Other Side of the Box | A Horror Short from Caleb J. Phillips

A couple receives a mysterious package from an old friend. A selection of Short of the Week, the web’s leading curators of quality short films. JOIN SHORTVERSE: SUBMIT A FILM: FULL REVIEW: Subscribe to S/W on YouTube! Website: Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: “It’s no secret that horror shorts have the propensity to be formulaic: creepy thing in the shadows menaces protagonist, and then, finally pops out for a final jump scare. Boom! Cut to black…rinse and repeat… Granted, there are various takes on the template, often dependent on a high-concept hook or elevated by production polish. But, when you boil it down, films of the genre often fall victim to its tropes.