Festival organizer Josh Stafford explains: "The idea was for local independent filmmakers to create short horror films within a 63-day time frame, from initial concept to finished product. Knowing that we wanted to show them all in one night, I asked that the films be each 10 minutes in length. The festival actually grew from chatting about working with deadlines. Last year we had nine films. It came together quickly, very eleventh hour. We had a great turnout and lots of interest in the project. This year we have films that include the supernatural, a stalker flick, animation, and even one with puppets."
Puppets - now that's scary. Who needs big-budget CGI extravaganzas? Stafford concurs. "Yeah, horror movies go hand
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