GASP! is proud to present this short film showcase that highlights some of the best female directors working in horror today. This showcase features fantastic animation in A Bloody Graveyard Story and V.PYRE, a visually stunning silent film with Living Room, jaw dropping creature feature effects from the creator of The Cheddar Goblin from Mandy in When You’re Gone, and so much more.

A Bloody Graveyard Story

Northern UK Premiere

Directed by Vanessa Stachel – Starring Clay Reynolds, Kayla Jackson, Justin Schaffner, Natalie Rose – Germany, 2022, 3 minutes

Three teenagers have an unexpected encounter when they sneak into a cemetery at night to summon an exceptionally terrible ghost.

V.PYRE

Directed by Talia Chippendale – UK, 2022, 2 minutes

In a futuristic night city, where human Hunters search for the secret to biological immortality- we follow a Vampiric father as he breaks into the Hunter Corp. He fights to rescue his daughter from being a test subject, no matter the costs.

They Will Know You by Your Fruit

UK Premiere

Directed by Monika Estrella Negra and Valarie Bah – Starring Monika Estrella Negra – Canada, 2017, 2 minutes

As part of Monika Estrella Negra's 'Vengeance Anthology', look into the transgenerational horrors of infertility/fertitlity, anti-blackness, and sacrifice.

Hold Me Till the End

English Premiere

Directed by Arla Piacentini – Starring Emma O’Hara, Kathleen Blundell, Rohanne Woods – UK, 2021, 20 minutes

'Hold Me Till The End' is a supernatural horror film that focuses on the terror our own mind can create when processing feelings of grief, guilt, inadequacy and depression. We follow Em and Jess, who find themselves stuck in a constant death loop, with seemingly no escape. Every evening Jess takes her own life, and every morning she awakens physically unscathed. With no possibility of escape, Em must either find a way to break the cycle and keep her alive, or learn to let go and finally grieve for her lost love.

Onna

World Premiere

Directed by Ashley Nashville – Starring Michaela Bromley, Vincent James – UK, 2022, 4 minutes

On Halloween night, a cheating couple are visited by an ominous entity.

Girl at Party

Northern UK Premiere

Directed by Jess O'Kane – Starring Julie Lamberton, Adnan Mustafa, David Schaal – UK, 2022, 8 minutes

An otherworldly teenage girl confronts the limits of her power when she meets a boy at a house party.

Living Room

UK Premiere

Directed by Lilia Scheerder – Starring Johnny Mirer, Meis – Netherlands, 2021, 22 minutes

Living Room is a visual story about loneliness, isolation and indecision. What if the walls literally close in on you? What if what is supposed to protect you consumes you?

The film tells the story of two lonely souls who rent the same room, but at different times. Once inside, they cannot get out. Slowly but gradually the walls are closing in around them…

A silent film about a timeless human struggle that turns into a nightmare.

Sewn with Scarlet Strings

World Premiere

Directed by Lillianna Munro and Nasir Simmons – Starring Lauren Gabrielle, Raquel David, Nasir Simmons, Tamara Topchiashvili – UK, 2022, 11 minutes

V is bitten by the woman they love and held hostage til their next period. Acclimatizing to this new diet, they attack two acquaintances and inadvertently recruit them.

When You’re Gone

UK Premiere

Directed by Kristin Noriega – Starring Kristin Noriega, Ethan Botwick, Shannon Rafferty, Oliver Kasiske – USA, 2022, 17 minutes

In the midst of heartbreak and self-implosion, a lapsed writer turned party girl must learn what it truly means to face her pain when she's hunted by a subterranean mother and its brood.