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Buried Films Newsletter #1: New Horror Shorts (Nov 13, 2026)
Published about 4 hours ago • 3 min read
Hey! Welcome to the very first Buried Films newsletter.
Every other Friday I'll send you the newest horror shorts on the site, one I think you should watch, and a few things going on in indie horror. Short and worth your time, that's the goal.
Let me know what you think, if there's anything broken (I'm pretty sure I checked everything 100 times), or what else would be cool to add here to the newsletter or to the website. I'm always building and have some awesome ideas I want to do. Thanks!
New on Buried Films
Excisions
Carina Acosta
I caught this one at Night Frights LA when we screened together, and it was one of my favorites. A couple needing emergency dental work in the middle of the night walks into a killer's trap. Super gritty and bloody.
Pauly Shore, Nick Swardson and Doug Jones at a gas station, with a creature that can only find you when you're scared. Funny and tense at the same time.
Hey Missy is directed by Joe Taft, and I had a chance to check this out while we showed in different film festivals over this last year. It picked up some awards, and eventually got released over on Crypt TV. Great short, awesome people. Go check it out!
Logline: Missy has a pretty unique kink... luring men into a false sense of sexual bliss before brutally murdering them. She aims to rid herself of this disease, but when her past acts come back to haunt her, she's forced to face her demons head-on.
Alex Goyette's debut feature hit theaters at the end of October from IFC and Shudder, and most people never heard about it. A broke college student takes a research gig at a poodle breeder's remote ranch, and she's got bigger breeding plans for him. Dot-Marie Jones is getting a lot of love for this one. It's a Shudder release, so keep an eye out for it there.
$100K horror movie, seven-figure deal
Play House from Nicolas Curcio was shot for about $100,000, premiered at Fantastic Fest, and just got picked up by Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster. It's headed to theaters in 2027. This is the micro-budget dream.
More shorts becoming features
Remain Calm is being shopped as a feature with a lot of interest. The Deadstream directors are turning the viral Reddit story Future Me into a movie. And Sam Evenson, whose short MORA is on Buried Films, is making a feature of his short Ignore It with the producers of Smile.
YouTube horror took over the box office
Kane Parsons' Backrooms had the biggest opening ever for an original horror film, and Curry Barker's Obsession, made for $750K, passed $224 million worldwide. Two YouTube filmmakers, two of the biggest horror movies of the year.
If you haven't already, you can now make a free account on Buried Films to save favorites, keep a watched list, and comment on films. More coming soon.
That's it for this one. This website is built in hopes to make it easier to find good indie horror living out there on the internet.
If you have any suggestions, tips, films, news, or anything really, just reply to this email or write me at buriedfilmstv@gmail.com. Follow along on Instagram at @buried_films. Support indie horror!
Thanks as always
Andrew
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New free horror shorts from Buried Films, 1-2 times a month. Hand-picked indie films, one I think you should watch, and what's going on in indie horror.
