Temple Hill Entertainment, the producers behind box office horror hits Smile and Smile 2, are aiming for repeat success with Monitor, a screenlife horror movie based on a short film of the same name per Deadline. Monitor marks the feature debut of writers/directors Ryan Polly and Matt Black (“I Bet You’re Wondering How I Got Here”), who […]
Temple Hill Entertainment, the producers behind box office horror hits Smile and Smile 2, are aiming for repeat success with Monitor, a screenlife horror movie based on a short film of the same name per Deadline.
Monitor marks the feature debut of writers/directors Ryan Polly and Matt Black (“I Bet You’re Wondering How I Got Here”), who adapt their short film of the same name.
In the film, “when a group of social media moderators refuse to publish a horrifying video, a demonic creature starts following them across every screen in their lives. Feeding off fear, the creature hunts them down one by one and attacks them until it gets what it wants… to be let out beyond the screen.”
Protagonist Pictures’ CEO, Dave Bishop, told Deadline, “Monitor is a horror as terrifying as it is timely, with its contemporary take on the frightening online world we’re all forced to navigate. Ryan and Matt have the talent to deliver all the scares and more, and we can’t wait to jump into production early next year.”
Polly and Black stated, “The more we use screens in our daily lives