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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay

@ckvanderkaay.bsky.social

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Filmmaker, author, former screenwriting professor, current PONTYPOOL fan.

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · Nov 8

I made a feature film for less than $250, and it is now available through POV Horror!

It’s called .ask, it’s a found footage movie, and I made it as inspiration/proof of concept for hopeful filmmakers. Learn more here:

povhorror.com/details/U202...

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 10h

Great write-up. I felt exactly the same. Can’t remember the last time a superhero movie made me feel that much.

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 11h

Actorle #1302 4/8
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Play here: actorle.com
#Actorle #MovieChallenge

Actorle | the actor guessing game

Guess the actor of the day based on their movies and share your score with your friends. The full title of a movie will be revealed if your guess is in the cast.

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 1d

A hot scoop about Brainiac casting rumors, Marvel Zombies, and Peacemaker’s crazy racist multiverse! On this episode of Confident Predictions:

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Confident Predictions Podcast, Ep. 2- Marvel Zombies, DC Follies, and Brainiac Casting Rumors

YouTube video by Chris Vander Kaay

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 4d

FOUND FOOTAGE FINDS is now available on YouTube! Episode 1, exploring the many #foundfootage Bigfoot films, just premiered for free on my channel.

Check out the show, like & subscribe if you don’t mind (so you’ll be notified of the next episodes), and I hope you enjoy:

youtu.be/LyLLBFA8Y2Q?...

Found Footage Finds, Ep. 1- Bigfoot (2025)

YouTube video by Chris Vander Kaay

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 7d

Our new podcast is here! Confident Predictions is where me and my friend Juan discuss all things movie theories and predictions, from #Peacemaker to #ResidentEvil and much more. And bonus: our predictions are NEVER wrong!

Listen in, won’t you?

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Confident Predictions Podcast, Ep. 1- Superman, Peacemaker, Resident Evil, and CapWolf(?!)

YouTube video by Chris Vander Kaay

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 13d

While I loved every second of that show, I will absolutely agree that it finds a whole new gear once Serkis arrives on screen.

.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 13d

A very talented filmmaker teaming to launch a #foundfootage fund for trans filmmakers is AMAZING news!

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 13d

He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.

CREEP’s Mark Duplass Launches Found Footage Fund For Trans Filmmakers

He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 13d

Remember when you thought “Holy shit, Andy Serkis is the best thing in this movie?” while watching [insert any movie Andy Serkis has been in]

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 14d

#foundfootage BIG SCREEN double feature! Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 18, catch two FF films: .ask (with a virtual Q&A from me), followed by the Japanese classic Noroi: The Curse!

See two FF in cinemas! Click the link to learn more and grab tickets:

www.circlecinema.org/movies-event...

Found Footage Double Feature presented by Dread Central

www.circlecinema.org

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 15d

#foundfootage fans know of HARDCORE HENRY when it comes to POV movies. Have you heard of these?

EYES OF THE DEAD- zombie outbreak from the eyes of a survivor.
GRACE- possession movie from inside.
FPS- live action revenge shooter game.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE- stalker/slasher seen through the victim.

.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 19d

Heard people saying #Weapons was good but was about nothing. 🤔

A community wringing their hands and blaming each other while a demented old sicko steals the children’s futures? No systems to protect them? Until the children have to take matters into their own hands?

None of that seems prescient?

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 20d

The minute they introduced the contest that was basically Quidditch, I was pretty much checked out.

.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 20d

Watching S2 of WEDNESDAY, and I can’t tell if:
-they’re shitting on the Addams Family by turning it into Harry Potter
-they’re shitting on the Addams Family by turning it into the X-Men
-I’m just old

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 21d

We all know CLOVERFIELD, but what about other #FoundFootage Kaiju movies? There’s a small handful of giant rampaging monster found footage movies, such as:
-BIG MAN JAPAN
-THE BARBADOS PROJECT
-MONSTER
-THE 12 DAY TALE OF THE MONSTER WHO DIED IN 8

Movie poster for THE 12 DAY TALE OF THE MONSTER THAT DIED IN 8

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 25d

The tone of the movie was deeply uncomfortable and absolutely brilliant. Like an ITYSL sketch in the middle of a prestige drama. I loved it.

.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 25d

How about some #FoundFootage about PRANKS GONE WRONG? Here are four titles where someone tries to prank someone else, and it goes bad (and dark) very quickly.

.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 26d

Nowhere Man was brilliant paranoid high wire television with a fantastic central performance from Bruce Greenwood.

.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 26d

These are all really good, but THE MIDDLEMAN was next level absurd superhero comedy gold.

.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 27d

If you like #FoundFootage movies that use the conceit of HIDDEN CAMERAS, this short Letterboxd list is for you: 11 movies, from 388 ARLETTA AVENUE to MY LITTLE EYE, that all capture their stories through secret cameras.

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Found Footage HIDDEN CAMERA MOVIES

Fake documentary and found footage movies that rely solely or largely on hidden or unnoticed cameras.

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · 29d

Genuinely one of the most thrilling movies ever made about the mundane aspects of spy life: dinner parties, lie detector tests, redirecting a satellite dish.

Such great filmmaking at work here.

.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · Sep 8

A couple #FoundFootage films with unique camera perspectives.

THE PROPOSAL- shot in a single take from an unmoving camera. A marriage proposal is interrupted by a shocking violent act.

FLY ON THE WALL- a man spies on his ex using a tiny camera disguised as a bug, only to witness her abduction.

Poster for the found footage horror movie THE PROPOSAL

Poster for the found footage movie FLY ON THE WALL

.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · Sep 7

That’s awesome! I believe that either this or Man Bites Dog were the very first fake docs I ever saw, and it looms large in my memory. So I’m crazy excited about it.

.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · Sep 7

#FoundFootage fans, this coming Friday (Sept. 12), we get a sequel to one of the greatest fake documentaries of all time! After 41 years SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES hits theaters. It’s rare to get found footage and fake docs on the big screen, so go support an amazing team of filmmakers.

Movie poster for SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · Sep 2

Y’all remember Darkman?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

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.ask (2024) director Chris Vander Kaay @ckvanderkaay.bsky.social · Sep 1

Is it possible that somebody is “Final Destination”-ing folks on the Epstein List?