Short films are fabulous, and student films doubly so. Sure, most of them suffer from poor production values, bad acting, and writing that makes B-movies seem Oscar-worthy by comparison. But although filmmaking is a hard field to come up in, there are a few rough diamonds worth digging up.

Vancouver Film School's YouTube channel is a good place to go prospecting for above average student short films. This month, they've added three that are perfect Halloween fare. In each, viewers are shown a darker side of the yellow brick road than fans remember from the technicolor original.

Alas, in all these shorts, as in the original film, Dorothy is the object of the story but never the most interesting character. Still, they are all good, gory fun and worth the less-than-twenty minutes it takes to watch all three.

The Last Zong in Oz

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crsrFRWp30I[/youtube]

Tin

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgvSxPr8nvE[/youtube]

Yellow Brick Road

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vABa9Re6tc[/youtube]