GASP! All Dayer: Short Film Showcase
GASP! presents five Short Film Showcases at their main festival each year, and
this Horror All-Dayer showcase works as a great example of what you can
expect from those showcases as well as GASP! Horror Film Festival as a whole.
From an intimate relationship with a TV to a surprise party gone very wrong
and from a Mexican slasher to a ballet creature feature, this showcase is sure
to provide something for everyone!
Programme:
TELE XXX
Written and Directed by Johnny Massahi, 2026, UK, 9 minutes
Content Warning: Body
horror, flashing images and misogyny.
A middle-aged recluse (Laurence R. Harvey) spirals into sexual mania when he
is seduced by his television. TELE XXX reckons with the fragile line between
desire and perversion in a hyperconnected yet disconnected world.
Surprise! – Exclusive Manchester Screening
Written and Directed by Dave
Gardner,
Co-written by Jo Overfield UK, 2025, 10 minutes
Content Warning: Brief
flashing lights.
A working class mum discovers a terrifying secret at the surprise party from
hell!
Ziggy’s Show: The Curse of Mariachi Bondage – European Premiere Written
and Directed by Giorgio Ross, Mexico, 2026, 10 minutes.
Content Warning: Body horror and
flashing images.
Ziggy, a rising influencer, is trying to increase her number of followers on social
media by awakening the curse of an old song. Now a gloomy mariachi who
makes people dance until they die is chasing Ziggy until he fulfils her dream of
making her viral.
D3STRO – UK Premiere
Written and Directed by Joshua Torresvalle, Mexico, 2026, 7 minutes Content Warning: Body
horror and cannibalism.
A young couple shares a deep passion about food and desire for each other.
They put all their efforts to satisfy all their fantasies, until they come with the
ultimate culinary experience. One must be eaten and the second must feed
from the other’s flesh.
Rock Paper Scissors Death
Directed by Dayle Saunders,
Written by Andrew
Walker, UK, 2025, 4
minutes
A man stuck in a deadly Rock Paper Scissors game wants to lose and escape.
But with a hidden psychopath controlling the game, can he outsmart them or is
he trapped forever?
Beyond the Moonlight
Written and Directed by Natalie Christine Rodriguez USA, 2026, 9 minutes Content
Warning: Body horror.
During a brutal dance rehearsal, a reserved dancer uncovers the disturbing
truth behind her sister's intense training -- it is not for a performance...but for
something far more terrifying.
The Hatch – Exclusive Manchester Screening
Written and Directed by
Suzanne Curtis
Co-written by Thomas Campbell UK, 2025, 12 minutes
A young couple move into their new home and when they go into the loft and
bring down an old teddy bear they unwillingly invite a malevolent demon into
their home.
Exposed – International Premiere
Written and Directed by Nicholas Molinari
Co-written by JP Brooks, USA, 2026,
4 minutes
Content Warning: Body horror
Frank is a passionate photographer who enjoys taking photos of his escapades.
When a polaroid of his newest lover Jen goes missing, tensions rise!
Dry January – Northern UK Premiere
Written and Directed by C.J. Arellano, USA, 2026, 19 minutes
Content
Warning: Alcoholism and vomit.
When Maya commits to a month of sobriety and takes up sculpting as a hobby,
her crab sculptures terrorize her former drinking buddy, her brother Toby.
All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, and the film start time is as advertised above.
