How to Light a Terrifying Horror Scene on an Indie Budget
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We get a lot of emails here at No Film School, and recently, I got one asking for a few tips on making an indie horror film.Well, I have never done that!But luckily, I have a lot o...
Horror films have always depended on a simple idea: make the audience feel afraid of something they cannot control. Directors have tried countless ways to achieve that effect, from...
Being in the dark is scary, especially when you're alone. Even better if you're in an unfamiliar space and you hear a rustle in the night. Your imagination fills in the details of...
One of my buddies sold a horror spec for a few hundred thousand dollars last week and was shocked at the number. When he told me, he thought they were kidding; I told him he deserv...
I saw a TikTok video the other day from the perspective of a school janitor. Everything seems okay, except there was a somewhat unsettling noise in the background. The person filmi...
Spooky Pictures' Roy Lee and Steven Schneider, and frequent partner Ben Ross of Image Nation look at the deals — and the philosophy — that helps them land project after project.
I’ve met plenty of filmmakers with a first feature script they can’t afford to shoot. Too many locations. Too many characters. Extreme waiting for someone else to say yes. Why woul...
When you are writing a story, there are a few unspoken rules that you agree to. Namely, that you as author are positioning yourself as an observer of some kind (omniscient, most li...
Ask a room of working horror filmmakers why they keep going and you get a punchline before you get an answer. Michael J. Epstein went first. “The answer is simple. We’re very, very...
How a $750K YouTube Horror Film Broke the Box Office: The Business Math Behind Micro-Budget Miracles Twenty-six years old. Twenty days of... The post The Business Math Behind 2026’...
MotelX – Portugal’s only film festival dedicated to horror – hopes to inspire local film-makers by showcasing world-class scares. Now in its 20th edition, its directors say truly n...
In Who’s Watching, writer-director Tim Kasher turns the camera itself into a storytelling device, blending found footage, surveillance imagery, documentary-style filmmaking, and tr...
"Halloween is making a lot of money. Let's rip it off."Imagine the start of an iconic writing journey beginning this way. It did. Screenwriter Victor Miller died Monday, Aug. 31, 2...
These horror effects are disgusting — and that’s why we love them. Continue reading…
Sure, it still might be blazing hot and sunny in Austin, Texas, but horror season is set to kick off as it always does in the dark, cold, and always rambunctious theaters of Alamo...
Image courtesy of Focus Features Obsession is one of the biggest horror films of 2026, and it has been a revolutionary moment for small-budget thrillers. Curry Barker’s now-iconic...
Imagine you're watching a movie where Kurt Russell plays a morose man in a snow-covered landscape, bundled up in a big coat, with impressive hair and a bushy beard. He's in an isol...
We're getting in the Halloween mood, and that means reading some scary screenplays and trying to come up with ideas that get execs across town excited. One of my favorite genres to...
"We want to find the Italian Kane Parsons" to reach Gen Z audiences, a genre film panel discussing the state of the medium at the MIA Market heard on Wednesday.
Regals Cinemas is teaming with a handful of popular horror filmmakers for their annual 31 Screams on Screen event!
Parker Hajiaskari’s horror series puts real, practical creatures in the room and films its night scenes in total darkness. More than 10... The post What Makes Life of Luxury’s Mons...
Calling all horror filmmakers: we’re looking for short films! Submissions are open through Night Frights LA, which provides a path […]
Ask a director what kept them up at night on a creature feature and you would expect the answer to have fur. Jordan Downey’s answer takes place in a small room full of actors and a...
These horror effects are disgusting — and that’s why we love them. Continue reading…
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