The Most Unsettling Short Films Ever

Yeah! The Birch!

Ok somebody how can I watch these? They're not on Netflix. 😡

What about the 2am smiling man?

La cabina from 1972. A Spanish sort horror film. It left me very unsettled for a long time.

Lights Out scared the bejeesus out of me. I'mma need Jesus back in after watching that!

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the mr hollow one is an interesting idea but a total cheat, the expression on the woman's face is totally different at the end vs the start and not from being recontextualized by new details, just straight up a totally different expression

What about '2AM: The Smiling Man'??? This was the scariest shit I've ever seen.

personally I think the best movies and shorts are the one's that go for realistic depictions of situations which doesn't necessarily have to be realistic themselves. When directors and writers try to make things abstract, I feel they weaken the effectiveness of their work. take "There will be blood". It's ultra realistic and has nothing abstract or non-literal in it. There is no visual storytelling that relies on confusing interpretive non-sense and it makes the movie feel so much more vivid. I wish more horror movies followed that idea even though There will be blood technically isn't horror. The soundtrack is kind of horror based though which is strange and makes it almost disturbing in a way.

Aftermath. The Spanish one, not the Ahnold one.

The gate short film is the scariest thing ever.

I really enjoy watching these vids with new movies to watch! Thanks looper

great list - thank you :)

Links would be respectful indeed! I love CryptTV!

The alphabet by David lynch

No Begotten, no list.

The Birch is stunning. It is incredibly well done. I didn't know the filmmaker made another one, I'll have to check it out. It was the first short I saw that I wanted a full length feature of. Skypemare was all right.

I know what I'm doing this weekend!

Neither of these films even remotely creeped me out; there's more real life stories I can tell, even partially self experienced that's worse. Not trees or monsters appearing, but things I know was more than a coincidence. This is pre-school trash.

What was the story from Symmetropia even about? Androids who all look the same kill people when they cant overcome they obscure phobia (that, in all honesty maybe 50 people suffer from)?
That wasnt scary, or creepy at all! Why is this in this list?

Bedfellows should definitely be on this list. So simple, so utterly terrifying.

I see the birch, I click.

Bill nyes "sex junk" video was the scariest thing I have ever seen.

Oh cool!! A lot of favorites of mine on this list!! And LOTS I haven't seen yet!!! Can't wait to see them! Awesome!

The Birch is So Good !! I would love a movie 😩

lights out is not a short its a movie

everything is free if yah know what i mean ;)

The smiling man sucks

Y o u m e a n best films?

Lights out had me traumatized the most. Thank you for bringing this memory back up again. :-/

Any of these on Netflix?

more depth capture track pastor study no survive horrible ceremony typically.

smh you could have at least linked or given credit to each of these.

para que un corto argentino llegue aca tiene que estar bueno

Of course something is from CryptTV

The mime, by crypt

Floor 9.5 gets my vote. Plus its one of the best "adverts" I have ever seen

Light's out is the best one hands down

Where do you go to see these movie's?

I like the Look-See series on Crypt tv. The Birch is also quite good

Mama
I heard it to
Jigsaw
Bedfellow

About to try the birch now

the office brought me here

Nige

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Want to see symmetropia but just can't find it anywhere ☹☹☹

What other short films should've made this list?