Reel Q Pittsburgh 41st LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Queer Fear: Thriller Shorts Program

Things get strange after dark in this collection of queer thrillers, desire, dread, blood, and camp. Location: Club Café October 10, 2026 8:00, 10:00 PM The Witch of Vihar Lake In a village near Vihar Lake, where fearsome tales of a witch keep people away, young Mitthu and his sister Ishita grow up in the shadow of dread. One fateful night unravels life-altering truths, about Ishita, himself, and the witch. En memoria In a dystopian future, a mother struggles to finish making her daughter’s Quinceañera dress. The Dysphoria A trans woman performs a satanic ritual to get a vagina, but unwittingly invites a demonic presence into her home that demands a terrible sacrifice. Bad Dad With his divorce barely finalized, Warren retreats from the city he always resented to a quiet lake house, hoping to find some peace with his young son, KJ. But when a stranger named David turns up at the door asking for help, the night takes a turn Warren never could have anticipated. What begins as small talk over pizza unfolds into a taut psychological standoff, exposing secrets, shifting power, and a chilling connection that leaves Warren gasping for air. La Dichotomie Tap-dancing sensation Suzie Toot (RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE, BIG EASY QUEENS) stars in this surrealist short film presented in vivid Tech-NO-color™! While Suzie dazzles her adoring cartoon audiences, lethargic artclown Gloomie Toot gets a surprise visit that sends her down a visceral, existential spiral for Suzie’s spotlight. Milo Young musician Kuba has long accepted that he is losing his grip on reality. He performs only to support Róża, the band’s lead singer and his grieving girlfriend. But when he sees her deceased brother appear on stage during a live radio concert, the boundaries between presence, memory, and imagination begin to dissolve.