New Year Goal: Create a Horror Short Film

Since I was a little kid, I've truly been in love with horror movies, regardless of how scared I was. My earliest memory of hiding behind the couch while my older sister and her friend watched 1974's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre still sits with me. Honestly, I can't imagine a day in my life where I haven't loved horror and I don't see that changing soon.

As I got older, I dived deeper into the horror genre, watching the classics like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th, while also watching Tales from the Crypt on HBO with my dad. My dad was the only supporter of my obsession and took me to those R rated horror flicks that I couldn't get into by myself. To this day, if there's a horror movie on TV, we'll most likely try to sit and watch it together (although he's slacking these days; I tried to get him to watch Paranormal Activity 2 with me and he fell asleep before anything good happened.)

I spent my entire life surrounded by all elements of horror. Even my birthday parties included watching a scary movie or having a seance in the middle of the night in my tiny little house without waking the rest of my family. As I think about it today, I truly miss those days. I haven't had a seance in a very long time.

I'm the annoying friend/girlfriend who constantly brings up horror related topics; a new horror movie coming out, a new Blu ray I got in the mail, some awesome toy or poster I saw on ebay. I can see the look of boredom on some people's faces as I talk to them about something amazing I saw in the world of horror. I have friends that love horror movies, but not actually breaking it down. I could talk about all the different actors in the film and what other movies they've been in and my friends wouldn't care.

"All horror movies are supposed to do is provide entertainment for an hour and a half." The majority of my friends and family think.

And I know that's entirely not true.

I know there are people out there that feel the same way that I do; the feeling of being lost if you couldn't immerse yourself in a film or a book or countless hours on Ebay looking up the different horror collectibles that are so expensive yet you just...want...to...get it. Unfortunately the only people in my vicinity that feel this way are blocked by a computer. And I truly struggle with that all the time. It's hard talking to people about horror and watching their eyes glaze over. I know that it may not be important to some people, but this is extremely important to me. This is what I want my life to be. My dream will always be to do something horror related for a living, to be able to talk to directors and have those connections and be able to hang out with people who have given everything to this genre like I have.

And maybe that may seem a little ridiculous to some people but it makes so much sense to me.

So for years, I have always wanted to set aside some time to actually make a short film dedicated to this amazing genre and community. I almost didn't survive last year, right at this time. It was an extremely tough and scary time for me and I'm forever grateful that I've been given a second chance to do everything that I want to do. And this is number one on my list for sure. Will it happen soon? Probably not, given that I really have to catch myself up on my courses and grades. But by the end of 2013 I can promise you that there will be a short film and whoever actually reads this will be the first to see it.

So I guess you guys should keep an eye out for more updates.
Goodnight!