Cheap Scares!: Low Budget Horror Filmmakers Share Their Secrets

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This guide details the entire process of creating and selling a horror movie, from rough outline to film distribution. The author draws on his experience writing and directing micro-budget movies to show aspiring filmmakers how to create horror films and get them distributed, with an emphasis on storytelling and marketing. Chapters of this title cover screenwriting, freelancing as a writer, collaborating, budgeting and pitching projects to industry decision-makers, and feature interviews with other screenwriters, directors, producers, actors, an entertainment lawyer, and a marketing executive for a DVD distributor. Production stills, sample screenplay pages, and sample budgets are also included in this title.