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Tombstone Giving Free Pizza to Horror Fans Who Live on Elm Street This Halloween!

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Hey, every town has one… right?

Scary movies and pizza go hand-in-hand and the folks over at Tombstone Pizza understand that. This year, they’ve giving FREE PIZZA away to horror fans… with a very specific catch.

Tombstone is rewarding those brave enough to live on a real-life Elm Street with a chance to win FREE pizza this Halloween season (more than 5,000 across the country)!

How to Enter: From Oct. 3 – 31, Elm Street residents can enter online for a chance to win free Tombstone pizza.

What You’ll Win: Free Tombstone, awarded while supplies last. One lucky Elm Street resident will be selected at random to win free pizza for a year!

The contest begins on October 3, and you’ll find it RIGHT HERE!

What does pizza have to do with Elm Street, you ask? Well, Freddy Krueger looks like a melted cheese pizza, and that’s good enough for us. Anyone reading this live on Elm Street?!

Comment below and let us know…

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has two awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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Killer Shorts Horror Competition Open NOW With New Category for Feature Screenplays!

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The annual genre competition dedicated to finding and launching the next generation of horror writing talent, this year’s Killer Shorts is now officially open for entries!

Founded in 2019, Killer Shorts has established itself as a premier industry launchpad. The competition connects screenwriters and prose authors directly with the executives, managers, and producers who actively greenlight and option dark genre cinema.

But this year’s competition isn’t only about killer horror shorts…

For this brand new season, Killer Shorts is expanding its categories to include feature-length screenplays alongside its traditional short script, one-page script, and short story divisions.

The Top 10 finalists across all categories are evaluated by an elite industry jury composed of over a dozen horror legends, literary managers, and producers. The panel includes:

  • Barbara Crampton (Horror Icon, Actress & Producer — Jakob’s Wife, Suitable Flesh)
  • John Zaozirny (Literary Manager & Producer, Bellevue Productions)
  • Tananarive Due (Author, Producer & Horror Historian)
  • Lucas Ford (Producer, Ford Films — The Backrooms)
  • John Squires (Editor-in-Chief, Bloody Disgusting)
  • Sophie Carroll (Creative Director, ALTER & DUST at Gunpowder & Sky)
  • Gigi Saul Guerrero (Director & Co-Founder, Luchagore Productions)
  • Aaron B. Koontz (Producer & CEO, Paper Street Pictures)

Yes, yours truly is joining the Killer Shorts judging panel for the first time ever!

Killer Shorts has a proven track record of transitioning undiscovered writers into working professionals. Alumni success stories include Season 2 finalist Vanessa Võ, who signed with Bellevue Productions, and Season 3 finalist Kelly Nugent, who secured representation at Wonder Street.

Additionally, screenplays submitted for coverage that receive a “Recommend” rating qualify for inclusion on The Scream List. This real-time tracking board is monitored by top-tier genre companies, including Screambox, Raven Banner Entertainment, Zero Gravity Management, and Grey Matter Productions.

Submissions will be accepted across all major platforms, including the official Killer Shorts website, Scrybe, Stage 32, FilmFreeway, and Network ISA.

For full guidelines, prize breakdowns, and submission details, visit the official website!

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