Aside from the creature, it's impressive there's no dialogue in this short yet you can understand exactly what's going on and all the emotions. Here There Be Monsters stars Savannah Foran McDaniel as Elki plus Jordan Small, Brad McMurray, Toby Barron as the monster.
Drew describes the short as 'a throwback creature feature mixed with a contemporary story about bullying.' The monster design in this is quite gnarly, which adds to the eeriness of the whole thing. To escape incessant bullying on the bus ride home, a young girl falls asleep, only to wake up trapped at an empty bus yard, with something fearsome lurking outside. The film originally played at 50+ festivals around the world including Sitges, Hollyshorts, Screamfest and many more genre favs, and has won multiple awards along the way. Here There Be Monsters is a new horror short film made by Australian filmmaker Drew Macdonald.
