Shelby Oaks, the upcoming found-footage feature film which is set to be written and directed by YouTube film critic/filmmaker Chris Stuckmann, has become the most-funded horror film project on Kickstarter just a few weeks into its campaign.
The film, which is based on a recent Internet mystery about a group of missing paranormal investigators, has raised $710,000 from just under 7,500 backers (at the time of writing this) on the crowdfunding platform after starting its online campaign three weeks ago.
Shelby Oaks will follow the story of the fictional mid-2000s U.S. investigative team called The Paranormal Paranoids. Multiple found-footage videos surfaced online over the past year that caused people to speculate about the whereabouts of the investigators. One video appeared to show the abduction of one of the group, known as Riley.
Aaron B. Koontz of Paper Street Pictures is producing the film, which will be a combination of documentary, found footage and traditional film footage styles. Producers Cameron Burns and Ashleigh Snead join Koontz, whose credits include Scare Package and The Pale Door. The film is set to begin production in May in Cleveland. Influences for Shelby Oaks include Lake Mungo, The Blair Witch Project and Zodiac.
Via: Deadline
