Just last week, I wrote about UK-based Backyard Productions when I covered its documentary, Fan Films: What Are They All About? Now I’m writing about BYP again, this time because its 2002 parody of Indiana Jones movies, Doom Raiders, is coming to DVD on November 10. I don’t mean that they’re burning a few copies on their laptop either—this is a retail DVD released by a professional outfit, Entain8.
The DVD will be widescreen in PAL format, and will only play on Region 2 DVD players; this means it won’t play in DVD players in the U.S. or Japan (they play NTSC format, not PAL), but most computers will play any region and any format without issue, so you’re not completely SOL (to use another acronym). Read More
I don’t cover a lot of horror fan films here, in part ’cause I suspect that a lot of my readers may be of a tender, impressionable age—so let’s screw ‘em up. Throwing caution to the wind, in honor of Halloween coming up, let’s cover a few fan films that lean towards the bloodier side of the aisle, shall we?
It may be a few months out of date now, but if you’re jonesing for some info and insight into the biggest and best-known Star Trek fan films, you should visit 
There’s been lots of fan films based on video games over the years—I’ve written about fan productions based on 
