Hello again, dear readers! As we’re about to kick off another weekend, we thought the perfect way to roll into this break from the weekday grind would be to celebrate four great short films that genre fans will undoubtedly dig. For this installment of our bi-monthly column that highlights truncated terror-filled treats, we have Andrew Ionides’ The Quiet Zone, The iMom from Ariel Martin, The Keys by filmmaking duo Amanda B. Goodman and Seth Panman, and Julian Terry’s Whisper (Terry’s most recent short, They Hear It, which premiered at Fantasia Film Festival, has already been snagged to be adapted into a feature film).
The Quiet Zone (Directed by Andrew Ionides): "A late night commuter confronts a noisy passenger on a train carriage but finds herself trapped in a station with someone - or something - that wants to silence her too. A horror that will grab you by the throat and won't let go. Until you're quiet."
The iMom (Directed by Ariel Martin): "The iMom will change your life! Well, at least that’s what the ads claim. But when a mother leaves her kids under the supervision of the family’s iMom, an unexpected connection is formed."
The Keys (Directed by Amanda B. Goodman and Seth Panman): "A NYC real estate broker with a haunted past has an unexpected first day on the job when he meets a client who changes the course of his day."
Whisper (Directed by Julian Terry): "Make sure to unplug your Echo at night..."
Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.
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