Copycat is a 2015 documentary short film by
Charlie Shackleton
Charlie Shackleton (formerly Charlie Lyne; born 15 August 1991) is a British filmmaker, multimedia artist, and film critic. He has made several films, including ''Beyond Clueless,'' ''Fear Itself (film), Fear Itself'', and the 2023 protest film ...
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Summary
1989: 19 year-old filmmaker Rolfe Kanefsky gathered $100,000 to make ''There's Nothing Out There'', an early example of a
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horror film
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. A decade later, it tanked at the box office despite critical acclaim. Then, suddenly... Rolfe gave a copy of the film to Jonathan Craven, a young executive who is also the son of famed film director
Wes Craven
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(who would later create the box office hit ''
Scream'', which is eerily similar to ''There's Nothing Out There'').
The Obscure 1990 Horror Movie That May Have Inspired Wes Craven's Scream, Mental Floss
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See also
*Postmodernist film
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*Rodney King riots
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- one of the reasons why the film tanked
*Vulgar auteurism
Vulgar auteurism is a movement that emerged in early 2010s cinephilia and film criticism associated with championing or reappraising filmmakers, mostly those working in the horror, sci-fi and action genres and whose work has otherwise received lit ...
References
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External links
''Copycat'' on The Atlantic's official YouTube channel''Copycat'' on IMDb''Copycat'' on Shackleton's official Vimeo channel
2015 short documentary films
British collage films
2015 films
Films directed by Charlie Shackleton
Films set in the 1980s
Films set in the 1990s
2015 horror films
British short documentary films
Documentary films about horror