Observed arrival · 2026-09-26
5 Minutes of Fear: a 24-hour horror-film challenge
A 2026 contest invites individual filmmakers to make a horror film of up to five minutes in 24 hours.
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- The schedule lists writing, planning, shooting, editing, and release inside the 24-hour window; the Halloween premiere venue is still TBA.
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The homepage sequences a registration opening on October 1, a midnight ET kickoff on October 24, and an October 31, 8 p.m. premiere in Richmond. It describes the work as write, plan, shoot, edit, and release within the 24-hour window, shows poster concepts spanning supernatural, psychological, folk, and analog horror, and lists the screening venue as TBA.
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