SCREAM QUEENS
FRIDAY, OCT 22, 9:45 PM, NW FILM FORUM &
VIRTUAL (OCT 14–24)
Get your best “final girl” scream ready for these chilling horror shorts!
Scarecrow Video
THAT PIECE OF YOU
Jessica Barr; 2021; USA; 12 min.
With help from her girlfriend Maddie, Trisha sneaks into her old house, when the new tenant and his date return unexpectedly.
COMMON MONSTERS: CHAPTER 1
John Irvine; 2020; USA; 19 min.
On the run from a mysterious cult, a boy begins to suspect he is the victim of a bizarre case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy and not the dangerous supernatural creature his mother claims he is.
NIGHTCAP
Nicole De Meneses; 2019; USA; 4 min.
A stalker sets his sights on the wrong victim and gets more than he bargained for.
TRANNIES REVENGE
Anna Rimmel; 2021; Ireland; 27 min.
Sickened by a life of torment and hardship, a young woman kills herself. The discovery of her body by a close friend sets into motion a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
WANNA GO CAMPING?
Zach Siegel; 2021; USA; 10 min.
A first date goes sour when the forest reveals hidden secrets.
SHE WHISTLES (Kwêskosîw)
Thirza Cuthand; 2021; Canada; 12 min.
The Northern Lights protect an Indigenous queer woman attacked on her ride home.
NEW FLESH FOR THE OLD CEREMONY
Elizabeth Rakhilkina; 2020; USA; 13 min.
A macabre lesbian fable that explores the physicality of grief through a bloody ritual.
THE CRUISE
Richard Louprasong; 2021; USA; 7 min.
On Halloween night, a couple ventures into the woods—rumored to be haunted—to conjure up an urban legend.
Total running time: 104 min.
CONTENT WARNINGS: GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, IMPLIED VIOLENCE, NUDITY, DRUG USE, VULGAR LANGUAGE, NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, DEPICTION OF SUICIDE, DISCUSSION OF SUICIDE, DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE, EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, DEPICTION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE, DEPICTION OF RACIAL VIOLENCE