2026 FILM SELECTIONS

So inclusive, it’s scary. Nineteen short films bring disabled, Deaf, neurodivergent and otherwise marginalized perspectives to horror—from body horror and folk nightmare to dark comedy and experimental work. Watch the nine-film cinema program, explore all 19 films online, and look out for selected shorts on Shudder.

Four Itchy Boys

Runtime: 12:48

Director, Producer: Andrew Hebert

Synopsis: Four young men quarantined with an unexplainable, unrelenting itch prepare for a live-stream press event to prove they are not the monsters the world believes them to be. Behind the scenes, a ruthless producer is plotting a more grotesque spectacle.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on Filmchief and on Shudder

Movie poster contains the words 'Four Itchy Boys' and four light-skinned males writhing in agony and clawing at their chests and backs, all wearing white shirts.

Blindsided

Runtime: 7:54

Director: P Patrick Hogan

Synopsis: A blind schoolteacher struggles to survive after an alien spaceship crashes and unleashes a monstrous predator. The film features an all-low-vision cast and places the audience in the perspective of a blind protagonist who experiences events primarily through sound.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on Filmchief and on Shudder

A young pale woman stares to the left. The movie poster text is 'BLINDSIDED, The most terrifying things are the ones we don't see coming.'

MANGO

Runtime: 11:00

Director: Joan Iyiola

Synopsis: Zadie is an independent florist living with fibroids who is determined to take her career to the next level. When a dream job arrives, she searches for help to control her morphing body, but the unwanted growths threaten to take over.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on Filmchief and on Shudder

Movie poster of a black woman with a white headband, a superimposed second screaming face taking up the left side of her head. The poster starts with 'A film by Joan Iyiola. MANGO'.

Inner Demons

Runtime: 10:54

Director: Jasmine J. Johnson

Synopsis: Mya’s world takes a harrowing turn when medication intended to alleviate depression unleashes a nightmarish entity that embodies her inner turmoil. She must fight not only for her mental wellbeing but for her survival.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on Filmchief and on Shudder

A black woman facing left, a set of five of her profiles layered in a row. The words 'inner demons' stretches across her eyes.

A Fermenting Woman

Runtime: 23:57

Director: Priscilla Galvez

Synopsis: On the brink of losing her restaurant job to new owners, visionary chef and master fermenter Marielle Lau develops an incendiary new dish with a bewitching ingredient she believes will save her career.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on Filmchief and on Shudder

A woman's face, with forehead and eyes covered by hair, and a left hand with the pointer and middle finger tipped by red. The movie poster text 'A FER MEN TING WOMAN.'

COLD

Runtime: 20:00

Director: Liz Whitmere

Synopsis: Jane has just turned 40—and died sometime last week. As her body decomposes, everyone around her insists this is simply what happens to women of a certain age. She tries to carry on until things begin to fall apart.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on Filmchief and on Shudder

A close up of the left half of a white woman's face, the cornea of her eye opaque, and long dark hair. Movie poster title COLD.

TAL (Mask)

Runtime: 15:35

Director: Charlie Gillette

Synopsis: An all-nighter at the office goes nightmarishly wrong when an overworked attorney is forced into a deadly game of hide-and-seek. A Korean-American psychological thriller about the self-destruction of self-sacrifice. Once an aspiring actor, Gabriel Park now works as a junior associate at a prestigious law firm, burying his artistic ambitions beneath a mask of professionalism. But the weight of his mother’s illness—and the guilt of choosing a path that keeps him from his true self—gnaws at him. The one remnant of his past is the neutral mask he keeps in his desk drawer. A late night at the office turns sinister when Gabriel’s neutral mask mysteriously goes missing. Locked inside the law firm, Gabriel is forced to confront the emotional and psychological trauma bottled within him. As his reality warps, Gabriel faces a chilling reckoning with the person he’s become—and the person he’s been running from. ‘TAL’ explores the clash between what we owe to the parents who gave us everything, and what we owe to ourselves both as artists & individuals. Gabriel Park stands on a fault line between two seemingly irreconcilable identities - a dutiful son & a secretly queer artist who dreams of acting again.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on Filmchief and on Shudder

An adult Korean man in a white dress shirt, his body facing right and head turning to look slightly over his right shoulder. The movie poster title is the Korean Hangul character "탈" stacked above English letters "TAL."

Everhand

Runtime: 9:03

Director: Shane Hillier

Synopsis: Rancher Abe Brightwell (Lee Cleaveland) struggles to maintain his livelihood alongside his wife Edie (Sarah Beth Budd), until a shadowy biotech company offers him a sleek new bionic limb — the Everhand. Productivity soars, but so do the consequences. The couple must confront a mute and menacing corporate Sales Rep (Ron Williams) and reclaim their humanity before the machine consumes them — and everything they love. A silent film, Everhand relies heavily on mood, music, and visual storytelling.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on Filmchief and on Shudder

Movie poster title 'Everhand', upper half of the poster is a black and white photo of a white adult man wearing overalls and sitting on a hay bale. Trees without leaves line the field he is in.

The Hog Queen

Runtime: 12:59

Director: Katherine Craft

Synopsis: A disgruntled bartender’s plans to skip town are disrupted when feral hogs attack a small town Texas gay bar during a drag show, and everyone inside scrambles to survive the hogs…and each other.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on Filmchief and on Shudder

Movie poster 'The Hog Queen' and in smaller print below, 'It's Hogs, Y'All.' An illustration in reds and purples of a creature with glowing red eyes and a disco ball in the center of its face. A snout is behind the smaller text at the bottom.

Voyeur

Runtime: 5:52

Director: Maryam Hashempour

Synopsis: A girl enters a coffee shop while waiting for her friend. An unknown number repeatedly sends her a photograph taken just before she entered.

Available on: Filmchief

A woman with long dark hair stands close to a bright overhead light, her face mostly obscured by the movie poster's graphic for the title 'Voyeur.' The woman has a maroon cloth loosely draped over her shoulders and the back of her head.

Long Pork

Runtime: 13:13 or 13:20

Director: Iris Dukatt

Producer: Katherine Romans, Charlie Traisman and Elizabeth Valenti

Synopsis: In a post-Roe America where theocracy reigns, a renowned butcher confronts the political predator responsible for her daughter’s death and exacts bloody revenge, setting the stage for a revolution.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend and on Filmchief

The movie poster 'Long Pork' is a wood tabletop covered in various cuts of raw meat, with a hacksaw arranged closest to the viewer.

Do You See Her?

Runtime: 7:14

Director, Producer: Janet-Rose Nguyen

Synopsis: Katie questions her sanity as she is stalked by a terrifying entity—one she can see only when her glasses are off.

Available on: Filmchief

A young woman with long dark hair, light skin and prominent eyeglasses is facing and looking to the left with what could be a worried expression. Movie poster text 'Do You See Her?'.

Mardazma

Runtime: 14:30

Director: Amir Masoud Soheili

Producers: Masoud Soheili and Amir Masoud Soheili

Synopsis: On the day of Afghanistan’s presidential election, two Taliban soldiers mutilate voters and flee down a cursed road, where something more terrifying than justice awaits.

Available on: Filmchief

A woman in a medium blue, embroidered burqa holds her hands palm up. There is jewelry on both hands, and her right index finger is partially, freshly severed and covered in bloody gauze. 'Mardazma' in scratchy font at top.

REPEAT

Runtime: 4:16

Director: Marlon Royal Reid

Synopsis: Trapped in a surreal time loop, a woman relives fragments of her memory after committing a horrendous act of violence.

Available on: Filmchief

'Repeat' in bold font is repeated all the way through the movie poster, with areas of shadow. A person's terrified face appears to have the text projected onto their face.

Trapped

Runtime: 4:59

Director, Producer: Greg Jeffs

Synopsis: A young disabled man is trapped in a go-nowhere job.

Available on: FilmChief

The movie poster has 'Trapped' in red in top right corner. Close-up of an eyeball and lids, with a red glowing 'EXIT' sign reflected in the pupil area.

Landfills of Desire

Runtime: 7:09

Director: Sapna Moti Bhavnani

Producer: Wench Films

Synopsis: On the still waters of Dal Lake, a Rantas—a Kashmiri witch—glides alone through the night. Neither living nor dead, she searches for what cannot be returned: herself.

Available on: Filmchief

A moody blue lake with hills in the background and no light. A dark figure sits or stands in a canoe in the placid lake. 'Landfills of Desire' movie poster text at the top.

Troubled Connexxxions

Runtime: 5:41

Director: E’Niyah Wilson

Synopsis: A Black disabled phone-sex operator has a zany session with a white client.

Available on: Filmchief

Heartbreak

Runtime: 1:30

Director: Sarah Leigh

Producer: Andy Caley and Curiouser Pictures

Synopsis: A woman takes her long-term boyfriend on their final date; he does not know that she plans to end things.

Available on: Filmchief

Movie poster with title 'Heartbreak,' 'A Film by Sarah Leigh' with a pink-red heart cracked down the middle and lots of scratches all over.

PU EKAW TNOD

Runtime: 6:48

Director: Rebecca Culverhouse

Producer: Pamela Pifferi; co-producer Sergio Falchi

Synopsis: A couple watching a horror film about a strangely familiar basement realise they are dreaming when they find themselves inside that same basement—and discover that something knows they should not be awake.

Available across: In person at Lost Weekend and on Filmchief

A woman with dark hair is lit from below casting dramatic shadows on her face, her left hand held up below her head. The movie poster is laid out like a Polaroid picture, main text 'PU EKAW TNOD.'