Just trying out making a story as chessy as possible got the ispiration after watching rolling thunder (check it out) please watch and give feedback. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Gw2JLc03g
It wasn't awful, but you really need to work on using less words. Show whats going on in the short don't write it down. If people want to read a book, they will. If people want to see a movie or a short or a trailer, they want moving pictures.
"Running with the Devil" isn't what I'd call Grindhouse, but okay. You'll learn. You can learn to be successful by making mistakes. Then again you can kill your career with mistakes...Oh well. Just try not to suck. Not off to a bad start. You'll get better.