Dark Atlantic Studios has unveiled the first trailer for Strawstalker, a campy yet chilling found-footage horror film from writer-director George Henry Horton. The upcoming release promises a sharp blend of satire and supernatural terror, following a fame-hungry couple whose dream Los Angeles home becomes the center of a growing nightmare.
Set in the eerily pristine neighborhood of Oak Bridge, the story tracks content creators Henry and Haley as they document their curated lives online. Their move appears perfect, but the illusion quickly fractures when a strange scarecrow appears just beyond their backyard hedge. What begins as a presumed prank soon spirals into something far more sinister.
Horton draws inspiration from the layered history of Los Angeles, reflecting on land that once held farmland and now hosts aspiration and performance. That tension fuels Strawstalker’s unsettling tone, where nothing is quite as authentic as it seems.
As warnings from a local hint that the entity targets those hiding behind facades, the couple is forced to confront the truth behind their carefully constructed identities.
With Indie Rights set to release the film this spring, Strawstalker looks poised to deliver both scares and sly commentary on modern life. Blending humor with dread, the film embraces genre excess while questioning authenticity in an always-on digital world where performance often replaces reality entirely for audiences everywhere.
