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Before they say "I do," many brides-to-be have to deal with perfect storms of stress, and one cake shop owner uses a killer recipe to amplify those feelings into a murderous rage in the new short film Seeing Green. Directed by Chelsea Stardust, Seeing Green premiered today on Fun Size Horror, and we've been provided with the wedding-centric horror comedy to share with Daily Dead readers!

You can watch Seeing Green below, and visit Fun Size Horror online to learn more about the short films featured on their site.

"A group of female filmmaker friends made a short horror comedy film about a cake shop owner who turns unsuspecting women into a Bridezillas. It's called Seeing Green and Today it premieres as part of Fun Size Horror! (funsizehorror.com)

Directed by Chelsea Stardust, of Hulu/Blumhouse's Into The Dark and the upcoming Fangoria film Satanic Panic, written by This Is Us writer Danielle Bauman,...

Halloween all year round! An official trailer has debuted for the indie horror anthology Fun Size Horror: Volume Two, the latest horror short collection from the Fun Size team. The first Fun Size Horror just hit last year and they've launched a website collecting all of the various horror work so far. Produced by Mali Elfman and Michael May, this anthology features at least one animated segment and plenty of others that seem like they should be fun, though it might be a mixed bag of good and bad. There have been a couple of good anthology films recently (including Southbound) so if you want even more horror to watch - check this. Thr trailer for Mali Elfman/Michael May/Zeke Pinheiro's Fun Size Horror: Volume Two, on YouTube: Fun Size Horror: Volume Two is a mix-tape of genre tales that explores horror from a group of unique and exciting filmmakers.

"They all float down here". Cavity Colors' Pennywise sweater / shirt is available for pre-order now. Also in this round-up: details on the Telluride Horror Show, The Cutting Room, and new horror apparel from TeeFury.

Cavity Colors' Pennywise Shirt: "'World Eater' Crewneck Sweater ($37.00)

Limited Edition of only 100 (this item will never be reprinted) 80% cotton 20% polyester blend Fleece Split stitch double needle sewing on all seams Designed by Coki Greenway (art direction by Aaron Crawford) Pre-order - Ships in Mid-October

"World Eater" T-shirt / Girl T-shirt ($25.00)

Limited Edition of only 200 (this item will never be reprinted) Printed on our ultra soft Black 100% cotton T-shirts Designed by Coki Greenway (art direction by Aaron Crawford) Pre-order - Ships in Mid-October"

To learn more about the Pennywise collection, visit the Cavity Colors online shop.

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Telluride Horror Show: Press Release: "Telluride, Co - The Telluride Horror Show has announced its second wave of films and a...

"True Detective" Season 2 just got hate-watched into the ground. The 1.5-hour finale aired last night, and Twitter was ready with knives. Maybe expectations were too high after Season 1, but from the first episode, fans were confused, disappointed, confused, depressed, still confused, and bored. When the series ended, there was still mass confusion and disappointment.

To be fair, there are some TD2 defenders out there -- fans who claim to have liked the plot, characters, tone and finale resolution, with some arguing that the haters were just too dumb to follow along or forgot that Season 1 was also pretentious and incomprehensible. But some of defenders just seem to want to pride themselves on swimming against the stream, while some of the critics just seem to want to pride themselves on coming up with clever insults.

Either way, the result was an onslaught of (sometimes hilarious) opinions during the finale's airing. #TrueDetectiveSeason...

First off, happy Halloween! Now how about we celebrate with a short that’ll make you want to keep the lights on at night? Our latest Fun Size Horror film is Zeke Pinheiro’s “Mr. Hendrix,” a piece about a young girl who’s convinced a bogeyman named Mr. Hendrix is hiding in her closet. The film boasts some impeccably timed scares that’ll definitely make your heart skip a beat, so it should come as no surprise that Pinheiro’s got quite a few credits to his name as an editor. Hit the jump to check out “Mr. Hendrix” for yourself and, don’t forget, there’s more Fun Size Horror short films over at Shock Till You Drop, Dread Central, Bloody Disgusting and Badass Digest. Here’s the synopsis for “Mr. Hendrix:” It’s hard to be step-father. Hard on your wife. Hard on your new daughter. Especially...

As we near the end of our Fun Size Horror short films run (tomorrow's the last day!), we present to you today's entry: A Dog and His Boy by Zeke Pinheiro. The director is the one responsible for this whole Fun Size Horror series. The synopsis for his installment: Dog is humankind's best friend and that is definitely the case with Norman and his human Jonah. It's just that Norman thinks he should be Jonah's only friend.

Each short film we host will only be up for 24 hours before being replaced by the next day’s horror film so make sure to catch them while they’re up.

The post Fun Size Horror Short Film Day 4: A Dog and His Boy appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.

You ever think you’d see a horror film featuring hands with faces on them? Well, the time has come. Our latest Fun Size Horror short film is here and it’s about a hand with a face named Bertrand who ate some bad eggs and now has an unusual stomachache. This one was written and directed by Max Isaacson. He only just finished directing his first short film, Whispers, but he has credits on a number of other shorts, a bunch of which I’ve actually seen and loved. He did special effects on the SXSW 2013 Midnighter, The Apocalypse, and was also the production designer on Tick Tock Time Emporium. Hit the jump to check out Isaacson’s Fun Size Horror contribution, “Bad Eggs,” and don’t forget, you can find more Fun Size Horror films on Dread Central, Bloody Disgusting, Shock Till You Drop and Badass Digest. We...

Our Fun Size Horror lineup continues with “Still Alive” directed by Jackson Lanzing. Lanzing is a screenwriter and comics creator primarily known as the co-writer of Freakshow (w/ David Server) and Hacktivist (w/ Collin Kelly and Alyssa Milano). Other comics titles include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Naa, Maze Runner, and Penguins of Madagascar. He is also the creative director at Jump! Creative, an award-winning production and marketing company in Los Angeles. Still Alive represents his first directorial work in five years. Hit the jump to check out Lanzing’s Fun Size Horror segment, “Still Alive.” It stars Mary Kate Wiles and Jocelyn Kelvin. Hurry! It's only up for 24 hours! Here's the synopsis for Still Alive: Based on the Arcana graphic novel Marlow by Aaron Nelson, Still Alive follows two survivors of a zombie apocalypse as they meet for the last time. One is a soldier, the other a relief worker.

Our Fun Size Horror lineup continues with “Ninja Masters.” I've actually known director Jackson Stewart for some time now (and was assigned this short randomly), so while I can tell you that he's one of Larchmont Village's most accomplished raconteurs, you might be more interested in his official bio. Jackson Stewart is a writer/director hailing from Tucson, Arizona. He's written for the SyFy channel, the CW and the web series Black Box TV. Recently, his short film Sex Boss premiered at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. Additionally, he's beaten Ninja Gaiden 1 & 2 for Nintendo without the aid of Game Genie or cheat codes. Hit the jump to check out Stewart’s Fun Size Horror segment, “Ninja Masters.” It stars Brea Grant (Rob Zombie's Halloween 2), Megan Lee Joy, Katie Stegeman (Contracted) and Erin Braswell. Hurry! It's only up for 24 hours! Here's the synopsis for Ninja Masters: A night of cult...

Our Fun Size Horror lineup continues with “Voice.” This one is about an eerie voice that torments a young woman and is actually made by the former editor-in-chief of ScreenCrave, Mali Elfman. Back in 2010 Elfman wrote, produced and acted in her first feature film, Do Not Disturb. Since, Elfman’s produced a bunch of short films and is also the executive producer on Mike Flanagan next feature, Somnia, due out in 2015. Hit the jump to check out Elfman’s Fun Size Horror segment, “Voice.” And don’t forget, “Voice” will only be available for 24 hours and then in comes the next Fun Size Horror short film. Here’s the synopsis for Voice: “Voice is a short horror film about a young woman who goes to find her voice, but instead, it finds her first... and it wants to play.” Like what you see? Here’s what we’ve got...

As we told you a couple of weeks ago, Collider is teaming up with a little something called Fun Size Horror, a collective of talented filmmakers who love the genre. It isn’t easy getting independent films off the ground, so Zeke Pinheiro figured, he knows a whole bunch of folks eager to make movies, so why not pool all their resources and make them together? That idea resulted in the completion of 31 short horror films. But even then, there’s the issue of distribution and that’s where Collider, DreadCentral, BloodyDisgusting, ShockTillYouDrop and HitFix come in. Beginning October 27th, each outlet will unveil a new Fun Size Horror short. That short will be available for 24 hours and then after that period, a new short film will take its place. Hit the jump for more on the initiative and to check out the Fun Size Horror poster as well. There...

I have an enjoyable trailer for you to watch today for a set of horror themed shorts called Fun Size Horror. There are 31 horror films in the anthology, and many of them are teased in this trailer. All the shorts were made by a collection of filmmakers who had to follow two rules: The movie had to be horror themed, and it had to be five minutes or less in length.

The short films were self-financed and produced by the talented individuals who made them. Zeke Pinheiro came up with the concept, and he said,

“It occurred to me that I know all these great filmmakers, who are always wanting to create their own thing and all love horror, but were never given a platform. So I figured, why don’t we pool our skills, equipment and resources, and create a collective with the goal of each of us creating...

This seems like a really cool idea for burgeoning filmmakers and I'm glad we're one of the participating sites. It's a nice low stakes way to experiment with the genre and take risks, and there's some really good talent behind it. Fun Size Horror is a horror film collective that has come together to create 31 films to celebrate Halloween. The shorts will be distributed across five sites - Dread Central, Bloody-Disgusting, ShockTilyYouDrop, HitFix and Collider during the week leading up to Halloween! All of the Fun Size Horror short films have been independently produced by a wide range of filmmakers including Josh Waller, Glen Murakami, Mali Elfman, with participating actors Lance Reddick, Rose McIver, Tracie Thoms, Brea Grant, Amy Dallen, Victor Webster, and Diva Zappa. Each short will only be up for 24 hours before being replace by the next so you have to act quick! Filmmaker Zeke Pinheiro came up...

We walked the Comic-Con Hall H line this morning to meet the die-hard Quentin Tarantino fans waiting to see today’s Django Unchained panel. Tarantino fans are among the most devoted (one person came all the way from Malaysia for the event) and film-literate at Sdcc, unlike some…other…passionate fan bases. (Also mixed in among the Hall H line throngs this a.m. were fan boys and girls waiting to see clips from Iron Man 3 and The Hobbit at those upcoming panels.)

The Django Unchained fans we spoke to were most excited about Inglorious Basterds star Christoph Waltz reuniting with Tarantino,...

Zeke Pinheiro, co-writer and director of the forthcoming, The Cheerleaders Must Die! (Im sure youve spotted our coverage over the last few weeks) took some time away from his frantic campaign to get the film into production to share some thoughts with you, the faithful Bidite nation. For those unaware, The Cheerleaders Must Die! is a proposed slasher feature boasting well, you guessed it, blood, guts, and cheerleaders; all the things a hormona…...

Just days ago we brought you news of the developing slasher, The Cheerleaders Must Die! Today, were back with more goodies from the forthcoming film, including some terrific concept art conceived by the talented Andrew Siegel (be sure to visit his site) as well as an awesome storyboard video to give you the general idea of where the film aims to take viewers (and victims, of course). Filmmaker Zeke Pinheiro has formed an embraceable model tha…...

Zeke Pinheiro is the kind of guy you want to see win. Polite, professional, and hungry to bring quality film to the fans, Zeke has set out to create a new slasher to satiate the horror communities thirst for beautiful babes, blood and plenty of guts. The plan is rather simple: draw enough capital to finalize the promising shocker, The Cheerleaders Must Die! As is the case with many young filmmakers, funding has been a bit of an issue. However,…...

San Diego’s annual Comic-Con is mostly known for its major media spectacles, displays and panel discussions by major mainstream Hollywood studios and distributors. Lesser known is the Independent Film Festival that is hosted by and runs concurrently with the larger convention on July 21-24.

The film festival runs in a large meeting room at the Marriott Marquis Hotel and Marina, located right next door to the convention center. Each day kicks off with a “Film School” panel discussion at 10:00 a.m., then packs the late morning, all afternoon and night with independent films from all over the world.

Screenings are blocked by genre, such as Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi, Horror, Animation and Documentary. There’s also an awards presentation on the 24th, with repeat screenings of the winning films.

One of the highlights of this year’s Cci-iff is the screening of Waylon Bacon‘s fantastic and disturbing short film Help Wanted,...