Episode 72: YouTube Horror Short Films This episode was recorded on June 20, 2025 and posted on November 29, 2025. Content Warning: Light vulgarity. Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 72 Introductions to your ghost hosts - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Suzie aka Projectile Varmint Introductions to our guest - Billy D of Halloween Babies Podcast Today's Topic: YouTube Horror Short Films Defining Short Films Short films as defined by The Academy The history of short form content in horror Horror films that were originally produced as short films Pros & cons of short form content in horror Media Discussion - all films are available to stream on YouTube! Lights Out (2013) My House Walk Through (2016) The Pretty Thing (2018) The Smiling Man (2018) Man on A Train (2018) Vicious (2019) Other Side of the Box (2020) Curve (2021) Portrait of God (2022) Mama Agnes (2023) Double Vision (2024) Don't Look Back (2024) Best & Worst Representations of YouTube Short Horror Films Closing Thoughts If you could direct a horror short film, what would the premise be? Thank you to Our Guests Follow Billy D on Instagram @halloweenbabiespodcast and listen to Halloween Babies wherever you get your podcasts! Keep Up with Your Hosts Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for exclusive video episodes coming soon! Take part in our audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode. Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you! Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show! Sources Short Films vs. Feature Length Films | Sheffield AV. (n.d.). https://www.sheffieldav.com/education/short-films-vs-feature-length-films TheGothicLibrarian. (2017, October 30). The history of horror. The Gothic Library. https://www.thegothiclibrary.com/the-history-of-horror/#:~:text=But%20horror%20as%20a%20literary,who%20wants%20to%20marry%20her. Tyler, A. (2023, November 11). 10 horror short films that became great Full-Length Movies. ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/horror-movies-started-short-films/