The challenge is to make a really good horror movie. Oxymoron? Maybe, but like the man says it's like an elective, it's easy, a good way to learn and it can certainly pad your GPA. So, why not do it. I mean unless you have talent and an imagination. :) (I've sold horror flicks, so I'm kinda' joking)
Maybe you're a movie watcher.
Or a short story writer.
Or a campfire storyteller.
Or a pamphlet writer.
Dude, overcoming obstacles is in the job description for writers and producers. A good producer is busy as hell. Only the terrible ones spend all day trying to rework screenplays and...
The best kind of producer is the one you don't know is there. :) Seriously, dude you may want to one man show it for awhile. And if this material is as sensitive as you say maybe you should shoot a few other shorts first and test them in front of an unbiased audience.
In filmmaking haters are...
Just posted this again for page 2 and added some stuff after "...The two raccoons are asleep in the corner, stained with blood. " Never thought I'd say that out loud.