{"id":178651,"date":"2025-09-29T23:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/178651\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T23:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:11:09","slug":"the-new-shelby-oaks-trailer-is-a-suspenseful-trip-back-to-found-footage-frights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/178651\/","title":{"rendered":"The New \u2018Shelby Oaks\u2019 Trailer Is a Suspenseful Trip Back to Found Footage Frights"},"content":{"rendered":"

The debut feature from Chris Stuckmann<\/a> delves into the chilling journey of a woman searching for her paranormal investigator sister, who went missing a decade earlier.<\/p>\n

Check out Neon\u2019s trailer for the Fantastic Fest fave Shelby Oaks<\/a>, which Stuckmann made with the help of his YouTube film platform. Together with his followers, he rallied to get the film financed through grassroots efforts and support of the online horror film community, including producer Mike Flanagan<\/a> (The Haunting of Hill House) and Aaron B. Koontz (Scare Package). <\/p>\n

The campaign for the budget ended up becoming one of the highest-funded horror films in the history of Kickstarter<\/a> and was made off the $1.4 million raised.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Color us intrigued: a missing sister and some paranormal urban exploration at a haunted amusement park? We\u2019re so in.<\/p>\n

The film stars Camille Sullivan and Sarah Durn as sisters who, through the blend of the latter\u2019s YouTube paranormal investigation before her disappearance and the docu-style footage of the search for her, build a compelling mystery. The vibe from the trailer has a tone we can\u2019t quite put our finger on, as the narrative use of found footage captures some scary-as-hell imagery. There are disturbing, bright-eyed ghosts and creepy corridors filled with some chilling moments, but it\u2019s the mystery surrounding the film\u2019s two sisters that really has us hooked.<\/p>\n

Stuckmann\u2019s got the Flanagan seal of approval and a really solid early buzz from the festival circuit. io9\u2019s own Germain Lussier praised in his review from Fantastic Fest 2025,<\/a> \u201cThis is a horror film for and by the YouTube generation: one that\u2019s inspired by many horror films of the past, with little regard for when or how to borrow from them. As long as it\u2019s cool and scary. Which Shelby Oaks is.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, at the very least, it seems like a good Halloween flick to catch this spooky season. The film distributed is already garnering good word of mouth online, so we\u2019ll be keen to catch it when it releases.<\/p>\n

Shelby Oaks is set to open in theaters on October 24.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The debut feature from Chris Stuckmann delves into the chilling journey of a woman searching for her paranormal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,38045,134,344,17022,38046],"class_list":{"0":"post-178651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-chris-stuckmann","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-neon","14":"tag-shelby-oaks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}