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Do Not Reply Movie Storyline. Chelsea (Amanda Arcuri), a high school introvert, is abducted through a social media app and is forced to look like other girls Brad holds captive. Chelsea desperately attempts to persuade them to escape before they all become victims in his virtual reality filmed murders.
Do Not Reply, a psychological social horror film created by son-father directing duo Daniel Woltosz and Walt Woltosz, will have its New York premiere at the New York City Horror Film Fest on December 6 and its San Francisco premiere at Another Hole in the HeadFestival on December 14.
The independent film won two awards and received five nominations, including Best Picture and Director, at the Orlando Film Festival in October. The film centers on Chelsea, an introverted teen, who falls prey to a handsome young man, Brad. Texting leads to phone calls and she agrees to meet Brad – a social media predator and button-down psychopath – at a Halloween warehouse party. There she is drugged and abducted and wakes up alone, chained, and in a fortified house with other girls whom Brad intends to kill in his virtual-reality-filmed murders.
A chilling social commentary on the perils of digital connections, the fictional film will have one screening at each festival. “Do Not Reply was created to send an important message about social media abductions,” said co-Director Daniel Woltosz, who wrote, directed, and produced the film with his father Walt.
“We hope that it will be widely seen, to caution those who are considering blindly meeting someone in person whom they met through the Internet. We’re coming out of a decade of smart phones, social media apps, and dating sites that connect people. But how do you know if the person is who they say they are? We wanted to drive this narrative and pose the question, should you meet a stranger at all, especially alone?”
“Our purpose was to write and make a psychological thriller that was impactful and memorable, and to potentially save someone from making a serious mistake,” said Walt Woltosz. “While we hear of digital connection success stories, we wanted to create a film that gave a reminder that there can also be danger, and to be smart about to whom you reply and meet.”
Do Not Reply (2020)
Directed by: Daniel Woltosz, Walter Woltosz
Starring: Jackson Rathbone, Amanda Arcuri, Kerri Medders, Elise Luthman, Ashlee Füss, Ivon Millan, Courtney Henggeler, Kaitlyn Black, Thom Gossom Jr., Nayah Damasen, Alexandra Fatovich
Screenplay by: Daniel Woltosz, Walter Woltosz
Production Design by: Leah Mann
Cinematography by: Jan-Michael Losada
Film Editing by: Colleen Halsey
Set Decoration by: Dani Manning
Music by: Ben Lovett
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing violent content, bloody images, sexual material, some language and brief partial nudity.
Distributed by: Iron Compass Entertainment
Release Date: October 2, 2020
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