10 Creepy Animated Horror Shorts To Watch This Halloween

5. 10 Two Sentence Horror Stories

Animated by Axeman Cartoons and posted by Let's Read, this video has the simplest art style of all the shorts, but the almost child-like drawings turn disquieting two-sentence horror stories into full on nightmares.

Apart from the unnerving and effective visuals, what really stands out in this video is the sound design - oppressive, unsettling, and terrifying in turns, with the animation maximising its potential with every story.

The simple art style lends itself well to the style of the storytelling, telling tales of horror in small moments, all of which vary in length and keep a viewer on their toes. The longest of the bunch, however, is #10, the well-known tale "I Heard It Too", which has been adapted into another short horror film by the same name.

This particular animation is the scariest of the bunch, using tricks of both animation and sound design to put audiences on edge, and is a great bookend to a creepy collection that viewers can have fun with.

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