The 2026 Thriller Picture Show will conclude with a block full of weird, offbeat, out-there, edgy and funky shorts—including a few made by members of Pittsburgh's film community!
• Echoed Blood (19min): An anonymous user posts a video depicting a vampire-like cryptid on a random forum. This is the story of those who went searching. Directed by Bradley Alan James Whitfield.
• Xpendable (30min): Two crime organizations decide to settle a dispute by appointing a representative from each “club." Directed by Walter Ernest Haussner.
• The Nightmare Reflection (13min): A young woman faces her deepest fears when stalked in the night by a seemingly unstoppable force of nature. Directed by Robert Fox.
• Last Cup of Coffee (12min): Amy knows her days may be numbered after her husband is killed for embezzling money from a mob boss. Directed by Pittsburgh-based filmmaker Wendy Whittick.
• The Monsters Among Us (9min): Jack and Lily were enjoying a simple Halloween night before a trick-or-treater with sinister intentions came to their door. Directed by Pittsburgh-area filmmaker Jason Burke.
• Marker 187 (10min): Anyone breaking down along his stretch of the highway won't get to their final destination. Directed by Chaz Fatur.
• Black Leather Angel (6min): This proof-of-concept short focuses on the unique psychosexual aspects of violence and social communities that we ignore in favor of traditional life. Directed by Alexander Grapes.
• Discovery (3min): Will recruits his friend Aaron to film the greatest discovery in the history of human kind. Directed by Pittsburgh-based filmmaker Aaron J. Shelton.
• Take Out (6min): A serial killer is on the loose disguised as a delivery driver. Directed by Ray'Anthony Ladon Bruster.
• The Passenger (5min): A stressed-out assistant manager is confronted by the unknown while driving his father. Directed by Pittsburgh-based filmakers Jen Zivkovic, Carrie Anne Drazewski-Keller and Jonathan Ong.
• Leftovers (8min): An unexpected car breakdown leads a woman and her children to meet a peculiar chef. Directed by Western Pennsylvania-based filmmaker Matt Zilic.
• Served Cold (5min): The legend of an ancient tribe unfolds. Directed by Robert Scott.