Here’s an idea whose time has come: a horror film festival you can breeze through in fifteen minutes or less. Let’s face it, most of us would prefer not to sit through all of Jason Lives or Leprechaun in the Hood – but as with leaked celebrity sex tapes, we’re curious to see the good parts. Now Fearnet has made this dream we didn’t even know we had come true with the 66.6 Second Film Festival. Hosted by Billy Idol lookalike Spider (lead singer of Boston punk-metal band Powerman 500 and younger brother of Rob Zombie), the festival consists of heavily condensed versions of horror movies ranging from Hostel to The Exorcism of Emily Rose. In 66.6 seconds, you get all the gory highlights, accompanied by helpful narration like “Boogeyman, looking spiffy in a plaid sweater-vest, tries to suck him into the closet of Hell.” It beat actually sitting through Boogeyman, which I had forgotten I did until I saw the short version.
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