{"id":5604,"date":"2010-10-27T23:10:30","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T06:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/2010\/10\/27\/horror-short-helping-hand\/"},"modified":"2014-03-13T15:33:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T22:33:11","slug":"horror-short-helping-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2010\/10\/27\/horror-short-helping-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror Short: Helping Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Adult Content &#8211; Not For Children Under 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1k6pdblUsps?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a graphic horror film.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not intended for young  children.\u00a0 If you are under 13, do not watch this before discussing it  with your parents!\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 Also, you should probably not watch it  if you are at risk from sudden fear, anxiety or shock.<\/p>\n<p>A woman answers the phone late at night and does not recognize the voice on the other end.<\/p>\n<p>This is my own contribution to the specific horror genre exemplified by the series of <em>Saw<\/em> movies.\u00a0 It also has some of the qualities of the moral warning fairy tales in which awful things happen to innocents because of relatively minor errors in judgment.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really fun to make a hardcore scary little movie for Halloween!\u00a0  I&#8217;ve wanted to make a horror film for quite a while and just never had  the perfect opportunity.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a very simple film but it can really give  some people a bad scare.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nI set out to make a horror short the way I might have done it as a  twelve year old.\u00a0 In fact, the film pretty well sums up my thoughts on  what horror films really are, how they build suspense and anticipation  through a series of ordinary events and actions viewed as slightly  askew.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, horror should always have some kind of payoff.<\/p>\n<p>This was filmed entirely without digital effects.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all analog  like the old days!\u00a0 Lots of fun.\u00a0 I love horror shorts and will try to  make another one soon.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy and have a Happy Halloween!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adult Content &#8211; Not For Children Under 13 This is a graphic horror film.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not intended for young children.\u00a0 If you are under 13, do not watch this before discussing it with your parents!\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 Also, you should probably not watch it if you are at risk from sudden fear, anxiety or shock. 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