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Submission Engine for 2019

Good Morning All,

After some long hours of work out Technical Producer/Executive Alex has completed the fixes to the 2019 Ten Scary Minutes submission engine. To submit your entry, click on the “LOGIN With FACEBOOK” on the top right corner. This will take to to the horror movie contest submission engine which is secured. As we have added SSL to the horror movie contest submission engine. This means you may have to clear your browser cache if you encounter an error.

If you are still having issues, contact use at “tenscaryminutes@gmail.com”.

Until next time horror movie contest entrants,

No Nightmares!

Rick

The Conjuring: Movie Review

The story is about paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

The movie starts by introducing us to a malevolent spirit who inhabits a doll as the two investigators relate a story of one of their cases in a lecture. This sets up the remainder of the story and the tone of the movie.

The movie is centered around a family looking for a fresh start, who move into an idyllic farm home, unaware of it’s horrific legacy. As the story unfolds, the resident demons manifest themselves into an awesome tale of demonic terror. Without the reliance on CGI or fancy special effects, the movie uses suspense to tell a great story and yes, there were many “gotcha” moments. When I first saw it last summer, there were a few times that got screams from the audience. As the story unfolded, I found myself easily drawn in and set up for the next scary moment.

I am writing this after having purchased the DVD and watching it a year later. Yes, I still got drawn into the movie and did get a good scare from the, “gotcha moments”. For that, it is very easy for me to give this movie a 10 out 10.

‘till next time, no nightmares!

Rick

Movie Music

One key element to movies is your sound track. The use of scary sounds, tones and music to enhance the mood of a scene. Do not think you need music through your entire production, use it only if it enhances the scene. Here is the point though of this post. Be carefully of copyright!

Do not be tempted to “lift a soundtrack” from other movies or “signature sounds”. For me, for projects I have done, I source music through sources such as www.beatsuite.com. There are many sites like this and they have very specific fees and usage limitations. Pay attention to the fine print!

Sound effects… Get creative! Many sound effects I have used came from using a length of chain and recording the sound created by dragging it over different surfaces like cement floors and sand paper! By mixing these sounds on my PC, using free sound editing software, Audacity – audacity.sourceforge.net/ , I have created some very interesting sounds, which when added to a scene, really helped to create the mood for the scene. This is a very feature rich suite and is free!

‘ till next time, no nightmares!