Dark Atlantic Studios is proud to unveil the first official trailer for Strawstalker, the chilling new horror feature from writer/director George Henry Horton. This campy and unsettling addition to the found footage genre explores the dark side of ambition, identity, and the illusion of perfection in Los Angeles. Strawstalker is set to be released by Indie Rights later this spring.
Blending satire with supernatural horror, Strawstalker follows Henry and Haley, a fame-hungry content creator couple who relocate to Oak Bridge, a seemingly idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood marketed as the safest place to live. Eager to document every curated moment of their new life, the couple soon discovers that Oak Bridge is not interested in playing along.
When a mysterious and theatrical scarecrow appears behind their backyard hedge, Henry dismisses it as a viral prank—another opportunity for attention. Haley, the more grounded of the pair, continues filming as events take a disturbing turn. As the footage begins to shift and reality fractures, a local warns them: the creature hunts those who are not what they seem.
In Oak Bridge, perfection is a performance, silence is deliberate, and the land remembers.
Reflecting on the film’s origins, Horton shared:
“I’ve always been fascinated by Los Angeles, especially the San Fernando Valley. Not that long ago, it was all farmland. Now it’s this strange mix of suburbia, aspiration, and performance. You can’t help but wonder what the land remembers… and what it might say about us now. Out of those ideas—and with a bit of tongue-in-cheek eye-rolling at how performative life in LA can be—Strawstalker was born. We set it in our own imagined neighborhood, Oak Bridge—a place that feels just real enough, but slightly off, like something isn’t quite telling the truth.”
With its eerie atmosphere, sharp social commentary, and found footage tension, Strawstalker promises a haunting experience where the camera never stops rolling—and neither does the nightmare.
