BUFF has cast its nets into the churning murk of New England horror filmmaking and hauled in a fresh batch of unspeakable dread!

Misplaced eyeglasses, a vanished sibling, a repressed memory, a pair of feet, a sharpened pencil, an uninvited guest, corporate takeovers, and holiday festivities. Some of these seem like harmless topics at first glance. Some of them are concealing a stinger more venomous than you’d expect. Some of them will latch on and quietly linger with you until they jolt you awake at 2 AM. All of them will make you proud of the varied talents of our wonderful, creepy, New England filmmakers. —George Luke

Program:

Nearsighted | Ryan Eatherton, US, 4 min.
Without your glasses it can be difficult to see what’s stalking you in your own home.

Evelyn’s Here | Sean Temple, Sarah Wisner, US, 10 min.
An experimental nightmare fugue, shot on Hi8, follows a woman haunted by the absence of her sister.

Baby Bird | Aris Liang, US, 21 min.
A childhood memory slowly resurfaces with increasing clarity and brutality.

Mr Ankles | Mike Canale, USA, 7 min.
In a lonely parking garage, an unsuspecting motorist comes face-to-feet with Mr. Ankles.

Fever | Tomas Orrego, US, 11 min.
Petty distractions and random misfortunes will not sway our hero’s commitment to stabbing his own eye out.

JAW | Miriam Olken, US, 8 min.
Mim’s quiet dinner with her folks is crashed by a man who has become dangerously obsessed with her.

Human Resource | Henry Chaisson, US, 19 min
An HR manager may be the only thing standing between her staff and a fate worse than downsizing.

Gimme | Steven Schloss, US, 14 min.
A fun family game begins to take on unimaginably high stakes.

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