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Watchlist: Six spooky films to watch this Halloween

Can you feel the chill in the air? Happy Halloween! Celebrate the spookiest night of the year with us, where monsters and ghouls come to play. Make a hot chocolate, grab yourself a slice of pumpkin pie and wrap yourself in the cosiest blanket as we bring six creepy short films to watch this weekend.

Night Bus by Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth

Night Bus directed by Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth

On the eve of her 30th birthday, a London night bus driver discovers a supernatural entity on her bus.

Play Me by Caleb Phillips

Play Me directed by Caleb Phillips

A woman wakes in a car with no memory of how she got there, and a man tied up in the back seat. Stranger still, she finds an audio recording with her voice telling her what to do next.

Dead Enders

Dead Enders directed by Fidel Ruiz-Healy & Tyler Walker

A disaffected gas station clerk finds out why they call it the "graveyard shift" after oil drillers set loose an ancient race of mind-controlling parasites.

The Chair

The Chair directed by Curry Barker 

After Reese (Anthony Pavone) brings home an antique chair, a series of horrific events follow, leading him to question if it's a malevolent spirit the chair possesses or the darkness inside his own mind.

Moshari by Nuhash Humayun

Moshari  directed by Nuhash Humayun

The end of the world forces two sisters together, inside a mosquito net, to survive—but first, they must survive each other.

Skin & Bone directed by Eli Powers

A drifter experiences haunting visions after taking a job on a secluded farm.

 

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