News Shelby Oaks Shelby Oaks Trailer Sets Up a Haunting, Found Footage-Infused Tale From Chris Stuckmann The horror film raised more than $1.4 million on Kickstarter and is executive produced by Mike Flanagan. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on September 29, 2025 Courtesy of Neon Comment 0 Share New Share Courtesy of Neon Shelby Oaks, the upcoming horror movie from writer-director Chris Stuckmann has been getting a lot of buzz from critics, and the latest trailer for the film suggests that it will be a terrifying time at the theater. In it, we get cuts of found footage—much of it shot vertically as videos these days are wont to be—of a woman digging into the evil that lurks in the town of Shelby Oaks, the place where her sister was last seen. The feature is Stuckmann’s debut. He is also a well-known YouTuber with over two million followers. In 2016 he and his wife released a short for his channel that they shot in a remote cabin in Tennessee. In it, a serial killer records all his murders on VHS. The two decided to expand it into a feature-length film that Stuckmann described as turning into “something with deeper, darker implications for its characters.” He raised almost $1.4 million on Kickstarter to fund the film, and it was ultimately picked up by Neon for distribution. The synopsis for the film sets up the premise:  A woman’s desperate search for her long-lost sister falls into obsession that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have upon realizing been real. Stuckmann expands on the story and how it became more personal in his director’s statement: “We follow Mia, played by the immensely talented Camile Sullivan, as she searches for her sister, who’s been missing for twelve years. The world believes her sister is dead, yet Mia plows forward, convinced her search isn’t in vain. I was raised in a faith that practices shunning, and when I was twelve, my sister left that faith. I was forced to shun her, and as a result, I cut off all communication with her. I was told my sister was “spiritually dead,” and despite knowing she was alive and well, we didn’t reconnect until my early twenties, after I finally escaped that faith. So it only makes sense that I’d identify with a story about someone’s desperate yearning to find a lost loved one, as escaped that faith. So it only makes sense that I’d identify with a story about someone’s desperate yearning to find a lost loved one, as seemingly insurmountable forces keep them apart.” In addition to Sullivan, Shelby Oaks stars Robin Bartlett, Robin Beach, Emily Bennett, Keith David, Brendan Sexton III, and Derek Mears. It’s executive produced by horror legend Mike Flanagan. Get ready to be scared when the film premieres in theaters on October 24, 2025. In the meantime, check out the trailer below. [end-mark] The post <i>Shelby Oaks</i> Trailer Sets Up a Haunting, Found Footage-Infused Tale From Chris Stuckmann appeared first on Reactor.