Shelby Oaks Review: 'A Suitably Creepy Calling Card'

Shelby Oaks Review: 'A suitably creepy calling card'

Several stars of the YouTube generation of the 2010s have, in recent times, gone from dropping viral sensations online to making their way to the big screen. Most notably, RackaRacka — or, as they are now known, the Philippou brothers — went from demented Ronald McDonald sketches to bursting (or in their case, screaming, head-bashing and blood-splattering) onto the cinema scene with 2022 indie hit Talk To Me. Following in their footsteps, YouTub…

SHELBY OAKS Spoiler Review

Major spoilers ahead for Shelby Oaks. You’ve been warned.  *  *  Writer/director Chris Stuckmann has been making and critiquing movies since high school. As one of the first filmmakers to use YouTube as a platform, he’s garnered a following of millions over the years. A wildly successful Kickstarter campaign (over $1 million) funded his first feature, Shelby Oaks, and caught the eye of Hollywood favorite Mike Flanagan, who signed on as executive…

Shelby Oaks review – convoluted, lore-obsessed, overly sentimental

Prepare to be sorely disappointed by Chris Stuckmann's soulless attempt to revive found footage storytelling in horror. It’s hard to imagine today, but there was a point where viral marketing campaigns for horror movies were a rare pleasure, and found footage horrors like The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity truly cornered this promotional market. Shelby Oaks, the crowd-funded debut by YouTube personality Chris Stuckmann, follows in t…

‘Shelby Oaks’ Review: Promising But Haunted By Its Flaws

Chris Stuckman’s first feature is an intriguing, entertaining blend of found-footage and narrative filmmaking that has its flaws, but ultimately ends up being a good time at the theater. The post ‘Shelby Oaks’ Review: Promising But Haunted By Its Flaws appeared first on Feature First.