Seattle U Filmmakers Showcase Killer Objects Shorts
Eight student-made horror shorts, built on the 2026 theme "Killer Objects," screened at Wyckoff Auditorium.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Horror
Seattle University Filmmakers Club hosted the Silver Scream Film Festival at Wyckoff Auditorium on Oct. 29, screening eight short films with a combined run time of about 30 minutes. Around 30 filmmakers, supporters and horror fans attended the annual event.
Why it matters
The festival gives student filmmakers in Seattle a public venue to present horror work made on a tight schedule. It also reflects how the campus club has kept the annual event running for almost a decade.
The festival's figures come from the club's own event records: around 30 attendees and eight short films totaling about 30 minutes, produced in just under three weeks after the Oct. 12 theme announcement. Attendance trends against earlier years were not reported.
The players
Seattle University Filmmakers Club
The student organization that hosts the Silver Scream Film Festival and meets Mondays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Media Production Center.
Silver Scream Film Festival
An annual horror short-film festival run by the Seattle University Filmmakers Club for almost a decade.
The details
Filmmakers were given just under three weeks after the "Killer Objects" theme was announced to produce a short. The films ranged from Ouija boards to dancing sweaters to evil cardboard boxes, and Cassandra Vosovic's "The Box" was filmed entirely on a phone in her dorm room, while Layla Dabash directed "Drained."
Timeline
Oct. 12: The 2026 theme "Killer Objects" was announced.
Oct. 29: The Silver Scream Film Festival screening was held at Wyckoff Auditorium.
Late November: The Seattle U Filmmakers Club will host a 48-hour Film Festival.
Festival Lineage
The 2026 edition continues the Silver Scream Film Festival's annual run, which has lasted almost a decade under the Seattle University Filmmakers Club. The "Killer Objects" theme places this year's shorts within that yearly tradition of themed horror filmmaking.
Seattle residents interested in student horror can attend the Seattle University Filmmakers Club's 48-hour Film Festival in late November. Club general meetings are held Mondays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Media Production Center.
The takeaway
Student horror filmmaking can rely on simple tools, as shown by a short shot entirely on a phone in a dorm room. Readers interested in similar projects can watch how tight production windows shape creative choices.
Further reading
Explore more horror films covered on Wisevoter.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The Spectator.
