Hollywood studios spark bidding war over Zach Cregger's planned Siren Head movie adaptation
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William Hughes
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The article reports on Hollywood studios' growing interest in adapting YouTube creepypasta and internet horror phenomena into films, following the success of low-budget horror movies like Kane Parsons' Backrooms. The specific trigger for the latest bidding frenzy is the prospect of a "Zach Cregger Siren Head movie" — combining the director of Barbarian with the popular Siren Head internet monster. The piece notes that studios are sending scouts to find copyright-light horror properties that appeal to young audiences raised on internet folklore.
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The A.V. ClubHollywood studios spark bidding war over Zach Cregger's planned Siren Head movie adaptationavclub.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledConvincing Hollywood studios that there's cash to be found down in the YouTube creepypasta mines
Numerous reports of studios both large and small sending their scouts hunting for ever more copyright-light properties they can drag before young audiences raised on stories of Jeff The Killer or 'The Rake'
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