"Quickies" is just what I've decided to call any shorts that are around three minutes or less (upper limit subject to change), and about which there's not much I can say. (I'm not certain all of these were produced specifically by or for Crypt TV, but I'm pretty sure most of them were. Maybe all.)
Agatha (1:47)
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A woman goes to take a bath and soon finds that she is not alone in the house. It's pretty creepy.
Confessions of a Slasher (1:09)
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(YouTube calls this "Slasher Therapy," but I'm going with the title that's on both Facebook and the director's website.) It's about an old-school slasher talking to a therapist about how upset he is that people don't fear him anymore. It's fairly amusing.
Dead Body (0:20)
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A man and woman are sitting on a couch. The woman asks if he wants to see a dead body. That's all I'll say, except that it's kind of hilarious.
The Hallway (0:45)
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(Aka "The Thing in the Hall") Saw this on facebook. So, um... a guy gets a fright, which will be easily understood by J-horror fans. But the film quickly takes a humorous turn... and then... shit. Sometimes fear really is more dangerous than the thing we fear.
Imaginary Friend (0:46)
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A young girl is playing hide & seek with her babysitter, but she also wants the sitter to try to find her imaginary friend, Milo.
The Mimic (2:21)
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A man lies in bed reading, when his young son calls out from the next room complaining that he can't sleep in his new room, since the family moved. The father tries to convince him to go back to sleep. What happens next isn't exactly surprising, given the film's title, but it's still creepy. And there's an even creepier moment at the very end.
Peek-A-Boo (1:57)
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A couple go out for the night, but the mother is worried about having left their children home alone. So she checks in on them via a camera feed on her phone.
Peripheral (2:41)
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A psychiatrist is trying to treat a woman who believes there is a monstrous girl that only appears in her peripheral vision. So she wears special goggles to prevent her from seeing the girl. Of course the doctor doesn't believe in the monster... which, needless to say, is a big mistake. This film is very creepy.
Pest Control (0:45)
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An exterminator is hired to go up into a narrow crawlspace above a ceiling and get rid of whatever's been making noise up there. It turns out exactly like I expected, but it's still creepy AF. And I kind of wish the film were longer.
Photoshop Nightmare (1:08)
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This is deeply disturbing to watch, but I do think it's a somewhat interesting concept. Sort of a modern twist on the whole voodoo doll concept, which could perhaps also be taken as a commentary on society's obsession with unrealistic standards of beauty. (Though on a side note, it's absolutely ludicrous to think anyone would feel the need to photoshop the model in this film, anyway.)
Pokemon Go Gone Wrong (0:31)
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"Gotta catch 'em all."
The Shortest Horror Movie Ever (0:34)
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Well... it's definitely very short (though not even the shortest video on this page). And the end is, IMO, very funny. Also, watching this a few years after the first time I watched it, I can't help thinking the background music sounds a lot like the theme music from Stranger Things.
Tacos Humanos (1:59)
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You can probably guess what this is about. And for most of the film's brief runtime, it's straight-up horror that I didn't really like. But there's a joke at the end that makes it worthwhile. (The dialog is in Spanish, with English subtitles.)
Under the Bed (2:16)
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A woman is home alone at night with her dog. She goes to bed, and reaches down to let the dog lick her fingers from its bed on the floor. Time passes. She wakes up later, and reaches down for the dog to lick her fingers again. Then she gets up and goes to investigate a dripping sound. What she finds... well, it pretty much confirmed what I expected all along, but it was still creepy AF. (This is based on an urban legend I had never heard of, but later in the same year that I saw this short film, I coincidentally learned of it in the movie Urban Legends: Final Cut.)
When Waldo Meets Carmen San Diego (0:41)
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Just... WTF?