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Going viral is a nightmare in the first trailer for the upcoming horror movie, Dear David. Coming courtesy of Lionsgate, Dear David is the long-awaited adaptation of a Twitter thread created by BuzzFeed writer Adam Ellis, in which he documented his experiences with the ghost of a boy that was haunting him. You can check out the first trailer for Dear David below.
“After responding to Internet trolls, a man becomes haunted by the ghost of a dead child named David,” the official synopsis for Dear David reads. “Based on the viral Twitter thread by BuzzFeed comic artist Adam Ellis.”
The horror outing will be led by The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and The Morning Show star Augustus Prew as Adam Ellis, with the supporting cast including Rene Escobar Jr. (Heartland, Accused), Cameron Nicoll (Slumberland), Andrea Bang (Kim’s Convenience), Rachel Wilson (In the Tall Grass), Ethan Hwang (Riceboy Sleeps), and Justin Long (Jeepers Creepers, Barbarian) as the head of BuzzFeed.
Directed by John McPhail, Dear David has been written by Mike Van Waes and produced by Richard Alan Reid, Michael Philip, Jason Moring, Naysun Alae-Carew, and Charlotte Walsh. Director John McPhail has dabbled in the horror genre before, helming the likes of Anna and the Apocalypse (though that is also a comedy musical) and episodes of the horror television series Bite Size Halloween.
The Original Story Terrified Many a Twitter Follower
The Dear David Twitter thread was created by former BuzzFeed artist and writer Adam Ellis. Beginning back in August 2017, the thread begins with “So, my apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he’s trying to kill me.” What follows is a slow build to some eerily creepy images of what appears to be a small boy with a misshapen dent in his head who slowly begins to emerge from the other side to torment Ellis.
“He had a huge misshapen head that was dented on one side,” says the next tweet, with Ellis drawing the ghost and creating one of the most recognizable images to internet users. If you’re into and follow this kind of stuff, of course. “For a while he just stared at me, but then he got out of the chair and started shambling toward the bed,” the thread continues with Ellis revealing that he was “paralyzed” and “woke up screaming” just as David reached him.
While many had no doubt expected the adaptation of Dear David to utilize the same gradual buildup and realistic, grounded, isolated creeps and scares, the footage suggests something far wider in scope and more excessive as Ellis battles social media and attempts to discover the origins of the ghostly boy in his room. Time will tell whether fans of the original tale are open to this interpretation.
Dear David is scheduled to land in theaters, On Demand, and on Digital on October 13, 2023, by Lionsgate.
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