Bite Size Halloween: 9 Hulu shorts are being expanded into feature films

For the last couple years, Disney’s 20th Digital Studios has been releasing horror shorts as the Bite Size Halloween series on the Hulu streaming service. Now it has been announced that 20th Digital Studios is developing nine feature films that are directly based on Bite Size Halloween shorts.

Here are the details on five of the nine films currently in the works:

Horror short film APPENDAGE by writer/director Anna Zlokovic and starring Rachel Sennott (SHIVA BABY) and Eric Roberts, now playing at the Sundance Film Festival, will expand to a Hulu Original feature film with 20th Digital Studio as part of the nine-film slate currently in development.  An international release for Disney+ & Star+ hasn’t been announced yet. APPENDAGE is the story of a young fashion designer whose anxiety physically manifests. The film opened season two of 20th Digital Studio’s “BITE SIZE HALLOWEEN” on Hulu, a short film series that ranges from horror comedy to psychological thrillers and everything in between. Zlokovic has signed to write and direct the feature film version and casting is underway.

GRIMCUTTY, written and directed by John William Ross, is a teen tech horror thriller, shot outside Los Angeles in fall 2021 and now in post-production. The film stars Shannyn Sossamon (WAYWARD PINES, SLEEPY HOLLOW), Usman Ally (A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, VEEP), Alona Tal (SEAL TEAM), and newcomer Sara Wolfkind.

WORMEATER, a rural British family trauma body horror from writer/director Ben Steiner, recently completed filming in the UK with stars Kate Dickie (GAME OF THRONES, THE GREEN KNIGHT) and Jemima Rooper (THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, upcoming FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC: THE ORIGIN). The film is a thematic successor to Steiner’s 2018 20th Digital short URN.

THE HUG, will expand on the story of the animatronic “Pandory the Panda” who terrorized children in his Pizza Palace in a viral 2018 short from 20th Digital. The original creators, writing/directing team Jack & Justin (Bishop and Nijm, respectively) have signed on.

CLOCK by writer/director Alexis Jacknow and inspired by the “BITE SIZE HALLOWEEN” 2020 short of the same title will follow a woman’s desperate attempt to fix her broken biological clock.

I haven’t watched any of the Bite Size Halloween shorts up to this point, but reading the descriptions of the features-to-be makes me feel like I’ve been missing out. I might have to take a look at this show next time I’m on Hulu.

Have you watched any Bite Size Halloween shorts? What do you think of this feature expansion plan? Let us know by leaving a comment below.