Tell Me a Creepy Story

Short tales from UK, France, US and Ireland that do exactly what they promise - creepiness and genuinely unsettling stories. No jump scares or outright gore, but the scenarios will get under your skin and leave you feeling uneasy.

A parent has to live with a nightmare child while all around claim it is normal development; a spouse who wants to be remembered ('myosotis' = the 'forget-me-not' flower); a teenager with some dodgy plumbing; and a preacher with ungodly intentions.

Some stories feel familiar - We Need to Talk About Kevin; When a Stranger Calls - but these are classics of their kind and the tributes are deserved.

The four segments are uniformly strong, so there is no sense of anticlimax, and none outstays their welcome. They treat the audience as knowing adults - we are left to draw our own conclusions about the absentee parent, and to notice the missing phone for ourselves.

It is rare for four completely independent films to come together so effectively. Whoever curated the collection did an outstanding job. Excellent short-story filmmaking.