{"id":295435,"date":"2025-11-19T19:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/295435\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:13:14","slug":"chris-stuckmann-horror-film-shelby-oaks-has-received-a-digital-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/295435\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Stuckmann horror film Shelby Oaks\u00a0has received a digital release"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Four years have gone by since Chris Stuckmann, a movie critic and author with a channel on YouTube that has over 2 million subscribers,\u00a0signed a deal with Paper Street Pictures to write and direct the mystery horror film\u00a0Shelby Oaks. Three years ago, the project became the most-funded horror film project in Kickstarter history, with its crowdfunding campaign pulling in over $1 million. (The initial goal was $250,000.) Filming took place in the Cleveland, Ohio area back in 2022,\u00a0genre regular Mike Flanagan came on board as an executive producer last year, and Neon not only picked up the distribution rights, they also dropped more money into the budget for reshoots that included adding more \u201cgore and violence.\u201d Shelby Oaks finally reached theatres at the end of October \u2013 and now, it has received a digital release! It\u2019s available for rent or purchase on Amazon at THIS LINK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Combining documentary, found footage, and traditional film styles,\u00a0Shelby Oaks\u00a0centers on\u00a0Mia\u2019s frantic search for her sister Riley, after Riley ominously disappeared in the last tape of a group of paranormal investigators called the Paranormal Paranoids. As Mia\u2019s obsession grows, she begins to suspect that the imaginary demon from Riley\u2019s childhood may have been real. The project has been inspired by, and accompanied by, a long-lead online marketing campaign around the subject.\u00a0The film stars Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter),\u00a0Keith David\u00a0(The Thing<\/a>), Brendan Sexton III (Session 9), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk), Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island), Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone With You<\/a>) and Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing).<\/p>\n

Stuckmann produced\u00a0Shelby Oaks\u00a0with Aaron B. Koontz, Ashleigh Snead, and Cameron Burns of Paper Street. Adam F. Goldberg, Paul Holbrook, Sean E. DeMott, and Tony Killough served as executive producers, with Shawn Talley, Alex Euting, and Farrell Rose co-producing. Mike Flanagan executive produced the film\u00a0alongside Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka through their company Intrepid Pictures. They joined the project to provide guidance and input during the post-production process.<\/p>\n

JoBlo\u2019s own Chris Bumbray had the chance to watch the movie before the reshoots and\u00a0gave it a\u00a05\/10 review<\/a>, concluding,\u00a0\u201c\u2026it\u2019s far from the brilliant debut one might expect, given that Neon is giving it a major release it doesn\u2019t really deserve\u2026\u201d Tyler Nichols saw the movie after the reshoots and gave it a 4\/10 review<\/a>. He wrote, \u201cI was intrigued by\u00a0Shelby Oaks\u00a0at first, but it just gets more and more ridiculous as it goes on. The ending is one of the dumber ones in recent memory, and I struggle to find anything redeeming about it. You know how they say, it\u2019s not about the destination, it\u2019s about the journey? Well, when the destination is a giant mound of garbage, it makes the fun part of the journey dreadful in hindsight. I\u2019m not dismissing Stuckmann as a filmmaker, as there is some stuff to like here. But the bad completely taints everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will you be giving Shelby Oaks a chance now that it has received a digital release? Let us know by leaving a comment below \u2013 and if you have already seen the movie, let us know what you thought of it.<\/p>\n

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