Happy Halloweekend, everyone! October 31st is nearly upon us, so for this latest installment in our Salutes Your Shorts series, I’ve put together an assortment of Halloween-themed shorts for you guys to enjoy that offer up more treats than tricks. First up is the pumpkin revenge-themed Jack Attack by Bryan Norton and Antonio Padovan, Justin Harding’s Kookie, Yummy Meat: A Halloween Carol, and a delightful animated short entitled Missing Halloween.
Enjoy—and Happy Halloween!
Jack Attack (Directed by Bryan Norton & Antonio Padovan)
Synopsis: Do PUMPKINS feel pain??
Kookie (Directed by Justin Harding)
Synopsis: Bree, a dishonest 9-year-old, meets a terrifying visitor after a parenting lesson goes horribly wrong.
Yummy Meat: A Halloween Carol (Directed by John Fitzpatrick)
Synopsis: On Halloween night, snarky dentist Amber (Miracle Laurie) hands out toothbrushes to the neighborhood kids, only to discover that one of them may soon be brushing bits of her from his teeth.
Missing Halloween (Directed by Mike Inel)
Synopsis: An animation about two kids trick-or-treating.
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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