Fun Size Horror Explained

Fun Size Horror
Foundation:	2015
Industry:	Film
Website:	http://www.funsizehorror.com/

Fun Size Horror is a collective of filmmakers, led by Zeke Pinheiro, Mali Elfman, and Michael May.^[1] The collective's purpose is to create short films that will "explore horror from every angle."^{[2] [3]}

Pinheiro first came up with the idea after realizing that he knew several filmmakers that wanted to "create their own thing and all love horror, but were never given a platform".^[4] The collective's initial goal was to create thirty-one horror films by Halloween 2015, but has since expanded to include the creation of additional short horror films.^[5] In March 2016 the collective launched an Indiegogo crowdsourcing campaign, with the goal to use the funding to change the collective and website's infrastructure and produce more content.^{[6] [7]} To date two volumes of the shorts have been released for live-streaming through online outlets such as Amazon and Hulu.^[8] Shorts have been directed by a wide range of directors and have starred actors such as Keir Gilchrist.^[9]

Dread Central rated the first thirty-one shorts favorably, as they felt that the amount of offerings would help ensure that viewers would have a short that they enjoyed.^[10]

Selected shorts

Fun Size Horror: Volume One (2015)

• "When They Say You're Alone" (2014, 4 min.) – directed by Grant Olin
• "Knock Knock" (2014, 4 min.) – directed by Anthony Lund
• "Happy Birthday" (2014, 3 min.) – directed by Erin Stegeman
• "Entity" (2014, 4 min.) – directed by Michael May
• "Bad Eggs"(2014, 3 min.) – directed by Max Isaacson
• "The Screaming"(2014, 2 min.) – directed by Dick Grunert
• "Persephone" (2014, 3 min.) – directed by Lisa J. Dooley
• "Voice" (2014, 4 min.) – directed by Mali Elfman
• "Somebody's Watching You" (4.5 min.) – directed by Ben Rekhi
• "Trust" (2015, 2 min.) – directed by Jerry Pyle
• "The Lover" (2014, 5 min.) – directed by Nat Dinga
• "The Creepy F*cking Kid in Apartment B" (2014, 4 min.) – directed by Eric Pereira
• "A Dog and His Boy" (5 min.) – directed by Zeke Pinheiro
• "Quad" (2014, 5 min.) – directed by Nick Bragg
• "Let Me Go" (2.75 min.) – directed by Glen Murakami
• "Mother" (3 min.) – directed by Zeke Pinheiro
• "Evil Voices Lie" (2014, 3 min.) – directed by Grant Olin
• "Paramnesia" (2014, 5 min.) – directed by Rachel Noll
• "Bitter" (2014, 3 min.) – directed by Ned Ehrbar
• "Mr. Hendrix" (4 min.) – directed by Zeke Pinheiro
• "The Collection" (10 min.) – directed by Josh C. Waller

Fun Size Horror: Volume Two (2015)

• "Prey", directed by Stephen Boyer
• "Playing Dead", directed by Ned Ehrbar
• "Conventional", directed by Karen Gillan
• "And They Watched", directed by Vivian Lin
• "Initiation", directed by Michael May
• "The Great Corben", directed by Mark Alan Miller
• "Perfect", directed by Taylor Phillips
• "Pillow Fright", directed by Patrick Rea
• "Pinned", directed by Andrew Wesman
• "Kill Them Mommy", directed by Peter Chun Mao Wu
• "Last Laugh", directed by Zeke Pinheiro

See also

• Slash-in-the-Box, a 2011 short film featured on the Fun Size Horror website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Karen Gillan's freaking out in a new Fun Size horror film. RadioTimes. 2016-03-23.
2. Web site: Fun Size Horror: About page. Fun Size Horror. March 23, 2016.
3. Web site: Final 'Fun Size Horror' Treats: "Quad" and "The Collection" - Bloody Disgusting!. Bloody Disgusting!. 31 October 2014. en-US. 2016-03-23.
4. Web site: Fun Size Horror Trailer: 31 Inventive Shorts. Collider. October 2014. en-US. 2016-03-23.
5. Web site: Interview: Mali Elfman Talks Clive Barker, Indie Filmmaking, and Why Horror Films Matter. TheMarySue. 22 March 2016. 2016-03-23.
6. Web site: CLICK HERE to support Join Fun Size Horror's Community Building Campaign. Indiegogo. 2016-03-23.
7. Web site: A 'Fun Size'd Crowd-sourcing Campaign - Bloody Disgusting!. Bloody Disgusting!. 24 March 2016. en-US. 2016-03-25.
8. Web site: Fun Size Horror: Volume Two Now Streaming on Hulu - Dread Central. Dread Central. 7 March 2016. en-US. 2016-03-23.
9. Web site: "Shotgun Santa: Holiday Justice" Short Film. Bloody Disgusting!. 24 December 2015. en-US. 2016-03-23.
10. Web site: Fun Size Horror (2015) (review). Dread Central. 24 April 2015. en-US. 2016-03-23.