Episode 72: YouTube Horror Short Films

This episode was recorded on June 20, 2025 and posted on November 29, 2025.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 72
• Introductions to your ghost hosts - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Suzie aka Projectile Varmint
• Introductions to our guest - Billy D of Halloween Babies Podcast
• Today's Topic: YouTube Horror Short Films

Defining Short Films

• Short films as defined by The Academy
• The history of short form content in horror
• Horror films that were originally produced as short films
• Pros & cons of short form content in horror

Media Discussion - all films are available to stream on YouTube!

• Lights Out (2013)
• My House Walk Through (2016)
• The Pretty Thing (2018)
• The Smiling Man (2018)
• Man on A Train (2018)
• Vicious (2019)
• Other Side of the Box (2020)
• Curve (2021)
• Portrait of God (2022)
• Mama Agnes (2023)
• Double Vision (2024)
• Don't Look Back (2024)

Best & Worst Representations of YouTube Short Horror Films

Closing Thoughts

• If you could direct a horror short film, what would the premise be?

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Sources

Short Films vs. Feature Length Films | Sheffield AV. (n.d.). https://www.sheffieldav.com/education/short-films-vs-feature-length-films TheGothicLibrarian. (2017, October 30).

The history of horror. The Gothic Library. https://www.thegothiclibrary.com/the-history-of-horror/#:~:text=But%20horror%20as%20a%20literary,who%20wants%20to%20marry%20her.

Tyler, A. (2023, November 11). 10 horror short films that became great Full-Length Movies. ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/horror-movies-started-short-films/