Horror filmmakers try hands at comedy on Xbox Live
Inside every horror filmmaker lurks a budding comedian struggling to claw its way out, showering the audience with the goo inside. At least that's Microsoft's hope, as this week the company tapped a handful of directors, known for creeping us out in films like Hard Candy and Friday the 13th, to create a set of freely downloadable comedy shorts for release globally this fall over Xbox Live to coincide with the service's major facelift.
The brainchild of Slither's James Gunn and Peter Safran of Scary Movie infamy, the film series has a number of notable directors on board, including James Wan (Saw), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Lucky McKee (The Woods), Andrew Douglas (The Amityville Horror) and Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). With each itching to trade in their bloody hatchets for hilarious, madcap antics, with now look forward to the filmmakers' unique take on what promises to be sidesplitting comedy.
The brainchild of Slither's James Gunn and Peter Safran of Scary Movie infamy, the film series has a number of notable directors on board, including James Wan (Saw), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Lucky McKee (The Woods), Andrew Douglas (The Amityville Horror) and Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). With each itching to trade in their bloody hatchets for hilarious, madcap antics, with now look forward to the filmmakers' unique take on what promises to be sidesplitting comedy.












Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
OMGOMG @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:35PM
I'd like to play a game...
Shaq-Fu @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:40PM
Hello Microsoft, I wanna play a game.
F1 & The Way PC used to be. @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:40PM
Jigsaw doing stand-up.
To easy... To easy...
tc @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:44PM
and no bare-backed photocopier shenanigans in sight
silentcoconut @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:17PM
This would have potential if they actually got some good horror directors, but the only one of those announced that has any (arguable) talent is Lucky McKee. If they had John Carpenter, Takashi Miike and David Cronenberg, then maybe it'd be worth a look. Hell, even Eli Roth could probably turn out something amusing for this.
TwistedBishop @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:10PM
It's a crime to associate Lucky McKee with "The Woods" over "May".
baby sea tuna @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:52PM
But May doesn't have Bruce Campbell in it, does it?
danny. @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:16PM
Well, at least Tromeo and Juliet's James Gunn is up to the task.
StrangeBum @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:36PM
Hard Candy was a pretty good movie. David Slade isn't a bad director, I'd like to see what he pulls out of his sleeve here. As well as Andrew Douglas.
Tiptup300 @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:41PM
I realize this is a gaming website and the Xbox 360's main "thing" is gaming, but seriously, I wouldn't mind Microsoft expanding on it's media center abilities. I only really use my ps3 for storing and viewing videos.
Martin @ Jul 23rd 2008 3:06PM
Hey, that guy looks like Whyt from FF IV DS :)
Mr.ESC @ Jul 23rd 2008 3:42PM
I don't know you but I thought Saw was pretty funny.
Markusdragon @ Jul 23rd 2008 5:12PM
You've got red on you.
Levi @ Jul 23rd 2008 5:13PM
I find most horror movies to be hilarious at times, so this sounds promising. And I'm not speaking of unintentional hilarity. James Gunn himself is a very funny guy. However, Hard Candy WAS NOT funny at all.