Screambox has just unveiled the trailer for Ragebait, a found footage horror comedy anthology by director team Joe Martinez-Weinberger, David James Clark, Dean Smith and Taylor Weiss. The film stars Tyler Arceneaux, Jack Arden Garrett, and Ray Beer, appearing in a script of short stories penned by Martinez-Weinberger, Clark, Jude Price, and Grant Chauncey.
“On Halloween night, a socially parasitic live streamer becomes the target of a malevolent entity after a mysterious viewer curses his stream, forcing him to watch a collection of cursed videos from missing content creators,” Ragebait’s synopsis reads. “As his stream continues, he reacts to a series of disturbing clips, each tied to creators who have disappeared under unsettling circumstances. The videos grow increasingly dark, blurring the line between entertainment and reality as the situation escalates.”
“As the night unfolds, the consequences of the curse intensify, drawing him deeper into a chain of events he cannot control, and forcing him to confront the true cost of his pursuit of attention.”
Ragebait will be produced by Martinez-Weinberger and Clark and will be released under Screambox’s “broad mix of content for casual and die-hard horror fans alike” in a “service [which] is refreshed monthly with content from the Company’s extensive genre library with films and episodes delivering every type of terror imaginable.”
“We created RAGEBAIT for two simple reasons: Fun and Rage. We want the movie to be a hangout horror comedy, a catharsis for those who want to chuck their phone out a window every time they’re jammed with phony content creators,” Martinez-Weinberger shared. “Every time you go online, you’re smacked with people faking who they are, vying for your attention so they can sell you more nonsense that you don’t need. We wanted to laugh at these people and blow up a few heads in the process.”
He added, “The true inspiration for making the film was the idea of not waiting for someone to let us make a movie. The idea was born from the WGA/SAG strikes in 2023. David and I were laid off at the company where we met, and we realized we had essentially thrown a year of creative work away by sitting at desks, fielding calls, and ordering lunches.”
“Working at an agency, we saw innumerable awful pitches flying around the town, making money and careers for the creators attached, and thought, hey, we can make a bad movie, too! Thus, RAGEBAIT was born, financed completely off mailroom/assistant wages from our friends and us. We’re excited for our movie to find an audience, but more thrilled at the possibility of our story inspiring more filmmakers to say f*ck it, I’m going to make something, too.”
Ragebait is available for streaming on Screambox on the 4th August.
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