Dan Gaines

October is the uncontested champion of months. Darkness always rears its ugly head, but victory goes to good every time.

Placed 80th

in their group

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What’s your most memorable Halloween experience?

My daughters first Halloween that she went out trick or treating. She dressed as a Homey Bee and was so excited that the neighbors were giving her candy. She’s 19 now and we still watch horror movies together.

Tell us why you would make it to the end of a horror movie.

Armed Ranger training. That’s it.

What would you do with the unlucky $13,000?

I would fund the rework of my short horror film from film school titled Porcelain.

Who is your real-life hero who you would want to survive a horror movie with?

My dad. He’s strong, resilient, a man of immense faith, and has always shown me what sacrificing yourself for others looks like.


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