{"id":228202,"date":"2025-07-01T02:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228202\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T02:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:58:09","slug":"what-happened-to-dorothy-bell-acquired-for-october-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228202\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened to Dorothy Bell Acquired for October Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Star Pictures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to found footage horror movie <strong>What Happened to Dorothy Bell?<\/strong>, \u00a0from writer\/director\u00a0<strong>Danny Villanueva Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Look for the found footage horror movie to arrive this <strong>October 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The found footage film follows \u201cOzzie Gray (<strong>Asya Meadows<\/strong>), a young woman confronting her own mental health struggles. As Ozzie begins to unpack her trauma, she uncovers unsettling truths about a violent incident from her childhood\u2014when her grandmother, Dorothy Bell, attacked her under mysterious circumstances. Her investigation leads her back to a haunted library in her hometown, long tied to a sinister urban legend. There, Ozzie must face buried secrets and an unnerving supernatural presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master\u00a0and\u00a0A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child\u00a0star\u00a0<strong>Lisa Wilcox<\/strong>\u00a0 and <strong>Michael Hargrove<\/strong> (Nia DaCosta\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/exclusives\/3689593\/candyman-special-makeup-effects-designer-j-anthony-kosar-revived-horror-icon-induced-trypophobia-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Candyman<\/a>) star alongside <strong>Steven Alonte<\/strong>\u00a0(The Cathedral), S<strong>argon Odicho, Arlene Arnone, Yera Constable<\/strong>,\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>J. Anthony Ramos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Happened to Dorothy Bell?\u00a0is a bold and unsettling vision that pushes the boundaries of found footage horror,\u201d says Dark Star president Michael Repsch. \u201cDanny Villanueva Jr. masterfully blends psychological depth with supernatural terror, crafting a story that resonates long after the credits roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor as long as I can remember, I\u2019ve had an obsession with ghost stories,\u201d said Villanueva Jr <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/exclusives\/3828884\/what-happened-to-dorothy-bell-teaser-introduces-found-footage-chills-ahead-of-fantastic-fest-premiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a>. \u201cI wanted to play in the found footage realm because it\u2019s such a powerful format to explore the paranormal. Those supernatural elements feel much more accentuated when set in a reality grounded, diegetic world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film, which premiered at Fantastic Fest last year, was produced under Danny Villanueva Jr.\u2019s independent production company, How Bizarre Pictures, with Villanueva Jr. serving as Editor and Producer, Tim Shircel as Executive Producer, and Michael Thomas Determan as Cinematographer and Co-Producer. Production design was done by Jody Sekas.<\/p>\n<p>Expect the trailer for What Happened to Dorothy Bell? to arrive soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dark Star Pictures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to found footage horror movie What Happened to Dorothy Bell?,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[89784,77,89785,3943,16,15,89786],"class_list":{"0":"post-228202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-dark-star-pictures","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-lisa-wilcox","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-what-happened-to-dorothy-bell"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114775741422184294","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}