Great films don't need to be long. These prove it.
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Gets in, does what it came to do, and gets out. That's a real quality.
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
Under 90 minutes is a constraint that forces discipline. These films did their work in the time they had.
Short horror is often better horror. The constraint forces discipline.
Best watched alone. Full absorption, no compromise on what to pick.
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
Gets in, does what it came to do, and gets out. That's a real quality.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Gets in, does what it came to do, and gets out. That's a real quality.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.