Things go wrong for a film crew in Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project. A subversive new mockumentary that promises both laughs and legitimate scares, from Vertical Entertainment!
This unique film is produced by Tyler Friesen and the Radio Silence team, the same team behind Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023). If you know their work, you know they expertly blend horror, comedy, and thrilling surprises!
A Hilarious and Horrifying Production
Directed by up filmmaker Max Tzannes, who co-wrote the film with David San Miguel, Found Footage is a true indie gem. It follows an amateur filmmaker’s quest to produce his first feature: a found footage movie about Bigfoot. But here’s the twist – the entire story is seen through the eyes of a documentary crew. It chronicles this unlikely band of misfits as they struggle to keep their shoestring-budget production afloat.
As the crew battles budget woes and quirky personalities, mysterious and sinister occurrences begin to unfold behind the scenes. Suddenly, the lines between movie magic and chilling reality blur. The days get longer and much, much scarier. The documentary filmmakers quickly learn that they’ve stepped into a very real and terrifying found footage film of their own.
Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project draws inspiration from classic mockumentaries, such as Christopher Guest’s This Is Spinal Tap, and beloved found-footage horror films like The Blair Witch Project.
Meet the Cast & Crew
The film stars Brennan Keel Cook (The Pale Blue Eye), Chen Tang (Mulan), Erika Vetter (Somebody I Used to Know), and Dean Cameron (Straight Outta Compton). Jacob Souza handles both editing and cinematography.
Max Tzannes, Jacob Souza, and David San Miguel formed Dirty Shot Clean, an award-winning film collective. They co-founded their production company, DSC, in 2018. Their first feature, Et Tu, stars Lou Diamond Phillips and Malcolm McDowell and is currently being sold by XYZ Films.
Uncover the Truth!
Want to dive deeper into the mystery? Check out the film’s website at ThePattersonProject.org. It’s designed as a blog dedicated to uncovering the “truth” of what really happened up in Camp Nelson on the set of Chase Bradner’s film. Click around for all sorts of secrets and scares!
Or, for an even more immersive (and potentially unsettling) experience, try calling the Patterson Project’s missing persons hotline: 1-(844)-PAT-PROJ. Just be warned, the representative seems a little… off.
Watch Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project in theaters on June 20, followed by its debut on Demand on June 24.
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