48 Hours of Hell (2025)

Horror Fans! Grab some friends and a camera and make a horror film. It's the spookiest weekend of the year, in the spookiest town in all of Texas. Register your team for only $48 and then show up at the race kick-off the evening of October 22nd. At 9PM, we will announce this year's themes, prop, location, and dialogue. Then your filmmaking crew will have exactly 48 hours to make a horror film. Turn it in on physical media at the race finish line and then two and a half hours later we will screen all this year's films in the Big Top Tent in Downtown Denton as a part of the Day of the Dead festival! Winners will be onnounced at the concluision of the screening.

Whether you want to make a movie or simply watch them, this event is for you! Register your team or show up at the screening, either way we guarantee a terrifying time!

• At least one person from each team must attend kickoff at 9 pm on October 22nd.
• Completed films must be dropped off, in person, by 9 pm on Oct 24th.
• Each team must register and pay a $48 entry fee prior to kickoff.
• Each team will draw a different horror genre and all teams must use the same line of dialogue and prop, both of which will be revealed at the event kickoff.
• Films must be between 4 and 8 minutes long INCLUDING opening and closing credits, but not including the mandatory 10 second opening and 10 second closing title cards.

• Each film must include a title card at the beginning of the film that contains the Team Name, Genre, and Film Title. The title card must be 10 seconds long and does NOT count toward the total length of the film.
• Each film must include a title card at the end or the film that contains “Produced for 48 Hours of Hell: Denton Horror Video Race 2025.” The title card must be 10 seconds long and does NOT count toward the total length of the film.
• All work on the film must take place during the allotted 48 time period. Gathering cast, crew, and equipment before hand is fine, but writing, shooting, editing, etc must take place during the 48 hour period.
• Each film must adhere to the horror genre drawn, use the line of dialogue provided verbatim, and show the assigned prop on screen. Any films that do not will be disqualified.
• Teams must not use copyrighted materials such as music, logos, characters, etc unless they have been granted permission to do so.
• Films must be turned in on a USB drive at the race finish line no later than 9 pm on Oct 24th.
• Film race organizers reserve the right to disqualify any film that does not adhere to the rules of the race.
• Race start line will be the Denton Square Courthouse on the southside steps. Here we will announce this year's elements and the race will begin!
• Finish line will be communicated to all registered teams once the race begins.

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