Fun Size Horror: Volume One Reviews

Initial Thought: A new horror anthology to check out. These are relatively short little films of about six minutes each. I'm sure there are bound to be a few good ones as well as some bad apples.

When They Say You're Alone by Grant Olin

This one has a pretty creepy atmosphere. It had that Rosemary's Baby feel to it. It's a little hard to say much else about this given how little happens. It does have an interesting ending though.
7/10

Knock, Knock by Anthony Lund

This one kind of plays on childhood fears. It's simple and straight to the point. I thought it was a cute short. Not much else to say.
6/10

Happy Birthday by Erin Stegeman

Well this one was different and pretty original. It was also pretty effed up if you ask me. The acting here is quite good and is the first of the shorts to actually have dialogue. I really wasn't expecting that ending. It makes you curious about what the hell is going on. Gore
8/10

Entity by Michael May

That was an unusual one. The characters were pretty stupid here, but hey you wouldn't have a movie any other way. I think the acting was average. It was itself pretty basic.
5/10

Bad Eggs by Max Isaacson

I have no idea what the hell I just watched. It definitely wasn't something I've ever seen before. I won't even tell you why. It's something you have to see for yourself to believe. Definitely the silliest and weirdest idea I've seen that's for damn sure. As for good not so much.
2/10

The Screaming by Dick Grunert

Well that escalated quickly. That girl was pretty hot though. It was fairly creepy, but all the screaming was a bit much haha. Anyways it was an interesting little short.
6/10

Persephone by Lisa J Dooley & Co-Written by Craig Lee Thomas

This short kind of reminds me of Buried meets the Strangers. It also has a feeling of The Purge to it. Even with a sense of familiarity it's it has it's own originality too. The acting was pretty good and the co-writer even plays a part. No way it can't end like that! I need more than that. Oh man that is a great way to pull attention though.
9/10

Voice by Mali Elfman

I liked the mysterious vibe this one had going for it. The budget for it wasn't all that great though. The acting wasn't that much better. The main girl was pretty dumb. It wasn't the worst thing I've seen here.
4/10

Somebody's Watching You by Ben Rekhi & Co-written by Sneha Koorse and Louise Harper

This seems to be the first short to have been originally made for this anthology. I like the premise here. Elimination shows are always my particular favorites. Put in a horror element and you pulled me further in. There's a nice little twist here for such a short film. That was insane. The ending was perfect. The acting was not the best, but that didn't bother me this time around.
9/10

Trust by Jerry Pyle

Well that sure escalated quickly. It was pretty intense as you never really knew what was about to happen. This wasn't really horror though. It felt more like a thriller. It's a silly one. I thought it was fun though.
8/10

The Lover by Anisa Qureshi & Written by Nat Dinga

So this one actually started slow for a short. I was kind of wondering when something would happen. When it did it only got more intensely unsettling. That was crazy with a nice good twist at the end. It was really well done.
9/10

The Creepy Fucking Kid In Aparment B by Eric Pereira

Well at first I'm like he really isn't all that creepy. He just seems to be a bit weird with some kind of medical condition. Then we get the reveal. So something he says makes total sense. Anyways the ending was great.
8/10

A Dog and His Boy by Zeke Pinheiro

This one had an interesting concept. The execution was awkward though and didn't work for me. It even had a scene that pretty much resembled psycho. The girl was pretty hot. One of the first movies to ever make me hate a dog though. I did think the ending was a nice touch. Probably the best part about the whole thing to be honest.
3/10

Quad by Ali Presley Paras & Written by Nick Bragg

We don't usually get the perspectives of everyone at one time in horror movies. Especially during the scenes of separation. It was kind of refreshing to see the style they did it with here. We see four different perspectives here which given the name makes sense. That was crazy and even a tad bit goofy. I would like to see more stuff like this one.
8/10

Let Me Go by Glen Murakami

This one was trying to be different and dramatic. It had an artsy old timey feel to it. It wasn't my particular taste though. The ending didn't seem to fit with the rest of the short.
1/10

Mother by Zeke Pinheiro

I hope this isn't as awful as his last short was. It was definitely unique that's for sure. It was disturbing and kind of funny too. I did not expect at all what the twist was going to be. I would love to see what happens if this were a feature length film.
8/10

Evil Voices Lie by Grant Olin & Co-written by Tom Ptasinski

The acting in this one is about the only thing that's good. Everything is boring or just doesn't make much sense. I was pretty disappointed in this segment. I was too confused with this one.
1/10

Paramnesia by Michael May & Co-written by Rachel Noll

The writer and director both cast themselves in the roles for this short. This one was a bit confusing. The acting was decent though. I did think it had a nice little twist. I would like to know the why though. It should be made it a longer film. It was fairly entertaining though.
6/10

Bitter by Ned Ehrbar

Okay this one is more fantasy than horror. Either way I though it was pretty fun and kind of hilarious. I liked how every spell rhymed with each other. It's quite an enjoyable segment if you want humor thrown into the mix.
8/10

Mr. Hendrix by Zeke Pinheiro

The third and final entry from Zeke Pinheiro. His first one wasn't all that good, but his second was great. How will this one much up to them? This one was pretty good. The acting was good. It was uber creepy for a fair amount of the time. The ending was effed up.
8/10

The Collection by Josh C. Waller

The acting here was quite good given the talent involved. It's got a creepy vibe to it. You never know what's going to happen. You still don't even know what's happening until the very end. It was quite different than I was expecting.
6/10

Final Thought: I admire that the directors of some of the shorts act in other directors shorts. Even some of the writers who didn't direct played parts. Some of these may not have been very much, but others were pretty fun to watch. It wasn't the best anthology I've seen, but it's far from the worst. If you like these sort of movies you may enjoy this.