Happy (Good) Friday, everyone! We have another trio of terror-filled short films on tap for you to enjoy today as part of Daily Dead’s ongoing Salute Your Shorts series, including the phenomenally creepy The Dollmaker from Al Lougher, Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund’s Mystery Box, and the revenge-driven Casting Couch by Matt Thiesen and Justin Lee.
Enjoy!
The Dollmaker (Directed by Al Lougher)
Synopsis: A grieving mother latches on to a magical surrogate for her lost child. But small miracles come with big consequences.
Mystery Box (Directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund)
Synopsis: A young woman named Moa is surprised to find a strange box tangled in her fishing nets while on vacation at a cabin outside Stockholm. She takes the box back to the cabin, storing it in a shed until she can dispose of it properly. Later that night, however, she hears a sound outside and opens the door to find the mysterious box waiting for her.
Casting Couch (Directed by Matt Thiesen and Justin Lee)
Synopsis: Since the dawn of Hollywood, an evil being has lurked in the shadows, feeding off the insecurities of auditioning actors and actresses. It has grown stronger over the decades, consuming hopes and dreams with reckless abandon. But in 2019, has it finally met its match?
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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