The oldest short here is also a goodie for When a Stranger Calls fans. Bates originally didn’t want to cast AnnaLynne McCord as the surgical savant, but he ultimately made the right decision. The feature adaptation was filmed in less than a month in Los Angeles, and after its spot at Sundance in 2012, Excision gained praise for its humor, gutsiness and lead actor. shot his short Excision inside his parents’ garage in Virginia, which is still apparently stained in fake blood.
The same directors’ 2009 adaptation keeps some of the short’s principal cast, changes a few details in the story, and magnifies the violence. And after she invites a customer back to her place for dinner, we learn where she gets her meat from. In the 2007 Indonesian short Dara by Kimo and Timo (collectively The Mo Brothers), the title character owns a popular restaurant. Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto’s Macabre is a little less easy to come by, though its source material is readily available. Rather than just a guy on stilts, though, the big-screen Larry in Come Play is the work of the Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
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Paramount later gave Chase the opportunity to direct and write a larger movie based on Larry, which includes a scene directly inspired by the original short. In Jacob Chase’s effective short Larry, the attendant in a paid parking lot gets the scare of his life when he spots something ghastly one night. And with Parker Finn‘s Smile (based on Laura Hasn’t Slept) continuing the tradition in theaters this weekend, now is a good time to check out other similar transformations. The Evil Dead, Saw, Mama, The Babadook and Lights Out are just some prime examples. There is a long history of horror shorts being made into full-length features. As for the last and most fortunate fate, a short might be turned into something bigger. Another common outcome for these quick flicks is their joining others in compilation movies (also known as “frankenthologies”). Most of the time, they stay short and sweet. There are typically three destinations for a short horror film.
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