"A Taste of Dread" Shorts

Thursday, February 19 @9:00PM
Friday, February 20 @4:00PM
Sunday, February 22 @12:00PM

Taste of Dread serves up comedy with a side of doom, where a touch of death meets darkly funny twists. These shorts find laughs in the grim, the macabre, and the delightfully unsettling, proving that even the end can be hilarious — if you’re brave enough to watch.

The Alpaca Connection

Runtime: 18 min

In 1976, two rising film producers celebrate the success of their Cold War spy thriller but panic when their elusive screenwriter disappears. They soon discover the script reveals Top Secret information, putting their careers and lives in danger.

Cast: Jefferson Randall, Nick Pearl, JP Weinstein, Alexander Platt, Anna Vlads

Love and Near Death

NY PREMIERE

Runtime: 27 min

When a thwarted romantic has a near-death experience, she encounters her soulmate in the afterlife. 

Cast: Annie Watkins, Alex Nicholson, Vasthy Mompoint, Stephanie Hogan

UN-DEAD

WORLD PREMIERE

Runtime: 9 min

A zombie outbreak is ruining Jane's first day at her new job, but she does something desperate and crazy that changes everything in funny and unexpected ways. 

Cast: Kelley Pereira, Brian Huskey

Brett Was A F*&K 

Runtime: 19 min

A police officer responds to a noise complaint at a Yale secret society reunion and is allowed inside to investigate. But the alumni are hiding something—namely, the dead body in the back room. As the officer digs deeper, it becomes clear that Brett’s murder isn’t so simple… especially since Brett was a f*ck.

Cast: Britne Oldford, Charlie McElveen, Taylor Anthony Miller, Danni Vitorino, Keith Rubin, James M Reilly