We are excited to finally announce the Final Frame Short Horror Film Competition 2025 Finalists!
The winner will be announced next week at the 2025 StokerCon convention.
Vote for Wyrm
Director: Benjamin Percy
Writer: Benjamin Percy
UNITED STATES/2025/5:00
A political attack ad for a small-town mayoral race descends into horror.
Izzy
Director: Yfke van Berckelaer
Writer: Yfke van Berckelaer
NETHERLANDS/2024/9:18
Izzy is constantly stuck in the same: mocked, dismissed, ignored, forgotten. How can she get out of it?
Cruelty
Director: Sam Das
Writer: Sam Das
UNITED STATES/2024/9:18
A young trans woman is chased into a junkyard while being followed home late at night. Trapped among the heaps of scrap she must outwit her predator and summon the strength of a goddess in her desperate fight for survival.
Vermin
Director: Kristen Semedo
Writer: Kristen Semedo
UNITED STATES/2025/8:47
Struggling with his impending divorce, a man discovers he’s not as alone as he thinks.
The Last Thing She Saw
Directors: Anthony Cousins, Rebecca Daughtery
Writer: Brady Richards
UNITED STATES/2024/8:35
After being attacked by two burglars, Emmy must see if she can escape her desperate situation.
Starver
Director: Parsa Zahedi
Writer: Parsa Zahedi
IRAN/2025/7:00
An empty stomach will change a man.
Skeeter
Director: Chris McInroy
Writer: Chris McInroy
UNITED STATES/2024/3:55
Every party has a buzz kill.
Nervous Ellie
Director: David Yorke
Writer: David Yorke
UNITED KINGDOM/2024/6:40
Ellie, new to dating and painfully shy, struggles to control her nerves during a date with Danni.
Speak With The Dead
Director: Stephanie Paris
Writer: Stephanie Paris
UNITED STATES/2024/10:10
In 1850, The Fox sisters hold a séance for a wealthy couple who want to call on their deceased son’s spirit to give them closure.
Umbra
Director: Pablo Otero
Writer: Juanjo Palomeque
SPAIN/2024/10:10
Adriana, a twelve-year-old girl, waits while her mother recovers after giving birth, but the night is long and a hospital holds many secrets and countless doors to open.
Eldritch Karaoke
Director/Animator: Joe Loftus
Writer: Joe Loftus
IRELAND/2024/5:00
A young woman on the road to escape her past is hit by a car and descends into a chaotic musical after-life. She must decide whether to join the song or die.
Dormant
Director: Niels Bourgonje
Writers: Niels Bourgonje
UNITED KINGDOM/2024/8:51
A man cares for his comatose wife at home. After a transgression, he fears something sinister has awakened her.
Outside Noise
Director: Ethan Evans
Writers: Ethan Evans, Jess Bartlett
UNITED KINGDOM/2024/7:45
An overwhelmed woman listens to a sleep ambience app to unwind before bed, but when the sounds eerily begin to blend with reality, she suspects it has conjured something frightening in her room…
Losing Season
Director: Gus Reed
Writers: Gus Reed
UNITED STATES/2025/ 7:17
A woman left alone at her boyfriend’s house one morning after he’s left for work, has a life-altering encounter with a younger woman who shows up at the door and claims to have grown up there.
