NEON picked up YouTube critic Chris Stuckmann’s debut horror film Shelby Oaks, and Indiewire stories this weekend that the movie will launch in theaters on October 3, 2025.
Indiewire’s report additionally notes that NEON provided Stuckmann with further funds to shoot new materials after they picked up the film final yr, upping the movie’s “gore and violence.”
The outlet particulars, “The brand new footage recontextualizes a few of the unique story, however the secret for Stuckmann and Koontz was fleshing out the sensible results.”
Moreover, “Creature actor Derek Mears, well-known for enjoying Jason Voorhees within the 2009 Friday the thirteenth reboot, joined the solid in an undisclosed position.”
Horror grasp Mike Flanagan (Physician Sleep, “The Fall of the Home of Usher”) not too long ago got here on board the upcoming Shelby Oaks as an government producer. Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Footage joined the group as producers.
The solid for Shelby Oaks consists of Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Seaside (If Beale Road Might Discuss), Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island), Keith David (The Factor), Charlie Talbert (The Large Brief), Emily Bennett (Alone With You) and Sarah Durn (The place the Crawdads Sing).
“Shot as a standard characteristic, however with some parts of discovered footage, Shelby Oaks is a horror movie about lacking paranormal investigators (the paranormal paranoids), the darkish legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching results their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later.
“As Mia uncovers new and disturbing leads associated to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers proof of a hidden supernatural evil courting all the best way again to her and Riley’s childhood.”
