Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

  • Film Screening
  • Horror Films Screening
  • Horror Short Films Screening
  • Short Films Matinee

Date: February 19, 2026

Time: 3:20 pm – 5:40 pm

Cost: $5

Location:

Regal Union Square Theater 1

850 Broadway

New York, New York 10003

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These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children.

    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    Tainted Love

    Directed by: Youngho Gye

    Country: Korea

    Minutes: 14

    Premiere:

    North American Premiere

    Warning:

    Explicit Sexual Situations‎, Non-Explicit Sexual Situations‎, Graphic Violence‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 8:50 PM-11:59 PM – Bloody Saturday Night Horror Films + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    Vampire Yu-jun and human Jin-ah are in a relationship. Yu-jun lives by sucking up Jin-ah’s blood. However, his lover Jin-ah is unhappy with the relationship, in which she has to be sick only.

    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    All Your Sisters

    Directed by: David Daniels

    Country: United States

    Minutes: 9

    Premiere:

    World Premiere

    Warning:

    Implied Violence‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    A cerebral anthology/mystery about a disturbing and new social media ecosystem, where multiple lives intersect and collide under the influence of sentient AI. Imagine “Black Mirror” meets “The X-Files” meets “Atlanta.”
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    Blossom Needs A Ride Home

    Directed by: Tim Schwagel

    Country: United States

    Minutes: 9

    Premiere:

    NYC Premiere

    Warning:

    Implied Violence‎, Graphic Violence‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    After defeating a bloodthirsty maniac, Blossom needs a ride home. What a hassle.
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    Y.M.G.

    Directed by: Alexandra Warrick

    Country: United States

    Minutes: 9

    Premiere:

    NYC Premiere

    Warning:

    Implied Violence‎, Graphic Violence‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    A friendly, non-threatening yuppie breaks the fourth wall to introduce his girlfriend’s lovable qualities in a suspicious montage that gradually reveals his murderous intentions.
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    The Inspector

    Directed by: Jandro Lopez

    Country: Spain

    Minutes: 11

    Premiere:

    NYC Premiere

    Warning:

    Implied Violence‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    A fake gas inspector visits vulnerable elderly people to take advantage of them. It is now the turn for Carmen, a charming grandmother who keeps great antiques.
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    Bound In Rosemary

    Directed by: Reanna Madson

    Country: United States

    Minutes: 13

    Warning:

    Implied Violence‎, Graphic Violence‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    BOUND IN ROSEMARY is a horror short about a young woman who, after struggling with a new dance sequence, is interrupted by a stranger at her door. As the night goes on, not only does the stranger invade her house but her mind as well. Soon the young woman finds herself in an invisible, yet barbarous battle to maintain control over her own body and mind.
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    Bury It!

    Directed by: David Olonoff

    Country: United States

    Minutes: 6

    Warning:

    Graphic Violence‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    A young woman is tasked to cleaning out her recently parted grandmothers basement, only to discover a locked chest. When she pulls out an incantation bowl buried in the dirt of the chest, the ancient Hebrew demon Bagdana emerges. Will she be able to send it back to whence it came before it’s razor sharp nails bury into her skin?
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    Show Me How To Die

    Directed by: Gerardo Maravilla

    Country: United States

    Minutes: 14

    Warning:

    Implied Violence‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    After her grandmother passes away, a grieving Mexican-American woman becomes fascinated with learning what it feels like to die, believing it will allow her to feel close to her grandma in death in a way she never felt in life.
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    Don’t Leave Me

    Directed by: Jennifer Saura

    Country: United States

    Minutes: 11

    Premiere:

    NYC Premiere

    Warning:

    Implied Violence‎, Discussion or Depiction of Suicide‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    After her husband takes his own life, an anthropologist specializing in the study of death rituals puts her research to use in a desperate attempt to bring him back.
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    The Woman in the Bed

    Directed by: Victor Mellors

    Country: United Kingdom

    Minutes: 4

    Premiere:

    NYC Premiere

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    An elderly woman awakes to discover she is unable to speak or move. Trapped in her bed, she soon realises that she is not alone.
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    The Binding

    Directed by: Ryan Kennedy

    Country: United States

    Minutes: 10

    Warning:

    Implied Violence‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    A young man wakes up in a dark basement, tied to a chair with a sack over his head. As his captors begin to explain their occult motives, what at first seems like just a kidnapping is revealed to be something much darker … and far more terrifying. In the wake of a failed exorcism, a grieving father will do “whatever it takes” to destroy the entity that took his daughter, even if that means committing an unforgivable sin of his own.
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    Don’t Watch This

    Directed by: Danny Pineros

    Country: United States

    Minutes: 15

    Premiere:

    NYC Premiere

    Warning:

    Explicit Sexual Situations‎, Non-Explicit Sexual Situations‎, Drug Use‎, Discussion or Depiction of Suicide‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 8:50 PM-11:59 PM – Bloody Saturday Night Horror Films + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    A woman slowly realizes she’s a character in a movie. As she spirals in terror, everyone around her dismisses her as delusional -unaware that she’s the only one who knows we are watching.
    • Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition

    Affordable Housing

    Directed by: Eunice Levis

    Country: United States

    Minutes: 16

    Premiere:

    NYC Premiere

    Warning:

    Graphic Violence‎

    Screening:

    Saturday Feb 21, 5:20 PM-8:30 PM – Bloody Saturday Evening Horror Shorts + QA

    Thursday Feb 19, 3:20 PM-5:40 PM – Thursday Matinee – Horror Shorts

    When Constance moves into a suspiciously cheap apartment with roommate Hailey, she doesn’t suspect the truth behind its low price. But when The Creature reveals itself, Hailey has to break it to Constance that fighting is the only way they’ll get out alive. The women team up and make their last stand in a bloody gore-filled battle to the death.