Sometimes , you ’ve get under one’s skin the bandwidth for watching the extended swing of a superhero movie plus all its special feature , or binge - watching an entire TV season . But other time , you only need a speedy kettle of fish . We ’re here to aid with 10 of the good new sci - fi , fantasy , and horror shorts around .
1) Final Offer
A lawyer diagnose Henry wakes up after going home with a beautiful cleaning lady he met at a legal profession the dark before — except she ’s not a homo , she ’s a three - eyed alien , and she ’s spouting all variety of talk about how he ’s been chosen to “ represent his species ” as part of a funny interplanetary swap negotiation . ( She ’s also adequate to of bid rum and Cokes out of thin air . ) That would be a set to take in even without a ripping hangover . What happens next ? Watch director ’s Mark Slutsky short and see . [ Short of the WeekviaDust ]
2) Sword of the Dead
Director Stephen Vitale made a lovelyStar Wars lover film called Hoshinoa few eld ago ; his latest proof of concept labor , Sword of the Dead , is a samurai zombie film he describes as “ Yojimbo adjoin 28 solar day afterwards , ” rendered in frizzly black - and - white with a synth grade that pays homage to John Carpenter . If that go awesome , that ’s because it is . Check out the behind - the - scenes vidhere .
3) Contact
In Katy Wang ’s animated short , a stranded astronaut sends a message into the creation , hoping to find a friendly voice or even a way back to Earth from his lonely planet . What he discover leads to a stunning conclusion that ’s somehow equal part promising and hopeless . [ Vimeo Staff Picks ]
4) The Scarecrow
Scary clown get all the aid , but there ’s something awfully threatening about a scarecrow that ’s just , like , send up in the woods for no reason . Dan Allen ’s suspensive film only runs two minute and change , but it ’s chock - full of some very compelling reasons why you should never , ever approach a rogue straw man . [ Crypt TV ]
5) Whisper
Here ’s another very quick , very scary motion-picture show . This clip , it ’s from film producer Julian Terry , whose Whisper will make you attend very sideways at your Amazon Echo — and maybe even dare you to ask the enquiry , “ Alexa , can you hear utter people ? ” [ Vimeo Staff Picks ]
6) Instant
You will notice that Instant is Centennial State - executive produced by Rod Roddenberry , son of Star Trek creator Gene , but Alex Albrecht ’s surety drama does n’t take place in prohibited infinite . It unfolds in a dive bar , where a frantic , heavily - armed man squeeze the assembled patrons to sit tight for hour while he hides from the bull outside . Instant runs a little long , and it get more than a little melodramatic at the end — but all that talking in its middle section builds to the sci - fi reveal you ’ve been waiting for .
7) Palo Santo
We ’re already fans of filmmaker Fred Rowson ( sooner this twelvemonth , we shared hisdelightfully macabre mock - doc Rodney ) , so when he sent us this “ part narrative , part medicine picture ” for the band Years & Years , we had to take a look . The visually prominent Palo Santo smartly flips a sci - fi script we ’ve all seen many times before , opine a humans where humans are used to entertain androids ( a subject that runs throughout the band ’s late album of the same name ) . You ’ll recognize Ben Whishaw playing a hologram , and yes , that ’s Judi Dench sound the A.I.
8) Fissure
Ten years ago , a vernal girl slipped out of sight while playing at the car park , and her devastated female parent — who ’s long since turned to diacetylmorphine as a make out mechanics — can’t shake the impression that even after all this time , her girl is still out there somewhere . Working “ on a shoe lace with a very patient cast and crew , ” filmmaker Paul Wright wrote , directed , edited , and did the VFX for this very dark , reality - bending tarradiddle .
9) Better Humans
Created by Moth Studio as part of a scientific discipline - minded series celebrate Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein , this short imago what humans of the time to come might be able to achieve biologically with the help of technology — like , say , live for 150 long time or more . full Humans matches colorful , fanciful living with recital about tinkering with genes and consistence parts , supply by an environmental ethicist and a biomedical engineer . However , its standout graphic symbol has got ta be that foxy yeti . [ Everything liven up ]
10) The Manual
Technically , this is a “ medium - length ” short ( it runs 30 minutes ) , and we do n’t have an embeddable link for this one — currently , if you have Amazon Prime , you could watch it for liberal viathis link ; if you do n’t , it cost a buck or two to lease depending on what data formatting you choose . That said , do n’t let the runtime and potential cost deter you from checking out Wil Magness ’ well - craft picture show — it chart the life of the last man on Earth , raised since he was a child by a golem who holds some very specific , and potentially very dangerous , spectral beliefs … and is also weirdly obsessed with horoscopes .
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