Perth Horror Film Festival 2026: Imported Fear

We've scoured the globe to bring you some of the best horror shorts from outside of Western Australia.
TW: This session contains themes of domestic violence, suicide & flashing lights.
Imported fears:
THE DEMON'S DOORSTEP (USA)
Directed by: Michael Dorfman, Maxwell Dorfman & Emmett Dorfman
- Two backpackers try to protect the Northern California park system from a dangerous monster.
Pimple (Portugal)
Directed by: Fernando Alle
- A young boy's pimple bursts, leading to a bloody disaster.
A Boy Opens the Door (Serbia)
Directed by: Dragan Jovicevic
- One night, someone is knocking at the door of the little boy's home.
Blind spot (France)
Directed by: Alexandra Mignien
- A young woman is haunted by the presence of a man who is standing permanently behind her, in her blind spot.
INK (USA)
Directed by: Dan Dillard
- Mina seeks out a memorial tattoo for her recently deceased twin. but there is a lot more to her story than she is letting on.
POSSESSIONS (USA)
Directed by: Zeke Farrow
- Zeke decides to sell all his things and make a documentary about it. He discovers that some possessions are easier to let go of than others.
Knifeman II: The Knifening (USA)
Directed by: Alec Luis Milewski
- In this second installment of Knifeman, knifeman returns to use his knife on a new, previously un-knifed victim.
Ghosts of Westlake - festival cut (Canberra AUS)
Directed by: Benjamin Alexander Smith
- Paranormal expert and living skeleton Professor Skelton sets out to film an episode of his little-seen web series, Haunted Canberra, only to uncover a dark secret...
27B (France)
Directed by: David Talon
- On his flight home, Antoine starts a conversation with a mysterious lady on the next seat only to realise that her intent might be different than expected.
Clean (UK)
Directed by: Ed McCulloch
- A man is given 5 minutes to K*ll himself or his wife dies. Can he use those 5 minutes to find out why?
Onycophagy (Italy)
Directed by: Roberto Pantaloni
- A dark descent into the physical extremity of onychophagia, where a man's private compulsion meets a calculated, clinical torment from which there is no escape
Nesting (Ireland)
Directed by: Luke De Brún & Raphael Aherne
- A man attempts to appease his mysterious kidnapper who showers him with suffocating, distorted affection.
Dog Driver (Canada)
Directed by: Thierry Mercure
- Henry, a middle-aged rideshare driver struggling to keep his job rating afloat, picks up a strange passenger one rainy night a silent man dressed head to toe in black leather and wearing a dog mask...
The Final Kiss (USA)
Directed by: Amit Itelman
- A comedy horror parody of a Grand Guignol drama starring Dave Foley and Scott Thompson from the Kids in the Hall.
Case 076 (Mexico)
Directed by: Moises Suarez & Javier Carreon
- In Mexico, 2008, there was a case which was so evil and with such a diabolical nature, that the government decided to keep it hidden from the public light - Until now. Based on a true story.
HERE (NSW AUS)
Directed by: Brendan Kelly
- Jenn has just moved into her new home and is thriving. However, she soon discovers she may not be as alone there as first thought. There is a presence in the house but maybe that isn't the true threat coming straight for her.
RoadKillz (QLD AUS)
Directed by: Lee Neville Kindelan
- A pitch-black Australian horror-comedy that pulls no punches, RoadKillz follows a ragtag group of unreconstructed abusers on a road trip to nowhere good. Part dark satire, part revenge thriller, the film asks whether some men are beyond redemption, and who gets to decide.
BE MY DARLING (Italy)
Directed by: Mattia Todeschini
- Behind faded wallpaper and a red carpet hiding stains, a girl awakens into silence. She longs to escape; he longs to keep her. "Be My Darling" is a dark, unsettling vision where the fragile line between love and possession becomes a trap with no way out.
Dogs reign (France)
Directed by: Axel Zeltser
- Léa, a young deaf woman, is approached by Raph and Julien, two insistent men whose ‘friendly’ invitation feels slightly off, yet she accepts it. As the night unfolds, their intentions grow increasingly unclear, and the tension rises.