My favorite horror movies are the ones that build suspense, and that's exactly what this short film called "Exit" does. It's a subtly creepy story that is more intelligent than it is shocking. One of the reason why I like these kinds of films is that they mess with your head and the story and imagery sticks with you. The film was written and directed by Daniel Zimbler, and it is based on an Edwardian short story of the same name by Harry Farjeon. Here is the short summary that was attached to the short:

At a country manor in Edwardian England, a parlour trick becomes a bewitching – and one of the guests gets his dark desire.

I really don't want to give much more away of the story than that, but it plays out like an episode of The Twilight Zone. It starts out slow, but the spookiness of it sneaks up on you,...

For their seventh annual edition, the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival is really blowing things up!

Well, not literally. But the world’s premiere horror movie fest is expanding to over double its regular size, screening over 50 films on nine terrifying nights Oct. 10-18 at its new home, the prestigious AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.

The scares kick off on the 10th with the return of local fave filmmaker Richard Bates, Jr. with the feature-length version of Excision about a teenage girl obsessed with becoming a surgeon. The film co-stars John Waters, Malcolm McDowell and Traci Lords. Bates’ original short Excision on which the feature is based screened at Spooky Movie back in 2008.

A few other Spooky Movie alumni who are back with highly anticipated new films include Mike Davis‘ “green” horror movie President Wolfman, which is composed entirely of public domain footage mixed with a rip-roarin...