Vertical has debuted the official trailer for Found Footage: The Making of The Patterson Project, a horror-comedy feature directed by Max Tzannes (Et Tu). Co-written by Tzannes and David San Miguel, the film is poised to deliver a subversive twist on the found footage genre. It aims to fuse comedic elements with scares, drawing comparisons to the mockumentary style of This is Spinal Tap and the influential horror of The Blair Witch Project.
The story follows a group of acclaimed documentarians who embark on a journey to chronicle the efforts of a young filmmaker determined to create the world’s greatest found footage horror film. The film stars Brennan Keel Cook (The Pale Blue Eye), Chen Tang (Warrior), Erika Vetter (Somebody I Used to Know), and Dean Cameron (Straight Outta Compton, Summer School).
In a statement, Tzannes, who is also part of the creative collective Dirty Shot Clean (dsc), shared his excitement about the project. “Dirty Shot Clean was thrilled to collaborate with filmmakers whose genre-bending movies have had such a profound influence on our work,” he said. “We wanted to tell a story that celebrates and subverts the found footage tropes we all know and love, while also poking fun at the terrifying experience of making an independent horror film.”
For further details, readers are encouraged to visit ThePattersonProject.org, a blog dedicated to investigating the events that transpired on the set of Chase Bradner’s film in Camp Nelson. The site reportedly contains various “secrets and scares” for visitors to uncover.
Alternatively, inquiries regarding The Patterson Project can be directed to their missing persons hotline at 1-(844)-PAT-PROJ.
The film, produced by Tyler Friesen with Radio Silence presenting, is slated for release in select theaters on June 20. It will then become available for streaming everywhere on June 24.
Use the hashtag #thepp to spread awareness on this horrible unexplained mystery.
