Christian Ackerman's obsession with horror started in the 80's with a late night VHS screening of Dream Warriors in his hometown of Santa Maria, California. Upon graduating from CSUN in Los Angeles, he co-directed the feature documentary "Elwood Carlisle Superstar" and served as an Associate Producer on the Lionsgate horror film "Dead and Gone." Last year, his horror-comedy short "Hell's Belles" won 15 awards including "Best Short" at Zed Fest, LA Horror Fest, and A Nightmare to Remember, "Best Horror-Comedy" at Sacramento Horror Film Festival and the "Audience Choice" award at Horrible Imaginings Film Festival. The feature length Hell's Belles script (written with his creative partner Chuck Foster) won Best Screenplay at Zed Fest and was a finalist at the New Orleans Horror Film Festival. Christian and Chuck are currently shopping that script around and writing the feature length version of "The Summoners" to explore the dark thrills of self-inflicted teenage possession.