Weirdo
Written & Directed by Ashlea Wessel
2020, Canada
A bullying incident leads to some disturbing revelations in this offering from the maker of the classic horror short film Tick (2018).
Weirdo stands on its own but, like Tick, its story cries out for lengthier exploration.
Wessel is currently in post-production on the feature film Junction Row.
Dara
Written & Directed by Kimo Stamboel & Timo Tjahjanto
2007, Indonesia
This directing/screenwriting duo known as “The Mo Brothers” delivers a demented piece of bloody goodness in their filmmaking debut.
The duo later made a feature film version of Dara called Macabre (2009) and the pair directed a disappointing serial murder horror/suspense thriller feature film called Killers in 2014.
Tjahjanto wrote and directed the incredibly twisted and highly memorable segment “L is for Libido“ for The ABCs of Death (2012) that is one of that anthology film’s true highlights despite a distracting and unnecessary turn toward black comedy.
Tjahtanto returned to the short form very memorably in 2013 with a fabulous segment called “Safe Haven” that he wrote and directed for V/H/S 2.