A neurotic delivery driver named Owen battles his OCD at a local convenience store while his TikToker girlfriend plans an exposure therapy dinner date at home. But when she helps him resist his compulsion, it subsequently triggers the apocalypse.

O.C.D.

What if all your intrusive thoughts became a reality?

To combat her anxiety-induced psychological disorders, Danielle takes her therapist’s advice and finds something productive to focus her attention on – a stationary bike. As she rides, Danielle soon discovers that it transports her to a place where her insecurities manifest as 1950s housewives. They are beautiful, charming, and manicured. One dutiful housewife in particular stands out to her: Rose. Danielle soon becomes obsessed with this alternate, dreamlike reality and spends every waking moment on her new bike. Eventually, the housewives accept her into their inner circle. As she falls in deeper and deeper with the wives and this new world, Danielle realizes this place is not what it seems.

Anemoia

In the grips of her own instability, a woman forms a troubling bond with a stationary bike, leading her on a journey into a parallel reality inhabited by seemingly flawless 1950s housewives.

Sleeping Alone is a short comedic thriller that follows Andy, a young woman from the city, as she attempts to enjoy a night of housesitting in a couple's countryside home. Over the course of the evening, her minor fears about spending the night alone begin to mount, forcing her to take increasingly extreme actions.

Sleeping Alone

A young woman from the city attempts to enjoy a night of housesitting in a couple's picturesque countryside home.

During his night shift, a public pool janitor becomes the target of an unseen entity, which seems determined not to let him leave the building.

Unclean

Two snowboarders, Brett and Jacob, find themselves locked in a ski gondola seated across from an otherworldly family who can only communicate through a single odd sound: /HAAW/. As the gondola ascends higher up the mountainside, the tension between them rises when Brett decides to mock the family. This interaction ultimately leads Brett to discover the harsh true meaning of /HAAW/.

/HAAW/

A typical day at a ski resort takes a bizarre turn when a xenophobic guest shares a gondola with an unusual family.

Guy, a disillusioned millennial man, bumps into Dan, an old classmate, and meets his new wife. But there's something off about her. However, no one, including Guy’s girlfriend he dragged out, says anything. Sucked into an awkward dinner followed by a pregnancy announcement, Guy wonders how Dan has gotten further in life than him.

Water Dog

A disillusioned millennial man bumps into an old classmate and meets his new wife - but there's something off about her. Questioning his sanity, the man brings his girlfriend to dinner with the couple.

A skeptical science major scours the streets of New York City, searching for proof of the afterlife.

The Meeting Spot

A skeptical science major scours the streets of New York City, searching for proof of the afterlife.

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