When Bryan Fuller set out to make his first feature film, his goal was to make the kind of family-friendly scares that he loved as a kid. Think Gremlins or Ghostbusters. The creator of Hannibal and Pushing Daisies ended up crafting a story called Dust Bunny, about a young girl named Aurora who hires a hitman to kill the monster under her bed. It has all of the hallmarks of those films that inspired him- a sense of humor, playful action, and a creature that's both lovable and creepy - but the final product also hit a slight snag.

"I was setting out to make a movie that people could take their kids to, and then - and this is probably why you …

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