Unsettling Trailer for the Horror Mystery Thriller SHELBY OAKS From Producer Mike Flanagan — GeekTyrant
The film made waves during its festival run at Fantasia and FrightFest, and now it's creeping into select theaters on October 3rd, 2025.
With a heavy dose of psychological dread and unnerving silence-in-the-dark moments, Shelby Oaks is shaping up to be an atmospheric descent into obsession and paranoia.
The story centers on Mia, played by Camille Sullivan, who becomes consumed with finding her sister Riley, a YouTube ghost hunter who vanished with her crew back in 2008. That mystery fuels the spine-chilling narrative: 'Who took Riley Brennan?'
Fantasia describes the plot like this: "That's the question asked by millions of devoted, even obsessed fans of the popular YouTube series Paranormal Paranoids... Conspiracy theories have run rampant over the years, but none are more determined to get to the truth than Riley's sister, Mia...
'Closure, however, refuses to be found as a series of shocking events opens the door to a deeper mystery... one that leads Mia to follow her ghost-hunting sister's footsteps down a path to confront demons of the past for answers that can only be found somewhere within the darkness of Shelby Oaks..."
It's explained that, 'Stuckmann proves that he's been paying close attention to all those movies he's reviewed over the years, as the results are impressively moody and deftly scripted throughout.'
With a cast that includes Michael Beach, Keith David, Sarah Durn, and Brendan Sexton III, Shelby Oaks looks like the kind of slow-burning supernatural horror that is going to stick in audiences heads. Stuckmann's transition from critic to creator is already making an impact, and this film may be the next big indie horror hit to keep your eyes on.
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