Neon snaps up Mike Flanagan-produced horror movie Shelby Oaks

Big news for horror fans and avid followers of YouTuber Chris Stuckmann. The film critic's upcoming horror movie Shelby Oaks has just been picked up by Neon for theatrical distribution. Shelby Oaks will have its world premiere this weekend at the Fantasia Festival and is likely on track for a 2025 release in theaters.

Neon has been the talk of the town lately thanks to the huge success of recent release Longlegs, the captivating and unsettling serial killer starring Maika Monroe as an FBI agent investigating the titular murderer, played by an unrecognizable Nicolas Cage. Longlegs broke the record for the biggest opening weekend box office for original horror this year, earning $22.6 million.

According to Variety, Longlegs was made for less than $10 million and the studio used around that amount to market the film, so by my calculations that means its already broken even on its first weekend in cinemas.

Stuckmann's movie getting backed by Neon is a great sign both for the future of original horror and obviously Shelby Oaks itself, as it sounds like people have faith this is going to be a great film. Hopefully Neon markets it as successfully as they did with Longlegs.

But another big name attached to Shelby Oaks is Mike Flanagan who will executive produce alongside Trevor Macy and Melinda Nihioka for Intrepid Pictures. Deadline reports that Adam F. Goldberg, Paul Holbrook, Sean E. DeMott, and Tony Killough are also executive producing.

Stuckmann wrote and directed the supernatural horror film, which centers on a pair of sisters, Mia and Riley. When Riley mysteriously disappears after releasing the last tape for her investigation series, Mia becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to her. It sounds pretty similar to Censor, but I'm looking forward to seeing what Shelby Oaks brings to the table.

The film stars Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach. Robin Bartlett, and Keith David. Shelby Oaks was funded by a Kickstarter campaign that raised more than $1.3 million for the project, which Deadline says is the most-funded horror movie ever on the platform.

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