Leeds filmmaker's LA-based horror movie Headshots released on Amazon in time for Halloween

Originally from Adel, the Leeds Grammar graduate Chris O'Neill moved to California and has spent years hustling to get himself recognised in Hollywood, as reported by the Yorkshire Evening Post earlier this year.

His wife Rochelle Carino, a costume designer and co-writer, persuaded him to make the Headshots, which came out over the Atlantic last year.

Inspired by the number of people who go missing every year in Los Angeles, it follows a young British actress who moves there to be a star, only to cross paths with a serial killer in her acting class - but her family come over to "sort out" the culprit.

Although Mr O'Neill's hopes that his film would be selected to be screened in his home city at next month's Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) have not come to fruition, it is available to stream now on Amazon in time for Halloween on October 31.

Mr O'Neill said: "The positive side of not being selected for the LIFF is that British audiences can now enjoy the film during the Halloween season from the comfort of their own living rooms on a dark October night with the lights out and a cup of tea and a bag of popcorn.

"Headshots brims with tension and is quite realistic in that what happens in the film could happen to you or someone you know, which I believe makes it creepier.