Reel Fear Horror Contest

Clive Barker Presents: Reel Fear Horror Contest - Submissions Now Open from Project Greenlight on Vimeo.

If you’re a filmmaker with an appetite for fright, look no further: Project Greenlight Digital Studios and horror and thriller streaming service Shudder bring you the REEL FEAR Horror Contest. One filmmaker or filmmaking team will win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see their $300,000 indie horror film come to life – with mentorship from iconic horror film director Clive Barker. Five finalists will also be granted a spot in Shudder Labs, a workshop retreat dedicated to building the skillsets of emerging horror filmmakers.

Are you ready? Visit http://projectgreenlight.com/contests and click on “Sign in to Submit” to upload your 3-minute-or-less pitch video outlining the creative vision for your most sinister, bone-chilling, never-before-seen original concept.

Promo Credits:
Directed by: Aaron Milus
Produced by: Aaron Milus, Joshua Milus, Debra Mategrano, Diana Mategrano and Jeff Kongs
Written by: Debra Mategrano
Starring: Jeff Kongs & Cristen Barnes (the Couple), Ike Amadi (The man in the suit)

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Project Greenlight Digital Studios and the streaming service Shudder have teamed up with Clive Barker to create the Reel Fear Horror Contest.

Channel Zero: No-End House Trailer | 00:37 | English

Synopsis
Margot Sleator (Amy Forsyth) visits the No-End House, a strange house which becomes increasingly horrifying the longer a visitor stays there. Most people don't escape the No-End House, but Margot does. Her life abruptly changes for the worse afterwards.

Aisha Dee will star as Margot's best friend Jules, a young woman who is independent, stubborn, loyal, and type A. John Carroll Lynch will star as John Sleator. Kim Huffman will star as Corrine Sleator.

Stranger Things Season 2 Teaser Photo | 00:54 | English

Synopsis
Check out this clip of some of the kid actors from Stranger Things as they spend 30 seconds talking about the show. The teaser for the second season of Stranger Things will air on Fox during the 51st Super Bowl.

Channel Zero: The No-End House | TV Series | English

Channel Zero: The No-End House, the second season of Channel Zero, finished production on November 11, 2016. Syfy plans to air the six episodes of season 2 in 2017. It was directed by Steven Piet. Don Mancini was the producer.

This season is based on a creepypasta called NoEnd House, where one would win $500 if one could successfully get through nine rooms of a building. Each room becomes progressively more sinister. The story follows David as he enters the NoEnd House. He heard about it from his drug-addicted friend Peter. The creepypasta was written by Brian Russell. On his Blogger, Brian posted NoEnd House II - Maggie, a sequel to NoEnd House. It follows Maggie, David's girlfriend, as she investigates his disappearance after his visit to the NoEnd House. There is also NoEnd House 3, where David has to save Maggie from the NoEnd House.

In Syfy's adaptation, a woman named Margot Sleator (Amy Forsyth) visits the No-End House. This visit turns her world upside down. John Carroll Lynch will star as John Sleator. Kim Huffman will star as Corrine Sleator.

Candle Cove Portraits | TV Series | English

Check out these drawings of the Candle Cove characters. I'm talking about the characters from the kids show with the TV show Channel Zero. There's a retro feel to the pictures. The art is unsettling. I think some of them are more unsettling than than the others because some of the characters remind me of characters from other media. The skeleton obviously reminds me of Skeletor from the kid's show He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. (Side Note: Have you seen Pioneers Press' Skeletor's Guide to Self-Care or the Skeletor's Guide to Self-Care (expanded, and includes awesome extras)?) There's one picture that has the caption, "In the dreams he has a different name." For some reason, whenever I look at that one, it remind me of Slenderman. Probably because of the entity's blank face and dark clothing. The entity in the picture with the caption, "Want to see something cool?" reminds me of the Lorax.

The season 1 finale will air November 15, 2016.

Cam Closer | 2:29 | No Dialogue

Cam Closer from David F. Sandberg on Vimeo.

A short horror film about a camera phone with a very special feature.
Turn your lights down and your volume up.

Shot on a hacked Panasonic GH1

Synopsis
A woman (Lotta Losten) pulls out her phone to take a photo of her snack. She realizes the apple doesn't show up on the screen of her phone. She holds the camera up and slowly turns. She sees a body of a young woman laying face down on the floor just outside the living room door. Someone quickly pulls the body down the hall. When the woman looks for the body, she finds more than she bargained for.

Pictured | 3:03 | No Dialogue

Pictured - Horror short from David F. Sandberg on Vimeo.

Another short horror in our apartment. Now it's a trilogy with Cam Closer and Lights Out!

Synopsis
Pictured begins with a shot of an old photo hanging on the wall. The photo is of a young woman (Hanna Johansson) standing in front of a building. The woman (Lotta Losten) who lives in the apartment is working in her home office. She hears something fall in the hall. When she checks, she finds a potted plant laying on the floor. A trail of dirt ends at the old photo. The young woman in the photo is facing sideways instead of facing the camera. She cleans up the mess. The woman keeps hearing noises in the hallway. Whenever she checks in the hall, the young woman in the photo is in a different position.

Channel Zero Teaser | 00:16 | No Dialogue

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Synopsis
A young boy loosens his teeth as he sits at a table with a strange creature made from teeth.

Channel Zero Teaser | 00:11 | No Dialogue

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Synopsis
We get a close up view of a strange creature made entirely from teeth.

Channel Zero Teaser | 00:26 | No Dialogue

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Synopsis
A young boy feeds teeth to a strange creature he met in the woods.

Channel Zero Trailer | 00:29 | English

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Synopsis
A group of friends discuss Candle Cove, a terrifying children's show which gave them nightmares as children. They soon discover Candle Cove wasn't just a TV show. It can influence children to do bad things, such as hurting other people. Soon, a new generation of children will experience the horror of Candle Cove.

Kairo Gets New Release from Arrow Films

According to a Bloody Disgusting article written by JonathanBarkan, UK company Arrow Films will release a Blu-ray edition of the Kiyoshi Kurosawa's horror movie Kairo.

Attic Panic | 3:00 | No Dialogue

Attic Panic - Short horror film from David F. Sandberg on Vimeo.

A short horror film in a new part of our house - the attic!
Behind the scenes: https://vimeo.com/dauid/makingattic
More short horror: https://vimeo.com/channels/shorthorror

Synopsis
After putting items in her storage unit in the attic, a woman (Lotta Losten) plans on going back downstairs. The door leading out of the attic is locked. The woman bumps the door with her shoulder and it still won't budge. The woman hears a noise and turns around. She sees a humanoid figure under a white sheet David F. Sandberg. The figure walks towards her. The light bulbs slowly unscrew themselves and fall to the ground. The woman locks herself in her storage unit. However, that doesn't mean she's safe from the figure.

Not So Fast | 1:59 | English

Not So Fast from David F. Sandberg on Vimeo.

See how this film was lit with a trash can from IKEA: https://vimeo.com/102137468
Short horror film. Very dark image (on purpose). Check your gamma settings if you can't see anything in the dark.

Synopsis
A woman (Lotta Losten) comes home to her apartment. Most of the lights go out in the hall of the apartment. There's a lit door at the end of the hall. The woman hears something in the dark. She walks towards the lit door. When she walks slowly, the noises get closer. However, when she walks faster, the hall suddenly stretches and the door's even further away from her.

Channel Zero: Candle Cove | TV Series | English

Synopsis
Channel Zero: Candle Cove is the first installment of a new horror anthology created by Syfy. It will follow child psychologist Mike Painter (Paul Schneider), who's trying to discover the truth behind a tv show (Candle Cove) he watched as a child during the 1980s. Decades after the show's original airing, Mike suspects Candle Cove is somehow connected to multiple strange events, including the 1988 disappearance of Mike's twin brother, Eddie, and several other children from his hometown of Iron Hill.

Mike returns to Iron Hill in order to investigate his suspicions. However, his mother, Marla (Fiona Shaw, aka Aunt Petunia from the Harry Potter films), isn't too keen on reliving the events surrounding the disappearance of her other son. Soon, the strange events begin happening again. Sheriff Gary Yolen (Shaun Benson) and his wife, Jessica (Natalie Brown), who both grew up in Iron Hill during the events of the 1980s, realize the current happenings are most likely connected to the original events in the 1980s. Deputy Amy Welch (Luisa D'Oliveira) will aid Sheriff Yolen as he investigates the events in Iron Hill.

Blair Witch (The Woods) (2016) Teaser Trailer | 1:28 | English

Synopsis
James (James Allen McCune), the younger brother of Heather Donahue (Heather Donahue), views a recently discovered tape from the doomed trip taken by his sister and her friends, Josh (Joshua Leonard) and Mike (Michael Williams). After viewing the tape, James decides it's time to find his long missing sister. He and his friends travel to rural Burkittsville, Maryland, in order to retrace the steps Heather's team took while in the Black Hills Forest. The group's investigations slowly lead them to a disturbing realization: Something truly evil had stalked and terrorized Heather and her friends, and now it's after them.

Blair Witch (2016) Trailer | 2:01 | English

Synopsis
James (James Allen McCune), the younger brother of Heather Donahue (Heather Donahue), views a recently discovered tape from the doomed trip taken by his sister and her friends, Josh (Joshua Leonard) and Mike (Michael Williams). After viewing the tape, James decides it's time to find his long missing sister. He and his friends travel to rural Burkittsville, Maryland, in order to retrace the steps Heather's team took while in the Black Hills Forest. The group's investigations slowly lead them to a disturbing realization: Something truly evil had stalked and terrorized Heather and her friends, and now it's after them.

Coffer | 2:59 | No Dialogue

Coffer - Short horror film from David F. Sandberg on Vimeo.

Since halloween is upon us here's another 3 minute horror from Lotta Losten and me.
Yep, the Lights Out lady is still living in that apartment...
You can find a behind the scenes look over here: https://vimeo.com/109521226
dauid.com - lottalosten.com

Synopsis
A woman (Lotta Losten) lays on the couch as she reads a book. She hears bumps and creaks coming from a chest in the corner of the living room. The chest slowly opens by itself. When she looks inside, it's just a dark tunnel going straight through the floor.

Closet Space | 3:09 | English

Closet Space from David F. Sandberg on Vimeo.

We made a short in our new place.
More Twilight Zone than horror this time.
Making of: https://vimeo.com/156664587

Synopsis
A couple moves into a new house. The woman (Lotta Losten) puts a stray clothes hanger in the closet. She discovers the closet multiplies items when the items are placed inside it. After experimenting on inanimate objects, she calls her partner (David F. Sandberg) in from the other room. She asks him to step inside the closet. When the woman opens the closet, the man is gone instead of multiplied. She looks for him and discovers the closet has a different effect on people.

Lights Out | 2:17 | Trailer

Lights Out feature trailer from David F. Sandberg on Vimeo.

Here it is! The first trailer for the film based on the Lights Out short! In theaters this summer.
See the original short here: https://vimeo.com/82920243

Synopsis
Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) and her little brother Martin (Gabriel Bateman) are being stalked by a shadowy female figure (Alicia Vela-Bailey). The figure only appears when the lights are turned off.

The entity may be connected to Diana (Ariel Dupin), a childhood friend of Rebecca and Martin's mother, Sophie (Maria Bello). Diana died in childhood after experimental medical treatments failed to help her.