Short Films S to Z
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SACRIFICE (2002) - three-minute short directed by John Richards. “The Women’s Institute go WICKER MAN as the strange church fundraising secret of a small Welsh village is hilariously revealed” - FrightFest website.
SALIENT MINUS TEN (2017) - SF/horror short directed by Emma Dark. Man finds himself teleported into a forest where he is posed a series of tasks to complete in order to win his freedom.
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THE SANDMAN (1993) - animated film by Paul Berry, described as being "a send-up on a 'bumps-in-the-night' scare theme" (San Francisco Chronicle). Child sent to bed is visited by a bird-like creature who steals the boy's eyes to feed his offspring. "Caligari-esque production design and superb animation make this genuinely scary" - M.J. Simpson.
SANDSIDE EXPERIMENT (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.
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SANTA BABY (2019) - “Santa's been particularly hard working this year, finding the naughty amongst you - in fact maybe he's trying too hard.” Psycho-Santa festive fright fare from director Jonathan Zaurin. 11-minute short.
SATURDAY NIGHT CREATURE (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.
SAUNA THE DEAD: A FAIRY TALE (2016) - Tom Frederic directed this 21-minute gay-themed short, in which towel-clad male patrons of a sauna fight off zombies.
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SAUSAGES (2021) - 6-minute short directed by ‘Art of the Village’. “In a seaside town somewhere in the south east of England strange things are happening and no-one can explain why. Puppets Punch & Judy, once so popular, are down on their luck and struggling to make ends meet. Covid and bad weather has meant that audience figures are well down this season and their professor has deserted them. How is Judy going to put food on the table for the very demanding Mr Punch? Why do the streetlights keep going off? So many questions but what is the answer? SAUSAGES… be afraid, be very afraid!”
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SCARECROW (2018) - 9-minute short by Lee Charlish. Couple lost in the countryside happen upon a scarecrow with a 'do not touch' sign round its neck... "although Thomas is nervous and cautious, Natalie becomes intrigued by its apparent mysticism. Seduced by its beguiling power, she is prepared to ignore the stark warning with chilling results; as they both ultimately succumb to its malevolent will".
SCARY THRILLER (2002) - "stop-motion horror extravaganza" from Tony Mines and Tim Drage, who specialize in making animated short films using Lego.
SCHERZO (1992) - Eerie U.K./Czech horror short by Robert Wynne Simmons and Hannah Hodicek. Shadow-creatures threaten a young boy and his sleeping baby brother.
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SCHOOL HALL SLAUGHTER (2021) - this short version of a proposed feature film directed by Huw Lloyd was screened at the 2022 Horror-on-Sea festival in Southend. Schoolgirls and tutors are under attack from a vicious killer in the corridors, halls, and rooms of an educational establishment.
SCHOOL OF DEATH (2005) - horror short entered in 2005's '2 Days Later' filmmaking contest in Margate.
SCHOOL OF HORROR (2009) - horror short screened at the Yorkshire SignFilm Festival for young deaf people
SCHOOL RUN (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.
SCOOBY DEAD (200?) - novelty five-minute short splicing the soundtrack of THE EVIL DEAD to images from the ‘Scooby Doo’ cartoon series. Directed by S. Mark Gubb.
SCREAMING (2019) - 2-minute short by Richard Constable, shown at the 2020 Horror-on-Sea festival
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THE SEANCE (2019) - directed by Anthony R. Smith, winner of best short film at the British Horror Film Festival 2019. "When a grieving mother brings in a medium to hold a seance in a last gasp effort to try and find her daughter, nothing prepares her for the terrifying truth that lies ahead".
THE SECOND DEATH (2000) – ref: ‘English Gothic’, second edition
THE SECRET OF NAMBULA ISLAND (2016) - 5-minute horror short from Twit Twoo Films, with the amateur collective using four directors on this one!
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SEE WHAT SHE DID (2020) - two women take a camping trip into the woods - but might only one of them make it back out alive? 6-minute short directed by Daniel Keeble.
SEEK, SEE, AND BE SEEN (2006) - directed by Lauren Stocker. Entrant in the annual Kent-based short horror film contest '2 Days Later'.
SEIZE THE NIGHT (2015) - Emma Dark directs and stars in this 13-minute short, playing 'renegade vampire assassin Eva'. Plot also involves a group of werewolves.
SELF DESTRUCT (1991) - Man whose girlfriend has been killed in a road accident debates whether to commit suicide. A finalist in the 'Opportunity Shocks' amateur filmmaking competition sponsored by The Dark Side magazine. "This one had a definite HELLRAISER feel to it, and strong echoes of THE SHINING in a sequence where a bloated old hag is found in a bathtub" - The Dark Side (September 1991).
SELF-HELP (2005) - short directed by Lawrence Axe, screened at London Frightfest in August 2005.
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SELFIE (2015) - 7-minute short by Geoff Harmer. A woman is haunted by a strange figure appearing in the background of her selfie photos.
SERENADE FROM FAUST (1906) - directed by Arthur Gilbert, as part of his five-film series for Gaumont, 'Chronophone Films' - these were an early attempt at sound cinema, synchronizing on-screen visuals to music and sound played on an accompanying gramophone record. Starring Charles Wingrave and Gwendoline Burney.
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SHE DOGS OF THE SS (2021) - 2-minute horror short directed by Joe Cash
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SHE OF THE LAND (2020) - folk-horror style short directed by Gary J. Hewitt.
THE SHIELING OF THE ONE NIGHT (2002) - 25-minute short directed by Rory O’Donnell. “A ghost story based on a traditional Celtic legend” – Turns Film Ltd. publicity blurb. Starring Sylvester McCoy.
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THE SHITHOUSE STRANGLER (1990?) - ref: Facebook page 'Biffon Films featuring Ted Dribbler', at which this three-minute video popped up in September 2019, allegedly from '1990'. Very funny fake trailer filmed in the West Midlands, featuring, as the title suggests, a mad strangler who claims his victims in and around gents' toilets.
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SHOCK ENDING (1987) - another mail order special from the Welsh 'Videas' team, directed by Brian Davies. Suburban murder is accidentally recorded on to a borrowed videotape, which falls into the hands of some friends of the suspected killer.
THE SHOE COLLECTOR (2003) - “Are shoes better than sex? Are shoes to die for? The Shoe Collector is unscrupulous in the search to acquire objects of desire. Stylish thriller/horror” - British Films Catalogue. 3-minute short directed by Justin Smith.
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SHOREDITCH SLAYER (2011) - 2-minute horror short by Simon Levene. "This comedy/horror fake-documentary follows five vampires as they attempt, at all costs, to look for new sources of income. However, getting paid or not, the killing never stops "
A SHORT FILM ABOUT JOHN BOLTON (2002) - horror short directed by Neil Gaiman, revealing the ‘true inspiration’ behind the work of comics artist Bolton. Ref: ‘Starburst’ #306.
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SHORT LEASE (2010) - 14-minute short directed by Prano Bailey-Bond and Jennifer Eiss. "A ghost story with a twist: Maura Jameson visits a deserted country house to perform a structural survey for the new estate agent. Upon finding a man hanging by his necktie in the foyer, she calls the police; during the fifteen-minute wait for their arrival, she experiences in nail-biting detail the events that led to the man's death."
SHOSK (2001) - more from the amateur teenage filmmakers at Bumstead Productions. “Our half improvised 'bwad-ass' special effect heavy action blockbuster horror movie of doom...”
SHREDDERS (2019) - an office Christmas party is invaded by deadly monsters. Directed by Darren A. Furniss, and all the more effective for keeping its creatures half-glimpsed in the background or obscured behind frosted glass.
SHROVES (2001) - “Wry comedy about a Eurocrat visiting a small rural community, with more than a passing resemblance to cult horror film THE WICKER MAN” - 2002 Birmingham Film And TV Festival. 12-minute short directed by John Humphreys.
THE SIGNALMAN (2000) - railway worker begins to see visions of a ghost who tells him of accidents before they occur. Based on the Charles Dickens story? Directed by Steve Tolle.
THE SILENT SCREAM (2006) - a finalist at the London Frightfest 'Cut!' short horror film competition, compared to THE VANISHING by the judges. Directed by Neil Thornton.
THE SIN EATER (1996) - 12-minute short starring Rhys Ifans as a man employed to eat a meal from the coffins of the deceased in order to consume their sins. Also starring Josie Lawrence. BBC/Channel 4 co-production. Ref: M.J. Simpson.
THE SINISTER DR. STONE (2006) - 8-minute short from Manchester's Foiled Productions. "shot in October 2005 and completed in April 2006. It's about a student (played by Mahinda Kularatne) who tries to earn some extra cash by volunteering himself for some unorthodox medical experiments performed by a very unusual doctor (Antony Danaos) and his silent assistant (Joanna Harvey)..."
SIREN (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.
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SIREN: A CYBERPUNK STORY (2019) - set in a future world a la BLADE RUNNER, this SF/horror short by Steven Gurney follows a young woman named Emily who has undergone clinical trials, re-emerging in public but now suffering from an unquenchable lust for blood.
SISTER (2006) - directed by Michael Stokes. Entrant in the annual Kent-based short horror film contest '2 Days Later'.
SISTER LULU (2000) – Welsh b&w horror short directed by Phil John. “Darkly erotic tale set in a closed Monastic order” – FrightFest website.
SISTERS (2008) - 4-minute horror short directed by Belinda Green-Smith. "Two sisters hiking in the woods fall through into a vast underground cavern and soon realize that they are not alone". "Very effective in parts, and full of shots of woodland, overhanging tree branches etc, which are just the sort of thing I appreciate. The film is only 4 minutes long - perhaps to its detriment, as I'd like to have seen more of this. Fairly inconsequential but with decent performances and terrific use of sound" - Darrell Buxton, britishhorrorfilms website forum.
6 SHOOTER (2013) - 3-minute short by David Wayman. As a group of partygoers down shots, a tequila worm reveals itself to have monstrous sharp teeth and causes gory mayhem as its offspring explode from a man's torso, ALIEN-style.
62 PAGES (2005) - 38-minute short by teenage amateur director Andrew John. Satanic notebook, demonic apparition, power-tool gore, zombies. Reviewed at M.J. Simpson's website.
SKELINGTON (1998) - "the ultimate in surrealist horror" - just 39 seconds long, early animated film from the 'Spite Your Face' team who later began to specialise in stop-motion movies using Lego!
SLAYPRIL FOOL'S DAY (2014) - first-rate effort from MJ Dixon, imagining a fake slasher franchise and showing excerpts from the various series entries, with it becoming apparent that the budgets are decreasing and the ideas are becoming more outlandish as it all progresses!
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SLAYPRIL FOOLS 82 (2019) - more from MJ Dixon's fictional slasher franchise.
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SLEEP CLOWN (2021) - 14-minute short by James E. Taylor
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SLEEP TIGHT (2008) - horror short from David McGillivray's Pathetique Films, "which for complex reasons will probably never be released", according to their website.
SLIP (2008) - 3-minute horror short directed by Joe Rosen. "Whilst driving through the streets of London, George is drawn by a mysterious calling to a fateful spot where he realises too late that he has slipped into a deadly trap"
SLOW ROT (1995) - mail order item from 'Home Made Films' in Thirsk, as usual the work of Paul Shrimpton. Young man consumes some maggot-ridden chips and becomes a decomposing zombie.
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SLUTTY THE CLOWN (2021) - 10-minute horror short directed by Joe Cash. With Lloyd Kaufman as ‘Professor Felatio’.
SMILE (2017) - 12-minute short by Geoff Harmer. Young woman experiences a number of violent dreams/fantasies.
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SOCCER OF THE DEAD (2005) - 1-minute short by Jason Impey. "A zombie and a human go head to head in a football match to the death"
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SOMETHING IN MY GARDEN (2012) - 23-minute horror short from the Twit Twoo team, directed by David Goldsmith and Tom Stavely
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SOMNIUM ILLIS (2006) - 5-minute short by Paul Anderton. IMDb lists this as a 'fantasy' but their keywords include 'zombie', 'nightmare', 'murder' and 'blood'. Plot description: "Gordon sits in Dr Hallstrom's office, woken horrified by a dream."
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SON OF GODZILLA (1963) - the amateur Delta Film Group nabbed this title four years before Toho produced the official version of Godzilla's offspring.
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SON OF MICHAEL MYERS (1990) - directed by Darryl Sloan. 9-minute amateur short from Northern Ireland, basic ‘masked killer with a big knife’ stuff but a rather well-edited and often gripping ‘tribute’ to the HALLOWEEN series.
SON OF PSYCHO MEETS A GORILLA (2001) - 38-minute short. Ref: Gavin Whitaker: "gorilla runs amok in the North West countryside".
SOUL PATROL (2000) - ref: The Film Centre website - "Horror movie fan thinks all women are vampires; you let them put the bite on you and they've got you for good. Earl, you see, has a problem with commitment. One night...he meets and falls for the beautiful Louisa". Starring Sadie Frost.
SOUL SEARCHER (2000) - 15-minute short directed by Worcestershire filmmaker Neil Oserman. Man shot during a pub raid becomes “the new Grim Reaper”. “Lead actor Si Dovey enjoyed the opportunity to don spook-spotting shades and a black trench coat to fight the walking dead. ‘The film has a lot of references to THE MATRIX and MEN IN BLACK,’ Si says” (ref: www.netribution.co.uk). Expanded to a feature in 2004.
SPEED OF THE LIVING DEAD (2017) - 2-minute horror short by Philip Pugh. "Simon is fast, but his pursuer is "dead" quick"
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SPIDER (2017) - 2-minute short by animator Lee Charlish. "A camper is annoyed by a small spider in his tent and crushes it without mercy. However, he didn't anticipate the worst, most unimaginable retribution".
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SPIRA (2012) - 11-minute short directed by Jon James Smith. "This psychological horror thriller follows Eric, a psychologist appointed to determine the mental state of a dangerous psychiatric resident. As their sessions develop, Eric falls into an unsettling world of mental and physical disarray."
SPIRITS OF WOODHENGE (2013) - 4-minute horror short from the amateur filmmakers Twit Twoo Films. IMDb lists Ray Manzarek among the cast!?
SPLIT SECOND (1994) - 10-minute short, made by 10-year-old Jason Impey (his first ever film but certainly not his last!). An homage/spoof riff on the 1992 feature movie of the same name.
THE SPLITTING (2005) - winner of the 'best sound' award at Margate's '2 Days Later' competition for short horror films. Directed by Tim Long.
SPOOKED (2006) - horror short directed by MJ Dixon.
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SPOOKORA (2011) - 31-minute short directed by Dave Goldsmith and Tom Stavely
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SPOOKORA: GHOULS & GOLF (2013) - 5-minute short from the Twit Twoo team.
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SPOOKORA: THE LOST EPISODE (2012) - 16-minute short, on YouTube, from the Twit Twoo gang. White-sheeted ghost.
SPRING HEELED JACK (2005) - 5-minute short directed by Geof Wolfenden. "Spring Heeled Jack patrols the roof tops of Victorian London looking for badly behaved children to steal their voices, never to be returned" - www.curzoncinemas.com
STATICA (2008) 38-minute horror short influenced by TETSUO: THE IRON MAN and the work on Jan Svankmajer. "Peter leads a miserable existence caring for his sick mother until he's given a special kind of drug by his mysterious dealer. This leads him to an other worldly establishment called the 'Statica', promising absolute paradise".Acting roles for Andrew's filmmaking brother Tom and for MJ Simpson.
STAY WITH ME (2006) - 5-minute horror short directed by London-based filmmaker Gabriel Amaral. "As a prospective buyer is shown around a country manor, it becomes apparent that whether he decides to buy or not he won't be allowed to leave" - Portobello Film Festival.
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STING OF DEATH (1921) - directed by Fred Paul. One of the 'Grand Guignol' series of silent shorts.
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STITCHES (2011) - 5-minute short by Ben Kent. "A young babysitter will soon find out what terrors lurk in the dark corners of a house crammed with toys."
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THE STOMACH (2014) - 15-minute short directed by Ben Steiner. "A spirit medium with a grotesque method of contacting the other side is tired of putting his life at risk."
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THE STRANGE CASE OF MR.TODMORDEN (1935) - directed by Walter Tennyson. Sleepwalker commits murder.
SUCKERED (2000) – ref: ‘English Gothic’, second edition
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SUGAR DROP (2009) - 18-minute horror short by Sean Ford and Daniel Romero, premiered at Derby QUAD. Diabetic in a lift panics when his blood sugar level begins to drop; as the boundaries between his reality and fantasy begin to blur, he realises he may not be alone in the elevator...
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THE SUICIDE CLUB (1914) - directed by Maurice Elvey. From the Robert Louis Stevenson story.
THE SUMMONER (2006) - finalist in the 'most popular b-movie' category at Kent's annual '2 Days Later' short horror film contest. Directed by David Neve.
SUNDAY NIGHT ZOMBIES (1999) - 11-minute short from Henry Burrows, director of FOILED. A supposed sequel to 'Saturday Night Zombies', a fake movie that the characters watch in FOILED.
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SWEENEY TODD (1926) - directed by George Dewhurst. Reputedly a comedy version of the familiar yarn.
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SWEET DREAMS (2008) - 10-minute horror short from Optic Nerve Productions.
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SWEETIE (2017) - 11-minute horror short by Ethan Evans and Sean Toshach. "Two unexpected trick-or-treaters torment an isolated farmer after he has no treats to offer."
TALES OF TERROR (2005) - winner of the 'Best Film' award at Margate's annual '2 Days Later' short horror filmmaking competition. Directed by Michael Stokes.
TAPE OF HORROR (2005) - 5-minute short by Jason Impey. Man discovers mysterious videotape while walking his dog. "He takes it home to discover true horror!". Remade as MYSTERIOUS DISC.
T'BATLEY FAUST (1978) - animated short. Yorkshire industrialist sells soul to the Devil after falling in love with a local girl.
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TEENAGE JEKYLL AND HYDE (1963) - more of the work of the amateur Delta Film Group.
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TELL HIM NEXT YEAR (2010) - 12-minute short by David Margolis, starring Warwick Davis. "A little boy is faced with a terrible dilemma - whether to kill his parents, or Father Christmas and his elf."
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THE TELL-TALE HEART (1953) - Stanley Baker stars in a version of the Poe classic, directed by J.B.Williams.
THE TELL-TALE HEART (2004) - 10-minute version of the Poe classic, directed by Stephanie Sinclaire. Photographed by the legendary Jack Cardiff.
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THE TEMPTER (1913) - directed by F.Martin Thornton and R.H.Callum. Harry Agar Lyons (later to portray 'Fu Manchu' in the 1920s series of shorts) and Alfred de Manby (as the Devil) star. "Satan tells stories illustrating drink, deceit and greed" - British Film Catalogue.
TERMINAL (2006) - short directed by Dan Baker, shown at the 'Bang! Mayhem' short film showcase in Nottingham. Yuppie type is disturbed by visions of a female jogger whom he believes he will run down in his speeding car.
THAT'S NOT FUNNY (2017) - 13-minute short directed by Richard Williams, made in Cardiff. "Young siblings Ellie and Robert have an axe wielding clown living in their wardrobe but are unable to convince their parents of his existence. What are his intentions? Will they survive the night?"
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THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT (1982) - one of the three shorts later compiled into the feature SCREAMTIME; this one's about a Punch-and-Judy man who brings the traditional seaside story to life, with himself in the role of the psychotic Mr.Punch.
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THERE'S A MONSTER BEHIND YOU (2018) - 10-minute horror short directed by Evan Richards.
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THE THINNING VEIL (2020) - horror short from Mycho Entertainment
THE THIRD FEAR (2002) - 6-minute short directed by Adrian Smith, shown at the 2002 Festival Of Fantastic Films. “A young man is pursued by a member of the undead through the decaying streets of a Northern town. Finally he is cornered” – Festival Of Fantastic Films brochure.
THE THIRD HAND (2019) - 10-minute horror short directed by Yoni Weisberg. Office worker discovers that a copying machine can create replicas of damaged items - since he is missing a finger, he wonders whether the machine might be able to replace it. Gory results ensue...
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THIS MOURNING (2019) - 15-minute short by animator Molly Brown. "When the television set in Ada Wilkie's living room mysteriously switches itself on, Ada finds herself taking part in a phone-in on the subject: Am I Dead?"
THIS OLD HOUSE (2003) - 8-minute short directed by Jack Lothian for the BBC’s ‘Tartan Smalls’ series. 3 young children spend a night in a haunted house, are spooked by strange noises, apparitions in a mirror, creepy-looking dolls, and the voice of the property itself…
THE THREE KNIGHTS (1982) - comic 15-minute animation directed by Mark Baker. Trio of misguided knights; witch; giant; decapitations; transformations; three-headed monster. Ref: M.J. Simpson.
THROUGH A VULTURE EYE (2006) - 3-minute short by Steven Sheil. "Faced with the all-seeing eye of his dying victim, a killer embarks on a gruesome course of action..." - Bradford Fantastic Films Weekend 2006 brochure.
THROUGH THE EYES OF A DEAD MAN WALKING (2006) - directed by Richard Chambers. Entrant in the annual Kent-based short horror film contest '2 Days Later'.
THYSELF (1990) - amateur short directed by Andy Morris; doppelganger tale a la THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF. Ref: 'In The Flesh' fanzine #5.
A TINY PONY (2006) - directed by Tim Long. Entrant in the annual Kent-based short horror film contest '2 Days Later'.
TLALOC SACRIFICIUM (2019) - 12-minute horror short by Ivan Lo Conte. "Jack, a 40 years old estate agent, has failed at starting his own family. He now wants to steal the happiness of parenthood from Jessy and Rob, a young newlywed couple".
TO HIS KNEES HE FELL (2004) - "horror story set on the Norfolk coastline" (Metro newspaper, 28/1/05). Directed by Andrew Brand, screened at 'Bang!' short film festival, Nottingham Broadway cinema, January 2005.
TO THE SHORE (2001) - paranormal investigator encounters strange electrical force. 9-minute internet short, available for download from www.ClergymanFilms.org
TOAST (2004) - animated short by William Garratt. Man attacked and completely charred to death by electric toaster while attempting to toast a piece of bread!
TOLERANCE (2019) - "a story of obsession, revenge and murder" about a "dinner 'date' which takes a twisted turn. As Stephen seeks forgiveness, his ex-partner Sadie seeks revenge". Directed by Paul Laight, this 14-minute short screened at the 2020 Horror-on-Sea film festival.
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TORMENTED (2010) - horror short from Optic Nerve Productions, winner of the 'best film' prize at the Birmingham Halloween Monster Movie Challenge (judged by Derby filmmaker Owen Tooth and Pass the Marmalade's Darrell Buxton). "
After waking from her coma, Amanda's nightmares continue..."
TORMENTOR RINGLEADER (2006) - 6-minute short with a CARRIE-like bullying victim killing off her tormentors in a high school setting. Ref: 'The Wicker Man' (a poster at the online 'British Horror Films' message board and coincidentally the director of this very movie!)
TORN FLESH (2006) - one of the finalists at the 2006 London FrightFest's 'Cut!' short horror film competition. Directed by Martin Bennett.
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THE TOUR (2014) - 15-minute short directed by Alex Mathieson and Damon Rickard, set at England's most haunted house Darkmoor Manor - closed to the public, until a tour guide permits two attractive American visitors to enter. "None of them could be prepared for what was waiting within the shadows of the house".
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TRAPPED (2008) - 3-minute horror short by Jason Impey
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TRICK (2018) - horror short by MJ Dixon, made for Halloween 2018.
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TROUBLE (2011) - 15-minute horror short directed by Tom Stavely. "Three men wake up in a car, unaware of who or where they are"
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TUCK BUSHMAN AND THE DEMON BITCH BAGS (2012) - 15-minute sequel to the comedy feature TUCK BUSHMAN AND THE LEGEND OF PIDDLEDOWN DALE. Tuck and his team face a demon, a giant, a female vampire and a zombie horde. Winner of the 2012 Halloween Horror Film Challenge.
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TUCK BUSHMAN AND THE WEREWOLVES OF WINDY CRACK (2013) - 23-minute entry in the Tuck Bushman series.
TURN HEEL (2016) - 20-minute 'killer in the woods' fare directed by Matt Freckingham and Jason Impey. The killer in this one is the maniacal son of a demented wrestler!
TWELVE BABIES (2006) - a finalist in the 'best popular film' section of the '2 Days Later' short horror movie contest staged in Kent. Directed by A. Westwood & L. Undsy-Watson.
TWISTED INSANITY (2004) - 11-minute short from Optic Nerve Productions. "A woman is photographed from a person that seems to have a hidden agenda against her. Does the woman know this person? Things turn very nasty when the stalker eventually makes it into the woman's house"
2 DAYS LATER (2003) - entry in the Margate-based '2 Days Later' short film competition, organised by Beeping Bush Productions and Close-Up Film magazine. Entrants had to prepare, shoot, and edit a short horror film in a mere 48 hours. Directed by Mick Etherton.
TWO DAYS LATER (2006) - finalist for 'best screenplay' at Kent's annual '2 Days Later' short horror film contest.
UMBILICHORD (2016) - 6-minute short. The Rotting Zombie website described it as follows: "A countess (Emma Dark) pushes a Gothic looking pram around a park, people she passes by soon discover her pram contains within it a terrifying secret. This black and white footage is inter-cut by frequent colour visits to some sort of lab where a mad professor mixes chemicals"
UNCANNY EGYPT (2001) - short directed by Ruth Elizabeth, done in the style of a silent newsreel and featuring archaeologist Professor Gatri being pursued by a mummy! Available for download at www.malleus.co.uk
UNDEAD UNION: THE MAKING OF (2009) - 15-minute comedy by Jamie Stanton. "Michael Wolfe is finally directing his first feature film, a zombie flick with the world's biggest rising star, but unless he can control his lead actor's exploding ego the project of his dreams may soon become his worst nightmare"
THE UNDERTAKER (2005) - 15-minute BBC short starring Rhys Ifans, directed by Joe Penhall. Undertaker allows young woman to see the body of her father, while they muse philosophically on death and ghosts/spirits; but the corpse goes missing...
THE UNINVITED (1999) - directed by Daniel Simpson. French student moves into flat which has been empty since the previous occupant’s death, with terrifying consequences. Carved African killer doll a la TRILOGY OF TERROR.
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UNMADE (2019) - 10-minute supernatural horror short by Steven Sheil, premiered at Steven's own 'Mayhem' festival in Nottingham in October 2019.
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UNSIGNED (199?) - directed by Oliver Parker. Struggling artist is tempted by mysterious figure who appears within his canvas, and who reveals himself as a horned, spike-tailed devil offering a Faustian bargain.
UNWRITTEN (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 VACANCY (1985) - 30-minute short from Brian Davies’ Videas Films. Applicants for a job at a local supermarket find themselves at the mercy of a masked psycho.
THE VAMPIRE (1913) - silent short, set in India, features a vampire-woman who can transform into a snake.
VAMPIRE (2006) - 4-minute horror short directed by Ian J. Simpson, screened in competition at the 2006 Festival of Fantastic Films.
VAMPIRE HELL CASTLE (2011) - 31-minute short directed by Ewan Rigg and Tom Stavely
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VAMPIRE HUNTER McTAVISH (2008) - 12-minute short from Twit Twoo Films. "The notorious Scottish Vampire Hunter McTavish is called to the doomed village of Gallow to try to flush out the onslaught of Zombies and other fiendish ghouls"
VAMPIRE HUNTER WERBALS: DEMON NIGHT (2012) - short 6-minute sequel to the feature-length VAMPIRE HUNTER WERBALS, from Twit Twoo Films.
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THE VAMPIRE OF SOHO (2019) - 8-minute short by Andy Edwards, screened at Horror-on-Sea in 2020. "Set in 1982, a young girl moves to London and finds herself in with a bad crowd - vampires".
VAMPIRES - THE NORTH GATE (2002) - 30-minute CD-Rom made by David Milner, starring Dee Monique De Sade (self-styled ‘Kamp Vamp From Transylvania’) and focusing on the real-life case of the Highgate Cemetery Vampire.
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VAMPYR (1981) - screened as supporting film to THE HUNGER on its original U.K. release. Man reading a copy of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' begins to hallucinate; at one point he crawls across the floor, with the camera angle suggesting the count scuttling down the walls of his castle, and another scene has the book itself flying in mid-air, its covers flapping like bat wings.
VENGEANCE RHYTHM (2013) - 3-minute horror short, directed by Chris Ullens, also known as TWO FINGER'S 'VENGEANCE RHYTHM'. "This is the story of a very, very angry teddy bear!"
A VERY GRIMM FAIRYTALE (2006) - One of the finalists at the London Frightfest 'Cut!' short horror film competition. Directed by Jahari.
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A VERY MERRY CHRIS 'N' CRAIG MAS (2006) - comedy horror short starring Chris King and Craig Proudfoot, directed by MJ Dixon.
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THE VICIOUS CIRCLE (1996) - Shivilenco Pictures’ remake of their earlier FACE AT THE WINDOW (1990).
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VICIOUS VALENTINE (2020) - 5-minute short by Nina Romain. British filmmakers shoot footage in a deserted L.A. zoo, which they have been warned away from; they soon find themselves being menaced…
THE VICTIM (2003) - 27-minute Mini-DV short directed in Liverpool by Robert Ayer. Man abducted by two serial killers informs them that he too is a murderer… (ref: Paul Higson)
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VICTIMS (1979) - directed by Alan Blake. With Angela Morant and Warren Clarke. Woman left at home all day while hubby is at the office, fantasizes about making love to a handsome milkman, and about stabbing the same man to death. Eventually, she knifes her husband - for real.
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VIDEO NASTIES (1996) - another mail order, shot-on-video short from Paul Shrimpton's 'Home Made Films'.
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VIOLA (1967) - experimental short directed by Dunstan Pereira and Richard Davis. Man believes that his dead wife has returned in the form of a cat that pursues him. Music by Ravi Shankar.
VIRUS (2002) - “brief but effective supernatural thriller, which could do for e-mail what cult Japanese horror RING did for video” – London Film Festival. 6-minute short directed by Simon Hynd.
THE VISITING (2005) - prize-winner for 'Best Cinematography' at the 2005 '2 Days Later' short horror filmmaking competition in Margate. Directed by Brad Cameron.
THE VISITOR (2002) - “Are you brave enough?” – tagline. 11-minute short about woman whose recurring visions of a ghost appearing in her kitchen seem to suggest something ominous is about to happen. Directed by Stephen Hughes.
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VOICE FROM THE DEAD (1921) - written and directed by Fred Paul, from the 'Grand Guignol' series.
VOODOO DOLL (2004) - 15-minute short directed by Mhairi Brown. Ref: Paul Higson - "a girl away at boarding school, looking for friends in the wrong place… through a ouija board".
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THE VOYAGE OF THE 'ARCTIC' (1903) - directed by Walter R.Booth. Produced by Robert Paul, and inspired by the adventure epics already filmed in France by Melies. The crew of the Arctic, bound for the North Pole, encounter a sea serpent, the Queen Of The North Pole, and an evil giant (formed from the Aurora Borealis) who can freeze with his breath, has impish henchmen made from ice, and who bites the head off one of the sailors!
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THE WAGES OF SIN (1998) - Tarantino-inspired amateur short, featuring a series of gangland hits - turns supernatural for the climax as gangster's victims return from the dead to take revenge.
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WAITING FOR GORGO 92009) directed by Benjamin Craig from a script by renowned journo and 'British Horror Revival' blogger MJ Simpson. A short sequel to/spin on GORGO, with two elderly civil servants having their 'Department of Monsters and Oversized Animals' being audited and threatened with closure, on the grounds that they haven't had to do any work for deacdes. The auditor finds it hard to believe that the department was ever set up in the first place, despite the gents telling her about Gorgo's attack in the early 60s - but there's an enlightening revelation in a filing cabinet...
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WALKAWAY DEAD (2013) - 11-minute amateur horror short directed by Tom Stavely for Twit Twoo Films.
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WEIRDO IN THE WOODS (1991) - directed by Andrew Harrison. Escaped mental patient with an impressive array of weapons murders four men in a local forest. The title says it all in this enthusiastic 21-minute amateur production from the makers of SON OF MICHAEL MYERS and ZOMBIE GENOCIDE.
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WET AND DRY (1998) - directed by John McKay. Female Egyptian mummy living in modern-day London begins to disintegrate and so seeks a solution to her problem. When the local chemist can't help, she resorts to ancient ritual methods - at the expense of a plastic surgeon's life! Neat little comedy.
WHAT ABOUT THE BODIES (2003) - directed by Simon Ellis. Screened at 'Bang! Mayhem' short film showcase in Nottingham, in a 'promo' version. Expanded? Set to a pulsating techno score, this tells the entirely visual tale of a man attempting to bury his wife's body in a remote location, but encountering another spade-wielding killer with the same idea.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE (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.
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THE WHEEL OF DEATH (1916) - directed by A.E.Coleby. "Blackmailer kidnaps clubman's wife and traps detective in mad professor's torture chamber" - British Film Catalogue.
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WICKERMAN (1996) - 10-minute horror short from Cat N Cage Pictures
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WINGS OF DEATH (1985) - directed by Nichola Bruce and Michael Coulson. A Palace Pictures production - heroin addict attempts to recall his life before drugs, but is affected by increasingly violent hallucinations and eventually appears to kill himself. A 'just say no' polemic which draws on 1980s horror film imagery for much of its content.
WI_NK (2019) - 9-minute short by MJ Dixon, shown at the 2020 Horror-on-Sea festival. "A strange series of texts from an unknown account leaves one girl alone with someone very dangerous. Someone who seems to know her every move. It's all just a laugh though right?"
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WISHMAKER (2011) - horror short directed by MJ Dixon. "A young girl makes a wish on her birthday and learns that should always be careful what you wish for."
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THE WITCH HUNTERS ARE COMING (2019) - comic short by James Atkins, spoof documentary following two Wandsworth Council employees who are tasked with locating modern-day witches in the borough.
WITCH'S SPRING (2005) - 5-minute horror short involving internet dating and witchcraft; directed by Brian Barnes, starring Gillian MacGregor and Tom Wontner. Filmed for the 2004 'London 24 Hour Film Challenge', and also included as a segment of the U.S. dvd anthology LOVECRACKED! THE MOVIE.
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WITHER (2019) - 3-minute short by Ethan Evans, filmed in Bristol. "In a town acclaimed for honouring ancient folklore, a young girl finds herself vulnerable to a sinister mythological farmer after failing to contribute to the annual tradition."
WITHIN THE WOODS (1991) - man is chased through a forest by an axe-wielding lunatic. Amateur short made by a group of Brighton-based filmmakers; a finalist in the Dark Side magazine 'Opportunity Shocks' competition (won by Alex Chandon's BAD KARMA).
THE WOLFMAN (1999) - animated short directed by Tim Hope. Scientist/astronomer gazes at the moon through telescope, turns into wolf.
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WOODLAND JOURNEY (2011) - 32-minute short by Mumtaz Yildirimlar. Woman is murdered by a maniac who hates females meeting strangers via the internet; her sister and some friends visit the murder spot to camp there and find closure, but begins to hallucinate and experience the events of her sister's death.
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THE WOODS ARE PLAGUED (2021) - 3-minute short by James E. Taylor
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WRONG MOVE (2010) - 32-minute short from Optic Nerve Productions. "Ashley commutes to work leaving Linda to start renovations on the house - a series of strange occurrences lead Linda to believe they are not the only residents in the picturesque cottage"
X-MASS (2005) - 25-minute short directed by Scott Flockhart. Boy's dog dies; the boy is given a book of spells aby his aunt as an Xmas present and attempts to revive the mutt, but instead accidentally brings back his dead Uncle Ted as a zombie...
YATES REVULSION (200?) - ref: The Film Centre website. Directed by Steven Yates. "Loose remake of Polanski's REPULSION"
THE YELLOW FACE (1921) - directed by Maurice Elvey. Silent 'Sherlock Holmes' mystery-horror about a cottage inhabited by a creature with a yellow face.
ZOMBIE (1997) - “Other ingredients that make this film so damn cool is the fact that our zombie is so well dressed and wears the latest trainers” - Bumstead Productions website. Video short, made when the Bumstead team were just 13 years old!
THE ZOMBIE DEATHRAY (1991) - zombies emerge from a graveyard following a meteorite storm. Amateur short directed by Richard 'Rocco' Hele. Ref: 'In The Flesh' fanzine #8.
ZOMBIE HARVEST (2003) - short made by Satvinder Johal, Tony Jopia and John Payne for Farm Flesh Films. The makers are apparently employees of Carlton Television, and the film was the last to be screened at the UGC Cinema in Birmingham’s Arcadian Centre, on November 6th 2003.
ZOMBIE HELL FIRE (2010) - 7-minute short from Twit Twoo Films, starring the team's Mark Fox as 'The Count' and Ewan Rigg as 'Rising Zombie'
ZOMBIE HUNTERS (2006) - directed by Natalie Pledger. Entrant in the annual Kent-based short horror film contest '2 Days Later'.
ZOMBIE INFEST (2005) - animated short film directed by Jason Impey
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ZOMBIE MUSICAL (2010) - 17-minute short directed by Ryan McHenry. Later remade as the expanded feature ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE.
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ZOMBIE PARK (2021) - 4-minute short by Kieran Ran Edwards. “The World’s only drive-through zombie safari park. Choose your weapon of choice & enjoy a fun filled day killing as many zombies as you desire. Take a drive through the breath-taking, post-apocalyptic scenery. It really is a day out for all the Family"
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THE ZOMBIE SHOW (2008) - from Twit Twoo Films
ZOMBIE TERROR (2005) - short by Jason Impey
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ZOMBIES IN THE AMAZON! (2005) - 5-minute short by Jason Impey
ZOMBIES IN THE WOOD (2004) - shot in Milton Keynes, this was named 'best film' at the '2 Days Later' short horror film competition staged by 'Close-Up' magazine. Directed by Jason Impey.
ZOMBIES IN THE WOOD 2 (2005) - directed by Jason Impey, a competition entrant at Margate's annual '2 Days Later' festival. Man seeking his brother, and a redneck, both fight the undead.
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THE MYSTERY OF FU MANCHU – series of shorts filmed in 1923, directed by A.E.Coleby. With Harry Agar Lyons as Fu Manchu.
AARON’S ROD
THE CALL OF SIVA
THE CLUE OF THE PIGTAIL
CRY OF THE NIGHTHAWK
THE FIERY HAND
THE FUNGI CELLARS
THE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR
THE MAN WITH THE LIMP
THE MIRACLE
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS
THE SACRED ORDER
THE SCENTED ENVELOPES
SHRINE OF THE SEVEN LAMPS
THE SILVER BUDDHA
THE WEST CASE
FURTHER MYSTERIES OF FU MANCHU – series of shorts, 1924, directed by Fred Paul. With Harry Agar Lyons as Fu Manchu.
THE CAFÉ L’EGYPTE
THE COUGHING HORROR
CRAGMIRE TOWER
THE GOLDEN POMEGRANATES
THE GREEN MIST
GREYWATER PARK
KARAMANEH
THE MIDNIGHT SUMMONS
HAUNTED CASTLES – series of shorts filmed in 1926
ASHRIDGE CASTLE (directed by C.C.Calvert)
BADDESLEY MANOR (directed by Maurice Elvey) – man loses wager with Death
BODIAM CASTLE (directed by A.V.Bramble)
GLAMIS CASTLE (directed by Maurice Elvey)
KENILWORTH CASTLE (directed by Maurice Elvey)
THE MISTLETOE BOUGH (directed by C.C.Calvert) – version of the oft-filmed tale.
TOWER OF LONDON (directed by Maurice Elvey)
WARWICK CASTLE (directed by Fred Paul)
WINDSOR CASTLE (directed by Maurice Elvey)
WOODCROFT CASTLE (directed by Walter West)
GRAND GUIGNOL - series of shorts directed by Fred Paul, 1921.
From Kevin Lyons' 'Encyclopedia Of Fantastic Films and TV' website: "During 1921, Fred Paul embarked upon an epic project to capture the essence of the French 'Grand Guignol' theatre in five series of short films, all released under the umbrella title GRAND GUIGNOL". George Saxon's A BIT OF BLACK STUFF and G.B. Stern's THE CURSE OF WESTACOTT were among the tales filmed (ref: Denis Gifford, 'A Pictorial History Of Horror Movies'). Walt Lee's 'Reference Guide to Fantastic Films' features an overall entry for the series, without listing the film titles; Lee does include separate entries for THE STING OF DEATH and VOICE FROM THE DEAD, which I have included separately in my main 'horror shorts' list as well as here. Many of the others should perhaps be considered 'borderline' or 'problem' titles until further information comes to light.
BARBARA ELOPES
A BIT OF BLACK STUFF
THE CURSE OF WESTACOTT
DELILAH
THE FLAT
THE FLIRTATIONS OF PHYLLIS
A GAME FOR TWO
THE GENTLE DOCTOR
THE GUARDIAN OF HONOUR
THE HAPPY PAIR
HER ROMANCE
THE JEST
THE JOKE THAT FAILED
THE LAST APPEAL
LETTERS OF CREDIT
MARY'S WORK
THE NURSE AND POLLY
THE OATH
THE RETURN
THE SECRET OF THE SAFE
SIX AND HALF A DOZEN
THE STING OF DEATH
THAT LOVE MIGHT LAST
THE UPPER HAND
A VOICE FROM THE DEAD
A WOMAN MISUNDERSTOOD
THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS