There’s a part of me that will always have great respect for fan films that aren’t horrible. It just takes the part of indie filmmaking I really like (the whole “labor of love” aspect) and amplifies it into something cool to watch. Like, if you spend your time making something like Batman: Dead End that features Batman, The Joker, Predators and Aliens, you’re basically spending all this money to shoot something you feel passionate about, but will never have the rights to make any money off it.

THAT’s what I think really hits me about fan films. At a certain level of indie, producers are just trying to attach the right stars to the right director and get enough funding for small films to build a heart through acting, story and character. Fan films, on the other hand, collect people who make cool Special Effects for fun or work with After Effects in their rooms after work. They’re made for virtually no budget and with no promise of ever going anywhere, yet still they crop up and impress.

This one was created by Christopher Johnson, who plays Freddy in the trailer, but also wrote and directed it. Is Johnson going to get to play Freddy? Probably not, but he did it, it looks awesome and Johnson has a calling card…