BloodyDisgusting's "3 Incredible Horror Short Films You REALLY Need to Watch"

I found this on Twitter earlier and thought it sounded like a nice study break.  I'm all about Halloween and horror movies, so the title immediately grabbed my attention.  "3 Short Horror Films I need to watch"?  Okay, I'll bite.

First in the lineup is The Sleepover from director and co-writer Chris Cullari.  It's about two young boys who get together for a sleepover: a native scaredy-cat and a cocky new-kid-on-the-block.  What the new kid doesn't know is that his new town harbors a dark secret.  
This movie is about five and a half minutes long.  It includes an inevitable "I-told-ya-so" moment that's classic in so many feature productions of the slasher genre.  But I loved the babysitter who's supposed to be watching the boys during "The Sleepover".  Be sure to pay attention to what the "scaredy-cat" says about her.  Important point that's crucial to the punch-line at the end.  If you get it, I think you'll savor the payoff as much as I did.

Second is a six-minute feature called Suckablood from the English horror anthologists at BLOODY CUTS. This is a Gothic horror tale about a young girl named Tilly who usually finds comfort in sucking her thumb, but can't anymore - "lest the Suckablood should come"... (IMDb).
This one is also very cool.  I enjoyed the spooky voice-over narration and the atmosphere of this tale.  Dark and mysterious throughout thanks to lighting, music, and sound effects.  It reminded me a little of Guillermo Del Toro's Gothic fable Pan's Labyrinth because of similarities in some narrative aspects.  Both feature young girls who are terrorized by wicked stepparents and who find some twisted form of solace in their encounters with fantastical creatures.  The makeup in Suckablood is also very well done.  The wicked stepmother is cartoonishly exaggerated, but it works for the story.  The monster himself is also quite spooky.

Last is Rot, a 30-second, black & white film that essentially is one long time-lapse shot portraying the decomposing of a human body using basic cosmetic makeup and paint.  There is droning music and strong sound effects here.  Props to the mixing team.  The leaf is also a cool symbol for the human life that's crumbling away next to it. The makeup, music, sound, and use of black & white all combine to cram more dramatic atmosphere and imagery into 30 seconds than some films do in 90 minutes.