Best of the Dark Side: 13 Online Horror Shorts and Animations

1. All of the Dead

A stop-motion animation featuring Lego zombies.

http://www.spiteyourface.com/dead/

2. Chainsaw Maid

This stop motion short is good for a laugh or two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d-tNXxTRBA

3. Dark Commandos

An episodic live action vampire series. "The fate of the living lies in the hands of the dead."

http://www.darkcommandos.com/

4. Embrace Madness

Poetry and vampires. The website has been abandoned apparently, but the short is still available to view.

http://www.rp63.com/embracemadness/

5. The Gothlings

Christopher Miniaci's animated short.

http://www.moviesonline.ca/TheFeed/index.php?id=thegothlings

6. Newgrounds' Goth Shorts

Several different animated shorts, including "Goth Lyfe," "Dr. Shroud," and "High School Blood Donor." Lots of great things to see here!

http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/goth

7. The Institution

College friends find themselves at an asylum while trying to solve a murder.

http://www.moviesonline.ca/TheFeed/index.php?id=short-theinstitution

8. Bartender Wanted

What if Hannibal Lecter was a bartender?

http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/walleye_bartender/

9. Roadkill

"Real animals were harmed, tested, maimed, and sometimes executed during the making of this film. We apologize for any mental stress this may cause you. It was done completely for your pleasure."

http://www.kranioclast.com/roadkill/

10. Stainboy

Six episodes of Tim Burton's Stainboy animations.

http://www.timburtoncollective.com/oysterboy.html#stain

11. Trick or Treat

http://www.toddgallina.com/halloween/index.html

12. Urban Chillers

Lots of horror shorts and videos. There's also a lot of non-horror related stuff here, so wade through carefully if you don't have a lot of time and just want to see some horror clips.

http://www.urbanchillers.com/

13. The Periwig Maker

A man seals himself off in medieval plague-infested London.

http://www.awn.com/oscars01/animperiwig.php3