YouTube is quickly becoming a major destination for emerging horror filmmakers. For filmmakers hoping to break into the industry, the platform should be an essential part of their distribution strategy. Building an audience is becoming just as important as creating the work itself. Vintage Eight is a micro-production company dedicated to exploring YouTube trends, cultivating original IP, and developing short-form projects, featurettes, and feature films for broader audiences.
As an educator, I am deeply interested in exploring these evolving trends. Alongside Hamp Overton, a professor at University of New Orleans, I examine trends in short-form and internet horror, comparing them to larger films and film culture as a whole. The 100 Scariest Shorts Streaming also serves as ongoing research for a planned series of books designed to help students become stronger filmmakers.