Short Films G to L | Passthemarmalade

GAS (2006) - based on a 1919 story by Alfred Hitchcock, no less, this short features Valerie Leon and Tony Hadley among the cast. Depicts a woman's anxieties about a visit to the dentist, with surreal horror imagery a-plenty. Directed by Sylvie Bolioli.

GASOLINE BLOOD (2006) - 9-minute short directed by David Pope. Set in 1979 - characters seeking a location to shoot a horror film discover an abandoned warehouse. "However they find themselves dealing with more than they bargained for....in the shape of a gang of mad zombie in-breds".

THE GAY GHOST (196?) - early-1960s short directed by a teenage Michael Armstrong, years before his career in British horror/exploitation. Spirit of murder victim takes vengeance on his killer by haunting a schoolboy.

GET GOT (2004) - amateur zombie short (3 minutes) directed by Dave Pope. Screened at Derby's Metro Cinema, Halloween 2004.

A GHOST FOR SALE (1952) - a cut-down version of Tod Slaughter's CURSE OF THE WRAYDONS, possibly book-ended with new footage.

GHOST FROM THE PAST (2002) - “spooky tale” made by 15-year-old twins John and Tom Turrell, screened at the ‘Bang!’ short film event at the Broadway Cinema, Nottingham. Ref: M.J.Simpson

GHOST TALES RETOLD (1938) - directed by Widgey R.Newman. Apparently a series of shorts based on famous ghost stories; an adaptation of THE MISTLETOE BOUGH (see separate entry) was one, but even genre historians such as Walt Lee or Don Willis have failed to identify other individual titles.

GHOSTHUNTER (2000) - Frank Finlay plays widower intent on contacting his dead wife, becomes involved with a researcher investigating the history of a sinister Victorian organization. Horror short directed by Simon Corris.

GIALLOESQUE (2006) - 2-minute horror short filmed in Lichfield and entered in the 'Cut!' short film competition at the 2006 London FrightFest (failing to make the final shortlist). Directed by Mark Howells. Ref: FrightFest website message forum.

GIRL AND A SCAR (2017) - experimental short by David Cave, the dialogue-free story of a goth girl who self-harms to an alarming degree, with her wound growing and "taking on its own life and creating some rather unpleasant side effects" (ukfilmreview.co.uk)

THE GIRL FROM WILLOW GREEN (1975) - man picks up a hitchhiker in the countryside - visiting her home some time later, he is told by her mother that the girl has been missing for two years. Eerie urban legend, a variant of which was filmed in the 80s by Gordon Louch as THE HITCHHIKER. This earlier take, directed by Gay Ashby, can be found online at the East Anglia Film Archive.

THE GLUTTON'S NIGHTMARE (1901) - produced by Cecil Hepworth; typical early silent in which overindulgence leads to nightmares and apparitions.

G.M. (2001) - directed by Martin Pickles. “Edwardian gentleman tormented by spirits who appear through holes in his sitting-room wallpaper” - www.gmfilm.co.uk . Georges Melies-inspired fantasy short.

GODDENZILLA (2003) - produced and directed by Philip Page and Mark Heaton. Entry in the '2 Days Later' short horror film competition staged in Margate, Kent.

GOD’S DESK (1999) - shot-on-video short directed by Dave Lilley. Ref: M.J.Simpson - “satanic recruitment consultant tries to persuade a fallen angel to work for the other side”.

GORYO (2021) - 2-minute Japanese-influenced short by Emma Dark. Woman receives video message, along with an instruction advising her not to open and watch it…

THE GRAB (2006) - 2-minute short directed by Kelly Holmes and Joe Barcham. Man retires to bed for the night but two monstrous clawed arms emerge from beneath the mattress…

GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE & GARLIC (1990) - home-made horror directed by Justino Gaveleto. Ref: 'In The Flesh' fanzine #7.

GRAVE MATTER (2002) - 30-minute “blood drenched splatter horror fest” directed by Richard Allison. “The story concerns two friends who accidently summon an ancient evil using a mysterious book of 'Lost Souls'. In order to fight back, they must call upon the help of an insane brother and a fearless psychopathic warrior. The only trouble is, they just got high.”. www.trickshot-films.co.uk

GREEN FINGERS (1999) - directed by Paul Cotgrove. Ingrid Pitt and Janina Faye star in Amicus-style comic horror episode centred around a strange garden.

GREENSLEEVES (2010) - directed by Stephen North, for David McGillivray's Pathetique Films. 13-minute horror short. "Does Tam know something that her partner Gav doesn't about the malevolent entity in their house?"

THE GRIP OF IRON (1913) - directed by Arthur Harrington. First version of the story about a clerk who doubles as a strangler, later remade in 1920.

THE GRUESOME GHOST OF GRISWELL CLOSE (1992) - 10-minute horror short from Shivilenco Pictures, directed by Sean Pritchard, Colin Hives, and Mark Carolan. “Young man finds that his basement is occupied by an evil, acid-spitting ghost, and must do all he can to eliminate it”.

GUY'S GUIDE TO ZOMBIES (2006) - 3-minute short directed by Daniel Austin. "terrific spoof of 1950s American public information films, offering practical advice on co-exisiting with the living dead" - Bradford Fantastic Films Weekend 2006 brochure.

HAMMER FALLS (2006) - finalist in the 'Cut!' short horror films competition at the 2006 London FrightFest, directed by Andrew Brady. Woodland slasher outing.

HAND OF FATE (1992) - ref: ‘Shivers’ #10. Horror short filmed on budget of £10,000. This was eventually expanded into the feature-length comic shocker FUNNY MAN.

HANGMAN (1985) - 17-minute industrial safety film featuring accidents, death, and gore on a building site - each victim being marked off by a cheery masked figure chalking a game of 'hangman' on the side of a skip.

HANGMAN II (2019) - Simon Pritchard posted on Facebook about this short film in September 2019: "spaghetti western themed short film that I appear in... really enjoyed channelling a drunken western outlaw slain by a revenge seeking executioner ghost"

HARMONY CORRUPTION (2004) - produced and directed by Dave Felstead. Submitted as an entry to the second '2 Days Later' short horror filmmaking contest staged in Margate, Kent, but not entered in competition as the film did not comply with the contest rules.

THE HAT (1992) - 7-minute short from Liverpool-based Shivilenco Pictures. Demonic hat possesses anyone who wears it.

HAUNT (2006) - 5-minute animated short directed by Glenn Zimmatore. A child is afraid to go to bed because of a haunting presence that awaits her.

THE HAUNT (2002) - directed by Chris Taylor; another short from enthusiastic amateurs Bumstead Productins, this is a sort of ‘Ghostwatch meets Big Brother’ affair about a gameshow set in “the most haunted house in Britain”

HAUNTED (2005) - 2-minute short by Jason Impey. Documentary filmmaker seeks a ghost, but underestimates its power.

THE HAUNTED CURIOSITY SHOP (1899) - Robert Paul silent. Antique dealer sees woman turn into mummy and then skeleton.

THE HAUNTED HOTEL (1918) - horror comedy produced by Fred Rains.

HAY FEVER (2003) - “a re-interpretation of the infamous scene from THE EVIL DEAD…some malevolent plants and trees take a shine to an unsuspecting gardener”. On-line short directed by Anthony Carpendale and Beki Laws.

HEALTH, WEALTH & HAPPINESS (2017) - MyAnna Buring stars in 11-minute horror short directed by Nic Alderton. "A mugger meets his match in a mysterious woman who offers him three wishes in exchange for his soul. (The third of the Albion Tales.)"

HEBA THE SNAKE WOMAN (1915) - Aztec princess transforms into snake and kills doctor.

HEINZ' HALLOWEEN HORROR (200?) - another 'Jim And Heinz' short from the enterprising Blunt Productions. "Heinz finally kills Jim. Is this the end of the line for the two friends, or will the fabric of space-time allow things to be all right again?"

HELLBENT: A HELLRAISER CHRONICLE (1994) - short HELLRAISER-inspired fan-film directed by Geoff Harmer. "The illegal drug supply in a small English town dries up, causing addict Whitfield to take desperate measures. On a cold turkey night, he comes across a tramp who offers him a box that will give him what he wants"

HELLO FRIEND (2003) - directed by ‘Father Ted’ creator Graham Linehan, this 11-minute short about a sinister computer called ‘Praemus’ is described as “a very funny horror film”. Ref: British Films Catalogue.

THE HELLRAISER CHRONICLES: A QUESTION OF FAITH (2005) - 30-minute amateur short, apparently designed as an unofficial pilot for a proposed HELLRAISER t.v. series! Priest buys a house haunted by the spirits of three friends with whom he had summoned a Cenobite twenty years ago. Directed by R. N. Millward. Ref: M. J. Simpson (review at his website)

THE HELLRAISER CHRONICLES: LIFEBRINGER (2009) - another amateur riff on HELLRAISER, directed by Mark R. Adams.

HELL'S CORNER (2004) - 10-minute short directed by David W. Mault, a supernatural erotic thriller said to be reminiscent of DON'T LOOK NOW.

HER LETTERS (2006) - directed by Max Shorter. Entrant in the annual Kent-based short horror film contest '2 Days Later'.

HEX (1971) - Belgian writer and anthologist Michel Parry, a leading figure on the fringe horror scene in 1970s Britain, produced and directed this short funded by a grant from the Belgian Film Institute, and centred around black magic and human sacrifice.

HIGHGATE HOUSE OF HORROR (1995) - pre-stardom, the quartet who ultimately hit fame as ‘The League Of Gentlemen’ shot this home-made video anthology, excerpts from which can be found on the DVD of their BBC Christmas special. With Steve Pemberton as a voodoo god, Reece Shearsmith cutting up bodies in his bathroom, and homages to everything from TRILOGY OF TERROR to DON’T LOOK NOW.

THE HIKERS (2004) - 25-minute amateur horror short directed by Gaetano Malaponti. 2 woodland hikers are menaced by a masked killer who suspects his wife of seeing other men. Ref: www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk

A HISS IN THE WIND (2006) - comic horror short directed by Owen Davies, screened at the 'Bang! Mayhem' short film showcase in Nottingham. Two hitchhikers are attacked by a menacing swan and encounter a weird community where everyone seems to have had their arms broken, presumably by the same creature!

HOKUM (2020) - directed by Lee Charlish. "Ash is tormented by demons and believes he must rid himself of the 'blood money', acquired through treachery and violence, to obtain redemption from the angered spirit world. Donnie, his violent and thuggish accomplice, is desperate to lay hands on the illicit cash and will stop at nothing to obtain it, even if he has to sell his own soul."

HOLIDAY (2006) - finalist in the 'most popular b-movie' category at Kent's annual '2 Days Later' short horror film contest. Directed by Neil Hornus.

HOLLIE (2019) - 7-minute horror/thriller short by Velton J. Lishke. “A Samaritan worker takes the worst call of her life from a man on the edge. Will she be able to talk him out of what he has planned?”

HOOVER HOMICIDE (199?) - or more accurately, the ‘Hoover Homicide Quadrology’ - four short amateur films from director Adam Trotman depicting the antics of a killer vacuum cleaner. Trotman later teamed up with fellow no-budget director Thomas Lawes to make various shorts and the Screen Edge-released feature DEMAGOGUE.

HORRID INTERMISSIONS (1980) - ref: ‘English Gothic’. Horror short directed by Laurence Boulting.

HORROR (Tim Hogg 1997) - rather confused half-hour short about two brothers who make their own horror films, and seek real body parts from a local hospital. The BBC are making a documentary about them and there are hints that the brothers may be capable of violence themselves, but that's an angle which seems to have been dropped along the way.

HORROR FILM EXTRACT (2003) - directed by Amy Kemp, a film student at Gateway College, Leicester. Ref: M.J. Simpson - “an extract from a proposed longer work…had little by way of narrative but was genuinely fraught, as it followed its protagonist around his home, with newspaper cuttings about Myra Hindley and other murderers on the walls, and some raw (human?) meat on the table.”

HORRORSHOW (1987) - directed by Paul Hart-Wilden. Special effects showreel for budding filmmaker Hart-Wilden, screened to some acclaim at the Scala Cinema's 'Splatterfest' in 1990. It turns up in Dick Randall's compendium DON'T SCREAM IT'S ONLY A MOVIE, and Hart-Wilden later scripted LIVING DOLL for the same producer.

HORSEPLAY (2005) - Man finds bodybag washed up on beach, discovers it to contain his doppelganger. The double attacks him, puts him in the bodybag and floats it back out to sea, taking his place and finishing his crossword puzzle. 3-minute short directed by Simon Burrill.

THE HOUR OF ABSOLUTION (2006) - finalist in the 'best student film' category at Kent's annual short horror film contest '2 Days Later'. Directed by S. Dye and S. Robinson.

HOUSE OF DOLLS (2006) - horror short directed by John Rankin, made as an entry for the 'Film Club' website's 'World Short Horror Film Challenge' in October 2006. Rival eBay bidders compete to purchase rare military figurines - with a deadly outcome.

HOUSE OF LEXI (2019) - 15-minute short starring Emma Dark. Lexi experiences increasingly real visions of her sister Haley, despite the fact that Haley died at birth. "One creepy movie" - searchmytrash,com

HOUSE OF STRANGERS (1991) - amateur b&w short (12 minutes) directed by Richard 'Rocco' Hele. Ref: 'In The Flesh' fanzine #8; "Morticia Adams(sic) look alike with a penchant for smothering her boyfriends...killer spider...monster that turns people into mush...grim reaper type character".

HOUSEBOUND (1999) - ref: M.J.Simpson - “20-minute short by Stephen Lawson about two teenage schoolboys who kidnap a girl, finishes with two of the three characters dismembered”.

HOWL (2013) - 20-minute short directed by Jamie Sims. "A schoolteacher unravels the mystery behind the odd relationship between her new pupil and a stranger with a dark secret"

THE HOWLING HOUSE (2014) - 3-minute horror short directed by Ewan Rigg, for Twit Twoo Films

HUBRIS (2002) - 14-minute short directed by Natasha Tilley, shown at the 2002 Festival Of Fantastic Films. Young aristocratic couple hold a party at their mansion, but seeking further thrills, decide to go grave-robbing. “They become trapped in the sinister world of the living dead which unravels an awful destiny – one which has controlled them all along” – Festival Of Fantastic Films brochure.

HUNGRY (2003) 13-minute short directed by Robert Chadwick, screened at the Festival Of Fantastic Films; “A young man becomes a main course, when he discovers one of the rooms in his office has a life of its own and has developed an appetite for people”.

HUNTER (2008) - 5-minute horror short directed by Belinda Green-Smith. "The hunter becomes the hunted".

HUNTING HUMANS (1992) - amateur horror short made in Cheshire on a budget of just £10! Ordinary-looking man is revealed to have murdered one victim, then picks up a hitchhiker whom he injects with bleach, stabs in the stomach, and axes in the head! Directed by Stephen McCallum; screened in a 35-minute version at the Festival Of Fantastic Films in Manchester but eventually edited down to 19 minutes.

I AM A YOUTUBE.COM SNUFF VIDEO MAKER (2006) - winner of 'best film' at the 2006 '2 Days Later' short horror movie contest staged in Kent. Directed by Alan Meades.

I AM PETER CUSHING (2002) - directed by Al Lougher and starring Mark Renshaw, this 10-minute short won the ‘best amateur short’ award at the 2002 Festival Of Fantastic Films. Comedy about a delusional man who, inspired by Hammer’s ‘Van Helsing’ character, believes himself to be a vampire hunter - in a world where no vampires exist!

I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP (2013) - 11-minute horror short directed by Ewan Rigg and Tom Stavely of amateur collective Twit Twoo Films

I LOVE YOU (2008) - Leslie Simpson and Axelle Carolyn in 5-minute horror short directed by renowned make-up/fx artist Tristan Versluis.

ICE CREAM (1978) - notorious entry in the 'Young Filmmaker of the Year' contest featured on the BBC TV show 'Screen Test'. This has two small children abducted while waiting for an ice cream van to arrive; two graves are later seen in a wood, with the children dissolving in to stand atop them, ice cream smeared around their faces. Made by Nick Stevenson and Mark Wilson of the Matlock Bath Children's Film Society.

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TONIGHT (2014) - 12-minute horror short from Twit Twoo Films, directed by Tom Stavely

IDLE HANDS (2019) - 5-minute short by Simon Cluett, screened at the 2020 Horror-on-Sea festival. "They say the Devil makes work for idle hands - a video gamer is about to find out"

THE IMAGE (1968) - directed by Michael Armstrong. David Bowie, pre-superstardom, stars in this rather good fragment from Armstrong, about an artist haunted by the apparition of a young man. 'New Musical Express' made this available by mail order in 1984 as part of a compilation called 'Video Bongo'.

IMAGES OF HELEN (1998) - "an old woman is tormented by the ghost of her neighbour, a girl brutally beaten to death by her boyfriend" - Internet Movie Database. 25-minute short directed by Pete Jensko.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME (2003) - directed by David Colenutt. Entry in the '2 Days Later' short horror film competition staged in Margate, Kent.

IN SEARCH OF THE HIGHGATE VAMPIRE (2001) - video CD directed by Dave Milner, featuring real-life ‘vampire hunter’ David Farrant. Further documentation of Farrant’s quest for the undead appeared in the later production VAMPIRES - THE NORTH GATE.

IN TENTS (2017) - horror short directed by MJ Dixon

IN THE PLACE OF THE DEAD (2006) - short directed by David McGillivray, screened at the 2006 London FrightFest. "On one day a year a Djinn hopes to use the power of sex to take human form and wreak havoc. Today is that day".

INADVERTENT (2021) - 5-minute Lovecraftian short by Sheridan Sinclair. “Psychopathologist Professor West works by day at Arkham Sanatorium, but at night is conducting his own research into a cure for all forms of anxiety. He is determined to find the answer at any cost.”

INNER VOICE (2018) - short by Jason Impey on the themes of bulimia and suicide. Also featured in the food-themed horror anthology DIE GEST: FLESH EATER

INSPECTOR'S DIARIES (2001) - 9-minute item, included on the DVD of Richard Driscoll's film KANNIBAL. Lucien Morgan, in the guise of his inspector character from that movie, presents a study of real-life serial killers who have been portrayed in movies. "Staggeringly amateurish" - M.J. Simpson.

INTERACTIVE (2002) - 10-minute short directed by Stephen Kilkie, screened at the 2002 Festival Of Fantastic Films. Man watching late-night t.v. sees himself being murdered. He awakens – and finds himself watching t.v., where he sees himself being murdered…

INTERRED (2019) - one of Richard Rowbotham's 'Lonnie Knutsengripper' short horror comedy films (see also THE SHITHOUSE STRANGLER)

INTRUDER (2006) - U.K. entry in the 'Film Club' website's 'World Short Horror Film Challenge' competition, with entrants invited to make a new horror short within 13 days.

INVISIBLE TERROR (2008) - 17-minute short from Twit Twoo Films.

IS SPIRITUALISM A FRAUD? (1906) - R.W. Paul-produced 7-minute short in which an eerie seance takes place (complete with long-haired spectre, floating skull, ghostly jazz hands and a haunted tambourine!) before being debunked by the sitters. Great fun and with a terrific, imaginative seance scene.

ISLAND (2007) impressive minimalist 15-minute short directed by Matthew Palmer; warden investigates a presence on a small private island, and after much tension and suspense in the dark of night, ends up in a nightmare situation.

ISLAND OF THE BLIND DEAD (2015) - 3-minute imitation of the superb De Ossorio 'Blind Knights Templar' series, which achieves a few striking visual moments worthy of the Spanish originals. Directed by Emma Dark and Merlyn Roberts, shot in Corfu.

ITCH (2006) - U.K. entry in the 'Film Club' website's 'World Short Horror Film Challenge' competition, with entrants invited to make a new horror short within 13 days.

JACK (2019) - 17-minute short by James Wilsher, shown at Horror-on-Sea festival in 2020. Bereaved woman begins experiencing strange visions and hearing odd noises - a symptom of her trauma, or is someone trying to contact her from the beyond?

JEFF'S CAT (2018) - 'micro-horror short', just over a minute long, directed by Velton Lishke. Screened at the Horror-on-Sea festival in January 2019.

THE JIGSAW (2014) - "The purchase of a mystery Jigsaw Puzzle from a strange and unsettling vendor leads a man to an evening of frightening consequences". 9-minute horror short by Basil Al-Shafar and Rashad Al-Safar, shot in the UK and Portugal.

JOE AND HARRY (2003) - directed by Tim Long. Entry in the '2 Days Later' short horror film competition staged in Margate, Kent.

JOEY'S GARAGE (2007) - amateur horror short directed by West Midlands-based Bazz Hancher.

JOHNNY PSYCHO (2010) - 15-minute horror short directed by Belinda Green-Smith. "A man discovers that the best part of his life might just be his worst nightmare"

JONES' NIGHTMARE (1911) - directed by and starring Fred Rains - man dreams he is pursued by demons and a giant lobster, and that he is fired up to the moon.

JUST THE 2 OF US (2011) - 14-minute horror comedy by Mat Brooks and Chris Wright. "takes a peek at the strange lives of Al and his agoraphobic flatmate Michael as they take things to the extreme in their quest for home domination"

KAMPUS KILLER (2003) - directed by Adam Webb. Entry in the '2 Days Later' short horror film competition staged in Margate, Kent.

KASTING (2006) - winner of the 'Cut!' short horror film competition at the 2006 London FrightFest. Directed by Aloysha Saari.

KEEP OUT OF THE RESEARCH LAB (2014) - 14-minute amateur horror short from the Twit Twoo gang.

THE KID (2006) - U.K. entry in the 'Film Club' website's 'World Short Horror Film Challenge' competition, with entrants invited to make a new horror short within 13 days.

THE KIDDERMINSTER KILLER (2009) - horror short directed by Bazz Hancher.

KILLER CREW (2010) - 'action, horror, comedy' short from Domini Holmes, director of the 2007 feature THE CLOWN.

KILLER PARTY (2021) - 3-minute short by Nina Romain. Two friends wander through a forest on their way to a burlesque party – but will both of them make it there alive?

KILLERWATT!! (2006) - a finalist in the 'best popular film' section of the '2 Days Later' short horror movie contest staged in Kent. Directed by Bill Lyn.

THE KILLIN' (2005) - 10-minute comedy-horror short directed by Kevin Powis; three friends scare each other while discussing an unsolved local murder as they walk home through the woods. Reviewed at M.J. Simpson's website.

THE KISS (1977) - directed by Kevin Pither. Short sex/horror item - young couple make love, after which the figure of Death appears, leading them through the country landscape. The woman kisses the man - suddenly, it is revealed that they are travelling in a car, which promptly crashes into a tree and bursts into flames.

A KISS FROM GRANDMA (2011) - Brighton-shot horror short made for David McGillivray's Pathetique Films.

THE KNOWLEDGE (2019) - Alexander Osman directed this short in which a serial killer masquerading as a barrister takes a cab ride, only to discover that the taxi driver is a fellow serial killer...

LADY FRANKENSTEIN (196?) - ref: 'muswell', posted at 'British Horror Films' website February 2006; "there was an outfit called Collectors Club based near Old Street in London that during the late 60s into the 70s distributed 8mm copies of silent movies. They also had a series of glamour films that they produced themselves which included a title called LADY FRANKENSTEIN in which a hunchback brings a nude female to life - she runs around for a while before drinking a potion that turns her into a zombie who turns on the hunchback".

THE LAKE (1978) - ghost story about a couple having a picnic, in an area where unbeknownst to them, a man has recently murdered his entire family; directed by Lindsay Vickers. Atmospheric 33-minute short which played in cinemas as support to A FORCE OF ONE.

THE LANDLADY (2013) - 27-minute short starring Caroline Munro in the title role of a landlady whose tenants must obey "just four simple rules". "A short horror film in the tradition of the Amicus/Hammer films of the sixties and seventies". Directed by Rory O'Donnell and Jason Read.

THE LAST DAY TOGETHER (2003) - directed by Samantha Black, a film student at Gateway College, Leicester. Ref: M.J. Simpson – “a quite nasty character study of an obsessive and possessive boyfriend arguing with and killing his girlfriend then stuffing her body in his car-boot for disposal.”

LAST IN LIVES (2014) - 12-minute horror short from the amateur Twit Twoo team.

LAST STOP (2019) - 7-minute short by Steve Jolley. A London Underground tube driver is haunted by the man he killed.

LAST STORM (2013) - 2-minute horror short from Twit Twoo Films, directed by Mark Fox.

THE LAST WALK HOME (2002) - 7-minute horror short from Optic Nerve Productions. "A daily walk home for our protagonist turns into a fight for survival, when something from a world of nightmares becomes a horrific reality"

LATE NIGHT SHOPPING (2003) - “an erotic, hypnotic vampire film”. Internet-aimed short (though publicly screened on June 20th 2003 at Hoxton Hall, London), directed by Anthony Carpendale and Beki Laws.

LEFT HAND BILLY IN THE SECOND SOLUTION (2013) - 26-minute short directed by Gabriele Zuccarini. "Voodoo priest Left Hand Billy plays puppeteer in a story of love, greed and tequila. The Second Solution is a gruesome, punky take on the voodoo zombie genre that lurked in the shadows of cinema's golden age."

LEFT HAND DRIVE (1993) - based on the short story from Christopher Fowler’s urban horror collection ‘City Jitters’. Businessman mows down homeless teenager in his BMW but cannot escape the consequences of his hit-and-run behaviour.

LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF (1974) - British Film Institute short on the making of the Tyburn film LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF; filmed as an accompaniment to their educational book by Edward Buscombe which took the Tyburn movie as its subject.

THE LEMON ROSE (2011) - horror short by Bazz Hancher and Jason Moran, filmed in 2006, believed lost by the makers, then receiving its first screenings in 2011 after being rediscovered. "A gullible and greedy man is tricked into hunting for The Lemon Rose in a remote underground tunnel, unaware of the horror that awaits"

LEON'S BROKEN MIND (2011) - 24-minute short by Bazz Hancher. Influenced by his father's ghostly voice and by watching Bazz's film THE KIDDERMINSTER KILLER, a young man struggling to cope with life becomes a vicious psychokiller.

LET THE MORNING COME (2005) - short directed by Gene Chee, shown at Birmingham Arts Fest, September 2005. Animation inspired by Richard Matheson's 'I Am Legend'.

LILY¹S STORY (2002) Imaginative, low-budget, silent stop-motion 3-minute short directed by Sian Molloy. A girl is kidnapped by a demon with pound coins for eyes; she chops his head off and uses the money to buy a spade to tunnel her way out of Hades. Shown at Leicester Short Film Festival 2002.

LINDERIDGE 137 (1980) - babysitter is pestered by mysterious telephone calls and spied on by stalker, and is eventually revealed to have been murdered. East Midlands Arts-funded short which attempts to analyse the effects of the subjective camera and point-of-view in the contemporary slasher movie. "An important essay on the codes of suspense in the horror and thriller genres" - Monthly Film Bulletin (February 1983).

LITERALLY HELL (2016) - 7-minute animated film with a goth girl going to Hell and trying to escape from two demons who wish to sell her into slavery. Director Robert Poller later developed this award-winning short into a web series.

LITTLE BLACK (2005) - young girl travels to city to meet her grandmother, but ends up mysteriously impregnated and giving birth to a strange (unseen) creature in an hotel room. 16-minute short directed by Alastair Austin and Jason Martin, a sort of update of 'Little Red Riding Hood' showing the influence of Svankmajer, Tim Burton, etc. Ref: John Rankin.

THE LOBSTER NIGHTMARE (1910) - man is tormented by a lobster and devilish imps in Hell.

LOCH NESS LEGEND (1948) - brief animation; monster footprints terrify villagers, the beast himself making an appearance for the closing gag.

LOCK IN (2006) - finalist in the 'best student film' category at Kent's annual short horror film contest '2 Days Later'. Directed by Matt Lees.

LOCK UP (2011) - 4-minute short directed by Ben Kent. "A chilling tale of fear and isolation, and a reminder that something of nightmares could be in the shadows."

LOCK YOUR DOOR (1949) - 14-minute entry in the six-film series A STRANGE EXPERIENCE WITH ALGERNON BLACKWOOD, the renowned author telling stories direct to camera. This one is the tale of a woman stranded overnight following a rail accident, who seeks nearby accommodation and hears a voice at night advising her to "lock your door" - with a supernatural twist at the close. Featured on the BFI Flipside Blu-ray release 'Short Sharp Shocks'

THE LONELY DEATH OF COUNT MOGGIE, VAMPIRE (1999) - test piece, shot by Andrew Morris-Henshaw of www.malleus.co.uk to hone his computer editing skills. Eventually revamped and expanded as the internet short LOOKING FOR GATRI.

LONELY HEARTS (1992) - directed by Ian Powell. Black and white short, screened at the Leeds Film Festival and at Spencer Hickman's 'Nothing Shocking 3' event in Northampton. Homo-erotic encounter in a dark alleyway progresses to violence and eventual, graphic and bloody removal of one unfortunate character's face.

LONELY HEARTS (2013) - "Lonely serial killer Henrik may have found a kindred spirit. But the course of true crime never did run smooth..." - 10-minute short directed by Leon Chambers.

LONG PIG (2019) - 14-minute short screened at the 2020 Horror-on-Sea film festival. Directed by Sam & Tom Connelly. "Supplies are running low. The scavenger must venture into the forest, where strange threats lurk".

LONNIE KNUTSENGRIPPER PRESENTS: THE KNOCKING SHOP OF HORRORS (2021) - 5-minute short directed by Richard Rowbotham. “Lonnie Knutsengripper is back with a bang! The legendary director and producer of over 300 films is making sure his latest movie is the one they'll remember him for. The Knocking Shop of Horror is the threequel to Lonnie's legendary duo of Interred and The Shithouse Strangler and if you thought those films were controversial then you ain't seen nothing yet baby! This film marks the first time Lonnie has ever made a threequel but as in life or a menage a trois the best things always come in threes.”

LOOKING FOR GATRI (2000) - directed by Ruth Elizabeth and Andrew John Morris. First in a proposed series of Internet horror shorts available for download at www.malleus.co.uk . "Alex is about to undergo a night of disturbing revelations at the hands of a Vampire Queen he cannot afford to believe in".

LOST IN THE WOODS (2002) Zero-budget camcorder short directed by Jonathan Wright, inspired by THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Three boys encounter an ET puppet and a homicidal jelly baby! Shown at Leicester Short Film Festival 2002. Ref: M.J.Simpson.

THE LOST REEL (2019) - directed by Simon Cluett. 14-minute short screened at the 2020 Horror-on-Sea festival. "A lowlife criminal is sent to track down a mysterious black and white film. Its a quest that sends him into a spiral of insanity and murder".

LOST SOUL (2017) - 2-minute horror short directed by Jason Read. "A young girl stumbles into a graveyard and gets lost...she sees a ghostly figure and asks for help with shocking consequences"

LOT254 (2012) - man purchased vintage camera, sees visions of a monstrous figure through the viewfinder. 3-minute short directed by Toby Meakins.

LOU-LOU LIVES HERE (2003) - 4-minute b&w short directed by Hazel Grian. Little girl menaced in the woods by a stalker turns the tables on her attacker by transforming into a vicious dog, attacking him before running back home to her owner.

LOVE BUG (2012) - short directed by Ben Kent. "Frank’s blind date is way out of his league. However when she contracts a mysterious virus, it looks like his luck may be in. That is, until she turns into a homicidal maniac."

LOVE OF A HUNCHBACK (1910) - short inspired by Hugo's 'Hunchback Of Notre Dame'. The first film to be produced by that British institution, Butcher's Films.

THE LOVER (1996) - directed by Andrew Muscroft. Middle-aged woman yearns for the return of her lover from years past, reviving him for one final dance with death. Romantic semi-horror short, screened at 1997's Festival Of Fantastic Films. Was originally to have starred Ingrid Pitt, who walked off set following disagreements with Muscroft!

LUST (2007) - 3-minute short from Jason Impey. "Steamy erotically-charged short horror film".