Ever finished a horror movie with a chill running down your spine just because the phrase “based on a true story” popped up at the beginning? Well, most of the time, that chill has more to do with ...

Some of the most disturbing horror films don’t begin in a screenwriter’s head—they crawl out of real courtrooms, police reports, and news headlines. We like to think the scariest things live in our ...

If you’re a fan of horror short films and scrappy indie filmmakers who just get the genre, you’re going to want to check this ...

The Horror Section and WeShort have unveiled the winners of HorrorShorts, a global competition for original horror short film scripts created to champion bold new voices and develop original ...

Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece of psychological horror, featuring the mild-mannered killer Norman Bates, was also largely inspired by the real-life transgressions of Ed Gein. The film ...

Horror short films are a crucial part of the genre festival experience, whether it be a well-curated shorts block or a chilling precursor to a feature film. But oftentimes, they can be overlooked in ...

Cam Banfield's nine-minute "How Was Your Weekend?" plays the San Francisco Film Festival next week. Here, the director talks about turning ordinary workplace horrors into an actual horror movie.

Horror movies have been around since the late 1800s, when Georges Méliès, a French filmmaker, created a short film called “Le Manoir du Diable” or “The Haunted Castle.” The film was only three minutes ...

Casting multiple Psychological Horror Short Films. Casting states: "We are casting for multiple short films with similar tones: 'The Sheet' – Psychological horror, minimal dialogue, emotionally heavy.