BAFF: The Monsters in The Dark (Creature Shorts)

Name: BAFF: The Monsters in The Dark (Creature Shorts)
Genre: Horror, Shorts Program
Released: 2026-11-08
Duration: 2 h 5 min

<div><div>Something is under the bed, and honestly, it's been there a while. Ten short films about the creatures that wait for the lights to click off, things made of candles, bricks, ball pit balls, and whatever that thing in your shadow is doing. Some of them want to eat you, some just want to be seen, and one of them might be your birthday party. Keep the nightlight on. It doesn't help, but it's polite. </div><div><br></div><div><b>There is always a monster</b> [16:58] - A police investigation turns into a nightmare when a mutant creature unleashes terror inside the building. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Brick Boy</b> [9:59] - A bullied teen conjures a building block golem to exact vengeance on her oppressors. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The Bones Exist </b>[14:20] - In the unforgiving wilderness of 1850s Alta California, a dwindling group of gold prospectors encounters a feral boy who forces the men to confront the horrors lurking in the woods and the sins of their past. </div><div><br></div><div><b>COOKIE MONSTER</b> [6:27] - A carpenter living alone in a house by a swamp is disturbed one night by a mysterious girl offering homemade cookies. After he refuses, strange events begin to blur the line between reality and hallucination. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The Candle</b> [8:30] - Have your cake...and it eats you. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Gimme</b> [14:00] - On the first night of Hanukkah, a grandfather and his estranged granddaughter are pulled into a sinister game of dreidel. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ball Pit</b> [5:28] - (no synopsis on file) </div><div><br></div><div><b>Halloween Bird</b> [6:27] - On Halloween night, a deaf girl and her grandmother carve pumpkins and wait for trick-or-treaters. They are about to receive a menacing visitor. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Paralysis</b> [6:11] - During a terrifying episode of sleep paralysis, Natasha finds herself trapped in a world where time stops, her body betrays her, and a grotesque entity crawls closer, turning her struggle to wake into a desperate fight for spiritual survival. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Mimic</b> [16:00] - Amid the heightened ICE raids across Los Angeles, a Filipino Man visits his estranged sister's home and makes a terrifying discovery. </div><div><br></div><div>Q&A 15 mins </div></div><div><br></div>Horror, Shorts ProgramPT2H5MNot Rated2026-11-08

Gaston Haag

Kelsey Bollig

Matthew DuVall

Adrian Al Jazzar

Ren Ariel Sano

Steven Schloss

Jarrod Yerkes

Dean Bertram

Leticia Buchanan

Kiersten Villanueva

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Showtimes

November 8, 2:00 pm