Ah. The quarantine. Such a dreadfully dreary and powerful way to make so many humans
around the world share the same feeling of unease, as we ponder this invisible, and unknown
deadly invader together.
Since many of us were forced to isolate for long periods of time and into the present, we felt that, in this, that we wanted to encourage the practice of creativity and storytelling in the most minimalist of ways.
So we presented filmmakers with a challenge, to
create a short story, while in lockdown, with the tools you have at your disposal.
The Shelter in Place: 5 minute Film Challenge is a collection of scary stories from around the
world that Bleedingham is pleased to present on Friday, Oct 30 at 7pm Pacific standard time on
our Youtube channel.
Stay tuned until the end of the films, as we will present one film as the
winner of $300 for best film!
There will also be a special presentation of the Night Gallery:Horror
Fashion show: Cursed Forest at the beginning of the screening!
Please check in on our social media, website or our Facebook event for the link as it goes live
on Friday!
Link to films:
In The Deep
Directed by: En Nelson-Correia
A song from the deep has stripped Anne of her love and guiding light. A pirate captain travels to
the depths of the sea to bring back the light of the moon. My final film at Calarts. Inspired by
loss and internal struggle, two pirates fall into the deep.
The Shape of You
Directed by: GOH Ming Siu, Scott C. HILLYARD
When a couple meet illegally for a booty call during lockdown, they end up getting more than
they bargained for…
A lockdown/quarantine/”circuit breaker” short film, with music from Golden Horse Award-winner
Teo Wei Yong. Remotely created and produced in May 2020.
Grandfather
Directed by: Doug Rollins
An date suddenly gets an unwelcome (and undead) guest. A young woman welcomes a young
man in with a glass of wine and proudly shows him her inherited Grandfather clock… which
seems to take on a life of its own.
Cat
Directed by: Mark Jackson
A child goes on a scary adventure
Insiders
Directed by: Roshni “Rush” Bhatia
Four college best friends must confront reality when they’re sent back to their home countries in
the midst of a global shutdown.
Wellness Check
Directed by: Andrew Jara
Kristy just wants Mark to answer the phone to make sure he’s safe. It’s scary out there.
Familiar Prey
Directed by: TY HUFFER
A masked psycho with a thing for zip ties, finds out what happens when you come between an
empowered woman and her familiar.
A Mother’s Love
Directed by: Adam H Stewart
A first time mother’s will do anything to make her infant girl happy.
Tissue
Directed by: Hyuri Constâncio
A woman gets trapped in her own apartment with an unknown presence. Unable to call for help,
her only choice is to face the unknown head on, but this presence may be something far more
sinister than she was anticipating.
Lilies
Directed by: Doug Rollins
A gang of happy Halloween party animals are heading for the haunted party of the year, when
they are accosted by a strange old man. He’s laying flowers for a funeral that hasn’t happened
yet…or has it? This is going to be one party no one forgets in a hurry!
Wrong Day
Directed by: Doug Rollins
A knock on your door at midnight reveals a strangely-dressed Killer Clown. But there’s no need
for alarm as it’s just a crazy Halloween prank…or is it?
Conscience
Directed by: Adrian Al Jazzar
The soul of a murderer
Halloween Girls
Directed by: Doug Rollins
A young London horror fan in Los Angeles makes a pilgrimage to a famous location from the
70s classic “Halloween”…only to discover the past never dies.
The Catch
Directed by: October Yates
A fishermen gets a bite.
Lo Siento Gerald
Directed by: Roger Ribera
One hour has passed when Gerald’s girlfriend Sira finally shows up. However, Sira does have a
surprise for him. Will that make up for her tardiness?
Welcome Home
Directed by: Elizabeth Fields
Becca is looking forward to settling into her new house. She’s excited to have a place all her
own, but she soon finds being home means you’re never truly alone…
Cooking with Mark
Directed by: Mark Jackson
Spoof cooking film with a big surprise.
The Consecration of 511 Fir St.
Directed by: Scott Kelston
Crystal returns from errands to find a strange presence in her house. Instead of taking direct
action against this presence, she instead opts to cleanse the house by burning sage and lighting
candles. The presence, undeterred by the consecration, strangles her as she readies for a date.
Dark Soon
Directed by: Nina Romain
“Dark Soon” is an Los Angeles-shot found-footage spliced with Ringu creepiness. Four young
LA filmmakers head to a nearby ghost town called Murphy’s Ranch. There they start shooting a
docu about how the Nazis built it, planning to colonise LA.
But as the sunshine fades, they realise that there could be some remaining World War 1 evil
lurking in the deserted location – and this just might be the last footage they ever shoot…
Vicious Valentine
Directed by: Nina Romain
Two young film makers are in Los Angeles shooting a docu about the creepiest place to have a
Valentine’s Day date. When they find themselves exploring a deserted zoo, despite the
warnings of their friend in Venice Beach, things start to go wrong. Is someone stalking them on
the Valentine’s Day from hell?
LA actor Nick DeLillo and Brit actors Malcolm Modele and David Dooner play a team of
filmmakers shooting a docu about unlikely locations for Valentine’s Day dates. Griffith Park Zoo,
which has been closed since 1966, on the outskirts of LA is a wasteland of abandoned cages
and deserted fake “caves” that the animals had been kept in, now littered with rubbish and
covered in graffiti.
Malcolm and David’s characters find some Valentine’s Day style gifts – as David’s character
uneasily asks: “Who leaves random roses in a place like this?” – and they start to realise they
are in fact being stalked in the Zoo by their own killer “date”.
Under the Cover of Virus
Directed by: Zeke Farrow
Zeke is dissatisfied with the toilet paper in quarantine.
Wishful Keep
Directed by: Paul Kelly
COVID-19 confined, one individual envisions an idyllic, wishful keep.
MOM
Directed by: Zeke Farrow
A micro documentary about Rachi Farrow, my mother the artist.
Back Home
Directed by: Jacob Maximillian Baron
A man returns home from his daily trip into a dangerous outside world. Filmed on the iPhone 6
for Roger Corman’s Quarantine Film Challenge.
ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE
Directed by: Poorna Amarasena
In a future day the whole world is struggling to find drinking water. People buy water at any cost
and a finding of a new spring of water is breaking news.
An Asian rural woman tries to survive on this by sacrificing everything she has. People have
become heartless robbers, fighting against the water crisis. In this world no one knows what the
next moment is. You have to see, for how long she can survive like this. Her story can be the
story of all of us one day.
Bear In The Basement
Directed by: Julian Tepfers
A man is trapped in his basement with what may or may not be a bear.