Three UFOs Invade A Home On Christmas Eve, And The Holiday Will Never Be Same In The Sci-Fi Short 'INVADERS'

INVADERS is a short film that merges two themes usually not associated together: Christmas and science fiction.

Written and directed by Daniel Prince, INVADERS takes place on Christmas Eve when a trio of minuscule UFOs fall from the late night sky into a chimney of a family’s home.

There, the three tiny alien entities have amusing “first encounters” with the festive decorations adorning the house. Eventually, one of the trio has a fateful interaction with one of the personifications of the holiday, and Christmas will never be the same again!

INVADERS is a homage to classic genre films of the ‘80s, such as Gremlins, Short Circuit, Batteries Not Included, and Flight Of The Navigator.

Genre films of that era are notable for centering otherworldly, though often very childlike, beings whose curiosity about our world leads to inevitable misadventures.

INVADERS most definitely follows that template, succeeding in generating a tale of whimsy perfect for the holiday season.

The short also pokes gentle fun at popular UFO urban legends. Watch for comical nods to crop circles and alien abductions.

At the production level, the designs for the three tiny UFOs are highly detailed and almost resemble toy models - which perfectly complements the short’s holiday theme.

The animation and visual effects are also very impressive and helps to make the film a very engaging viewing experience.

Watch INVADERS in its entirety below, but you may want to avoid mentioning the film to Santa and his elves:

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In The Sci-Fi Short 'NEW,' A Married Couple Cryogenically Preserved Is Resurrected In The Distant Future

In the science fiction short film NEW, an elderly couple is resurrected from cryogenic preservation by the advanced technology of the distant future.

Hugh (Jared Abrahamson) and Candace (Joslyn Jensen) decide to have their remains cryogenically frozen in 2012 in the hopes the future will possess the technology to revive them.

Their gambit pays off.

Not only is the couple resurrected in the unspecified distant future, but their bodies have been healed of all prior injuries and medical ailments. Also, their bodies have been rejuvenated to their youthful prime.

As they have a joyful reunion, Hugh and Candice soon realize the future they now inhabit has very little in common with their past life.

All their children, family, and friends are now long deceased. The couple must acclimate to a world transformed, including new technology, the evolution of the language, and different social mores.

While they are treated with kindness by their doting guide Noelle (Jennifer Lafleur), they recognize the world sees them as hallowed artifacts from a bygone era.

Soon Hugh and Candice must deal with the strains on their marriage their new circumstance is causing.

The idea of an individual awakening into a distant future after being cryogenically frozen or placed in suspended animation is an extremely common trope in science fiction.

Written and directed by John Harden, NEW is remarkable due to it not glossing over the very real culture shock a person would most likely experience.

Instead, the short is an emotionally engaging, poignant look at one couple struggling to find their place in a world that is familiar, yet not.

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12 Scary Short Films To Chill Your Bones This Halloween

Few times of the year are more festive than Halloween.

The signs are everywhere: autumnal colors, carved pumpkins, macabre decorations, costume parties, and trick-or-treaters preparing to overdose on sugar.

Halloween is also the time when horror movies and scary films take center stage.

From blood-and-gore spectacles to unnerving tales of the supernatural, watching horror movies has become a quintessential, modern Halloween tradition.

The following 12 short films represent chilling narratives of dread and horror perfect for the holiday.

So get some popcorn, grab your favorite treats, turn down the lights (if you dare!) and enjoy these engaging tales of terror.

DARK WAKE

A man suffering from amnesia awakens from slumber to find himself trapped in a shadowy realm populated by hellish creatures.

MR. MEMENTO

A collector obsessed with death receives a mysterious antique photo that completes his collection. But something has attached itself to the picture, and it soon makes its presence known.

NEIGHBORS

A young urbanite is intrigued by his secretive new neighbors. Overcome by curiosity, he attempts to discover more about them. He soon realizes some secrets - and people - are better left undisturbed.

BEHIND

At a birthday party, a recently divorced young mother receives a dire warning from a mysterious stranger: someone is watching her and her baby. Upset, the woman returns home. There she begins to experience eerie phenomena which indicates someone or something is in her home.

DAWN OF THE DEAF

When a mysterious audio tone is broadcast across the planet, everyone who hears it dies. Only the deaf remain alive. However, the survivors soon realize their nightmare has only just begun.

BLACKWOOD

Nikki is a movie sound recordist working on a remote set for a horror film. After filming a pivotal scene for the movie, she stays behind in the wooded area to record background noise. Soon, Nikki hears an eerie, unearthly sound that will lead her to a chilling supernatural encounter (Make sure to hear headphones/earbuds while watching).

SWORD OF THE DEAD

In feudal Japan, an exiled samurai returns home only to discover his birthplace has been cursed, and is now overrun by the walking dead.

ELDRITCH CODE

An IT professional battling a computer virus attacking his firm soon realizes its origins stem from dark occult rites and an infernal conspiracy.

WANDERING SOUL

During the Vietnam War, two Viet Cong soldiers sequestered deep within the tunnels of Cu Chi are desperately attempting to evade American troops. When a traditional burial ceremony meant to put a fallen comrade’s soul to rest is interrupted, the two soldiers begin experiencing bizarre phenomena deep in the darkness below the earth.

CELL

In 1943 during the height of World War II, a British soldier is captured by the Nazis and imprisoned in a covert underground bunker. Along with his fellow prisoner, a mysterious woman, the soldier is forced to participate in sadistic psychological experiments that have a sinister and unearthly purpose.

ECHO TORCH

An inventor perfects a machine that allows him to see into the spirit world. He then embarks on an odyssey across the veil, encountering spirits both personal and dangerous.

LILITU

This eerie and atmospheric short films follows in the tradition of iconic horror classics such as Rosemary’s Baby and The Haunting Of Hill House. A psychic woman reluctantly agrees to use her special gifts to help a priest confront and battle a malevolent supernatural being.

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Experience The Supernatural Short 'Mr. Memento' - A Gothic Ghost Story

To say the short film Mr. Memento is a horror story would be too simplistic.

The short’s narrative combines the dark sensibilities of a gothic tale mixed with an intriguing rumination on death to create a ghost story of ethereal beauty.

The film is the story of an elderly collector (Richard Lippert) who is obsessed with acquiring death portraits which were in vogue shortly after the invention of photography.

When the collector receives an antique photograph of a young woman serene in her death pose, he soon realizes he has inherited a restless spirit (Gabrielle Stone) as well.

Mr. Memento was written and directed by Chris Heck as a way to process a very personal loss.

The filmmaker set out to make a short film unlike the jump scare screamfests popular in horror.

He has succeeded with remarkable results.

Mr. Memento draws you in with its with lush production and cinematography, gothic stylings, fascinating characters, and meditative rumination on mortality.

Watch Mr. Memento here …

If you want a change of pace from the typical blood-and-gore spectacles found in horror, Mr. Memento is a compelling, beautiful, and affecting choice.

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'SONA' The Riveting Sci-Fi Series By Ashley Clements Via Legendary Digital Networks' Alpha Streaming Service

What makes for great science fiction?

In my opinion, it is not the presence of cutting-edge visual effects or the involvement of A-list directors and actors.

All great science fiction begins, as in any other genre, with a compelling story.

The sci-fi series SONA is an example of a sci-fi series powered primarily by its engaging narrative.

Ashley Clements as Lt. Belyn Sona

Created by, written, and starring Ashley Clements (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries), the show is set in the early 22nd century.

The series begins with a bang, as United Earth Space Corps. officer Lieutenant Belyn Sona (Clements) is forced to evacuate her starship, the Tarazed, right before its apparent destruction.

Alone in an escape pod adrift in space, Lt. Sona must confront her fraught past and personal demons in order to survive her ordeal.

It is through flashbacks that the viewer learns what has led Lt. Sona to her present dire circumstance.

At this point in earth’s future, humanity has achieved interstellar travel and has also encountered many intelligent alien civilizations throughout the galaxy. In fact, many of these alien beings have traveled to earth and made it their adopted home.

However, a marked rise in xenophobia causes earth’s governments to order all extraterrestrials to leave the planet.

Pictured right: Brendan Bradley as Akiva

Sona’s life partner, Akiva (Brendan Bradley) is an alien, so in a desperate attempt to remain together, she smuggles him aboard the Tarazed.

However, things go horribly wrong, leading to Lt. Sona being stranded alone in space with Akiva’s status unknown.

For the majority of the show’s eight-episode first season, the action takes place aboard the escape pod, with the craft’s artificial intelligence (voiced by Lauren Lopez) being Lt. Sona’s only companion.

In this way, the series is akin to a one-person play - which is a very good thing.

Clements shines as the titular protagonist. Lt. Sona is a multi-faceted character whose reactions and motivations ring true. Clements also skillfully weaves piercing social commentary regarding mental health and cultural intolerance into the narrative in a way that is germane and organic.

This is a testament to Clements’ skills as both an actor and writer.

The series direction by Brendan Bradley - who also portrays Akiva - succeeds in giving the show an extremely intimate, almost voyeuristic, feel as viewers accompany Sona on her emotional and situational journey.

Another hallmark of the series is the depiction of Sona and Akiva’s relationship. Their bond is a source of poignancy which forms the heartbeat of the series.

Watch the trailer for SONA here…

Watch the complete series on YouTube: Sona On YouTube.

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A Man Awakens To A Living Recurring Nightmare In The Disturbing Horror Short 'DARK WAKE'

Certain horror films are so unnerving, their impact leaves an indelible brand on your psyche.

DARK WAKE is just such a horror film..

The short tells the story of an unnamed amnesiac (John Marcucci) who awakens in the middle of the night. A small, strange portal opens along his bedroom wall revealing the lower jaw of a demonic guide (Anne Shepherd).

The guide warns the man he is about to die.

The portal vanishes and the hallway leading to the man’s bedroom is suddenly enveloped in inky darkness.

The man notices something moving in the darkness. Suddenly, a creature straight out of Dante’s Inferno emerges.

Then creature attacks the man and begins devouring him.

The man awakens only to endure the experience of being consumed by hideous monsters over and over.

Despite the man questioning if he is in hell, the demonic guide insists the nightmare he is trapped in is not hell, because, as it chillingly states, “innocents have been held here.”

The guide tells him that in order to escape his fate, he must overcome his terror with a memory from his former life.

The man succeeds in reclaiming a memory and defeats the next attack, but then an even greater infernal mystery is revealed to him.

I’ll just be blunt here - DARK WAKE freaked me the hell out, and I enjoyed it.

Written and directed by Abdul Ali, the short boasts horrifying, award-worthy creature designs that seem heavily influenced by the work of director Guillermo del Toro.

The short’s visuals are dark, claustrophobic, and bizarre. However, what really sells its nightmare world is the sense of disorientation and visceral terror viewers share with the protagonist.

Adding to the surreal atmosphere of the short is the fact the protagonist’s reliability as a narrator is left in question.

Is he dreaming the entire experience, or is he having some sort of psychotic break? Is he actually trapped in some sort of hellish alternate dimension?

DARK WAKE doesn’t provide any clear answers - and that is what makes it such a chilling, disturbing, and compelling watch.

Watch DARK WAKE here…

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Introducing 'SILENT EYE' The Sci-Fi Anthology Series Shot Entirely On A Smartphone

Many of us would feel naked and lost without our smartphones.

Smartphones have become an indispensable part of modern living.

Besides serving as the hub of our digital lives, the impressive high-definition video recording capabilities of smartphones are being used as a tool by serious filmmakers.

A prime example is SILENT EYE, a British sci-fi anthology series shot entirely on a smartphone.

It is the latest project by Simon Horrocks, a filmmaker who first came to our attention as the creator of the sci-fi mystery web series KOSMOS released several years ago.

SILENT EYE is a close thematic sibling to the popular sci-fi anthology series BLACK MIRROR.

Both series feature futuristic technology as the fulcrum to explore modern societal malaise.

The pilot episode of SILENT EYE is a compelling outing entitled You Have Been Chosen. The episode centers on a despondent London woman named Fiona (Zoe Cunningham).

Fiona is mired in disappointment and regret; she hates her job, her relationship, and her overall lot in life.

She is sent a mysterious invitation to download an app called “Decider” onto her phone. The app promises to vastly improve Fiona’s life by making most of her decisions for her.

Intrigued, Fiona begins using the app to make decisions as mundane as what drink to order at the local coffee shop each morning, to whether or not to quit her job and dump her boyfriend.

By following the app’s recommendations, Fiona’s life seems to transform overnight. She gets a major promotion from her employer and ends her unfulfilling relationship.

However, surrendering one’s agency to someone - or something - else is never a good idea. It’s a valuable lesson Fiona gets reminded of after a dramatic turn of events.

You Have Been Chosen marks an auspicious beginning for SILENT EYE. Zoe Cunningham is terrific as a downtrodden women whose misguided faith in technology may cost her dearly.

Watch the episode teaser for You Have Been Chosen…

If the quality of its pilot episode is any indication, SILENT EYE promises to take viewers down a rabbit hole of tense, riveting, and provocative sci-fi drama.

Watch all episodes of SILENT EYE currently streaming on Amazon Video.

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DARKEN: Before The DARK - A Mysterious Sci-Fi Thriller Prequel Short Starring Dark Matter's Jodelle Ferland!

DARKEN: Before The Dark (DBTD) is the intriguing 33-minute sequel short film to the forthcoming full-length sci-fi thriller DARKEN.

Directed by Audrey Cummings, DBTD is the story of Darken, a peculiar otherworldly dimension ruled by a mysterious entity known as “Mother Darken” (Laura Nordin).

The denizens of Darken are all individuals transported there after suffering severe physical and/or emotional trauma.

Once they arrive, all memories of their trauma - and their lives in the outside world - vanish. Armed with only the memory of their names, citizens of Darken discover they no longer age, feel hunger, temperature extremes, or pain.

In Darken, they are free to explore the endless labyrinthine halls and rooms that make up the realm.

However, when a new arrival named Kim (Annie Briggs) comes to Darken, cracks in this odd paradise begin to show.

Greeting Kim is Olive (Jodelle Ferland, Dark Matter), a young woman whose role is to initiate newcomers to the traditions of Darken.

Olive sees Mother Darken as a benevolent deity whose only desire is to protect her charges within her realm.

Other key citizens of Darken are soon revealed, including:

• Artemis (Emmanuel Kabongo), a man mistrustful of Mother Darken’s motives

• Martin (Ari Millen) who has lived in Darken the longest of anyone and now serves as the realm’s historian

• Wren (Paul Amos), a true believer in Mother Darken’s teachings

• Lucian (John Tench), the newest and most problematic arrival to the world of Darken

However, the most divisive of Darken’s citizens is Clarity (Christine Horne), a mercurial woman who, unlike Olive, believes Mother Darken is not a benevolent deity, but instead a god who must be feared and obeyed without question.

When a catastrophic event shakes Darken to its core, a civil war erupts between those who subscribe to Olive’s interpretation of Mother Darken’s nature and those who do not.

As a prequel, DBTD succeeds in introducing viewers to the odd and mysterious realm of Darken and its key players; it also introduces many questions that beg to be answered in a future installment.

Questions such as who or what is Mother Darken? What exactly is Darken? Is it an afterlife? A parallel dimension? A bizarre experiment?

Director Audrey Cummings has created a paradise-nightmare world with aesthetics drawn from a mish-mash of genre properties, chief among them the haunted house vibe of the Silent Hill video game franchise.

The project’s inclusive cast is what also places DBTD solidly in the “must-see” column. It is always refreshing to see the richness of humanity reflected onscreen

Pictured left to right: Jodelle Ferland as Olive, Annie Briggs as Kim, Emmanuel Kabongo as Artemis, Paul Amos as Wren

Dark Matter alum Jodelle Ferland heads an impressive coterie of actors from many notable Canadian sci-fi television series. These talented actors sell the promise of DARKEN with their superb portrayals of people caught up in a surreal supernatural mystery.

What this reviewer also admires about DBTD is what it says about the dangers accompanying the arrival of charismatic leaders - especially those with religious or spiritual pedigrees.

Cult of personalities form around such individuals - with blind faith in their personas and manifestos often morphing into zealotry.

The secretive Mother Darken is the fictional avatar for such leaders, and it will be interesting to see how the jihad forming among her people plays out in the feature film.

Watch DARKEN: Before The DARK prequel here…

With its eerie world brought to life by a visionary woman filmmaker and talented, inclusive cast, DARKEN: Before The Dark earns our highest recommendation.

Pre-orders for the forthcoming film continuation are available now.

Please visit DarkenProvides.com to discover how to get your copy of the feature film when it is released - along with many cool extra features.

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The 7th Matrix Named Among The Top 30 'Sci-Fi Movies Blogs' By Feedspot!

We here at The 7th Matrix had the pleasure of being informed we were named among the Top 30 Sci-Fi Movies, Blogs, Websites & Newsletters To Follow in 2018!

This listing was compiled by the editorial team at Feedspot, a popular RSS feed and news aggregator service.

We are beyond honored and thrilled to be recognized among an impressive listing of esteemed web sites which include the official online home of Star Wars, the web presence of British magazine Sci-Fi Now, and hot newcomers like RecursorTV.

We thank everyone at Feedspot for including us in this year’s list!

In The Sci-Fi Short Film 'AIR,' An Engineer Chooses Her Own Destiny After The Remnants Of Humanity Are Forced To Survive In A Failing Underground Bunker

In the dystopian sci-fi short film AIR, catastrophic atmospheric changes have devastated the planet.

The remnants of humanity seek refuge in Securos, an underground complex its builders promise will be indefinitely sustainable.

Unfortunately, after 126 years, the populace of Securos find themselves dealing with a critical depletion of their oxygen supply. In a random "lottery," denizens of the bunker will be chosen to sacrifice themselves in order to reduce the population and slow the depletion of air.

An engineer named Alex (Antonia Thomas) decides to defy the lottery edict. The brave young woman uses her engineering aptitude to seek another solution to her society's dire situation.

Viewers are shown how life in the once plush Securos bunker has deteriorated after serving as humanity's underground ark for over a century.

Society now believes life above is only reserved for God and those deceased. The bunker is ruled by a religious zealot (David Schofield), whose fanaticism doesn't spare his own son, Nick (Tom Riley).

Nick's predicament is what catalyzes Alex into action.

Written by Philip James Booth and directed by Emma Maclennan, AIR is a striking sci-f short film that is at once meditative and precise in its thematic trajectory.

While the short film's main thesis advocates ecological conservancy and warns against the dangers of fundamentalism, it also weaves in a tender coming-of-age story.

AIR is a remarkable sci-fi short film with an unforgettable ending that is both haunting and wistfully, aching beautiful.

Watch the official trailer here…

AIR is available for streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Make sure to listen to our EYE ON SCI-FI podcast episode #18 featuring AIR!

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Some People & Secrets Are Better Left Alone In The Horror Short 'NEIGHBORS'

The horror short NEIGHBORS has a very innocuous beginning; in a posh condominium high-rise, young urbanite Brad (Steven Conroy) meets a mysterious new neighbor in the elevator.

Brad attempts to make friendly conversation, but it quickly becomes obvious his aloof neighbor, Carl (Pascal Yen-Pfister), is not interested.

Driven by curiosity, Brad and his girlfriend Melanie (Caitlin Johnston) soon become enmeshed in a mystery involving Carl which will teach them a costly lesson: some people - and secrets - are better left undisturbed.

Written and directed by Brandon Boudreaux, NEIGHBORS generates blood-chilling horror from the unsettling possibility that unspeakable evil may reside right next door to us.

Watch the unnerving NEIGHBORS here...

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In The Short Film 'SWORD OF THE DEAD' A Ronin Does Battle With Zombies In Feudal Japan

 In the short film SWORD OF THE DEAD (SOTD), an exiled ronin ( Masami Kosaka) returns home to discover his birthplace overrun with zombies due to an evil curse.

This latest short by filmmaker Stephen Vitale - whose other short film HOSHINO is an outstanding Star Wars homage - takes worn-out zombie tropes and reinvigorates them by excising the living dead out of Western cultural accouterments and transplanting them into feudal Japan.

The result is a haunting, beautiful short film that is a homage to both the classic George A. Romero zombie film Night Of The Living Dead and the movies of renowned Japanese directors Masaki Kobayashi and Akira Kurosawa.

A tip of the hat to Vitale for including Japanese artisans on the SOTD production team. His directorial vision and their expertise merge together to replicate the look and feel of a film from Japan's cinematic golden age in the 1950s.

 Other inspired artistic choices include the decision to film SOTD in pristine black and white, as well as having all dialogue spoken in Japanese with English subtitles. 

I would be remiss if I didn't call out the riveting performances of  Masami Kosaka as the exiled ronin and Rome Kanda as the old man who warns our hero of the evil that has infested his home.

SOTD is gorgeous, atmospheric and mesmerizing; it is a zombie-action film unlike any you have ever seen.

But don't take my word for it, watch SWORD OF THE DEAD in its entirety here...

Also, check out this fascinating behind-the-scenes video of the making of SOTD...

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