Throughout history, natural and manmade catastrophes have inspired memorable works of art. Examples include DeFoe’s “A Journal of the Plague Year” (1722) and Picasso’s “Guernica” (1937). The latest calamity is  COVID. While this epidemic’s horrors are still being catalogued, the disease has motivated filmmakers worldwide to create movies in many genres. A recent example is…

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One secret to producing a modestly budgeted movie is to stage all the action in a single location. Doing so not only saves resources but can add to a drama’s intensity.

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In “13th Floor” Luis Mendes combines  four horror film ingredients to evoke a sense of dread. Mendes, a prize-winning mobile moviemaker, demonstrates that techniques found in feature-length horror movies work equally well in short form storytelling. Here are the ingredients that make “13th Floor” scary: 1. Ordinary location: A familiar place lowers the audience’s guard, making the horror more powerful.…

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