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shareThe Horror Shorts program at this year’s St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase delivers a chilling variety of scares, styles, and strange delights. These locally made films explore everything from psychological terror and supernatural threats to campy gore and eerie slow-burn suspense. Whether you’re into classic hauntings, unsettling mind games, or creatures that lurk in the dark, this lineup shows off the inventive ways St. Louis filmmakers are twisting the genre and keeping audiences on edge.
A brief Q&A with attending filmmakers will follow the film.
In this program
The Haunted Belldown School
Directed by Trevor Juenger
A thrilling horror with three homeschooled children who discover the haunted Belldown School, where they encounter ghostly children and malevolent teachers, leading them to confront supernatural forces and unravel dark secrets.
OPEN THE DOOR
Directed by Stephen Vita Tronicek
A young woman. A spirit. A music box that ends your life when it finishes playing. A choice.
Strike Night
Directed by Sam Sowerby
The film follows the struggle of three bowling alley employees on their last shift of summer when they find themselves trapped in with a cannibal. Ellie, a soon to be high school senior must learn to navigate life on her own and fight to make it until morning.
You Got Something On Your Shirt
Directed by Tanner Richard Craft
After David falls for a classic trick at a party, he decides to trick someone else with it… by any means necessary.
Play
Directed by juan T Ibanez
Intoxicating experience of a psychotic serial killer preying from the confines of a dirty motel room
Never Hike Alone
Directed by Alison Kertz, Beth Gallagher
In her true crime podcast “Never Hike Alone,” Liz investigates and reports on women who have gone missing on solo hikes. When her own brother, Kit, falls out of touch, she knows she has to find him herself. In searching for Kit, she meets an avid listener, Judith, who believes in the mission of Liz’s podcast. Judith wants to help, but when Liz and Judith uncover some troubling information about Kit, they both must decide what to do.
Mystic Springs
Directed by Paul Vo Le
After a grisly mass suicide tied to the enigmatic Eke Church, Detective Bradley Kilgore—a hardened and cynical investigator haunted by his grief—is thrust back into action.
As Bradley races to uncover the truth, he’s drawn into a shadowy world of ritual violence, fanaticism, and a leader who sees chaos as salvation. With the cult closing in and the line between ally and enemy blurred, Bradley must risk everything to stop a looming tragedy—or become a pawn in the Eke Church’s sinister plans.
Dates & Times
Hi-Pointe Theatre
July 19, 2025
7:30 pm
