Joe and Charlie  |   United Kingdom

A brother calls a doctor to an isolated country home to examine his sister Debroah, who he believes is losing her mind.

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The One-Armed Executioner

Bobby A. Suarez  |   Philippines
Action

Interpol agent Ramon Ortega becomes a ruthless killing machine driven by vengeance after he and his new bride are brutally attacked in their own home.

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Shin Ultraman

Shinji Higuchi  |   Japan
Japanese  
Action

Gleaming silver superhero Ultraman is called back into action to protect Japan from ever more monstrous otherworldly kaiju threats in this wildly entertaining reboot of the classic 1960s sci-fi franchise.

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Collection of four scary film stills representing Shorts Program 3

Shorts 3: Things Aren’t What They Seem (After Dark)

Various  |   Mexico, United Kingdom, United States

This spine-tingling collection of shorts feels like a fever dream, taking viewers on a harrowing journey of crisis and mischief. Questioning everything becomes a means of survival.

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Sick

John Hyams  |   United States
Action, Horror, Thriller

In this homage to classic slasher films reimagined for the pandemic era, college friends Parker and Miri quarantine at a remote lake house, only to discover they are not entirely alone.

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Sucker [short film]

Alix Austin  |   United Kingdom

A giant, mind-controlling, leech-like creature takes over the brains of two sisters.

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Swept Under [short film]

Ethan Soo  |   United States

A Cambodian adoptee receives a rug with a dark history as a housewarming gift.

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Unheimlich [short film]

Fabio Colonna  |   Mexico

A woman wakes up to find her house transformed into a terrifying maze of creatures and nightmares.

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A Wounded Fawn

Travis Stevens  |   United States
Horror, Sex and Sexuality, Thriller

When murderous Bruce invites fellow art aficionado Meredith to his house, the evening spirals into a surreal, bloody fantasia inspired by the Greek myth of the Furies.