Scream Queens Only: Horror Shorts Program
Saturday September 26 at 2:15PM | a/perture cinema | 87 min.
Don’t fear the queer, come and get spooked on these fabulously haunting journeys.
Scissors
NARRATIVE SHORT | DIRECTED BY HANNAH ALLINE | USA | ENGLISH | 2026 | 12 MINS
A slasher with a grudge meets his match when a group of queer friends on a weekend getaway turns his killing spree into a bloody night he never saw coming.
One Night Cherub
NARRATIVE SHORT | DIRECTED BY AUSTIN KING | USA | ENGLISH | 2024 | 7 MINS
While Nick waits for his app hookup, Rod, to show up, a demonic cherub tries to kill him.
Bad Dad
NARRATIVE SHORT | DIRECTED BY CHISA HUTCHINSON | USA | ENGLISH | 2026 | 11 MINS
With his divorce barely finalized, Warren retreats from the city he always resented to a quiet lake house, hoping to find some peace with his young son, KJ. But when a stranger named David turns up at the door asking for help, the night takes a turn Warren never could have anticipated.
In The Valley: A Cosmic Queer Abduction
NARRATIVE SHORT | DIRECTED BY ADAM VAN DYKE | USA | ENGLISH | 2025 | 28 MINS
Lost in the vast Southern California desert, Josh wakes alone after a night with a mysterious Cowboy. As the landscape twists into a waking nightmare, Josh must uncover the truth about the Cowboy, the cloaked figures watching him, and his own forgotten past—before the desert claims him forever.
Stay With Me
NARRATIVE SHORT | DIRECTED BY KRISTEN LAFFEY | USA | ENGLISH | 2025 | 9 MINS
Miles is finally opening his heart to a new love a year after an unspeakable event. But just when he feels ready to take his budding romance with Ben to the next step, shadows of his past begin to creep into his present. This is contact with a ghost like you’ve never seen…
