BITS and Bytes is a collection of short horror films screening on the third night at Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024, including several from series that viewers will want to hunt down after viewing this sampling. Check out our reviews, and find some new favourite creators to follow! Ezra (2022) “After fleeing the

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Director/Producer Shannon Alexander presents It’s Coming (2023), a compelling documentary about one woman’s journey to rid her home of unwanted ghosts while her young son Javier can still be saved. Day Trader and mother of 5, Ashley Roland-White claims that she’s been haunted by a spirit named Max since she was 11 years old, but

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When the first trailer for the 2022 horror flick, Smile starring Sosie Bacon came out, I initially dismissed it as just another forgettable horror flick thanks to its generic title. But lo and behold, it was one of the best horror flicks to come out that year. Two years after the release of Parker Finn’s

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Daniele Campea’s 2024 Mother Nocturna (Madre Notturna) is a technically and atmospherically excellent film that is ultimately undone by its own commitment to ambiance and style over substance. In this psychological horror inspired by The Bacchae, a wolf biologist has just been released from psychiatric care to live with her doctor husband Riccardo and now-grown

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“Workaholic yuppie Conor is in an existential rut until one night he catches a bizarre ad for a party hotline hosted by a strange dancing goblin: Frankie Freako. Could this be just the recipe to spice up his boring life?” Smoke Em If You Got Em, We’re Going For a Ride It’s not hip to

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The best science fiction is always built upon interesting ideas, and the best horror lives and dies with its ability to scare or unsettle. Possessor (2020), against both measures, is a fantastic piece of modern sci-fi horror! Directed by Brandon Cronenberg, Possessor (2020) is set within a slick Ballardian near-future, where corporations have moved on

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Late Night with The Devil is a 2023 Australian Found Footage Horror film, written and directed by the brother duo Cameron and Colin Cairnes. The pair is known for creating films such as 100 Bloody Acres (2012) and Scare Campaign (2016). The film is inspired by an episode of the Australian talk show The Don Lane

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Dead Sushi 2012

Dead Sushi is a 2012 Japanese splatter horror comedy film, written and directed by Noboru Iguchi, with additional writing from Makiko Iguchi and Jun Tsugita. Known for his over-the-top implementation of gore, comedy, and all-round silliness, Iguchi is known as the director behind such classics as The Machine Girl (2008), Robo-Geisha (2009), and Hentai Samurai

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Suzy Eddie Izzard delivers a masterful performance of duality as the titular character in Doctor Jekyll, Hammer Film Productions’ retelling of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, directed by Joe Stephenson. In this interpretation, Dr Jekyll is doctor-turned-billionaire CEO Nina Jekyll, a trans woman in disgrace after an unspecified scandal. Nina’s transness

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Trypophobic Posession is a 2024 Spanish splatter horror short film, written and directed by Mikel Balerdi (though most of the work was undertaken by Cory DeAn Cowley). Known for his contemporary, boundary-pushing artwork and films, Mikel is best known as the writer/director of the splatter horror films The Girl with the Cutter (2020), Larva Mental

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