Transforming itself from a generic student club to a movie studio, 804 Film Co. is ready to premiere its horror short film Little Tavern in the Woods.“

The Maricopa High School students who comprise 804 Film Co. plan a special event on April 3 at the Performing Arts Center.

We’re calling it ‘the Little Tavern in the Woods experience,”

said the club’s co-president, Kaden Rogers, who also directed and co-wrote the film and assisted in the editing.

They plan to create a creepy ‘Haunted House’ feel to the foyer of the PAC before the audience moves into the theater.

“We’re going to make every single second of it entertaining,”

Rogers said.

“Once you step out of your car, you’re entertained by us.”

He sums up the plot as ‘human taxidermy.’ The owners of a Wisconsin tavern that has been bypassed by society stew in their anger until they come up with ‘a psychopathic way to get customers back in the tavern.‘