Overview
A woman's obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.
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October 29, 2025
Shelby Oaks is a promising debut from Chris Stuckmann, with a strong opening, even if the second half is uneven. But it demonstrates Stuckmann’s grasp of atmosphere, character, and suspense, and it’s worth a watch for fans of emotionally driven, slow-burn horror, even with its flaws. [Read the full review]
November 5, 2025
I thought this was going to be about a woman called “Shelby Oaks” but instead it’s a petty shameless hybrid of “Blair Witch” meets “The Omen” by way of the Blumhouse cutting room floor - and it isn’t very good. It starts out in sensationalised faux-documentary mode as it explains to us that four folks from one of YouTube’s most successful American paranormal investigation programmes have gone missing in the woods near the abandoned town of Shelby… read the rest.
May 10, 2026
So much more than found footage
This looed to be just another found footage movie, and didn't have the promise of a "Grave Encounters", for instance. However, the movie switches from the found footage and into a broader horror, and much to its improvement. The casting is solid, the characters are good, the directing works, and while the story is a bit uneven, this is not a bad movie by any stretch.
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$1,400,000
$2,350,523