Wandering into a book store, a man convinced it's just sprung up overnight goes inside and takes home a book the shopkeeper convinces him is cursed, eventually reading several of the stories within.
The Good Stor(ies): Sorcerer's Finger-Attempting to sneak into an abandoned building, a group of schoolgirls finds the situation complicated by a gangland interrogation gone wrong and must try to get out alive. Overall, this was a far more enjoyable and fun effort. The setup here is quite a cliche with the girls sneaking into them sneaking in and finding the gangland-interrogation going off is a great twist with them torturing the maniacally-laughing victim in increasingly brutal means. The further twist about the identity of the victim and how it all plays out is all pretty decent if not entirely scary or thrilling, but on the whole, this is quite good.
Give Up the Ghost-Looking into a website for research, a student stumbles upon a suspected snuff film site and sets out to prove its existence to the professor at his university. This was a disappointing effort that could've been much better than what it is even with a lot to like. The creepy setup with the site, how it works the type of films being shown there is intriguing enough when given a placement alongside the background information about the nature of the format, gives this a lot to like. Overall, though, it just feels rushed and has no real setup to anything, just running through the motions and not doing much of anything with the brief running time as this one really could've benefitted from a longer running time the most to flesh everything out.
Ocularis-In the middle of a strange viral pandemic, a family tries to come to terms with how to keep themselves safe from the ravenous infected now living in the world around them. This was a rather fun and engaging segment. The intensity of the attacks around them, combined with the chilling rationalization found for what's happening, creates a fun scenario here that is quite chilling with the series of twists employed in the second half. Again, this one really could've benefitted from being stretched out to a longer length given the information gleaned here not being given enough of a stake in the outcome over the creatures.
Man in the Mirror-Trying to follow through on a class project, a woman inadvertently calls upon a local folklore figure and lets it loose on her friends forcing them to solve its riddle to finally stop it. There's a lot to like here, with a fun concept involving the unique urban legend that's perfectly replicated in such a fun way here with the figure appearing and offering the few kills by only appearing in mirrors even though the action is still being carried out. It still needs a bit more time to explain everything involving the way it works featuring the killer specifically and how the separate world works, but otherwise, there's little to dislike.
The Bad Stor(ies): Date Night-Taking a trip into the woods, a couple enjoying themselves on a date find the evening interrupted by the truth behind a series of stories regarding vicious animals in the area. This could've been a much more enjoyable effort than it is had it been longer since this just feels like the setup to something much bigger but is undone by the length. It makes the twist look weak and predictable and just ends so abruptly that it's a shame nothing much else was done with the setup as this feels more like a prologue to a feature film rather than a coherent story on its own.
The Woods-Living in a shack on the Louisiana bayou, a woman and her daughter try to come to terms with the bizarre nature of the dark and mysterious woods surrounding them. This was a rather confusing and rather underwhelming effort. It takes way too long before it starts getting creepy or spooky which is a big mistake in something this short, and there's no idea it's supposed to be creepy at all since it just drops you into this situation without much warning. The atmosphere is nice with the woods and the sense of desperation to keep her safe from what lurks out there, but it's all too short to mean anything.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence..
The Good Stor(ies): Sorcerer's Finger-Attempting to sneak into an abandoned building, a group of schoolgirls finds the situation complicated by a gangland interrogation gone wrong and must try to get out alive. Overall, this was a far more enjoyable and fun effort. The setup here is quite a cliche with the girls sneaking into them sneaking in and finding the gangland-interrogation going off is a great twist with them torturing the maniacally-laughing victim in increasingly brutal means. The further twist about the identity of the victim and how it all plays out is all pretty decent if not entirely scary or thrilling, but on the whole, this is quite good.
Give Up the Ghost-Looking into a website for research, a student stumbles upon a suspected snuff film site and sets out to prove its existence to the professor at his university. This was a disappointing effort that could've been much better than what it is even with a lot to like. The creepy setup with the site, how it works the type of films being shown there is intriguing enough when given a placement alongside the background information about the nature of the format, gives this a lot to like. Overall, though, it just feels rushed and has no real setup to anything, just running through the motions and not doing much of anything with the brief running time as this one really could've benefitted from a longer running time the most to flesh everything out.
Ocularis-In the middle of a strange viral pandemic, a family tries to come to terms with how to keep themselves safe from the ravenous infected now living in the world around them. This was a rather fun and engaging segment. The intensity of the attacks around them, combined with the chilling rationalization found for what's happening, creates a fun scenario here that is quite chilling with the series of twists employed in the second half. Again, this one really could've benefitted from being stretched out to a longer length given the information gleaned here not being given enough of a stake in the outcome over the creatures.
Man in the Mirror-Trying to follow through on a class project, a woman inadvertently calls upon a local folklore figure and lets it loose on her friends forcing them to solve its riddle to finally stop it. There's a lot to like here, with a fun concept involving the unique urban legend that's perfectly replicated in such a fun way here with the figure appearing and offering the few kills by only appearing in mirrors even though the action is still being carried out. It still needs a bit more time to explain everything involving the way it works featuring the killer specifically and how the separate world works, but otherwise, there's little to dislike.
The Bad Stor(ies): Date Night-Taking a trip into the woods, a couple enjoying themselves on a date find the evening interrupted by the truth behind a series of stories regarding vicious animals in the area. This could've been a much more enjoyable effort than it is had it been longer since this just feels like the setup to something much bigger but is undone by the length. It makes the twist look weak and predictable and just ends so abruptly that it's a shame nothing much else was done with the setup as this feels more like a prologue to a feature film rather than a coherent story on its own.
The Woods-Living in a shack on the Louisiana bayou, a woman and her daughter try to come to terms with the bizarre nature of the dark and mysterious woods surrounding them. This was a rather confusing and rather underwhelming effort. It takes way too long before it starts getting creepy or spooky which is a big mistake in something this short, and there's no idea it's supposed to be creepy at all since it just drops you into this situation without much warning. The atmosphere is nice with the woods and the sense of desperation to keep her safe from what lurks out there, but it's all too short to mean anything.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence..