10 Most Terrifying Social Media Horror Movies
6. Deadstream
The lengths to which people will go to maintain a strong online presence...
Obviously here at WhatCulture, we sacrifice goats to the YouTube gods on a daily basis in order to bring in those views, and Deadstream's Shawn is someone forced to go to the extreme in order to win back his audience.
A 2022 offering, Deadstream sees Shawn - played by co-writer and co-director Joseph Winter - lose a bunch of subscribers and sponsors after posting a controversial video. In fact, he's down to his very last sponsor; a sponsor who will drop him if he fails to go through with his promise to spend a whole night streaming in the ominous Death Manor.
Given how a key part of Shawn's previous popularity was him performing tasks to overcome his fears, it doesn't come any more fear-inducing than having to spend time in a haunted house where several people died. Also, that same sponsorship deal will be cancelled if Shawn doesn't explore every nook and cranny of Death Manor, and throwing an extra spanner in the works is a surprise appearance at the property by a superfan, Chrissy.
What makes Deadstream terrifying is how the majority of it is a found-footage film, immersing the audience right in the thick of it with Shawn and Chrissy. Even better, Deadstream is one of the better found-footage movies in a horror subgenre so often synonymous with trash.