SHORT FILM

Short film: A zombie apocalypse might actually be pretty fun

TV shows like The Walking Dead make the zombie apocalypse look like a soul evaporating place because the characters enjoy making dumb decisions. Zombie movies like 28 Days Later make it look terrifying because of the constant state of panic. But what if the zombie apocalypse was actually… fun? Don’t get me wrong, the zombie…

Sploid Casey Chan Sep 25

Someone please turn this 8-bit animation into an arcade game ASAP

This 8-bit style animated short film features a very enthusiastic moose and his inseparable sidekick, the yellow cat. They are on a mission to rescue Princess Burger from the evil clutches of a Hipster Octopus. Will they succeed? Of course they will. The short film was created by Mike Scott for the Nickelodeon International Animated…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Sep 24

An Ordinary Day In The Life Of A Class Of Satanic School Children

If you’re looking for something creepy to close out your day, watch the strange and chilling short film All Down Hill, in which a class of children abandoned in the desert go about their school day—their disturbing school day. Kyle Fleischer made this oddball short as his graduate film from MassArt. The sound design is…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 23

Short film: Kirsten Dunst deals with the stupidity of selfies

Kirsten Dunst plays herself in this short film directed by Matthew Frost: Two young women approach Kirsten on the street to take a selfie with her. The girls are more interested in the impact the selfie will have on their Instagram fans than in actually meeting her face to face. A sign of the times,…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Sep 23

A Perfect 1960s Housewife Has A Horrific Surprise For Her Husband

Joe lives a perfect 1964 life in a perfect house behind a white picket fence and a manicured lawn. But one day he comes home to find that his wife Betty isn’t cooking dinner. The truth is, she has very different plans for their life going forward. The Shift was written, directed, and edited by…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 22

A Cyborg Veteran Heads To His Final Battle—But It’s Not What He Expects

A weary soldier in the distant future contemplates what he’s made of his life—the path that he’s chosen, the lives he’s taken. But as he steps into battle ring one more time, he finds that his life is in for a drastic change. The folks at Pixelhunters made Life, which was directed by Iliya Atanasov.…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 21

This Cartoon About A Venus Flytrap With Legs Will Brighten Your Day

It’s a fly’s worst nightmare: a Venus flytrap sprouts legs so that it can chase down its prey. But that’s not all that happens in this short and charming animated film. Seth Boyden made Carnivorous Plants as for an assignment at CalArts. The star is Dionaea muscipula, the Venus flytrap. The plant at the end…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 21

Man’s Terminal Illness Actually Come In Handy In The Zombie Apocalypse

Josh is one of those guys who never thought that he’d amount to anything, and that feeling becomes even stronger when he’s diagnosed with terminal cancer. But everything changes for Josh when the dead start attacking the living. Super Zero is a fun short film directed by Mitchell L. Cohen, one where all it takes…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 20

In This Stylish Short Film, Two Lovers Reunite In A Future Antarctica

In a future where Antarctica is one of the last habitable places on Earth, Hebe and Ciro have just gotten back together. She’s eager to settle back into their love life, but Ciro feels disconnected from his own identity and he can’t quite figure out why. A word of warning: the film gets pretty NSFW…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 19

This Spawn Fan Film Is Better Than The 1997 Movie

It’s clear that a lot of work and a lot of love went into this creepy eight-minute Spawn fan film. When a former witch and her son go into a grocery store, he has just the sort of encounter his mother had hoped to protect him from. Michael Paris directed Spawn: The Recall, which spent…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 19

Short film: A lonely robot looking for friends is not what it seems

All this lonely robot wants is for someone to play with—but he doesn’t seem to have much luck. You’ll feel bad for the poor adorable robot until you see the film’s shocking final twist. It starts off feeling a little like Wall-E. The robot, L3.0, moves around a deserted world going about its business and…

Sploid Casey Chan Sep 18

Animator Behind The Video Game In Her Made This Twisted One-Minute Film

Animator David OReilly designed and directed the video game (complete with its twerpy alien child) that Joaquin Phoenix plays in her. In this quickie short, he designs a surreal weapon, a bomb that leaves viewers in suspense until it finally serves its end. OReilly made Bomb in his signature low-poly 3D style for Adult Swim.…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 17

The World’s Saddest Robot Looks For A Friend In Post-Apocalyptic Paris

L30 may be the only sentient robot in Paris—which is doubly sad since nearly all of the creatures in the city have vanished. But when he finally encounters a living being, it turns out that the little robot may not be ready for biological companionship. L30 was made by students at ISART Digital. What starts…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 16

Billy Batson Abuses His Shazam Powers To Solve A Problem On A Math Test

If you were school-aged child who could turn into a superpowered being with just a word, how would you use that power? To use the wisdom of Solomon an algebra problem? To sneak into an R-rated movie? These three DC Nation: Shazam! shorts reveal how Billy Batson uses three of his Shazam powers. Up top…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 16

Why do some humans love extreme and exhausting adventures?

It’s hard to understand why Canadian adventurer Bruce Kirkby decided to go over the 93 miles that separate Vancouver from Victoria on an inflatable standup paddleboard. Why do humans sign into such extreme, dangerous and exhausting adventures? This award-winning short documentary digs into that question. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Sep 16

Short film: The tough everyday life of an orc in Mordor

The everyday life of orcs in Mordor is tough. Any given day they end up with a knife slicing their stomach, an arrow piercing their jugular, or their head severed by who knows what. This short film tells the story of an Orc in one of those complicated days. The film—directed by Sam Gorski and…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Sep 15

What happened to your favorite cartoon characters after they got famous

Like most people who got too famous too fast or too rich too young, it’s no surprise that our favorite cartoon characters would burn out and get fat, drunk and be out of work too. Well, if they were real. Steve Cutts made this short animation that imagined the harsh reality of cartoon characters past…

Sploid Casey Chan Sep 11

Father And Son Forget A Key Part Of Their Yearly Offering To A Dark God

A man drives with his father to make their yearly sacrifice to some malevolent power. Fruit? Check. Animal bones? Check. But when they realize they’ve forgotten the most important component of their offering, they have to change their plans. Directed by Ryan Patch, The Offering is a tense film that is less about shocks than…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 11

Short film: A cute cat with a mean spacesuit faces some evil alien bees

This short film by French director Loïc Bramoullé displays the coolest spacesuit I’ve ever seen. Not just because its mean range of weapons, but also for its (artificial) intelligence to make decisions that protect its owner—a cute cat that seems a bit out of place—from things like evil alien bees. SPLOID is a new blog…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Sep 11

A Knight Needs Some Erotic Incentive To Pull Excalibur From Its Stone

When a young knight, traveling with his lady love, comes across Excalibur trapped in a stone, he tries his best to free the sword. But it may take more than strength, nobility, or destiny to lift the sword; it may take a fire in his loins. Fol’Amor, directed by Augustin Clermont, Gilles Cortella, Marthe Delaporte,…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 10

Short film: A zombie apocalypse might actually be pretty fun

Someone please turn this 8-bit animation into an arcade game ASAP

An Ordinary Day In The Life Of A Class Of Satanic School Children

Short film: Kirsten Dunst deals with the stupidity of selfies

A Perfect 1960s Housewife Has A Horrific Surprise For Her Husband

A Cyborg Veteran Heads To His Final Battle—But It’s Not What He Expects

This Cartoon About A Venus Flytrap With Legs Will Brighten Your Day

Man’s Terminal Illness Actually Come In Handy In The Zombie Apocalypse

In This Stylish Short Film, Two Lovers Reunite In A Future Antarctica

This Spawn Fan Film Is Better Than The 1997 Movie

Short film: A lonely robot looking for friends is not what it seems

Animator Behind The Video Game In Her Made This Twisted One-Minute Film

The World’s Saddest Robot Looks For A Friend In Post-Apocalyptic Paris

Billy Batson Abuses His Shazam Powers To Solve A Problem On A Math Test

Why do some humans love extreme and exhausting adventures?

Short film: The tough everyday life of an orc in Mordor

What happened to your favorite cartoon characters after they got famous

Father And Son Forget A Key Part Of Their Yearly Offering To A Dark God

Short film: A cute cat with a mean spacesuit faces some evil alien bees

A Knight Needs Some Erotic Incentive To Pull Excalibur From Its Stone

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