Darker Than You Think

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This program is available for streaming in NC, SC, VA, OH, and PA starting February 27, 2026.

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Graphic & Disturbing Horror Shorts

(Various Countries, 90 min)

AND THEY SHALL HANDLE SERPENTS (US, 2025, 6 min, Director Stuart Valberg)
A deranged takeout delivery driver, hoping to lead the wayward home to the Father, makes a terrifying adjustment to their orders.

BLINDSIDED (US, 2025, 9 min, Director P. Patrick Hogan)
A blind schoolteacher struggles to survive a nightmarish evening after an alien spaceship crashes nearby and unleashes a monstrous predator. Featuring an all low-vision cast, the film places the audience in the POV of a blind protagonist who can only hear what happens around her.

CANNED (Belgium, 2025, 6 min, Director Hasse Van Overbeke)
A symbolic portrayal of anorexia told through the story of Sam, a young teenager who retreats into a fishbowl as an escape from bullying. No dialogue.

IT SUCKS (US, 2025, 7 min, Director Rocky Jo)
After 94 rejections, a desperate startup founder finally lands a pitch at a charismatic venture capitalist’s mansion—until one proposition unleashes a blood-soaked nightmare that flips the power dynamic.

THE KING IN YELLOW (US, 2025, 17 min, Director Sam Shapson)
Three graduate students attempt to safely study a notorious play said to drive readers insane by dividing it into quarantined thirds. Their experiment takes a sinister turn when it becomes clear that one of them has read more than his share. Based on the supernatural horror stories by Robert W. Chambers.

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS (US, 2025, 15 min, Director Graham Burrell)
A young woman visits her grandmother’s house to meet grandma’s new boyfriend—only to discover he is a twenty-six-year-old man with questionable motives and a cryptic past.

PAS DE DEUX! (UK/US, 2025, 4 min, Director Nathan Koranda)
The chaos of a traumatic flashback is transformed into a visceral performance as two bodies struggle for control in a grotesque dance for two. No dialogue.

SCULLION (US, 2025, 10 min, Director Trevor Graciano)
A playful couple tests their household chore habits and inadvertently summon a vengeful presence.

SPANKED BY A GHOST (US, 2025, 12 min, Director Katelyn Douglass)
Alone in her home, a woman is spanked by an unseen entity, awakening a force she can no longer control.

ULTRA JUICE (US, 2025, 4 min, Director Carl Conway Maguire)
A lonely man finds companionship in an unexpected place: his new vape.

Viewer’s Guide: Anorexia and Mental Health