Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day of the month. It might be terrifying, it might be funny. It could be an homage classic monsters or something entirely new. Check back every morning for a new scare as we celebrate horror shorts!

There’s nothing like some nice, cheery music playing somewhere in the darkness to creep up a joint. Most people will be scared enough at the prospect of losing their smartphone before the leitmotif from hell’s favorite kid’s show starts following our protagonist around in “Misplaced,” written and directed by Leo Jeorge Bautista over at Shmek’m.

I was impressed by the simple special effects in this one. There are mainly two shots, and I had fun pausing and advancing the frames to check them out close-up. They work well in still frame, and that’s not true for some indie shorts. Kudos to the effects designer.