Horror filmmakers try hands at comedy on Xbox Live
by Jason Dobson 
on Jul 23rd 2008 1:29PM
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.
