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Help Back Production on “Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity”
One of the biggest horror films of all time is Oren Peli‘s completely independent Paranormal Activity, which spawned an entire franchise that was the catalyst behind the birth of Blumhouse.
“Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity“ is the first documentary to go behind-the-scenes for all the movies in the series to talk about the making of one of the most successful franchises in movie history.
While the film is already in production, the filmmakers have started an Indiegogo to complete the project, which hails from Anthony Masi‘s MasiMedia and Screamfest founder Rachel Belofsky‘s Candy Heart Productions. There are some crazy perks like EP credits and signed posters.
Joe Bandelli (producer of the Hell House found-footage trilogy) directs the new documentary that includes brand new interviews with Peli as well as stars Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat.
MasiMedia is behind the previous docs “Halloween: 25 Years of Terror”, “His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th“, “Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective”, The Psycho Legacy”, and “The 50 Best Horror Movies You’ve Never Seen”. Candy Heart Productions is behind “Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film” and “Fast Women”.
“The reason I wanted to produce this documentary is because it’s a story about how a low-budget film broke through the odds and became a huge multimillion-dollar success,” said Masi. “It’s a rags-to-riches story, but at the foundation of it is a truly well-made independent movie. This is a story that needs to be told because it has much to teach about the filmmaker’s journey.
“John Carpenter’s Halloween was made for $320,000.00 and we all know the success that franchise has. Paranormal Activity was made for $15,000.00 and found the same success. The common denominator between the two is obvious: the integrity of the movie came first, and that’s the key part of this incredible story.
“Another key to Paranormal Activity’s success was the DEMAND IT promotion that Paramount integrated during the marketing of the movie, which literally had people demanding the film to be shown in their cities around the country. We only thought it was fitting that the same fans demand to see our documentary, so we created an Indigogo campaign to accomplish the same task.”
Belofsky, who was the first to program the film for a major festival run, added: “I’m excited to be involved with this project since Paranormal Activity holds a special place in my heart. Paranormal Activity was discovered at Screamfest in 2007 and has become the most successful independent horror film of all time.”
Adds Bandelli: “Sitting down with Oren Peli, Katie Featherston, and Micah Sloat and hearing the overload of amazing stories and fun facts that no one has ever heard before was a horror junkie’s dream. I cannot wait to share their stories, as well as so many others who were instrumental in bringing us six amazing found footage horror films, that never stopped scaring the shit out of us.”
Here are some photos from the first stage of production:
Home Video
Surprise! The Horror Movie ‘Immaculate’ Starring Sydney Sweeney Is Now Available at Home!
After making an impressive $21 million at the worldwide box office, NEON’s new horror movie Immaculate starring Sydney Sweeney has surprise-released at home this week.
Beginning today, Immaculate is now available for digital purchase ($19.99) and rental ($9.99)! We’ve also learned that the film is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on June 11, 2024.
The home release comes on the heels of Immaculate’s massive success at the United States box office, quickly becoming an audience favorite, grossing over $15.2mm and counting, and remaining in the U.S. box office top 10 for three weeks. The Blu-ray and DVD will feature a commentary track from director Michael Mohan, NEON has let us know this morning.
The horror film reunites Sydney Sweeney with director Michael Mohan (The Voyeurs), who directed from a script by Andrew Lobel. Sweeney stars in Immaculate as Cecilia, a woman of devout faith who is offered a fulfilling new role at an illustrious Italian convent.
“Her warm welcome to the picture-perfect Italian countryside is soon interrupted as it becomes clearer to Cecilia that her new home harbors some dark and horrifying secrets.”
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Sydney Sweeney is this familiar religious horror movie’s saving grace. Sister Cecilia is a doe-eyed innocent whose unlikely circumstances force her into a tremendously satisfying arc. She attempts to outmaneuver a powerful foe, and when things really go off the rails, Sweeney plunges headfirst into a primal ferocity that leads to one bold, crowd-cheering conclusion.”
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