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Skulking foxes, future-telling CCTV, a psychiatric hospital and a pair of suspiciously pale vintners all feature in this assortment of treats and duds

This pick and mix of short horror films by different directors is a decidedly mixed bag, with a couple of flavoursome, sugar-rush-inducing treats – but many more stale, unchewable duds. The framing device, directed by Carlos Goitia, has DJ Candy on the night shift, taking calls from listeners recounting their own scary stories. In between these mini chapters, resourceful Candy copes with a creepy caller named Jack who harbours a grudge against her for an earlier slight. The ending twist comes with a dull thud.

Among the short films, the best is far and away Foxes, an eerie modern fairytale about a lonely photographer (Marie Ruane) living on a seemingly entirely empty housing estate full of ticky tacky identical houses in Ireland. She becomes obsessed with a skulk...

Stars: Paula Brasca, Marie Ruane, Sophia Davey, Cassandra Magrath, Michael Lorz | Directed by Charly Goitia, Ryan J. Thomson, Lorcan Finnegan, Nathan Crooker, Adam O’Brien, Mia’Kate Russell, David M. Night Maire

Based on a concept by Michael Kraetzer, Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker is an anthology feature assembled from short films released as early as 2011. The wraparound segments come from director Charly Goitia, as late-night radio DJ Candy (Paula Brasca) asks listeners to call in and share their real-life horror stories. In between the wild experiences recounted on-air, an obsessed fan takes great lengths to make sure Candy hears his voice – even if it sounds like someone trying to mimic Roger L. Jackson’s Ghostface voice.

Playtime opens the film in the middle of the night, punctuated by a television turning on and awakening a sleeping woman. As she ventures downstairs to investigate, a spectre dressed as a bride appears before piling on the spooky occurrences.

After playing the festival circuit over the last couple of years, including making its world premiere at SXSW in 2012, Foxes is now available to watch in its entirety for free:

“A young couple trapped in a remote estate of empty houses and shrieking foxes is beckoned from their isolation into a twilight world. A world of the paranormal or perhaps insanity.”

Foxes was directed by Lorcan Finnegan, written by Garret Shanley, produced by Brunella Cocchiglia, and stars Marie Ruane, Tom Vaughan Lawlor, and Karen Griffin. To learn more about the film and the people behind it, visit:

http://foxesfilm.com/

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On the 3rd and 4th of May the Empire cinema in Leicester Square will play host to the British Independent Film Festival and the Film Festival Guild have today announced the list of nominations for their annual awards.

With a keen understanding of the often London-centric nature of celebrations of UK Independent film both the feature films and the series of shorts are playing in eleven cinemas across the country over the month of May. This is a welcome state of affairs, one which the London Film Festival embraced last year with a similar nationwide programme, and it should enable the films and the filmmakers to reach a far wider audience.

To see which cinemas near you are playing the festival films click here, and below is a taste of the talent and happenings from the festival last year.

The award categories and nominees are listed below, and click here...

Because we love you guys and love indie horror so much, we here at Dread Central wanted to bring you something special today for Indie Horror Month- an exclusive one-day screening of Lorcan Finnegan's incredible short film Foxes.

A project that first popped up on our radar after its premiere at last year's SXSW Film Festival, Foxes has gone on to play several festivals worldwide, racking up several awards along the way.

Written by Garret Shanley and starring Marie Ruane, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Karen Griffin, Foxes follows a young couple trapped in a remote estate of empty houses and shrieking foxes who are beckoned from their isolation into a twilight world- a world of the paranormal or perhaps insanity.

Foxes will be playing here exclusively for Today Only so settle in, kiddies, and check out Finnegan's stunning short film below. Also, a very special thank you to Finnegan for...