Guillermo del Toro, YouTube Halloween Movies Contest [VIDEO] 'The Strain' Creator Announces Horror Filmmaking Event - Will Judge Submissions

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is a master at the art of creating horror movies, so it comes as no surprise that he's decided to throw together a Halloween movie contest with YouTube. This contest, which del Toro will judge, invites young filmmakers to visit a handful of film sets set up around the world (New York, Los Angeles, London and Tokyo) to create a YouTube short film to be submitted into the contest. This takes place between September 22 and October 28, 2014.

For more on this amazing new contest, check out del Toro's YouTube video message announcing this project:

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Here is an excerpt from the official press release for this contest:

From September 22 - October 28, 2014, YouTube creators will write, shoot and edit their scariest videos at the YouTube Spaces. As well as appearing on individual creator channels, all content will appear on the YouTube Spaces channel, the official Legendary YouTube channel and promoted through social media platforms. Videos are slated to go live between October 21 and Halloween. In celebration of his return to horror with the upcoming Crimson Peak, master of ceremonies, Guillermo del Toro, will select his scariest videos to come out of each region and provide a personal rough-cut creative consultation with the creators. The program's finale will see Legendary offer one lucky YouTube creator a development deal to realize the full potential of their idea.

Read more HERE!

(via Slash Film)