Access:Horror 2025 Shorts Program
Directed by Rebecca Culverhouse, Frederick Kroetsch, Kasie Campbell, Daniel Bennett, David Baron, Maureen McEly, Ariel McCleese, Daisy Rosato, Zeddy Chevron, Amir Moini, Maude Michaud, Grace Rex, Jessica Barr
Short films from the 2025 Access: Horror Festival explore fear, beauty, and transformation, and they center disabled, intersectional bodies and horror as a space of resistance and rebirth.
Short films from the 2025 Access:Horror film festival.
Cast: Roseanna Frascona, Kasie Campbell, Daniel Bennett, Becca Howell, Ava Hase, Liv Mai, Jake Holley, Misha Brooks, Hannah Shealy, Sophie Sagan-Gutherz, Michelle Davis, Gilbert Sanchez, Julianna Romanyk, Zeddy Chevron, Savon Masters-Johnson, Nathan Mohebbi, Amanda Lehan-Canto, Karine Kerr, Shelagh Rowan-Legg, Grace Rex, Mitzi Akaha, Dario Ladani Sanchez, Michael Schantz, Delaney Williams, Fabianne Therese Gstottenmayr
Member Reviews
I wanted to like this because I enjoy "woke", and representation matters, so giving a spotlight that "center[s] disabled, intersectional bodies" sounded like a win-win to me. I also don't mind horror movies that err on the side of suspense, thriller, slow-burn psychological-type horrors so the other comments reflecting on the pacing didn't bother me, either. However, I did have to turn off this movie partway through the third short story as 3/3 of the stories featured AFAB-specific concerns, tropes, and medical issues. I am very glad that awareness is being brought to "the husband stitch", which is what I am sure #3 was about, as it is an incredibly outdated and misogynistic practice that, if performed on a patient without their complete and sober consent, should result in the permanent revocation of that doctor's medical license. My advice - if you enjoy body horror meets social/political/AFAB-specific issues and have a strong stomach for witnessing trauma, both lived and relived, graphic sex scenes, and tons of bodily fluid; this is the movie for you. If you're like me and don't need to see something depicting women bleeding, experiencing body dysphoria/dysmorphia, and having things done to them without their consent or knowledge, I would suggest skipping this one.
I think it was a decent collection of shorts but most were not horror honestly.
Get ready to fast forward until you decide to just turn it off.
I loved it, especially POSSUM - laughed out loud - love the send up of wokeness + the puppet / slasher scene. Everyone should watch for a good time
not even worth watching this was very boring