The short digital film "Hunger," written and directed by Jay Holben, has been selected as one of diretcor John Carpenter's favorite short submissions for the American Movie Classics' MonsterFest competition and will screen in a special hosted by Carpenter late on Halloween night at midnight on AMC.

"Hunger"was also selected by the THE NEW YORK POST television critic Linda Stasi as a highlight of the Short Screamer's progam. Stasi writes, "My personal favorite is called "Hunger" by Jay Holben. To tell a story in less than a minute is tough enough, but making it scary to boot is a real accomplishment. And Holben manages to do both."

The film was made as part of Holben's commitment to Group 101 and crafted specifically to submit to AMC's MonsterFest Short Screamer's competition. The film can be seen online from October 21, 2002 - October 27, 2002 at www.amctv.com in the Screening Room. (This online screening has been extended through 10/31 based on viewer votings!)

To see the press release for this film and competition, click here.

John Carpenter's words on MonsterFest:
"Given no money, no time and no stars, we challenged the next generation of American filmmakers to come up with a great horror film with only one catch-the movies had to be short-about sixty seconds."

AMC Invites you to Join them and renowned horror director John Carpenter on a quest for the next, great horror director. See for yourself who John Carpenter feels might emerge as the next force in cinematic horror as we present a half-hour of fang-tastic original films by a host of scarily talented up-and-coming filmmakers. If you're in the mood for a good scare, check out our "Short Screamers" special at the stroke of midnight this Halloween.