This October, Simple Town screens their most frightening work, as well as a few horror shorts that have inspired them. This special event will feature a live performance by Simple Town.
OCTOBER 6TH, 8PM
SCARY HOUSE
dir. Simple Town, 2020
3 mins
When one of our members, Sam, lost his Dad, he had to go and clear out the home that he grew up in. Weeks later, he brought us back to make “Scary House,” a slapstick short improvised in his Dad’s empty house.
Her Son Can’t Stop Growing
dir. Life of Luxury, 2021
21 min, USA
Life of Luxury is a YouTube collaboration that makes short films that are somewhere between Paranormal Activity and the MTV show Catfish. They play on trendy internet fears with big eye-catching thumbnails, and the videos themselves are both freaky and really funny.
SCARY CAR
dir. Simple Town, 2022
14 mins, USA
Four teens nearing their 30’s go into the woods to summon a being from another world. Things take a turn when one of them comes back changed. Selected for “Short of the Week.”
Rachel
dir. Andrew DeYoung, 2019
11 min, USA
This is truly the best comedy short if you haven’t seen it. John Early and Kate Berlant recreate an actual bizarre intruder event at a friend’s house. Andrew DeYoung directs the thing masterfully. The final shot is all-time.
AIRBNB (Premier)
dir. Simple Town & Andrew DeYoung, 2022
10 mins
Made in collaboration with Andrew DeYoung (director of “Rachel”), our latest short finds Simple Town checking into an AirBnb and discovering security cameras hidden around the house. Sam does not want his friends to find the camera in his room. Because he did something in there, and he doesn’t want them to see…
Simple Town is a Brooklyn-based comedy group that does film and live performance. Their work has appeared on Adult Swim, Comedy Central, and Short of the Week. Simple Town is Ian Faria, Caroline Yost, Sam Lanier, Felipe Di Poi & Will Niedmann. Ian directs; Felipe, Caro, Sam and Will perform.