Horror Animated Shorts of Jason J. Cross

Horror Animated Shorts of Jason J. Cross

Text © Richard Gary / Indie Horror Films, 2023
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A nice thing about animation is that you can do things that cannot be done on a small budget. Created in the stiff but “humanesque” iClone software, the shorts are entertaining to look at. While the movement is a bit boxy, the faces look sharp. All these films were written (with one exception) and directed by Jason J. Cross, and are available in links at the bottom of each review. They are released by Four Sides Cross Productions. These are not in a ranked order, but rather how they were sent to me.

What is consistent in at least three of these four releases is that the central character is a strong woman. That makes me happy.

 

Got to Eat
6:41 minutes, 2020
There is a masked serial killer on the loose, and he has chosen his next family. They are transient and a bit oddball, but can they handle this young murderer? The results are quite humorous and bloody. Very simple and to the point, which is nice. And what is with the very end? Is there going to be a sequel?; I ask because many of Cross’ releases are serials. This is off to a great start.
Full film HERE

 

To Do
3:11 minutes, 2023
A serial killer ponders over a bound and gagged woman. We hear his internal monologue of what he plans to do, which the viewer gets to viscerally see. His thoughts are a poem including such things as biting off her nose. Creepy and gruesome. Nice.
Full film HERE

 

A Mother’s Love
13:15 minutes, 2021
A woman is on a first date at her home with a nice man, and they are just starting to get to know each other, when her daughter gets into some physical trouble. The crux of the story is how the mother takes care of business and how far she will go to protect her daughter. It is certainly not what one might expect. It was cool and she is hot. As with the first story above, there is a nice self-referential to Four Sides Cross.
Full film HERE

 

Wanted
2:44 minutes, 2021
This is the only story not written by Cross, but rather his 11-year-old “Daughter (Victoria) and staring my other daughter (Samantha), my wife (Carla), and myself,” the director explained. Short and simple, a mother and her two young twin daughters are being questioned at a police station, where the coppers are looking for her ex-. But there is more going on than that. This may have been written by a child, but it has a nice twist element to it.
Full film HERE