These 'Bite Size Horror' Films, From Mars Candy Brands, Are the Best Halloween Ads in Years

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UPDATE: We spoke to more of the writers and directors of these films here. Original story below.

Viewers watching various Fox networks over the past week have been visited by some strange and chilling advertising just in time for Halloween. For this, they can thank Fox and Mars candy brands, which teamed up to get up-and-coming horror directors to make disturbing short films—which have been running in their entirety during commercial breaks.

Four “Bite Size Horror” films (they are all two minutes long) have rolled out so far. The

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