Halloween Horror Nights and Rob Zombie team up for short film contest
Contest entries will be accepted from July 7 through August 14, 2010. Prospective filmmakers are invited to submit short films from 90 seconds to three minutes in length on DVD (two copies of each film must be submitted). Selected films will be judged by Rob Zombie, members of Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights team and horror industry professionals. Criteria will be storytelling skill, originality and the degree of a "good scare." The top 10 shorts will be posted online at Halloween Horror Nights from September 3 - 17, 2010 for public voting.
The winning film will be announced on September 17. In addition to the prize and the broadcast of the film, the winning filmmaker will be honored in front of celebrities, studio executives and media at the Eyegore Awards ceremony, which will kick off the 2010 Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Entries should be sent to Halloween Horror Nights-Rob Zombie Film Competition, 100 Universal City Plaza, Building 5511, 1Universal City CA 91608. Additional information on the contest, including a complete list of rules and regulations, is available online at the website Halloween Horror Nights.
Rob Zombie's latest release, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, is in stores now and you can catch him on tour headlining the Rockstar Mayhem Festival this Summer. Zombie has sold 15 million albums to date and is a seven-time Grammy nominee. He is also the writer and director of 5 full-length feature films, including the critically acclaimed cult favorite The Devil's Rejects (2005), the blockbuster re-imagining of John Carpenter's classic, Halloween (2007), and its successful follow up, Halloween II (2009).
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Vito86
Lame... whats wrong cant dish out anymore mulah Universal?
2 years agoby @vito86Flag
Err
this is kinda cool.
i think i'll make a short film about a guy who finds out he owes a lot of money to the irs.
that's the kinda sh*t that'll keep you up at night.
2 years agoby @err2005Flag
Brian
Fit it in @ed-wood!
2 years agoby @brianFlag
ed_wood
Wish I would have heard of this sooner, I can't fit this in with the other projects I've got going.
2 years agoby @ed-woodFlag
Messenger
I would submit but I have to much on my plate as it is. Wish they would have promoted this sooner.
2 years agoby @messengerFlag
MovieRuler
Im entering, everyone vote for me!
youtube.com/metrowestfilms
2 years agoby @movierulerFlag
Ryan Moran
nice
2 years agoby @nightwing18Flag
Emmytt
....
2 years agoby @emmyttFlag
Jokers_Wild_X
I'm SO submitting for this!
2 years agoby @jokers-wild-xFlag
Diaigma
Hmmm.
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag