As long as we’re talking about horror shorts with a social justice twist, check out Dark Fun’s Bugaboo. A woman (Helen Donahue) is harassed by a man who sexually assaulted her until she turns to a cursed doll for revenge. The scares and the monster are a little janky, but the overall package is too satisfying to skip.

“Black Phone 2” is here and it’s a super sequel – scarier, bloodier, moodier and more emotional than the first film, with a nifty setting (a camp in the middle of a snowstorm) and a compelling transfo...