Spring Rites: A Night of Short Folk Horror Films

From the team that brought you Winter Chills comes another night of horror shorts from indie directors: Spring Rites.

The Wyrm of Bwlch Pen Barras (2023, UK, 14 mins) dir. Craig Williams

• Early one winter morning in the town of Ruthin in North Wales, three men are called upon once again to carry out a terrible assignment on the Bwlch Pen Barras mountain pass.

Satan's Bite: or The Foolishness of the Witchfinder Thomas Eastchurch (2018, UK, 3 mins) dir. Dean Puckett

• A young woman is accused of fornicating with a beast in the forest.

Gnomes (2023, Netherlands, 6 mins) dir. Ruwan Heggelman

• Unknowingly, a girl enters the habitat of a tribe of killer gnomes during her daily run. Lured by mysterious glowing mushrooms, she'll soon wish she'd stayed on her usual tracks.

Stones (2021, UK, 8 mins) dir. Bec Boey and Joseph Brett

• A brother and sister's reunion picnic at a stone circle in the English countryside is disrupted by the arrival of an uninvited guest.

Dream Faces (2023, UK, 7 mins) dir. John Aldridge

• A recreation of a dream.

Then Came Dark (2021, Lebanon, 15 mins) dir. Marie-Rose Osta

• When the tacit pact between the villagers and the forces of nature breaks down, legend has it that revenge is inevitable.

Hunters in the Sky (2023, UK, 6 mins) dir. Billy Howard Price

• Music video. British heavy metal band Green Lung soundtrack the Fall/Samhain '23 collection.

Grey Mare (2023, UK, 23 mins) dir. Jack Fielder

• Maeve Craddock returns home, pregnant, to the south of Wales amidst the Mari Lywd folk tradition with the intention of rebuilding her relationship with her estranged family.

Don't Walk (2020, UK, 8 mins) dir. Hannah George

• A life-threatening illness forces two walkers to throw caution to the winds, with devastating results.

She Lives Alone (2020, UK, 15 mins) dir. Lucy Rose

• A reclusive tenant lives on the barren Cumbrian moors with her only goal of getting from one day to the next. A familiar but bitter presence begins to fester in the home. Will she expel the spirit or succumb to its dark nature?

The Lure (2023, UK, 1 min) dir. Tony Hipwell

• Late at night, a lone fisherman discovers he is not the only one hoping to hook something.

Poster art by Richard Wells