Chris Stuckmann Found Footage Project ‘Shelby Oaks’ Breaks Kickstarter Record For A Horror Movie
21.03.2022 - 18:43
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Shelby Oaks has become the most-funded horror film project on Kickstarter just a few weeks into its campaign.
The found-footage feature, written and to be directed by YouTube film critic/filmmaker Chris Stuckmann, is based on a recent internet mystery about a group of missing paranormal investigators.
The project has raced to $650,000 from 6,700 backers on the crowdfunding platform after starting its online campaign three weeks ago.
The film will chart the story of the fictional mid-2000s U.S. investigative team called The Paranormal Paranoids. Multiple found footage videos surfaced online lat year that prompted horror and ARG (Alternate Reality Game) fans to speculate about the veracity of the case and the whereabouts of the investigators. One video appeared to show the abduction of one of the group, known as Riley.
Aaron B. Koontz of Austin-based Paper Street Pictures is producing the film, which will be combination of documentary, found footage, and traditional film footage styles. Influences include Lake Mungo, The Blair Witch Project, and tales of obsession such as Zodiac.
Pic is due to begin production in May in Cleveland, Ohio. Producers Cameron Burns and Ashleigh Snead join Koontz, whose credits include Scare Package and The Pale Door.
AMP International is handling world sales and launched the project in the market last summer. Critic and shorts filmmaker Stuckmann, who has two million YouTube subscribers, signed with Gotham Group last year and has multiple horror scripts in the works.
“Every dollar we are raising is going onto the screen,” said Koontz. “This is an ambitious script and day by day our scope and opportunities to help realize Chris’ vision become more and more tangible all because of this