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In celebration of the release of Followed to VOD, following its recent drive-in theatrical release, we've been provided with an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers!

"When aspiring social media influencer “DropTheMike” is offered a lucrative sponsorship to grow his channel, he's joined by his video crew on a visit to one of the most haunted hotels in America, where he'll give his audience a horrific night of thrill-seeking the likes of which they have never seen before. What begins as a fun investigative challenge including the infamous Elevator Ritual quickly descends into a personal hell of true evil, begging the timely question: how far would you go to pursue internet fame?"

Directed by: Antoine Le

Written by: Todd Klick

Produced by: Matthew Ryan Brewbaker, Antoine Le, and Todd Klick

Executive producers: J. Todd Harris, Thomas Pettinelli, Greg Berlant and Gregory Adkins, as well as Grant Cramer, Richard Barner,...

Exclusive: Mpi Media Group has acquired international sales right to U.S. found footage horror film Followed.

In the indie pic, a controversial social media influencer stays at a cursed hotel to gain more subscribers. But what begins as a fun investigative challenge quickly descends into a personal hell. Followed was released two weeks ago in North America, where in a coronavirus context it has been a top ten movie at the box office, accumulating more than $300,000 from only 44 theaters at widest point of release. The film has had particular success at drive-ins, according to producers.

The film stars Matthew Solomon (Ballers), John Savage (The Deer Hunter), Sam Valentine, Caitlin Grace, Tim Drier, and Kelsey Griswold. It was directed by Antoine Le, written by Todd Klick and produced by Matthew Ryan Brewbaker, each making their feature debuts.

Executive producers include J. Todd Harris, Thomas Pettinelli, Greg Berlant and Gregory Adkins as well as Grant Cramer,...

It’s seldom that a found-footage horror movie pulls some new tricks in that overtaxed subgenre, and “Followed” runs no risk of being any such exception to the tedious rule. Sewing together ideas borrowed from other, better movies — notably “Grave Encounters” and “The Shining” — without exactly making a new whole, let alone lending them any novel flair or intensity, this vloggers-in-a-haunted-hotel opus isn’t really any better than 1967’s Ferlin Husky vehicle “Hillbillies in a Haunted House.” And that movie probably looked better at drive-ins, given its use of camera tripods and such.

As yet unreleased in home formats, Antoine Le’s feature is already playing on 40-odd U.S. drive-in and hardtop screens, adding another couple dozen this Friday. Watching low-budget horror cheese al fresco was surely better when the movies didn’t look as if they were shot to be watched on your laptop.

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Exclusive: Steven Spielberg’s 1993 movie Jurassic Park was No. 1 for the fourth time in its release history this past weekend as movie theaters tried to have a semblance during the Covid-19 pandemic over what is typically a big moviegoing weekend, Father’s Day.

While 2020 fare like Universal/Dreamworks Animation’s Trolls World Tour had been leading at a still distressed box office for 9 weekends (with the exception of last weekend when The Invisible Man returned to the top of the chart), catalog titles dominated the majority of this weekend with Universal’s Jurassic Park earning $517,6K at 230 sites and the studio’s Jaws taking $516,3K at 187 locations. Those respective No. 1 and 2 weekend takes are improvements upon last weekend’s Invisible Man at $383K and Trolls World Tour with $275,7K.

Jurassic Park held the No. 1 spot at the box office in its first three weekends of release following its June 11, 1993 opening.

Originally slated for April 10, 2020, the social media horror film Followed will be released in drive-in theaters nationwide on June 26, 2020.

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Followed is inspired by real events at the Hotel Cecil in downtown Los Angeles, and is part of a growing list of “Screen-Life” films – films whose stories are told by way of a computer screen recording. The award-winning feature is the first horror film to do so entirely through a series of YouTube-like vlogs.

The film stars Matthew Solomon (HBO’s “Ballers”) as “DropTheMike,” John Savage (The Last Full Measure; The Deer Hunter), Sam Valentine, Caitlin Grace, Tim Drier, and Kelsey Griswold. It was directed by Antoine Le, written by Todd Klick and produced by Matthew Ryan Brewbaker, each making their feature debuts. Executive producers include J. Todd Harris, Thomas Pettinelli, Greg Berlant and Gregory Adkins as well as Grant Cramer, Richard Barner, Chad Doher and Wendy Moore from Global View Entertainment.

Coming soon to Theaters Directed by: Antoine Le Written by: Todd Klick Produced by: Matthew Ryan Brewbaker Executive producers: J. Todd Harris, Thomas Pettinelli, Greg Berlant and Gregory Adkins as well as Grant Cramer, Richard Barner, Chad Doher and Wendy Moore from Global View Entertainment. Starring: Matthew Solomon, John Savage, Sam Valentine, Tim Drier, Caitlin …

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There are some fun horror-related films prepared to hop into theaters or on streaming just in time for Easter, including We Summon the Darkness from Marc Meyers, the director of My Friend Dahmer. Also: the official trailer for Followed, a new Abominable poster, and Rootwood release details.

We Summon the Darkness Release Details: "Saban Films will release the horror/thriller We Summon The Darkness in theaters, on VOD and Digital HD on April 10, 2020.

We Summon The Darkness stars Alexandra Daddario, Johnny Knoxville, Keean Johnson (Midway), Maddie Hasson ("Impulse"), Logan Miller (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse), Amy Forsyth (Hell Fest) and Austin Swift (Live by Night). The film is directed by Marc Meyers (My Friend Dahmer) from a script by Alan Trezza (Burying the Ex).

On the way to a heavy metal concert, Alexis (Alexandra Daddario) and two girlfriends hear a news report of a local murder believed to be...

"Looks like the Korean Elevator Game is indeed a big hoax." Global View Ent. has released an official trailer for an indie horror film called Followed, yet another horror film mixing social media mania with ghosts. We've seen way too many of these kind of films recently, and they never turn out any good. To gain more subscribers, a controversial social media influencer named "DropTheMike" stays at a cursed hotel ("one of the most haunted hotels in America") to terrifying results. What a remarkably unoriginal concept that won't scare anyone. Followed stars Matthew Solomon, John Savage, Sam Valentine, Tim Drier, Caitlin Grace, Kelsey Griswold, and Christopher Ross Martin. Why do all of these found footage horror films look the same, with all the usual cliche, cheesy moments and jump scares and boring ghost surprises. Ugh. Here's the new official trailer (+ first poster) for Antoine Le's Followed, direct from YouTube...

Embedded at the top of the article, check out the new trailer for the upcoming horror film Followed, directed by Antoine Le, written by Todd Klick, and starring Matthew Solomon, John Savage, Sam Valentine, Tim Drier, Caitlin Grace, Kelsey Griswold, […]

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Exclusive: The newly launched genre-centric distribution company Global View Entertainment has acquired the domestic rights to the Antoine Le-directed inventive found footage horror pic Followed starring Matthew Solomon. The pic is set for a theatrical release in major markets on April 10.

Written by Todd Klick, Followed introduces us to aspiring social media influencer “DropTheMike” (Solomon). When he is offered the opportunity to get a nice stack of cash for sponsorship of his channel, he’s joined by his video crew on a visit to one of the most haunted hotels in America. While there, he expects to have a horrific night of thrills and scares. What begins as a fun investigative challenge quickly descends into a personal hell of true evil, begging the timely question: how far would you go to pursue internet fame?

“We couldn’t be more excited to be launching our new distribution shingle with the acquisition and release of Followed,...

The Loire Valley of the enchanted French countryside, sets the backdrop for Blue Falcon Productions’ first original content feature film, The Incantation. The film stars burgeoning young actress Sam Valentine (Trace, Exspiravit, ThanXgiving) and former TV Superman, Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Smallville). Based on an original script by feature …

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The Loire Valley of the enchanted French countryside, sets the backdrop for Blue Falcon Productions’ (Official Site) first original content feature film, The Incantation (IMDb). The film stars burgeoning young actress Sam Valentine (Sam Valentine IMDb) (Trace, Exspiravit, ThanXgiving) and former TV Superman, Dean Cain (Dean Cain IMDb) (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Smallville). Based on an original script by feature helmer, Jude S. Walko (Jude S. Walko IMDb), the story follows a fish-out-of water Lucy Bellerose as she navigates the sometimes foreboding waters of her ancestral home. A young American girl has a chance of a lifetime to visit her ancestors castle in the south of France, only to find that her family is hiding deep, dark secrets about their nefarious past,...

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                     Hey peeps! We have another early Christmas present for you tonight. Here's the re-cut investment trailer for Witches Playground. This film will return the dark side of the witch mythology to the big screen. It'll be directed by Bart Elfrink and stars Leslie Easterbrook, Eileen Dietz, Suki Peters, Cody Matthew Blymire, Sam Valentine, Rachel Chapman, Wes Blymire, Lleyna Marie, Deneen Melody and myself (Brian Shirley). Synopsis: Witches Playground is a chilling story about a group of teens who decide to have a party on Halloween at an abandoned haunted attraction. Rumored to be haunted by a malicious old witch. Thirteen years prior to this night, a young girl witnessed a gruesome series of accidents that marked her permanently. Now as the party commences, she must face her greatest fears, discover the connections between the past and the present and somehow survive the infinite terrors of the Witches Playground...Enter if you dare.

 

Hey peeps, just a quick word that the cool horror film Witches Playground has launched its website today so go on over to http://www.witches-playground.com/ and check it out!

The film will return witches to their dark roots and include all the blood, guts and gore to go along with them.

The film is directed by Bart Elfrink and produced by Bobby Ray Akers Jr. It stars Leslie Easterbrook, Eileen Dietz, Suki Peters, Cody Matthew Blymire,Sam Valentine, Rachel Chapman, Wes Blymire, Lleyna Marie, Marla Stoker, Deneen Melody and yours truly.

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Witches Playground is a chilling story about a group of teens who decide to have a party on Halloween at an abandoned haunted attraction. Rumored to be haunted by a malicious old witch. Thirteen years prior to this night, a young girl witnessed a gruesome series of accidents that marked her permanently. Now as the party commences,...