OTHER SIDE OF THE BOX

Other Side of the Box
Directed by Caleb J. Phillips
Written by Caleb J. Phillips & Nick Tag
2018, USA

A couple is given a mysterious gift by an estranged friend.  Once opened, the box reveals bizarre, potentially deadly contents.

Excellent, award-winning stuff from the Phillips/Tag creative duo, highlighted by Laura Jansen’s superb cinematography.

Other Side of the Box makes a great double-feature with Heath C. Michaels’ The World Over.

 

M IS FOR MARBLE

M is for Marble
Written & Directed by Zac Blair
2013, New Zealand

One tiny out of place item causes a lethal chain of events in Blair’s clever short that channels the feel of Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado’s debut feature Rabies (2010)-that of a nightmarish downward spiral lurking just under the surface of everyday life.

M is for Marble was originally an entry in the ABCs of Death 2 contest.

VOCES

Voces
Directed by Christian Cueva & Ricardo Farias
Written by Christian Cueva & Ricardo Farias & Bernardo Esquinca
2016, Mexico

Hoping to beat the police to the scene and get a great story, two reporters investigate a call stating children have fallen into a deep hole.

One of the reporters lowers himself into the darkness to help the children with unexpected results in this outstanding, enigmatic short.

LEYENDA

Leyenda
Directed by Pau Teixidor

Screenplay by Pau Teixidor, Miguel Angel Blanca & David Gonzalez
2011, Spain

Reality collides violently with fantasy in Teixidor’s debut short film Leyenda, which continues Spain’s strong track record of horror short films that includes Nacho Cerda’s Aftermath and Genesis, David Alcalde’s Happy Birthday to You and Victor Garcia’s El Ciclo and T is for Tiles.

Teixidor and his screenwriting partners create a perfect level of ambiguity that will have most viewers scrambling to re-watch Leyenda.  Teixidor made the horror feature Purgatorio in 2014.

NINJAS

Ninjas
Directed by Dennison Ramalho
Written by Dennison Ramalho & Marco de Castro & Marcelo Velloso
2010, Brazil

Brazilian director of the critically acclaimed short film Love From Mother Only (2003) and co-screenwriter of the Coffin Joe film Embodiment of Evil (2008), Ramalho delivers a brutal and disturbing tale of guilt and corruption.  Not for the squeamish, Ninjas is easily Ramalho’s most accomplished work to date.

Ramalho contributed a segment to The ABCs of Death 2 called “J is for Jesus”-a savage indictment of persecution in the name of religion.

The Hell Withina Ramalho-helmed horror feature originally announced in late 2010-is currently in pre-production.