Internet Becomes A Scarier Place With The First Live Horror Movie

Short Bytes: Media company Blumhouse Productions, that made movies like Insidious and Paranormal Activity, is here with the first ever live horror movie on the internet. It’s a single-shot movie that is shot in real time as the serial killer responds to the viewers’ comments.

Enough about hacking and cyberattacks making the internet a scarier place, let’s talk about some real deal – a live horror movie on the internet for the first time.

Just like our real lives, cinema is the reflection of the new technological advancements taking place. The media production company Blumhouse Productions is known to bring similar advancements and supernatural effects in the movies Insidious and Paranormal Activity.

This week, the production house took the storytelling to a new level by putting on the first live horror movie show on the video-streaming app Periscope. The Twitter handle of the Blumhouse Productions tweeted a link to the live-steak titled ‘Watch me kill.’

Our Periscope live horror movie is back up after being flagged. Too much for some! See it: https://t.co/z133sirbPh pic.twitter.com/tcAQBshiIV

— Blumhouse (@blumhouse) October 30, 2015

This broadcast was a single-shot movie that was shot in real time as the serial killer responded to the viewers’ comments. This movie format blurs the line between reality and fiction.

Jason Blum from Blumhouse says about this live horror movie, “Hollywood looks backwards and tries to repeat. And we really try not to do that. So the only way to marry those two things is to keep the budgets low. Because if the budgets are low enough, it’s like, ‘Alright, fuck it, go try your weird new thing.”‘

You can also watch the YouTube re-broadcast below: