Short Film, Horror (Sorted by Number of Votes Descending)
1. An Andalusian Dog (1929)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Luis Buñuel, Pancho Cossío
Votes: 49,855
2. Frankenweenie (1984)
PG | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, Barret Oliver, Joseph Maher
Votes: 12,344
3. Saw (2003)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Leigh Whannell, Paul Moder, Katrina Mathers, Dean Francis
Votes: 11,280
4. Rakka (2017)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
A tale of a dystopian future where an unknown alien group have colonised the earth and humans struggle to fight back.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Robert Hobbs, Carly Pope
Votes: 8,430
5. The Alphabet (1969)
4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
Director: David Lynch | Star: Peggy Lynch
Votes: 7,862
6. Rabbits (2002)
43 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
In a nameless city deluged by continuous rain, three rabbits live with a fearful mystery.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Scott Coffey, Rebekah Del Rio, Laura Harring, Naomi Watts
Votes: 7,725
7. The Big Shave (1967)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Drama, Horror
In the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Star: Peter Bernuth
Votes: 7,114
8. The Grandmother (1970)
Not Rated | 34 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Dorothy McGinnis, Richard White, Virginia Maitland, Robert Chadwick
Votes: 6,831
9. 9 (2005)
Not Rated | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A rag doll fights a monster that has been stealing the souls of his people.
Director: Shane Acker
Votes: 6,675
10. Lights Out (V) (2013)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
When you are all alone in a small dark room, what do you fear the most? Is it the temporary blindness or is it the uneasy deep feeling that someone, or rather something, is observing your every move?
Director: David F. Sandberg | Star: Lotta Losten
Votes: 6,455
11. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (2008)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
The epic story of one man's encounter with what could be the most relentless murderer of all time.
Director: Richard Gale | Stars: Paul Clemens, Brian Rohan, Melissa Paladino, Michael James Kacey
Votes: 6,373
12. Batman: Dead End (2003)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Action, Horror
The Joker has escaped from Arkham and Batman must once again bring him in - once and for all. Unfortunately for the bat, there is something even more sinister than the Joker waiting in the alley for the dark knight detective..
Director: Sandy Collora | Stars: Clark Bartram, Andrew Koenig, Kurt Carley, Jake McKinnon
Votes: 6,087
13. Six Men Getting Sick (1966)
4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A short continuously looping animation of six grotesque human figures vomiting.
Director: David Lynch
Votes: 6,008
14. The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011)
28 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A dark domestic horror drama about the ties that bind and the ties that really bind.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Billy Mayo, Brandon Greenhouse, Angela Bullock, Danièle Watts
Votes: 5,781
15. Ghosts (1996)
Not Rated | 39 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
The mayor of a nameless town gathers a mob to confront a hermit living in a "haunted house." When the mob arrives however, the man has a few tricks up his sleeve to convince them that he's not all that bad.
Director: Stan Winston | Stars: Michael Jackson, Pat Dade, Amy Smallman, Edwina Moore
Votes: 5,657
16. Aftermath (1994)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Horror
A short film wherein a man working in a morgue mutilates and defiles one of the corpses.
Director: Nacho Cerdà | Stars: Pep Tosar, Jordi Tarrida, Ángel Tarris, Xevi Collellmir
Votes: 5,471
17. Cat Soup (2001)
34 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A young anthropomorphic cat goes on a psychedelic journey with his sister in order to save her soul.
Director: Tatsuo Satô
Votes: 5,464
18. Zygote (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
Stranded in an Arctic mine, two lone survivors are forced to fight for their lives, evading and hiding from a new kind of terror.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Jose Pablo Cantillo
Votes: 5,411
19. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
Approved | 34 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In a small town, a brewing romantic rivalry with a local tough and a school-teacher culminates in a terrifying ride in the night.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney | Stars: Bing Crosby, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
Votes: 5,126
20. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.
Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Walt Disney, Carl W. Stalling
Votes: 4,866
21. Firebase (2017)
Not Rated | 27 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
While fighting the Vietnam war, both sides face a new kind of threat that neither of them were prepared for.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Steve Boyle, Nic Rhind, Robert Hobbs, Chris William Martin
Votes: 4,850
22. Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing (2017)
3 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Elizabeth Shaw repairs David on an abandoned Engineer vessel as they continue their search for humanity's creators.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace
Votes: 4,744
23. Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper (2017)
5 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
The main crew of the Covenant and their android Walter enjoy a final meal before cryosleep on their way to a remote planet.
Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Demián Bichir, Billy Crudup, Nathaniel Dean, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 4,365
24. Fallen Art (2004)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A volunteer soldier plummets to his death. A photograph is taken and sent by courier to a huge man, who adds it to his macabre collection.
Director: Tomasz Baginski | Stars: Arkadiusz Jakubik, Marcin Kudelka, Dariusz Toczek
Votes: 4,207
25. Frankenstein (1910)
Unrated | 16 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée ... See full summary »
Director: J. Searle Dawley | Stars: Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle, Augustus Phillips
Votes: 4,202
26. The Astronomer's Dream; or, the Man in the Moon (1898)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 4,148
27. Cargo (2013)
7 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Stranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect his infant daughter.
Directors: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke | Stars: Andy Rodoreda, Alison Gallagher, Ruth Venn, Yolanda Ramke
Votes: 3,978
28. Huldra and Photographer (2019)
8 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
A nature photographer accidentally captures a beautiful but sinister Huldra that is not what she seems.
Director: Maria Johnsen | Star: Tor Inge Langberg
Votes: 3,583
29. The House of the Devil (1896)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Horror
With the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Jules-Eugène Legris, Georges Méliès
Votes: 3,435
30. Evil Nature (2018)
2 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A man pitted against a genetically altered pumpkin must end the ghastly gourd before it ends him.
Director: Darin Beckstead | Star: Christian Busath
Votes: 3,253
31. The Haunted House (1921)
Unrated | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline
Votes: 3,125
32. Mamá (2008)
3 min | Short, Horror
A young girl wakes up and tells her sister that their mother has returned home.
Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Victoria Harris, Berta Ros, Irma Monroig
Votes: 3,114
33. Horrorific (2018)
TV-MA | 15 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
HORRORIFIC is the story of a grim reaper, visiting four clueless friends on Halloween night.. Henry and his sweetheart Kristin are fooling around in the bedroom, while Sid and his closest ... See full summary »
Director: Lior Kolontarov | Stars: Lior Kolontarov, Shalom Kolontarov, Kameron Triche, Savannah Vinson
Votes: 3,033
34. Rubber Johnny (2003)
6 min | Animation, Short, Horror
An experimental music video about a wheelchair-bound boy who morphs and moves to an Aphex Twin song. The experience gets weirder when he takes cocaine and everything gets out of control.
Director: Chris Cunningham | Stars: Shelly Weiss, Elvis Fetic, Percy Rutterford, Chris Cunningham
Votes: 3,007
35. Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A sneaker-wearing, hairy monster chases Bugs through a castle belonging to an evil scientist.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 2,844
36. Keratin (2020)
7 min | Short, Drama, Horror
An isolated man's ritualistic pursuit of creation in the heart of a dark, dense forest.
Directors: Andrew Butler, James Andrew Mackenzie Wilson | Stars: Robert Strange, Jason Thorpe
Votes: 2,813
37. Alma (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Alma, a little girl, skips through the snow-covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter.
Director: Rodrigo Blaas
Votes: 2,786
38. Fireworks (1947)
20 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to bed less empty than before.
Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Kenneth Anger, Gordon Gray, Bill Seltzer
Votes: 2,589
39. Treevenge (2008)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Christmas trees ripped out of their forest plan revenge against people enjoying the holidays.
Director: Jason Eisener | Stars: Jonathan Torrens, Sarah Dunsworth, Maris Morgan, Jayden Taylor
Votes: 2,561
40. Outer Space (1999)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Horror
Footage from The Entity (1982) is edited into an abstract nightmare.
Director: Peter Tscherkassky | Star: Barbara Hershey
Votes: 2,428
41. Within the Woods (1978)
Not Rated | 31 min | Horror, Short
While spending a weekend at a remote cabin, Bruce desecrates an Indian burial ground and becomes re-animated, making way to kill his friends.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Mary Valenti, Scott Spiegel
Votes: 2,421
42. Saw Rebirth (2005)
6 min | Animation, Short, Horror
This comic, set in the world of SAW goes back in time to explore the events that spurred the transformation of mild-mannered John into the monstrous Jigsaw.
Directors: Jeff Shuter, Daniel Viney | Stars: Whit Anderson, Stan Kirsch, Jeff Shuter, George Williams
Votes: 2,349
43. Megan (II) (2018)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a young Scientist becomes entangled in a military mission to deliver the only antidote that will save mankind, she finds herself not only fighting for survival but also being confronted by demons from her past.
Director: Greg Strasz | Stars: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Garret Sato, Ralf Moeller, Yuki Sakamoto
Votes: 2,272
44. Rare Exports Inc. (2003)
8 min | Short, Action, Comedy
An elite trio of expert hunters venture into the woods to track and capture an especially rare and dangerous prey for the Christmas season.
Director: Jalmari Helander | Stars: Otso Tarkela, Tommi Korpela, Jorma Tommila, Tazu Ovaska
Votes: 2,263
45. BlinkyTM (2011)
13 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young boy living in the near future looks for an escape from a home with arguing parents. As a way to cope with the recent arguments from his parents he receives a robot companion that he ends up abusing.
Director: Ruairi Robinson | Stars: Max Records, Jenni Fontana, James Nardini, Joe Childs
Votes: 2,192
46. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
After reading his favorite Dick Tracy comic, Daffy Duck has a surreal dream in which he is Duck Twacy, a private eye on the trail of an army of horrifyingly grotesque villains who stole every piggy bank in town, including his own.
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 2,136
47. The Black Imp (1905)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 2,095
48. The Tell-Tale Heart (I) (1953)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Crime
A madman tells his tale of murder, and how a strange beating sound haunted him afterward.
Director: Ted Parmelee | Star: James Mason
Votes: 2,029
49. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
38 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Historical, biblical, and mythical characters gather in the pleasure dome and become part of a visual feast of superimposed images, hallucinations, and decadence.
Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Samson De Brier, Marjorie Cameron, Joan Whitney, Katy Kadell
Votes: 2,023
50. The Fall (V) (2019)
PG-13 | 7 min | Short, Horror
A masked mob cruelly punish a lone masked man in this nightmarish short film.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Susanne Brown, Lee Byford, Christopher Jupp, Nicola Stokes
Votes: 1,981