So maybe you remember in the halcyon salad days of Summer 2017, one mister Sam Sykes and one mister, uhh, well, me, we got on The Twitters and we did an improvised horror story, kind of a riff on a slasher film, but in Twitter format. Shitposting, the kids call it!
(“Sam Sykes and Chuck Wendig Just Wrote Horror Movie Gold on Twitter.“)
(Or, read the whole thing starting here.)
Well, that went kinda viral.
And when a thing goes viral, it takes on a weird life of its own, meaning, we started fielding offers to make our Twitter thread into Something. Movies, YouTube series, cartoons — but at the end of the day, we had two guys, Craig Engler and Tom Vitale, say they had a vision for it, and it was a movie, and we said, HELL YEAH. Because, holy shit, a snarky slasher film from our tweets? Sign us up.
As with all things in film and television, we did not expect anything to happen. Because that’s how it goes, 99 times out of 100 — I’ve had many properties optioned. I have some optioned now I can’t even tell you about. Blackbirds at Starz got really, really far, until… it didn’t.
So, we expected this was just a fun thing, ha ha.
*clears throat*
The movie premieres next week at Fantastic Fest in Austin.
It’s directed by Brett Simmons.
Produced by Griff Furst and Tom. (And, uhh, Sam and I! We’re movie producers! This may in fact be the dumbest timeline, but we are working it to our advantage.)
The character of Sam is played by Fran Kranz.
The character of Chuck is played by Alyson Hannigan.
This is YMBTK.
Marc Schoenhals says:
This looks ridiculously awesome bro. Can’t wait to see it.
September 14, 2018 — 8:17 AM
moteridgerider says:
Nice surprise to see this come to fruition.
September 14, 2018 — 8:25 AM
Jacey Bedford says:
Fabulous! Huge congratulations. And such a great cast, too.
September 14, 2018 — 8:30 AM
DCR says:
How fun is that?? Well did. When/where does it debut?
September 14, 2018 — 8:31 AM
terribleminds says:
*ahem* Like the post says, it debuts at Fantastic Fest, next week. 🙂
September 14, 2018 — 8:33 AM
cwolf20 says:
Or debuted on twitter when Sam started it. then things took off. followed by someone saying “Hey, let’s do this” the tweet thread is up topic
September 15, 2018 — 6:08 AM
Michael Patrick Hicks says:
Holy shit, that’s awesome! And Alyson Hannigan is playing you? Freaking WILLOW is playing you?! Oh that’s awesome!!!! Any idea if this will be hitting VOD or disc soon? Cause I maybe wanna buy it right now.
September 14, 2018 — 8:33 AM
terribleminds says:
Well, me in only the loosest sense — she is playing a character named Chuck, but I do not own or operate a comic book store. 🙂
I’ll have more news, I think, as to how people can see it — but nothing announced yet.
September 14, 2018 — 8:39 AM
Michael Patrick Hicks says:
You don’t own or operate a comic book store *yet*! 😀 And she’s not rocking a beard of killer bees, so there’s that too. Still, it’s pretty damn cool. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for updates. Congrats, man! This is great news! 😀
September 14, 2018 — 8:42 AM
Peter Hentges says:
The world is crazy-awesome sometimes. Next up, you guys and Myke Cole spawn some kind of buddy-cop, time-travel, slasher-horror, mashup!
September 14, 2018 — 8:37 AM
Alexandra says:
Cool…
September 14, 2018 — 8:48 AM
Stephen Reid says:
Holy. Fuck.
September 14, 2018 — 9:21 AM
Steve Fey says:
This I gotta see!
September 14, 2018 — 9:24 AM
Vanessa says:
Holy fucking shit. You’re Alyson Hannigan?! Holy shit, I like you even more now!!
September 14, 2018 — 9:40 AM
changterhune says:
DUDE! RULING!!!
September 14, 2018 — 9:53 AM
boundbeautifunk says:
It looks so amazing! Congratulations! I’m sure other people won’t make my mistake of deciding to watch a horror movie trailer with a sleeping baby on my lap without first checking my phone’s volume ’cause whoops.
September 14, 2018 — 10:00 AM
Peter Pearson says:
Literally just did that.
September 14, 2018 — 7:49 PM
Michelle R. Lane says:
Holy shit balls! Congratulations!
September 14, 2018 — 10:09 AM
roblaman says:
That’s spectacular. (spooktacular?) Alyson Hannigan always brings me joy! And now you are Alyson Hannigan. My heart!
I hope the little flash in the trailer is true and I’ll be able to catch it in Toronto next month. Congrats.
September 14, 2018 — 10:10 AM
Janet says:
Trailer looks awesome! Cuz, sometimes at bandcamp…
September 14, 2018 — 10:25 AM
roblaman says:
… everybody dies.
September 14, 2018 — 11:02 AM
primmlife says:
Amazing. Congrats!
September 14, 2018 — 10:35 AM
JenniferShelby says:
This is nothing short of glorious. See? Time on the twitter is always time well spent
September 14, 2018 — 10:37 AM
Maria Rachel says:
This looks amazing!!!!
September 14, 2018 — 11:18 AM
Simon Ponder says:
This looks super fun. congrats!
September 14, 2018 — 11:33 AM
malakim2099 says:
Man, this is an instant-buy for me when I get the chance! Congrats!
September 14, 2018 — 11:52 AM
Natalie Metzger says:
Oh. Oh my goodness. That is amazing! Congrats!
September 14, 2018 — 11:52 AM
Tanya Gouchenour says:
Congratulations! This is fucking awesome!! 😀 I love Alyson & Fran – this is gonna be so cool.
September 14, 2018 — 12:13 PM
S.E. White says:
Fucking awesome! It looks really good. Congratulations!
September 14, 2018 — 12:21 PM
harryjconnolly says:
Wow holy shit that’s amazing I can’t wait to see it.
September 14, 2018 — 12:27 PM
killerpuppytails says:
WOOOHOOO congrats to you both! (And dayumn Hannigan as you is inspired casting.)
September 14, 2018 — 12:46 PM
Jade M. Wong says:
That is amazing, Chuck! And Alyson Hannigan is awesome! I’ll be checking this out 😀
September 14, 2018 — 12:49 PM
W.A. Roberts says:
Guys! It’s the chick from American Pie! I got to see this!
September 14, 2018 — 1:30 PM
inkgrrl says:
Holy cats! Wowza!! Awesomeness!!! Congratulations!!!! All the rest of this month’s exclamation points!!!!!
September 14, 2018 — 1:41 PM
Angela Wells says:
Wow congrats to you all this looks amazing!!!Also so excited that my daughter was cast in this this movie we can’t wait to see it!!
September 14, 2018 — 1:43 PM
tcinla says:
Good luck. Just seeing it made puts you ahead of 99% of other writers.
September 14, 2018 — 1:44 PM
Joel says:
WHAT IS THAT SONG AND HOW DO I HEAR THE WHOLE THING
September 14, 2018 — 2:24 PM
Michael Hughes says:
Fucking hilarious. I rememebr reading this thread in real time as you wacky dudes wrote it. Can’t wait to see the flick! Also, what’s the President of Hollywood smell like?
September 14, 2018 — 3:16 PM
Paul Barrett says:
That looks like a great deal of fun.
September 14, 2018 — 5:06 PM
uldihaa says:
This looks like fun, and I hope we’ll get to see the whole film outside of the festival.
I am curious if y’all are considering giving the “Haunted Hotel” thread a similar treatment; as a spiritual successor, perhaps. I mean, a direct sequel might not be around for several years, after all. Or are you holding off to see how this one is received?
I’m also mostly joking about a second film. Kinda.
September 14, 2018 — 5:13 PM
David T. Shank says:
I remember watching this exchange a year ago and having a blast reading it. Now it’s a movie with two of my favorite actors. I can’t wait.
September 14, 2018 — 5:40 PM
Imelda Evans says:
I just can’t! I was there when you had that crazy conversation and it was a blast but now Alyson Hannigan is YOU. Look, I knew you were a cool dude, but seriously, what is your life now? Pleeeeeease let us know if/when it’s available to buy. This, I HAVE to see!
September 15, 2018 — 5:54 AM
Jeffery says:
We had a blast filming it in my comic shop! Can’t wait to see the finished product!
September 15, 2018 — 11:08 AM
terribleminds says:
No kidding? That’s awesome, Jeffrey!
September 17, 2018 — 7:21 AM
terribleminds says:
What is the shop?
September 17, 2018 — 7:21 AM
Janine Stinson says:
Happy for you both. Enjoy the ride. 🙂
September 15, 2018 — 1:41 PM
Giana says:
Holy fuck Chuck, trailer looks great :O
September 15, 2018 — 8:25 PM
Hannah says:
DUDE. I’m so buying this whenever it comes out outside of Fantastic Fest!
September 17, 2018 — 10:54 PM
Lynda Parker says:
This is so awesome! Can’t wait to see it!
September 17, 2018 — 11:40 PM
B says:
I just watched this! It was as amazing as reading the actual feed! What a blast!
October 7, 2018 — 5:45 PM
roblaman says:
Got our tickets for Toronto After Dark film fest the day they were announced. Just saw that it sold out and they’ve added a second screening. Cool stuff. Again, congrats.
October 9, 2018 — 12:14 AM