Short Film: The Body (2013)

It's got to be hard making short films, as no matter how great they may be, as they kind of disappear into the nether after their initial Festival Circuit runs are finished, if they are even lucky enough to get one.

That's why we've decided to showcase some of the many great Horror Shorts that are out there floating around the Interwebs: some are scary, some are fun, and every now and then, we even find one that's a work of art.

The bottom line is that plenty of time and effort went into making them, so they at least deserve to be seen, don't they?

"The tale of a murderer (Allen) who uses the cover of Halloween night to causally transport his latest victim from the scene of the crime to his final resting place. Wrapping the body in tarpaulin and dragging it through the busy streets of London as a bloody Halloween prop, all goes to plan until an old school mate (Brassington) recognises the murderer and drags him along to a swanky Halloween party nearby, where a chance meeting with a beautiful girl (Tointon) takes his evening on an even bigger turn for the bizarre!"

Alfie Allen and Hannah Tointon together in a Halloween-themed short?

Yes please.


Watching a serial-killing Theon Greyjoy trying to dispose of a body during Halloween, and getting sidetracked by clueless people and a beautiful girl, made for a humorous (and bloody) 20-minutes. It had an American Psycho vibe about it, albeit with a decidedly British twist.

This could have been a feature film.

Definitely a pleasant surprise.