{"id":7461,"date":"2008-07-30T12:07:09","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T19:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toxicshock.tv\/news\/2008\/07\/30\/where-nightmares-come-alive-short-film-competition-from-universal\/"},"modified":"2008-07-30T12:07:09","modified_gmt":"2008-07-30T19:07:09","slug":"where-nightmares-come-alive-short-film-competition-from-universal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2008\/07\/30\/where-nightmares-come-alive-short-film-competition-from-universal\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Nightmares Come Alive Short Film Competition from Universal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Studios Hollywood sent us some news about their upcoming short film competition &#8220;Where Nightmares Come Alive&#8221;. Your short film must be received no later than September 3, 2008. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p>Universal City, California, July 24, 2008 &#8211; &#8220;Where Nightmares Come Alive&#8221; is the theme for Universal Studios Hollywood&#8217;s first Halloween short film competition, a virtual film festival timed to coincide with the launch of the annual Halloween Horror Nights event that will invade the Entertainment Capital of L.A. for 13 nights this October.    <\/p>\n<p>Prospective filmmakers are invited to submit 90 seconds to three minute film shorts on DVD that support the theme, &#8220;Where Nightmares Come Alive.&#8221;  Selected films will be judged by a panel of horror industry professionals including director Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) and actor Bill Moseley (Repo! The Genetic Opera, The Devil&#8217;s Rejects) as well as Universal Studios Hollywood executives. Criteria will be suspense, relevance to theme and overall &#8220;chill&#8221; factor. The top 10 shorts will be posted online from September 10 &#8211; 22 for public voting.  Additional information on rules and regulations is available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com\/Nightmares\">www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com\/Nightmares<\/a>.  All entries must be received by September 3, 2008. <\/p>\n<p>The winning &#8220;Where Nightmares Come Alive&#8221; film will be announced on September 25th and the filmmaker(s) will enjoy a screening at Halloween Horror Nights &#8220;Eyegore Awards&#8221; ceremony in front of celebrities, studio executives and media, tickets to the event and a $1,000.00 cash prize.  The &#8220;Eyegore Awards&#8221; salute actors, directors, writers and musicians for their significant contributions to the horror and sci-fi genre.  Past recipients have included: Janet Leigh, Roger Corman, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Clive Barker, Patricia Arquette, Jennifer Tilly, Stephen Sommers, Joss Whedon, Karen Black, Corey Feldman and Shawnee Smith.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s &#8220;Halloween Horror Nights&#8221; kicks off on Friday, October 3rd and will breath life into the horror classics &#8220;A Nightmare on Elm Street,&#8221; &#8220;Friday the 13th&#8221; and &#8220;The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.&#8221; It will redefine the &#8220;Terror Tram&#8221; as guests navigate an interactive environment within the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and a haunted backlot amid the Psycho House, Bates Motel and &#8220;War of the Worlds&#8221; film set. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Halloween Horror Nights&#8221; will continue on consecutive weekends through Saturday, November 1st.  More information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com\/Hollywood\">www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com\/Hollywood<\/a>.   <\/p>\n<p>Universal Studios Hollywood (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com\">www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com<\/a>),<br \/>\nThe Entertainment Capital of L.A., includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour; the CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex; the Universal CityWalk Cinemas; and the Gibson Amphitheatre concert and special event venue.  The theme park features such groundbreaking attractions as &#8220;The Simpsons Ride,&#8221; &#8220;Revenge of the Mummy\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 &#8211; The Ride,&#8221; &#8220;Shrek 4-D,&#8221; &#8220;Jurassic Park &#8211; The Ride,&#8221; and the world-renowned Studio Tour, which takes guests behind-the-scenes of such landmark TV and movie locations and sets as Steven Spielberg&#8217;s &#8220;War of the Worlds.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Universal CityWalk features over 60 entertainment-themed restaurants, nightclubs, shops and dynamic entertainment options. Universal CityWalk Cinemas, offering the best movie-going experience in Los Angeles, features 19 screens including one of Southern California\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest IMAX venues and newly renovated stadium-style seating. <\/p>\n<p>Universal Studios Hollywood is a unit of Universal Parks &#038; Resorts, a division of Universal Studios, a part of NBC Universal.  NBC Universal is one of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.  Formed in May of 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks.  NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Studios Hollywood sent us some news about their upcoming short film competition &#8220;Where Nightmares Come Alive&#8221;. Your short film must be received no later than September 3, 2008. Here are the details. 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