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?
Thank you to Our Guests
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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/
