NIGHT CAMP Shorts

Saturday, 11:00 PM, Salem Cinema
109 mins. - ONLY $5!

A new addition to this year's festival! This creepy, cool and campy shorts package is for our viewers who aren't scared of being out after dark.

A Little Night Fright
Directed by Mischa Livingstone
United States, 3 mins.

When the bedtime story ends and the lights go out, a little boy exacts revenge on his tormenting older brother.

 

Foie Gras
Directed by Sam Sparks
United States, 3 mins.

Filmmaker Sam Sparks In Attendance!

After watching Francois Farmer slay her lover and devour his liver, Claire Goose attempts a daring escape to freedom, but Francois is not about to let his favorite meal get away.

Guilty?
Directed by Nic Cornwall
UK, 6 mins.

Most people have one, a deep dark secret that deep down inside gives them a little bit of guilt, and possibly even a bit of pleasure. But does it help to get it off your chest ?

Songbird
Directed by John Thompson
United States, 6 mins.

A disgruntled, drunken oaf demands quiet at the dinner table, but when his dutiful wife’s pet bird won’t stop chirping, he threatens to take away the one thing she holds dear.

The Angel
Directed by Paul Hough
United States, 8 mins.

A young girl’s patient vigil at her grandmother’s hospital bed is disrupted by the eerie arrival of an unwelcome guest.

 

 

Zombie Jesus!
Directed by Steve Miller
Canada, 13 mins.

On a stormy night in a small town, the Son of God at last returns to grant his most fervent followers the gift of immortality by having them join the ranks of the undead.

Train Town
Directed by Keith Bearden
United States, 15 mins.

Al and Jerry have differing views on the layout of the land for their scaled-down, model train town. Will 1950’s conservatism win out or the laid back lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock ’n roll?

Chickenfüt
Directed by Harrison Witt
United States, 18 mins.

A young boy taunted by his sisters learns the legendary tale of a German exchange student possessed by the spirit of his prized chicken and his paranormal quest for barnyard justice.

Critized
Directed by Richard Gale
United States, 18 mins.

When a prominent film critic writes a scathing review of a new horror film, the overwrought director abducts him, subjecting him to an eye-opening experience.

Gay Zombie
Directed by Michael Simon
United States, 20 mins.

Love means never having to say you’re dead. A sexually confused zombie ventures out into hip West Hollywood, attempting to fit in and curb his flesh-eating appetite.

Sam Sparks (Director of Foie Gras)

Sam Sparks grew up in Salem, Oregon until he left home to attend the University of Southern California School of Cinema Television.  It was there that he completed Foie Gras with the guidance of filmmaker Everett Lewis.  He now freelances full time for motion graphics and animation studios in Los Angeles.