{"id":1777571,"date":"2022-12-16T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1777571"},"modified":"2022-12-16T09:49:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:49:32","slug":"oz-spinoff-gale-speaks-directly-to-horror-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oz-spinoff-gale-speaks-directly-to-horror-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOz\u201d Spinoff \u201cGale\u201d Speaks Directly to Horror Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foz-spinoff-gale-speaks-directly-to-horror-fans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1777571&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/gale-short-film-chilling-app-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>The founders of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechillingapp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Chilling horror app<\/a> know they can\u2019t compete with Hollywood studios.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris Graham and Dane Petrali think they\u2019ve found another way to bring video content to the public. They\u2019ve invited the audience into the creative process.<\/p>\n<p>Chilling is a community-driven and crowdsourced mobile streaming platform aimed at horror buffs. The app curates user-generated stories, both written and audio, meant to scare people silly.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Graham and Petrali are building on the app\u2019s success by adding video to its streaming services. The company\u2019s first original thriller will be familiar to just about everyone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are excited to announce our partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAfilms?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DAfilms<\/a>, and that Gale \u2013 Stay Away From Oz is officially in pre-production and the film will be streaming exclusively on Chilling in 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/galestayawayfromoz?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#galestayawayfromoz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Or0TUGfBy\">https:\/\/t.co\/5Or0TUGfBy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chilling (@chillingapp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chillingapp\/status\/1593747158456422401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGale: Stay Away From Oz\u201d re-imagines the L. Frank Baum classic beloved by generations. Taking a tonal cue from the dark 1985 film, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/1017488-return_to_oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Return to Oz<\/a>,\u201d \u201cGale\u201d features an elderly Dorothy Gale warning her granddaughter about Oz\u2019s terrifying truths.<\/p>\n<p>The short film will stream exclusively on the Chilling App in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGale\u201d writer\/director Daniel Alexander says \u201cReturn to Oz\u201d stuck with him for decades. Alexander envisioned a story that worked within its macabre framework, but he didn\u2019t have the Hollywood resources to pull it off.<\/p>\n<p>He knew if he could deliver a story teaser to the public he\u2019d have a fighting chance of making his vision come true. That\u2019s what happened when audiences got a sampling of \u201cGale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s concept trailer drew north of 700K views on YouTube in a few weeks, plus millions more watched the teaser on TikTok. Social media influencers took it from there, generating \u201creaction\u201d videos which further pushed the concept to the masses.<\/p>\n<p>Digital platforms allowed Alexander to \u201cengage with an audience and build rapport with people all around the world,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m able to live my dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team Chilling wouldn\u2019t share budgetary details for the 20-minute film, but the teaser trailer looks as slick as some mainstream trailers.<\/p>\n<p>Graham and Petrali, who will serve as executive producers on \u201cGale,\u201d began Chilling two years ago over the frustrations they felt with ads interrupting their favorite horror content.<\/p>\n<p>They wanted to deliver scary stories without those disruptions, and they invited users to take an active role along the way.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CXxJ4UoqcSy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham sees Chilling as filling a gap in the content industry. Hollywood delivers blockbuster-sized thriller like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/smile-blu-ray-review\/\">Smile<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/halloween-ends-reaction-fans-box-office\/\">Halloween Ends<\/a>, while user-generated content floods the web sans curation.<\/p>\n<p>The app\u2019s secret sauce? Audience feedback on what horror yarns work best and which up-and-coming artists deserve more attention.<\/p>\n<p>Graham says a Chilling contributor might upload a short story that scores so well with users that his team could turn it into a podcast. Or, now that Chilling is pushing into the video space, it might spawn a short film down the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeedback from the user at all these iterations is how we set ourselves apart,\u201d Graham says.<\/p>\n<p>Graham and Petrali want to push the Chilling model into new arenas sooner than later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see this as being a model for niche genres across the board,\u201d says Graham, specifically name-checking science fiction and fantasy yarns as having cross-over appeal for Chilling\u2019s core audience. \u201cThat\u2019s the big picture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The founders of the Chilling horror app know they can\u2019t compete with Hollywood studios. 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