An influencer couple’s dream life spirals into a nightmare at the straw hands of a supernatural scarecrow in our exclusive Strawstalker trailer.
The tongue-in-cheek found footage horror film will be released on VOD later this spring via Indie Rights.
Henry and Haley are a rising content creator couple who’ve just moved into Oak Bridge, a Los Angeles neighborhood marketed as the safest place to live. They’re ready to film every ‘spontaneous’ moment of their new life, unaware that Oak Bridge isn’t interested in being part of their brand.
When a theatrical scarecrow appears behind their backyard hedge, Henry, whose life is a carefully crafted lie, assumes it’s a viral prank. Haley, who often finds herself going along with Henry’s nonsense, continues filming.
Then the footage changes. A local warns them that the creature hunts those who aren’t what they seem. In Oak Bridge, the land has a long memory, the neighbors are always watching, and the camera never stops rolling.
George Henry Horton (Project Dorothy) writes and directs. Dark Atlantic Studios produces.
Horton also stars alongside Branika Scott, Vincent Ranola, Dallas Steinback, Emily Rafala, and Gary Kasper (“Supergirl”) as the Strawstalker.
“I’ve always been fascinated by Los Angeles, and especially the San Fernando Valley,” said Horton. “Not that long ago, it was all farmland. Now it’s this strange mix of suburbia, aspiration, and performance. You can’t help but wonder what the land remembers… and what it might say about us now.
“Out of those ideas, and with a bit of tongue-in-cheek eye-rolling at how performative life in LA can be, Strawstalker was born. We set it in our own imagined neighborhood, Oak Bridge — a place that feels just real enough, but slightly off, like something isn’t quite telling the truth.”
