While most of us like to see our scares on the big screen with a long runtime, there are plenty of excellent horror films available to watch on the internet, some of which are no more than a minute long. They can create the same atmosphere and tone in the same amount of time it takes to cook a microwave burrito. If you’ve got a few minutes, then you have plenty of time to check out some of the best short horror films online, and here they are–with links to the videos–in no particular order.
2AM: The Smiling Man (2013)
A man is stalked after midnight by someone who won’t stop creepily smiling.
Directed by Michael Evans
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He Took His Skin Off For Me (2015)
A husband removes his skin to prove his love to his wife and tries to live his life covering the world in his blood.
Directed by Ben Aston
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Lights Out (2013)
A woman gets ready to go to bed, but someone else in her in home, and she can only see the person with the lights off.
Directed by David F. Sandberg
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Mama: 2012
Two young girls find out their mother has returned home, but they’re in no hurry to see her.
Directed by Andres Muschietti
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The Smiling Man (2015)
A young girl is led to her kitchen where she meets “the Smiling Man,” a sickly-looking home intruder with a secret.
Directed by A.J. Briones
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Bedfellows (2010)
A woman goes to bed sleeping next to her husband, but she is woken up by a disturbing phone call.
Directed by Drew Daywalt
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Alexia (2015)
It’s the birthday of his ex-girlfriend, who tragically killed herself, and her ghost is haunting him through social media.
Directed by Andrés Borghi
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He Dies At The End (2008)
He’s going to die, but in order to find out how, he takes a test on his computer.
Directed by Damian McCarthy
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The Cop Cam (2016)
In this found-footage short, a police officer investigates what is seemingly an abandoned building.
Directed by Isaac Rodriguez
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The Moonlight Man (2016)
A woman is trying to get in her car to leave, but there’s a bizarre being stalking her.
Directed by Danny Donahue
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Selfie From Hell (2015)
A woman taking selfies notices something sinister in the background, and it keeps getting closer with every shot.
Directed by Erdal Ceylan
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Cam Closer (2013)
While sitting at home taking pictures, a woman discovers she can see a whole lot more through her camera phone.
Directed by David F. Sandberg
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Hi (2014)
A young doctor may be losing her mind, as she feels she’s hallucinating and seeing things; however, the ghostly images she’s seeing may not be real.
Directed by Bahaish Kapoor
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Bedtime Is At 10 (2015)
A little girl watches television before bed, but there’s something else in the house watching her.
Directed by Noor Hamade and Dimitri Yuri
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Don’t Look Away (2017)
A girl sees a man with a bagged head standing in the yard, but when she tells her father about it, all he says is, “don’t look away.”
Directed by Christopher Cox
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A father tucks his son in for bed and checks for monsters underneath.
Directed by Ignacio F. Rodo
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The Black Hole (2008)
A man accidentally creates a black hole on a sheet of paper.
Directed by Phil Sampson and Olly Williams
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One Last Dice (2013)
A police officer dives one more time into the depths before calling it a night.
Directed by Jason Eisener
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Don’t Let Them In (2017)
There’s a knock on the door, and there are two kids need to get inside a house. But these are two children you don’t want to invite inside.
Directed by David Lawrence
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The Passenger (2015)
A woman gets a flat tire on the road, but she’s being stalked by something malevolent.
Directed by Vick Krishna
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