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Lights! Camera! Horror! Meet the �鶹���� students entering the 10th annual 72-Hour Film Competition, where they’ll have just three days to make a film that must include one set prop and one set line of dialogue:

Rachel Hunter

• Major: Media Arts
• Favorite Horror Film: Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010)
• Competition Strategy: “This year I got the idea ahead of time. I wrote the script out. I planned everything out. Last year, we winged it and it was a lot of fun. The prop, a banana, became a lot of things, like a weapon. But, really, it comes down to how prepared you are to be flexible.”

Henry Nordquist

• Major: Business and Theatre
• Favorite Horror Film: Synecdoche, New York (2008)
• Competition Strategy: “I studied a lot of screenwriting and I can definitely say it's all about execution rather than ideas. I really enjoyed the 2024 Steven Soderbergh film Presence, where the entire movie was shot from the perspective of an invisible ghost. I hope to do something similar.”

Eugene enjoys a cinema culture unusual for its size thanks to talented students like these, passionate Cinema Studies and Media Arts faculty, and dedicated community business owners. They all contribute to , who puts on the annual 72-Hour Horror Film Competition. Two �鶹���� faculty members, and , volunteer on the EFS board. Edward Schiessl, an LCC alum and managing director of , is organizing the competition and festival this year.

The competition ends with a special festival screening at the McDonald Theatre on Sunday, October 26th at 7 p.m.

Best of luck to all the contestants who are keeping spooky season and independent filmmaking alive and well!