Shorts Program!

This GRRL HAUS CINEMA screening features eight short films exploring suspense, horror, and camp! The program includes an homage to the campy beach movies of the 1960s set in a late-90s time capsule; witch-trial–inspired folklore; a woman possessed by a coat; a disillusioned man who bumps into an old friend and his very strange wife; a sound artist at an isolated residency whose sanity unravels when she experiences the paranormal; a lonely woman invited into her plant-loving neighbors’ strange world; a psychological horror following a teenage boy’s struggle with paranoia and identity; and a microshort exploring synchronicities and phenomena of high strangeness.

Explore the weird, the uncanny, and the offbeat, sometimes hilarious and sometimes scary.

Beach-O – Leah Smith, Karen Lawler 11:00
An homage to the campy beach movies of the 1960s, set within a late 90s time capsule, Beach-O is a rockin’ retro romp. This 16mm film follows Greg and Lesley as they enjoy a summer’s day at the beach. After they befriend a gang of local partiers, their day takes an unexpected turn when everyone gets hungry. This long awaited music centric film (shot in 1998, and finally completed in 2024) features performances by DC and Boston indie rock legends The Make-Up, Victory At Sea, and The Wicked Farleys.

Water Dog – Christina Kelly Holmes 10:52
A disillusioned millennial man bumps into an old classmate and meets his new wife – but there’s something off about her. Questioning his sanity, the man brings his girlfriend to dinner with the couple.

11:11 – Sophia Gordon 1:58
A study on synchronicities and phenomena of high strangeness, “11:11” examines the connections between initiation, ritual, and the universal sequences surrounding us.

Mondegreen – Linda Mai Green 21:31
At an isolated artist residency, Maggie, a sound artist obsessed with eerie sounds in her recordings, unravels when a conspiracy theorist warns that she’s provoking dangerous paranormal forces.

A Witch in the Woods – Karuna H Prasad 5:41
An experimental horror short inspired by Mary Bliss Parsons, a woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in 17th century Massachusetts.

Attack of the Coat – Lola-Rose Maxwell 14:06
A woman gets possessed by a coat.

Plant Moms – Kayla Lane Freeman 8:02
A lonely woman accepts an invitation to a plant propagation party where she learns her neighbors are stranger than she could have imagined.

Interference – Lila Woodbridge 25:55
Tells the story of one teenage boy’s struggle with paranoia and identity amidst the start of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s.

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