12 Great Horror Movie Shorts You Need To See

11. Game

This short, about a groups of men being stalked by some creature, starts as pure horror/thriller. It then takes a turn towards the ridiculous, though the film continues to take itself seriously… even though it doesn’t really. The film sustains a knowing dissonance between aesthetics and content which is hilarious.

It uses that dissonance expertly - giving the film over to comedy, while giving periodic, sobering reminders of the mortal danger our protagonists are in. That the film manages to knit these disparate tones together is rather stunning.

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