Xbox introduces horror to comedy
Xbox, the popular game platform, has launched “Horror Meets Comedy,” a series of programs for Xbox’s Independent Video Channel. The series offered horror filmmakers such as James Wan, James Gun, Adam Green, David Slade, and Lucky McKee an opportunity to create comedic short subjects. Xbox owners can download the films, which debut one per week until the end of the year, onto their game system, laptops or PDAs. Wired.com talked to Gun and several of the other filmmakers about their efforts:
As executive producer of “Horror Meets Comedy,” Gunn recruited his director friends to take part in the project. A devoted Xbox player, Gunn said he wanted to “give horror directors a chance to do something outside of the box. It was also a perfect chance for me to work with my friends who direct horror. It’s just fun for me to work with these guys.”
“One of the most exciting things about this is we don’t have that much money to work with in the budget, so we get to try some different things,” Gunn says. “That process turns out very unique films unlike anything we’ve ever done before.”
Gunn’s Xbox short film is Sparky & Mikaela, the story of a teenage girl superhero and her crime-fighting companion — a puppet raccoon.
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