Thursday, January 26, 2012

Bryan Wolford Raising Funds for Myctophobia

Bryan Wolford, co-founder/co-director of the Drunken Zombie Film Festival, is raising money for his own short film project, Myctophobia.

In his email, Wolford tells me that Myctophobia will begin production in February, for the short film compilation, The Collective Volume 4.

The theme of all films in The Collective Volume 4 is "emotions".

Wolford was assigned fear as his film's emotion. After researching phobias, he settled on myctophobia -- fear of the dark. His script is about a myctophobia sufferer who's alone at home when the lights go out.

The Collective Volume 4 is to premiere at the Days of the Dead convention on July 6-8, 2012, in Indianapolis, Indiana.



Wolford is seeking funds through Indie Go Go so that "the cast and crew gets a little pocket change out of the experience and to help pay for some special effects for the film. All filming with be done over a weekend in late February to keep the costs low."

There are some perks for contributing, so check out the above link.

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For a behind-the-scenes look at horror film festivals and the festival directors who manage them, see Horror Film Festivals and Awards. This book also includes a directory of over 200 horror film festivals, and a list of festival award winners from dozens of festivals over several decades.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

EndTimes Theater Seeks Horror and Sci-Fi Plays


If you're reading this blog, odds are that you're mostly interested in horror filmmaking. You write screenplays, not novels, much less stage plays. Yet if you've got a horror screenplay that can be adapted into a stage play, the EndTimes theater company may have an opportunity for you!

According to their website:


EndTimes is always looking for cutting edge, challenging scripts to produce. The material we select generally has a dark, satiric bent, or falls within the sci-fi/horror genre. We produce approximately 25 short plays (50 pages or less), and two full-length plays each season.


Endtimes is located in New York City, which is the best place to a play produced, if you write plays.

Details at their website.

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For a behind-the-scenes look at horror film festivals and the festival directors who manage them, see Horror Film Festivals and Awards. This book also includes a directory of over 200 horror film festivals, and a list of festival award winners from dozens of festivals over several decades.

Monday, January 23, 2012

2012 Dark Carnival Film Festival's Call for Entries


The Dark Carnival International Film Festival announces that their 2012 edition will run from October 19-21, 2012 in Bloomington, Indiana.

Founded in 2007, Dark Carnival seeks independent horror, sci-fi, and dark fantasy films -- short and feature length -- plus music videos and trailers. They'll be screening at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington, located a few blocks from Indiana University.

Submission deadline: July 28, 2012.

Details at: DarkCarnivalFilmFest.com.

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For a behind-the-scenes look at horror film festivals and the festival directors who manage them, see Horror Film Festivals and Awards. This book also includes a directory of over 200 horror film festivals, and a list of festival award winners from dozens of festivals over several decades.