The Guardians are a group of men who watch over old houses, Carlson finds himself starting to do this when he is thrown into a house as a live-in Guardian with Lavender, a mildly eccentric man to say the least. As they learn to share their living quarters, unseen forces make life more complicated.
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Trafficked (2017)
Three trafficked girls end up in the same house where they must learn to work or look for a way out without getting caught.
Born of Sin (2017) [Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2017]
When an alcoholic father leaves his daughter in the car to go to a bar, things take a turn for her that is both dangerous and odd.
Written and directed by William Boodell, the short explores bad parenting and the risks of leaving your child unattended, but with a twist that changes things quite a bit at the end. His writing here leads the viewer in one direction for most of the film and then a twist changes things, which makes sense, and does not feel forced. The characters he creates here are strong and have their own direction and way of handling their situations. He uses these to a great effect and plays on some of society’s fears to bring his film together and make the audience react.
Ruin Me (2017) [Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival 2017]
A non-fan joins a group going to Slasher Sleepout, a camp experienced based on slasher films, when a friend could not attend. As things take a turn for the worse and fake death becomes real, she must fight for her life and participate in this activity she definitely does not care for.
A Father’s Day (2016) [Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2017]
A man meets a young girl as they both are zombies and shuffling through life. As they make new memories and make the day special, their father-daughter bond strengthens.
Written and directed by Mat Johns, A Father’s Day creates a relationship that shows how strong the bonds between a father and daughter can be in a gut-punch of a short film. He uses the zombie apocalypse as a backdrop to show family bonds and how people can relate to each other. It’s a simple set up, yet it contains so many layers and so much in terms of emotional baggage. The film shows different levels of zombies and different levels of human interactions and bonds.
The Shorts of Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival 2017 [Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival 2017]
The staff at Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival makes a great effort to bring all kinds of horrific, kooky, and fun shorts to their fest. The films chosen are of a wide array and all different from each other. Here are a few shorts reviews for a few of these short films:
Your Date Is Here (2017) [Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2017]
During a mother-daughter evening mom dusts off an old game that used to her mother’s that she loved playing as a child. As she and her daughter play the game, something abnormal is going on…