- Directed by: Various
- Language: Partly subtitled
- Duration: Runtime TBCmin
- Certificate: 18
- Type: Film
Surreal, disturbed and disturbing shorts from the filmmaking stars of the future - Mayhem brings together a second bite of cult cine madness.
This year's Short Film Showcase #2 features:
Grandma Is Thirsty Dir. Kris Carr, UK, 14m30
All George wants is to stop getting pushed around by the local bullies. So when a pair of weird twins offer to introduce him to their grandma they say can “make him big & strong”, he jumps at the chance. One problem: Grandma is an ancient creature who feeds on children’s youth.
In and Out of the Hornbeam Maze [UK Premiere] Dir. Tomas Stark, Sweden, 5m28
Four kids are playing in a garden maze on a summer’s day. One by one they are about to meet their fears. Based on a horror ballad by Helen Adam. The film is shot on a pinhole camera.
Civil Service [UK Premiere] Dir. Tiffany Kimmel, US, 15m30
Civil Service follows a single man in charge of ‘family services’ through a typical workday as he denies requests for government assistance while being confronted by his psyche in the form of his dead mother. It is a surrealist exploration of corporate bureaucracy and the kinds of men who choose to rise within government agencies only to dismantle what the public entrusts them to protect.
Skeeter Dir. Chris McInroy, US, 3m55
A backyard party goes bonkers when this one weird guy shows up.
The Unbearing [UK Premiere] Dir. ALSO Sisters, US, 14m17
After resorting to an illegal abortion, a pest control worker must exterminate the sinister presence growing inside of her before it takes control over her own body and life
Last Call Dir. Winnie Cheung, US, 7m
When a high-speed crash sends Claudia spiraling between reality and illusion, her nights grow darker and more unhinged.
Zoé [UK Premiere] Dir. Rémi St-Michel, Canada, 15m52
The remaining shreds of Zoe's mind desperately cling to her vague memories of better feelings.
Whitch Dir. Hoku Uchiyama, US, 5m42
After putting her daughter to bed, Aura discovers an intruder in her house: an elderly lady who acts strangely familiar, and who is hell-bent on performing a bloody ritual before midnight.
