How to film a horror short in one day

After writing over 20 horror short film screenplays and writing production budgets for almost half a dozen of them, I’ve found that a four to eight page script which takes place in one location and can be filmed in one day is the most cost effective option for a horror filmmaker.

When I started filmmaking over ten years ago, I made a lot of films on a low to no budget. Many of the people working on…