22 min · Malayalam · Thriller · Horror
An offer to walk an elderly woman home takes Vishnu somewhere he did not expect. Choose Kavullakandi for a Malayalam horror story that turns an act of kindness into a chilling encounter.
Chilling short films
42 Chilling short films in the cafe, running 3 to 35 minutes. Many are suspenseful or dark. They span 9 languages. Each is a complete standalone short film, chosen by the cafe and played through its original video provider.
13 min · English · Horror · Drama
A family dinner becomes impossible to separate from grief. Choose The Dinner After for a horror short where the feelings Angela tries to escape will not stay outside the room.
31 min · Tamil · Horror
Settle in for a longer Tamil ghost story. A pick for viewers in the mood for horror and suspense.
33 min · Malayalam · Horror · Thriller
An ancestral home turns a family reunion into a source of dread. Try this Malayalam horror short for a homecoming that becomes frighteningly unfamiliar.
8 min · English · Horror
Aaron Fradkin's eight-minute English horror with Valeska Miller as a ballerina whose reflection stops following her lead. Beautifully choreographed dread.
13 min · English · Horror
Felipe Vargas's English horror for Dark Fun: a boy in an orphanage discovers the shadowy creature that collects the children's teeth, and wants more. Twelve chilling minutes.
3 min · No dialogue · Horror
Getting ready for bed, a woman switches off the hall light and sees a silhouetted figure at the far end of the hallway. Each time she flicks the light back off, the figure appears closer.
14 min · Kannada · Thriller
A Kannada horror-thriller with English subtitles: Pruthvi drives alone at night and gives a lift to a woman who tells him about the dead witch haunting the next village.
16 min · Hindi · Thriller · Comedy
Kumud Mishra plays a shady estate agent in Subhajit Dasgupta's Hindi horror-comedy, with Ayesha Raza and Gopal Datt: house-hunting turns bizarre in a house with a mind of its own.
33 min · Hindi · Horror
A new city should mean a fresh start. Try 2am for a Hindi hostel-haunting story in which the past refuses to stay quiet.
15 min · Malayalam · Fantasy · Thriller
A Malayalam noir fantasy: a man who has escaped every prison is sent to an island jail whose guards say no one leaves. Fourteen minutes that slowly tighten the screws.
9 min · Hindi · Horror · Thriller
A lonely road and a house that will not let the past rest set the scene for this atmospheric Hindi horror short.
26 min · Telugu · Thriller
A Telugu thriller inspired by true incidents: Abhi offers a stranded girl a late-night ride, and the journeys that follow change his life. Twenty-six minutes that turn eerie.
12 min · English · Horror · Comedy
A vet is summoned to a rural Irish village where a newborn calf will not stop screaming, and the locals treat him with suspicion.
17 min · No dialogue · Animation · Horror · Drama
Canis - an award-winning puppet animated short film by Marc Riba & Anna Solanas about a boy who survives isolated in a house constantly besieged by a horde of stray dogs.
36 min · Marathi · Horror
Rahul Wadkar's Marathi horror draws on Maharashtrian folklore about the chakva, a force that makes night travellers lose their way. Thirty-five minutes in a dark forest you won't want to be lost in.
11 min · Hindi · Horror
A deserted jungle shortcut, two travellers and someone waiting on the road. This ten-minute Hindi horror builds to a twist and is best watched with the lights low.
7 min · English · Horror
A seven-minute English horror from Dark Fun: a lone girl driving through the desert finds a toy in the road that should not be there. Don't run.
12 min · Telugu · Horror · Thriller
Dim the lights for “Egg”, a Telugu psychological horror short that turns the most ordinary object into something you won't look at the same way again.
9 min · English · Horror
Rohit Sharma's eight-minute horror: a girl plays the infamous elevator game and meets a woman who shouldn't be there.
13 min · English · Horror
Something feels wrong next door. Try this English horror short for an unsettling encounter in an ordinary neighbourhood.
18 min · No dialogue · Animation · Thriller · Fantasy
A night train becomes a world of its own. Choose Madame Tutli-Putli for stop-motion animation that turns an ordinary journey into an eerie encounter with memory and fear.
13 min · Hindi · Horror
A familiar name at the door does not guarantee comfort. Try Mausi for a Hindi horror short built around loneliness and an unwelcome arrival.
18 min · Malayalam · Horror · Thriller
Old friends set out together, but an old warning follows them into the mountains. Choose Neelan for a Malayalam supernatural mystery about memories that refuse to stay buried.
26 min · Bengali · Horror · Thriller
A roadside act of kindness turns into a disturbing ride. Try this for a Bengali supernatural thriller with a nighttime setting.
23 min · Bengali · Horror
A new home should mean a fresh start. Try this Bengali horror short for a house that seems to have other plans.
11 min · Malayalam · Horror · Fantasy
Rooted in the Kerala folk belief of Varathu Pokku, this Malayalam horror sends a cocky auto driver down a road said to belong to the goddess. Ten minutes; those who see her aren't meant to tell.
16 min · Hindi · Horror
An affordable room comes with a history no one wants to discuss. Try this Hindi horror short for a haunting rooted in grief and prejudice.
28 min · Tamil · Horror · Thriller
Try a Tamil horror-thriller from Pozhilan and Black Ticket Company. A pick for viewers in the mood to discover an independent suspense short.
24 min · Malayalam · Horror
A property sale runs into an old vampire legend. Try this Malayalam horror short for the uneasy meeting of skepticism and folklore.
10 min · Malayalam · Horror · Thriller
A room number can be enough to set the nerves on edge. Try this Malayalam short when you are in the mood for a brief horror story.
14 min · English · Horror · Thriller
Lost in the woods is only the beginning. Choose Sticks for a short horror encounter with something beyond the couple's awareness.
25 min · English · Horror
After Reese brings home an antique chair, a series of horrific events follows, and he begins to wonder whether the chair holds a malevolent spirit or the darkness is inside his own mind.
10 min · English · Horror
What if something you made started following you? Try this for a short horror story about an artist and his clay creation.
11 min · Hindi · Thriller
An open door becomes an invitation to doubt. Try this Hindi mystery for a story built around the power of a convincing storyteller.
14 min · English · Horror · Thriller
Some doors are kept closed for a reason. Try this horror short for an isolated community's encounter with something it was meant to keep locked away.
10 min · Hindi · Thriller
A rainy-night rickshaw ride is all this suspense story needs to begin. Try The Passenger for a compact Hindi thriller about an encounter that changes the journey for both people aboard.
12 min · English · Horror
A strange noise will not leave one isolated man alone in his countryside home. Turn the lights down for this modern take on an Edgar Allan Poe classic.
7 min · Marathi · Horror
A new home, a familiar object and something unsettling. Try this for a brief Marathi horror story.
20 min · Telugu · Horror
Try a Telugu horror short from Arif and his team. A pick for viewers in the mood for a short scare.
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