MONSTER CABARET
Prague
Dark and chilly autumn evenings are here, along with the traditional iShorts Halloween program full of horror, blood, and fun. Join us as we visit haunted houses crawling with ghosts, face off against your terrifying reflection in the mirror, and discover how the supernatural is even infiltrating the world of artificial intelligence. Short but all the more horrifying stories from around the world await you at the end of October.
Skin & Bone (USA)
Director: Eli Powers | Producers: Thaddeus Bouska, Holly Victoria Furman |
Star: Amanda Seyfried, Thomas Sadoski, McCaleb Burnett |
Year: 2022 | Length: 18 min | Live Action |
After taking a job on a farm run by a reclusive woman, a drifter begins suffering from visions of men trapped inside the bodies of animals.
The Ballerina (USA)
Director: Aaron Fradkin | Producer: Victoria Fradkin |
Star: Valeska Mosich Miller |
Year: 2021 | Length: 8 min | Live Action |
A ballerina is haunted by her reflection.
Scooter (USA)
Director: Chelsea Lupkin | Producer: Samuel Skeen |
Star: Awni Abdi-Bahri, Robert Aronowitz, Jaye Ayres-Brown |
Year: 2022 | Length: 12 min | Live Action |
Abandoned by her boyfriend in the middle of the night, Adrienne is suddenly tasked with a rescue mission when she discovers a woman trapped in the back of a van in this supernatural horror.
Every House is Haunted (USA)
Director: Bryce McGuire | Producer: Isaiah Smallman |
Star: Kevin Bigley, Kate Cobb, Serene Lee |
Year: 2023 | Length: 12 min | Live Action |
After years of compromise, and losing track of what she wants, a girl finds part of herself that's been missing in the spirits that occupy the haunted house she had moved in with her boyfriend.
Ratking (USA)
Režie: Eric Colonna | Producers: Eric Colonna, Anthony Lucido, Brian White |
Director: Henry Gerse, Tyler Hammond, Joey Hirsh |
Year: 2022 | Length: 19 min | Live Action |
Another lazy day in Los Angeles is undermined by unknown dark forces. On days you wake up not feeling like yourself, it’s good to go to the beach.
Storm (USA)
Director: Lena Tsodykovskaya | Producer: Anastasia Solovieva |
Star: Tara Raani, Justin Tanks |
Year: 2023 | Length: 8 min | Live Action |
A couple wakes on a stormy night to find themselves trapped in the mechanisms of a horror movie.
The Wooden Ghost (Czech Republic)
Director: David Daenmark | Producer: FAMU |
Star: Tomáš Pichl |
Year: 2023 | Length: 11 min |Live Action |
An atmospheric film about a stubborn carver working on a woman's effigy and an uninvited visitor in the middle of a dark night. Once the shutters fly open, strange things begin to happen. The horror short is a variation on EA Poe's poem, The Raven, and cleverly combines live action with animated scenes.
Total length of the screening 89 min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.