Horror and Hamsters

When Paul and Sandy Darden (Judge Reinhold and Demi Moore) move into a seemingly quiet upper-middle-class community, their American Dream is all but destroyed by the incessant din of barking dogs. So from valium-laced raw steaks to more hilarious methods of pet disposal, the Dardens try everything to make their dream house a quiet home.

Three shorts and three supplements tackle the central theme of 'compliance'. A wanna-be actress findsherself trapped between her traditional loyalty to her parents and her strong-willed director; a police officer and his robot sidekick resort to unorthodox methods to fight crime; a structuring of a PSA to promote social sensitivity is taken to absurd extremes.

Old lovers reunite, a friendship is betrayed, a pet is killed, a runaway discovered, and a co-worker comes back from the dead in these five interconnected tales about suffering from kindness. Shot over five-years worth of weekends featuring a massive cast and crew, this ambitious, feature-length, no-budget indie shows a side of Maine not seen anywhere else (no lobstermen here, sorry) and finds bleak comedy in a backwater state being dragged into a diverse and inclusive 21st century.

An eccentric collector of rare movies shot on super-8 dies and his library is sold off. Film Fanatic Marty Weeks successfully bids on several reels of film and rushes home to watch them. The projector clatters to life an the light flickers on the screen as terror unspools in early short films made by the Polonia bros between 1983 and 1985, right before their switch to the new video format. Witness the celluloid horror of maniacal cults, scarecrow vengeance, and even an Aqua-Maniac! Watch as Death Reel unfolds and the fevered beginnings of the Polonia Bros gets you in its death grip!!!!!!

A detective investigates a number of both recent and cold case killings; is there a connection?

A young man who is still living at his parent’s house wakes up in a very strange situation in the middle of the night. The house is dark and there is no trace of his parents. He searches for them and tries to find out what happened…

A gripping tale of horror, murder, and revenge unfolds as Jack Devlin (Claude Akins in his final screen appearance), caretaker of the Spencer House State, reveals an unforgettable history of zombies, vampires, and witches to a prospective buyer. The chilling stories grow more horrifying and even Jack's visitor is stunned by the final fate at this house where evil lives.

Betty Boop runs for president in a loose storyline assembled from Fleischer cartoons redrawn by Korean animators.

A trilogy of horror stories that begins with a crazy musician who has trouble composing his latest song. His lack of concentration on his work leads to the accidental conjuring of an evil spirit. The second story concerns a couple who go to a pool hall for a night of fun. While there, they meet a friendly guy named David who invites them back to his place for a private party where he has other bloody plans. The final story is about a girl who comes home from work to find a mysterious package on her doorstep. Upon opening it, she finds a creepy ventriloquist dummy that seems to have a life of its own and a liking for blood.

A collection of gut-twisting and nerve-shredding tales, all Frankstein’d together to form a feature-length monster of the best and bloodiest in short-film horror.