Mine - BloodShift

Set in a grimy Seattle arcade lit by flickering neon and synth-heavy nostalgia, Mine Blood Shift is a short horror ride that hits like a punch to the gut-and laughs while doing it. David Ruiz trades caves and shadows for joystick graveyards and burnt-out tube TVs, delivering a slice of lo-fi terror that feels both surreal and way too real.

The star? A punk-rock janitor who's clearly high off his ass, just trying to make it through his shift without cleaning up anything worse than spilled soda. No such luck. Something's lurking behind the pinball machines, and it's not just bad wiring. Ruiz builds tension through chaos-hallucinatory visuals, strange noises, and the creeping dread that maybe this guy isn't just imagining things.

The real magic? The soundtrack. It kills. Gritty synths, distorted guitar riffs, and lo-fi drums push the pace and give the whole short an audiovisual heartbeat. It feels like watching a nightmare play out on a busted VHS tape you found behind a dumpster-and that's a compliment.

Mine Blood Shift is messy, strange, and unapologetically weird-in the best way. It's a bad trip in a haunted arcade, and somehow, it sticks with you long after the final glitch.