good horror short films

This is a fun one to get the ball rolling. Wastes no time to get to the action and has wicked animation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVk9uTPIfHo

The Signalman is an understated chiller adapted from a Charles Dickens ghost story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmBkK7N3Hhc

Bit early in the year but this is a great Christmas horror from the guys behind 'Hobo with a Shotgun'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kicdSI_-XpE

A popular one from a guy that works at Pixar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nlFfZ7PtX4

Possibly my favourite, A Warning to the Curious from the great M.R James. Like The Signalman this is fairly subtle and has some wonderful moments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okXnC4-Y63w

Could have sworn that was in colour when I first saw it but turns out I was just remembering it wrong, good choice.

I am cheating a bit here by posting a Television show, but they sort of count. Very campy, but Tales from the Crypt left a very strange hue on my childhood.

I love this one and it's only around 2 minutes long

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6xGU2_g9s

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  On 7/31/2012 at 10:15 PM, roasty said:

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aw come on

This is pretty twisted but amusing. Probably NSFW too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H40oOp0pzY

  On 7/31/2012 at 10:15 PM, roasty said:

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Wait, really?

  On 7/31/2012 at 10:59 PM, Ego said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk9nQG1J7Xs

I saw this in a previous thread here a while back and it still creeps the hell out of me every time I see it. I showed it to my wife and some friends and, of course, they all said "I don't get it".

Maybe it's the dread that builds up in me. It kind of reminds me of "Begotten".

  On 7/31/2012 at 10:59 PM, Ego said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk9nQG1J7Xs

wow...that was amazing!

yeah, definitely had to have been an influence on Begotten...another amazing piece of film.

  On 8/1/2012 at 3:47 AM, gmanyo said:

  On 7/31/2012 at 10:15 PM, roasty said:

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Wait, really?

this thread deserved better than my trolly attempts. it was this:

  On 7/31/2012 at 4:27 PM, Squee said:

I love this one and it's only around 2 minutes long

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6xGU2_g9s

Ha, short but effective.

This is gory as hell but totally awesome.

these two channels should keep you busy:

https://www.youtube....waltFearFactory

https://www.youtube....er/Fewdiodotcom

Some good things in this thread so far. BBC's 'A ghost story for Christmas' series is classic.

Things Best Left by Ant Carpendale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFh9zpYXzXA

Dreamhouse- the Second story from the underrated horror anthology "Screamtime" and probably my favourite in the film.

3 Excellent British horror shorts tacked together with a hastily shot US wraparound story.

This particular short was recently remade and expanded into the truly fucking awful "Psychosis" with Charisma Carpenter.

Youtube doesn't do it justice of course and it needs a DVD release.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jgw6yO1BUk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9DZ-HYEvH0

Apart from the glasses, it's brilliant and genuinely creepy as it progresses.

Two early Clive Barker student shorts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZh4VnmIjww&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eea8W6g-5OU

  On 8/1/2012 at 4:04 AM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

  On 7/31/2012 at 10:59 PM, Ego said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk9nQG1J7Xs

 

wow...that was amazing!

 

yeah, definitely had to have been an influence on Begotten...another amazing piece of film.

Loved it, Begotten was too big a test on my patience but this was perfect, thanks.

Don't be put off by the running time of this one as it flies by, it's great and extremely tense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGgRH7-Qs9g