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Saturday Micro Horror Cinema: THE MIME and THE MIME 2!

Welcome to Saturday Micro Horror Cinema DOUBLE FEATURE featuring THE MIME and THE MIME 2 (That came out on this past Thursday December 9th 2021) Written , Directed, and Edited By Alex Magaña. If The Mime Films Feel a Little Familiar there is a Good fucking Reason for that. Magana also Wrote and Directed the SMILING WOMAN Series, and The Mime is the Far More Unsettling Evolution of Magana’s Classic Hero Versus Villain One on One Format. Luckily for Magana it’s a Format He is quite Good at so He has that going for Him.

THE MIME!!

Plot: One Late night at a Lonely Train Station, a Commuter is Stalked by a Sinister Mime…

THE MIME CAST: Ericka Bernabe as the Commuter and Isabella Moore as the Mime.

THE MIME 2!

Plot: On a late night at a Train Station, a Lone Commuter is Terrorized by a Ominous and Supernatural Mime…

THE MIME 2 CAST:
Commuter – Orion Smith
Mime – Isabella Moore

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Presented By Les Sober

Short Horror Film Friday: VAGABOND

Welcome to this Installment of Short Horror Film Friday Featuring the Award Winning Slasher Film VAGABOND Directed By Bryan Metzger and Written By Bryan and Angela Metzger. Vagabond was Inspired by a Real Life Vagabond who Roamed the Hills of Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York back in the Mid to Late 1800’s.

The Real Leatherman

Plot Summery: A Group of Friends head to a Cabin in the Woods where One Young Man plans on making the Perfect Wedding Proposal when Asking His Girlfriends if She’d Marry Him. There is just One Problem Standing in His Way and it is The Legendary and Homicidal Vagabond LEATHERMAN!!! Will Love Prevail or will Leatherman add to His Blood Soaked Bodycount? You”ll Have To Watch And See For Yourself.

Notable Mentions:

Vagabond was Filmed in its Entirety on a Budget less than a $1000.
While The Leatherman as He was Known (His Actual Identity Remains Unknown and Controversial) was a Real Person There is NO RECORD of Him Murdering Anyone. He was Famous for His Handmade Leather Suit of Clothes He Wore which earned Him the Nickname Leatherman.

Enjoy.

Thanks For Watching,

Presented By Les Sober

Short Horror Film Friday: BAKEMONO

Welcome to this Week’s Installment of Short Horror Film Friday featuring BAKEMONO by by Sumire Takamatsu and Jorge Lucas who Wrote as well as Directed the Film.

What I found Interesting is the Evil Spirits in BAKEMONO are in fact Based on Hungry Ghosts.Hungry Ghosts is a Concept in Chinese Buddhism, Chinese Traditional Religion, Vietnamese Buddhism, Vietnamese Traditional Religion, Japanese Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism, Representing Beings Who are Driven by Intense Emotional needs in an Animalistic Way. Since the Family in the Film is Japanese I’m going to quickly Touch on Hungry Ghosts in Japanese Buddhism.

In Japanese Buddhism, Hungry Ghosts are considered to have Two Variants: the Gaki and the Jikininki. Gaki are the Spirits of Jealous or Greedy People, Who as Punishment for Their Mortal Vices. The Gaki have been Curses with an Insatiable Undying Hunger for a Particular Substance or a Specific Object. Traditionally, this is Something Revolting or Humiliating like Decaying Human Corpses or Feces, but in Recent Years it can Virtually be Anything No Matter how Bizarre it may be. Meanwhile Jikininki (People Eating Ghosts) are the Spirits of Greedy, Selfish or Impious Individuals who are Cursed After Death to seek out and Eat Human Corpses. They Feed at Night Scavenging for Recently Deceased Human Bodies, and the Food Offerings Left for the Dead. Jikininki Lament Their Curse and Hate Their Vile Craving for Feasting on the Flesh of the Dead.

Plot Summery: The Date is February 3rd, known in Japan as Setsubun, and is Supposed to be the Celebration of the Beginning of Spring. Families Celebrate by Casting out Evil Spirits from Their Homes. Although at Ayumi’s House things have become so stressful You could Cut the Tension with a Knife. This is Due to Rebellious Ayumi who once again like so many Children is Refusing to Finish Her Dinner. In an Attempt to Remedy the Problem Ayumi’s Mother Tries to Scare Her into Compliance with a Terrifying Tale. As the Story goes if Ayumi Doesn’t Finish Her Dinner then an Evil Spirit will Enter the House and Eat it instead, But Ayumi is not Convinced that All Spirits are Evil. So Ayumi decides to test Her assumption by Inviting One in for a Midnight Snack, and Learns You should Never Feed a Hungry Ghost the Hard Way.

Enjoy.

CAST:

Ayumi – Claudia Fabella
Oka-san – Shio Muramatsu
Oto-san – Daisuke Suzuki
Bakemono – Sherry Q, Erin Yuqi Yang

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Presented By Les Sober

Short Horror Film Friday: THE DOLLMAKER

Welcome to this Week’s Short Horror Film Friday featuring THE DOLLMAKER” Directed by Al Lougher which is a Cautionary Tale Pertaining to Death, Mourning, and Grief. Let’s Face it People have been trying/Longing to Cheat Death Indefinitely Clinging onto Life with every Fiber of Their Being.

From Juan Ponce de Leon searching Endlessly for the Mythical Fountain of Youth to The Infamous Countess Elizabeth Bathory (Who served as the ACTUAL inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Not Vlad the Impaler. Legend has it Bathory bathed in the Blood of 650 Servant Girls She had Tortured and Killed because She believed the Blood of Young Girls had Age Defying Powers). Death is the Fact of Life We all Know to be True, but Still Never Rightfully Accept.

Plot Summery: A Grieving Mother latches on to a Mystical Surrogate for Her Deceased Little Boy, but Small Miracles come with Big Consequences. “The Dollmaker Serves as a Warning Be careful What You Wish For because You might Just Get It.

Enjoy.

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Presented By Les Sober

Short Horror Film Friday: DUAL

Welcome to This Week’s Short Horror Film Friday featuring DUEL (2018) by Writer, Producer, Filmmaker, Visual Storyteller, Art Director Justin Staggs. Staggs Before forging a Career as a Writer and Director of Films and Television He Created Several Dozen Music Videos for such Bands as The Foo Fighters, NOFX, and Against Me! just to Name a Few.

Plot Summery: A Child Psychologist attempts to Breakthrough to a Troubled Little Boy, BUT Unknowingly She Unleashes the Homicidal Rage of His Imaginary Friends Who Protect the Boy at All Costs.

Enjoy.

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Les Sober

Micro Horror Movie (Sequel Edition) : SMILING WOMAN 6

Welcome to this Weeks Short Horror Film Friday featuring SMILING WOMAN 6 Written and Directed by Alex Magaña, and Co-Produced by Dawn Church. You can Find All Five Previous SMILING WOMAN Films here at FYB in the Movies Category. Each Installment of the SMILING WOMAN Start when a Digital Clock Display clicks over from 1:00 am to 1:01 am. The Premiss Remains the Same Throughout the SMILING WOMAN Series each Unique Installment Brings Us Closer to Discovering Who or What the Smiling Woman Is. When it comes to The SMILING WOMAN Series it Doesn’t take Long to Find its Legs and Take Off Running.

I as Far as I am Aware I coined the Term “Micro Horror Movie” when I posted the One Minute Long “Tuck Me In” by Ignacio Rodo on 1/29/21 (as Part of FYB’s Short Horror Film Friday). The Term Micro Horror is a Nod to one of the Unique Aspects of the Grindcore Music Genre: the Micro Song. There’re Songs by Grindcore Bands (Such as Anal Cunt, Insect Warfare, SCAT, Pig Destroyer, Brutal Truth, and Nuclear Assault for example) that are Only Seconds in Length. In Fact the British Grindcore/Death Metal Band Napalm Death hold the Guinness World Record for the Shortest Song ever Recorded with the Their One Second “You Suffer”. So I figure the Micro Horror Movie would Translate to a Short Horror Film that’s Five Minutes (Flat) or Under.

PLOT: One Late Night at an Empty Laundromat, a Young Woman is Tormented by a Menacing Smiling Woman.

CAST:

Smiling Woman – Teru Hara
Young Lady – Michelle Twarowska
Coroner – Alex Crawford
Detective – Raymond Ko
Young Lady Voice – Mandy O’shaughnessy & Lindsey Caldwell

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Presented By Les Sober

Micro Horror Movie (Sequel Edition) :SMILING WOMAN 5

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring SMILING WOMAN 5 Written, Directed, Edited, and Executively Produced by Alex Magna and Starring Felissa Rose as the Smiling Woman. All Installments Start when a Digital Clock Display clicks over from 1:00 am to 1:01 am. The Premiss Remains the Same Throughout the SMILING WOMAN Series each Unique Installment Brings Us Closer to Discovering Who or What the Smiling Woman Is. When it comes to The SMILING WOMAN Series it Doesn’t take Long to Find its Legs and Take Off Running.

I as Far as I am Aware I coined the Term “Micro Horror Movie” when I posted the One Minute Long “Tuck Me In” by Ignacio Rodo on 1/29/21 (as Part of FYB’s Short Horror Film Friday). The Term Micro Horror is a Nod to one of the Unique Aspects of the Grindcore Music Genre: the Micro Song. There’re Songs by Grindcore Bands (Such as Anal Cunt, Insect Warfare, SCAT, and Pig Destroyer) that are Only Seconds in Length. In Fact the British Deathcore (Grindcore+Death Metal) Band Napalm Death hold the Guinness World Record for the Shortest Song ever Recorded with the Their One Second “You Suffer. So I figure the Micro Horror Movie would Translate to a Short Horror Film that’s Under Five Minutes.

For those Who May Not Be Aware Felissa Rose Esposito, better Known as Felissa Rose, is an American Actress and Producer. She made Her Film Debut as Angela Baker in Robert Hilzik’s Infamous Cult Horror Movie Sleepaway Camp, a Role Reprised in the 2008 sequel Retuen to Sleepaway Camp.

NOTE: We Highly Suggest You Watch the First 4 SMILING WOMEN Movies before Watching Number 5. You can Find the First Four Installments in the SMILING WOMAN Series in Our Movie Section.

Plot: While in Her Hospital Bed, a Patient is terrified by a Eerie Smiling Woman.

Enjoy.

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Presented BY Les Sober

Short Horror Film Friday: THE SOUND!

Welcome to this Week’s Short Horror Film Friday featuring the THE SOUND a Psychological Short Horror Movie Written and Directed by Patrick Stagg. THE SOUND is a Cautionary Tale of Sorts Akin to The Tell-Tale Heart”by Legendary Horror Author Edgar Allen Poe. In The Tell-Tale Heart The Main Character Literally Gets Away with Murder Only to have His Guilty Conscious Drive Him Insane Until He Confesses to His Crime.

Plot Summery:

A Man is Alone in his Isolated living at His Remote Countryside Home where He learns a Sinister Lesson. What the Man learns is that You can Run from the Horrors of Reality, BUT You Can’t Escape the Horror inside Your Own Head.

Enjoy

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Presented By Les Sober

Short Horror Film Friday: CARNIVORE!

Welcome to FYB’s Short Horror Film Friday featuring CARNIVORE Written and Directed by Ashton Herrild.

Plot Summery::

After being Finally Exonerated for the Wrongful Conviction of the Cannibalistic Murder of His Own Mother, Levi is Released from Prison. Now a Free Man Levi Returns to His Small Hometown, where His Belligerent Older half-brother, Wade, Drags Him to the Local Restaurant for a Hamburger. While Wade, Who’s Obviously Unconvinced of His Brother’s Innocence, Rabidly Devours a Burger, the Now Vegetarian Levi notices Something Off about the rest of the Restaurant’s Patrons. Unfortunately for Levi the Community Appears to Share Bo’s are Far from Convinced of Levi’s Innocence. Levi finds Solace in Reuniting with His Best Friend from High School Bo the Restaurant’s Current Hamburger Flipper. The Happy Reunion is Cut Short when Bo Confesses to Levi that He has been Busy Exacting His Own Dementedly Twisted Revenge upon Unwitting Towns People.

Enjoy.

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Presented By Les Sober

Short Horror Film Friday: NO THROUGH ROAD 2

Welcome to this Week’s Installment of Short Horror Film Friday featuring the Found Footage Short Horror Film NO THROUGH ROAD 2! We have already Posted the Original NO THROUGH ROAD in a Previous Installment of Short Horror Film Friday, and were Thrilled to Learn that a Sequel had in fact been Made. We Highly recommend You Go watch NO THROUGH ROAD First before Watching the Sequel so that You’re Not Confused as to what the Hell is Happening in NO THROUGH ROAD 2.

Synopsis:

James and the New Cameraman Dave go to put Flowers on Steven’s “Grave” which is Actually a Spot on the Side of the Road where Steven was Murdered. While at the Gravesite Dave and James reference the First Movie with James Stating that He has No Recollection of that Night’s Events, and hasn’t Spoken about that Night Since. While Driving Back from Steven’s Grave the Duo gets Completely Turned Around, and find Themselves Lost in the Middle of Nowhere without Cell Service.

That is Until James Notices a Road Sign for Bennington as They Drive, and Realizes that They’ve been Driving in Circles. As things go from Bad to Worse James and Dave Realize They’re Trapped in an Endless Loop from which They can’t Escape No Matter how Hard They Try. Growing more Frantic James and Dave pull over to try and gather Their Thoughts and Devise a Game Plan. Then all of a Sudden Steven appears Outside the Car Window His face Covered in Blood, but Very Much Still Alive.

Steven is in a Severely Disoriented State, and Rambling a Mile a Minute Incoherently as the Three of Them try to Get a Grip on the Reality of the Situation. James explains to Steven that He’s been Missing for Three Years, and that He has been Presumed Dead at this Point and Time. James Comforts Steven as He is sitting in the Middle of a Dirt Road having a Minor Mental Breakdown before the Film Cuts to Black.

A Moment after the Movie goes Black the Following Words appear on the Screen:

“The Tape Ends Here. It was found in a camera case along with a camera. The Camera was Broken, but Another Tape was found Inside it. While severely damaged efforts are currently being made to retrieve the Data on the tape.”

Enjoy.

Thanks For Watching,

Presented By Les Sober