BuzzFeed Just Made the Worst Horror Movie Ever

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[@leopatria]

The fact that buzzfeed wrote a self insert fanfiction and tried to pass it off as a horror movie is actually ridiculous

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨

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[@keonkla]

Dude this is the best thing I have ever witness I never thought I would see pure internet stupidity to the point where it made me laugh like a mad man. Like this is so silly you can't really be mad at it,more or less laugh at the absurdist nature of it all in terms of buzzfeeds Low quality. It basically as low quality to the point its funny as Very low level Creepypasta thats just Comes across as a weird teens angsty story rather then legitment horror.

[@summer7578]

Maybe the real horror is how hard they're trying at a time like this

[@AHHHb0bSaggot]

Wait this is a box office movie? Not just like an internet movie for fun? I'm genuinely surprised and scared that Buzzfeed is somehow successful enough to do this.

[@fathergascoigne1457]

^^^^ THIS ACCOUNT IS A KNOWN SCAMMER!!! DO NOT ENGAGE DO NOT CLICK JUST MOVE ON AND DO NOT ENGAGE!!!

[@robertcastanpn288]

u just make a movie and pay theathers to play it

[@luckyluchiano72]

We ALL know Buzzfeed doesn’t have enough to make this as a theater release.. that means Twitter most likely forked over money along with other investors thinking this was a good idea 🤣

[@LuisSierra42]

Looks like it's going to be released on Netflix

[@MykoMethod]

This is a product of desperation, not success.

[@shrimp.trap3]

Adam Ellis is a great cartoonist. Buzzfeed forced him to pump out shitty comics that he ended up just putting together like a puzzle bc he pre-drew the assets to meet the impossible deadlines. He’s truly amazing and it makes me mad that they’re probably just using his idea because they technically own it, just like they do the concept of “unsolved” (that’s why Shane and Ryan can’t even say the word “unsolved” on mystery files)

[@NigerianCrusader]

TODD HWOARD IS ALSO A GREAT CARTONNIST

[@shrimp.trap3]

@@NigerianCrusader girl what does that mean

[@omniscientbarebones]

@@shrimp.trap3the ceo of Bethesda Softworks is a cartoonist apparently

[@thorne6477]

​@@omniscientbarebonesno no, cartonnist! Like milk cartons.

[@omniscientbarebones]

@@thorne6477 you’re right lmao

[@Loey]

Adam Ellis is such a talented writer and artist and the fact that he has nothing to do w this movie is all I need to know about how it’ll be

[@billyjblubear7412]

I hate buzzfeed! Of course they rip off Adam, and make this GARBAGE fire... this is so gross and such trash behavior from a HUGE COMPANY NONE THE LESS? I hope Adam can get Dear David off the ground WITHOUT buzzfeeds Theft level involvement 😢

[@bobanoda]

OMG LOEY I’m so glad you saw this; your videos are why I ever heard about dear David 💕

[@lemonmeat]

omg hi loey :3

[@ChrrolloDI]

Yeah that thing is such a throwback. I remember running into his ARG thing a while back and the whole thing was as unsettling as it deserved to be.

[@CaptLuser]

i’m so relieved he’s not part of this, i actually like his horror comics

[@juannaym8488]

Worst thing is, Adam Ellis became an amazing cartoonist after having struggled to produce quality content for years... around the time he left Buzzfeed

[@R0FLC4T5]

Yep and it's pretty depressing to see his last bit of content be milked so hard. His comics and short horror stories are actually great. He's got way better ideas than this one.

[@rudeboyspodcast]

I only remember that name because me and my friends used to make fun of him, but yeah you're right. He is doing a lot better. Buzzfeed really did a number on him, lol

[@DrawnByLaserLove]

Seeing him evolves as an artist is amazing, he has produced some really atmospheric and unique horror comics over the years after he left BuzzFeed.

[@midgematic8659]

The worst thing is that isn’t even the first time Adam’s content has been taken advantage of, when I was still following him it came out that a popular Sundance movie stole from one of Adam’s horror comics verbatim. Obviously this situation is different because Dear David is under Buzzfeed not Adam himself, but I still feel bad for the poor guy, he can’t seem to catch a break. Hopefully he’s still doing great despite all of this, I’m really happy to see artists becoming extremely successful despite the catastrophic odds against them

[@tsurugizaki]

Yeah, his art got so much better instead of the same copy-paste stuff. Not quite my kind of thing but I respect him a lot for growing so much as an artist.

[@cal9135]

“Sometimes you gotta troll the trolls” has gotta be one of the worst movie lines since Neil Breen’s “I can’t believe you committed suicide”

[@sweatyslapfight7900]

Sounds like something an absolute lolcow would say

[@lasskinn474]

@@sweatyslapfight7900 well lolcows do stuff like "I made this reddit account to troll the trolls" and put it in the description of the account. they they forget the password like they did for their male-massage advert account. that's the sort of stuff lolcows do, even if what they do online is sell used watches and pretend to be rich geniuses.

[@fathergascoigne1457]

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[@ethanh.7365]

Sounds like something the She-Hulk writing staff would say.

[@blokvader8283]

Excuse me, it's NEIL Breen, and that man is an artist. I'm kidding obviously, his movies are goofy as fuck and made with low budget and talent, but they still have charm and passion in them, no matter how weird and low quality, or how awful the special effects are.

[@yellobb3848]

Adam Ellis, the artist who originally made the Dear David ARG (which I personally think is really cool and completely different from this mess) was actually a comic artist at buzzfeed when he started the ARG. One of his Buzzfeed comics is the one featured in this trailer, since they still own that IP, but I don’t know how involved he is with the project. I follow him on Instagram since he’s got some good comics here and there, but he hasn’t posted anything about this movie as far as I can tell. Buzzfeed announced back in 2018 that they wanted to make a movie out of the story, but that was so long ago and I know that any relationship Adam had with Buzzfeed has definitely soured since then

[@nightmarefanatic1819]

The problem is an ARG is fun because of the interactivity and the versimillitude granted by having them posted in the real world web. Making a cinematically shot film out of it robs an ARG of what made it so special in the first place. And the one time a horror movie DID try to pull an interactive internet stunt, it sucked. Yeah, I'm talking about you The Devil Inside.

[@NigerianCrusader]

ADAM ELLIS IS ALSO A PIRATE ARGHH ACTUALLY I AM THE PIRATE NOW WALK THE PLANK

[@NigerianCrusader]

@@nightmarefanatic1819 WALK THE PLANK MATEY

[@invisibleinkcinematic6900]

The fact that they try to portray Adam Ellis in the worst way possible is the movies biggest crime.

[@europa2174]

"sometimes you've got to troll the trolls" is a hilarious line considering screenwriters are on strike rn, probably written by some unpaid intern

[@Kelekona]

This would've been completed before the strike. If it's being released this year they're not still writing it

[@kingofcards9516]

Sounds like something the "bully hunters" would say.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨

[@ripsal]

Omg Charlie Just Commented On My Video 😭

[@TrackpadProductions]

@@Kelekona Yup. It's probably gonna be a while before they start to run dry of screeplays to develop.

[@demonico28]

buzzfeed was already a horror franchise to begin with

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[@KDStrikeSource9820]

Couldn’t have said it better man. It really started going downhill when they started the feminist questions stuff.

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[@halfmovies4279]

it’s a pretty bold move from buzzfeed to make a horror movie without the horror

[@BryanPlaysAlot]

the horror is the fact that buzzfeed still exists.

[@LordofDiamondsMetal]

Charlie saying "a grande... instead of a venti" sounded surprisingly menacing. must be his Hunger Games-level acting talent coming out

[@Pkiir]

Was unaware that Buzzfeed wasn't already classified as horror.

[@Pkiir]

@@realyoz 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲

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[@kingofcards9516]

@@realyoz BEGONE BOT!

[@ripsal]

Omg Charlie Just Commented On My Video 😭

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

I was unaware that Buzzfeed still existed in 2023. To be honest I forgot that they existed entirely and now I wish that was still the case.

[@EffingCameron]

Can't wait for the sequel Damn Daniel

[@gokufromfortnite5600]

Damned Daniel

[@apolojeez1630]

Then David v. Daniel

[@someguy34hnt]

The Curse of the White Vans 😂 (Damnit, why shoes had to be named that?)

[@johanretard3615]

​David v. Daniel dawn of dustice

[@astrius22]

Charlie is so uncringe he can explain these things to us without making us feel ashamed of listening to it

[@Thanatoast250]

Incredible to think that Buzzfeed shut down their news branch, which once in a while actually did something useful with their journalism, and felt that their Movie Studio branch would be better to keep around.

[@Time2Coffee_]

Shane and Ryan carried Buzzfeed, but now that they are doing there own thing Buzzfeed is shallow, empty, and everyone laughs at it for the right reasons. It’s a company stuck in the previous era of the internet.

[@hiddendrifts]

the stars of buzzfeed left to do their own thing. i only really liked Worth It and Unsolved, and now both shows have their own network

[@Kratos-eg7ez]

I never even knew buzzfeed had shows, I thought they just did those retarded quizzes everyone thinks are dumb and maybe they'll put out some news story that's heavily biased in a certain political direction

[@Spartan-eu4ro]

@@Kratos-eg7ezyeah with Shane and Ryan they would go to haunted sites and other shit and stuff it was fun while it lasted

[@TGIFrank]

Don't forget about the Try Guys. They ran out the clock on their contract and got the hell out of dodge so Ned could shit all over it by being the "I love my wife" guy who cheats on his wife.

[@Kratos-eg7ez]

​@@Spartan-eu4ro damn yeah that actually sounds kinda good

[@CaatsGoMoooo]

The thing is, the Dear David ARG is actually pretty cool and I think it could make for a decent horror film, but sadly Buzzfeed is like a reverse Midas where everything they touch turns to hot garbage. Tragic to see

[@ripsal]

Omg Charlie Just Commented On My Video 😭

[@frostywing8941]

​@@cartooncatisthebest stop replying to bots. It just makes it harder for their comments to get deleted whenever they're reported as spam

[@FULLTECHNOJACKASS]

Right dude I remember being scared shitless by it in 2017. Granted I was 10 years old at the time but still.

[@elijahpelito4722]

They even changed the story too. David was like supposed to be in his dreams but how tf does he have a twitter acc instead. Lol.

[@diogobarao9992]

They have the touch of Mierdas

[@Kburm3]

5:25 the username of the main character is Moby Dickhead? 🤣

[@FirstLast-lx6iw]

And the funny part is there are actual good horror accounts they could've done like The Sun Vanished

[@crakhaed]

Damn you really want BUZZFEED to get their grimy little hands on that? Probably be a disservice at best, travesty at worst

[@FirstLast-lx6iw]

@@crakhaed Ye ik I just thought it was funny picking the dumbest thing they could've

[@jobhighschoolofcrosscity8430]

Dear david is way better than sun vanished

[@Robertinater4546B]

The scariest part of this video was realizing 2017 was not 3 years ago.

[@Nature-556]

Well it’s 2023 right now thought that would have been a bit obvious…

[@Robertinater4546B]

@@Nature-556 REALLY its 2023 right now?

[@Nature-556]

@@Robertinater4546B not anymore it’s 2024 now

[@critical-goat363]

GO AWAY NO ONE ASKED FOR THIS REVELATION

[@nicwo]

@@Nature-556I love you

[@ScreebOnARoomba]

Hearing "dear david" unlocked a memory that I didn't even know I had. I was 15 at the time and I remember following that whole thing on twitter. It was interesting to follow at the time, don't know who at Buzzfeed decided that it would be a good idea to make a movie based on something that was relevant 6 years ago.

[@land_shark_maw1048]

I was like 10-13

[@aeoligarlic4024]

Can't believe it's been so long. I attended a friend's wedding when that story became popular. Now her kid is already a toddler

[@pierreo33]

@@land_shark_maw1048 You dont remember if you were 10 or 13? lol its only been 6 years

[@PadgePaget]

I remember being one of those people invested on it, but not through Twitter, but through KZbin instead. I used to watch videos of youtubers narrating the updates and talking about theories about it and whatnot. I might watch the movie just for it

[@DonovanC114]

Adam Ellis' original twitter thread and story was actually really interesting and fun to follow. The fact they're trying to destroy his work and not even working with him is a terrible shame.

[@hadleem2557]

As a horror fanatic, I will say that dear david is one of those things that the online community talked about a lot (most people knew it was fake, but it was honestly what started the interest for many people in what is now online ARGs, which is why its kind of a huge thing), but I don't think i've heard mention of it in like 3-4 years at least. Buzzfeeds timing and execution is just plain awful. Should have hopped on it 6 years ago lol

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨

[@yono367]

a little late to the party for sure

[@fathergascoigne1457]

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[@luckyluchiano72]

We ALL know Buzzfeed doesn’t have enough to make this as a theater release.. that means Twitter most likely forked over money along with other investors thinking this was a good idea 🤣 considering it started as buzzfeed promo, its only fit it ends as horrible buzzfeed promo with wasted money!

[@ishmaboy]

Nah dude, Adam just made the whole thing up for clicks. Like, there was no "ARG" involved in his thought process. Plus ARGs were around A LOT longer than when this whole fiasco came out. It was literally just a Buzzfeed artist whose career was stagnating and wanted to make up a ghost story for clicks, and it worked. So much so that he was approached by movie studios to make it into a horror film. That's it. He's admit to this several times.

[@voobooguru3046]

Didn't the artist who made that whole thread quit Buzzfeed? Did he give permission for them to even make this short film? He made a big stink about someone making a bad horror short film based off of one of his comics before, funnily enough

[@effyelvira]

He is sharing the trailer on his Twitter, he's probably in on it

[@FitzyyLives]

If he created it while working for buzzfeed, odds are they own the rights to it

[@5GentleGiants]

1:57 that’s ed, edd n deformity

[@07kamichamakarin]

I remember this one user from askreddit posted 'In the future, when buzzfeed makes a "only '10s kids will remember" list, what will be on it?' And a commenter told 'Buzzfeed'.

[@jessicapalafox3746]

Buzzfeed was already horrible when Shane and Ryan left unsolved true crime.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨

[@eliminator1472]

At least they back on the Watcher

[@kidogo9998]

Y'know the ghoul boys have their own channel that includes similar stuff (n more) called Watcher

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[@Ifslayanct]

I'm not surprised that Buzzfeed would consider a mean Tweet to be equivalent to a horror movie.

[@ripsal]

Omg Charlie Just Commented On My Video 😭

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

Anything to do with Buzzfeed or Twitter is a horror movie within itself. Combine both and you have something that makes Berserk look like Bluey.

[@Sumirevins]

@@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470 I don't get this hate for twitter yeah there's toxicity like most social media platforms (still far better than meta). But it also has good memes and get the daily news.Ironically Most people that shit on Twitter are people are no life Redditors/KZbin users that infact have never used twitter. Whatever not like I care what you do with ya time.

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

@@Sumirevins Good lord how hard did I hurt you lmao? Yeah sure Twitter has good memes but it also has a cancel culture that is unmatched. As in, a content creator once got cancelled on there for speaking in their native language. For someone who claims to not care you sure do seem to care a lot about me making a simple and innocent joke about your favorite platform. I do not use Reddit so I would not know, and Meta I have no clue what that is. Most of my time is spent in the real world working.

[@Sumirevins]

@@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470 I've been on Twitter for years and I've never witnessed this "Cancel culture" it's all just made up bs by reddit and youtubers to laugh on( if 2-3 people do it's not canceling). Again It's not my favourite I've no favourites, because no matter who uses what because it's the lose of time and gains of billionaires no matter what shitty site you chose( Meta means Facebook, Insta btw). I just don't get the point of no life haters because I've seen more toxicity on this and reddit platform than anywhere else. Also for someone with "real work" You do reply in comments a lot. K whatever good night.

[@Oxycotton]

Every single "pity" dollar you spend in a situation like this is exactly why things like this keep happening. Stop seeing things you don't want to see

[@loli_cvnt5622]

It's not pity dollars, it's hate watching Except no one cares enough about buzzfeed to hate watch, this isn't Velma

[@samankucher5117]

3:50 i think buzz feed uses Ai for those now .

[@trollerpilotxiv3079]

0:15 No one told me there'd be jumpscares in here, holy shit. Wow.

[@dumflame]

Holy cow I think my heart just skipped a beat

[@MemesMini]

My dog died from how scary that jumpscare was, i hope thay add a warning next time...

[@thelonhobo]

Only someone as brave as Charlie would tackle something this scary, thank you Charlie

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[@MrUssy101]

His content is usually cringe and borin

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[@ZuraTheCat]

Bro, I remember the dear David story. I actually really enjoyed it when I first found it. It's such a shame to see what BuzzFeed is trying to change it into your original story. Had so much heart and soul put into it in this movie is literally just shitting on it. I wonder what the original creator of the story has to say about this? Are they even involved in the project and if they are, why?

[@enderkatze6129]

The fact that charlie doesn't understand what an ARG is and that the dear david thread was one hurts me deep down

[@Jac296]

i love Charlies unique way to describe a video for 9 minutes and still make it more entertaining the the actual movie

[@BinalYT]

I'm invested by what my favourite sex position says about my favourite Disney princess honestly..

[@ripsal]

Omg Charlie Just Commented On My Video 😭

[@Bfkcjscbsnjc]

Charlie: (Zzzziip) Jac296: Gulp gulp gulp gulp gulp

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Charlie's farts 💨

[@booger4627]

you’re glazing on it rn

[@iamsatire2883]

I honestly can’t believe BuzzFeed still exists. I would’ve thought they went out of business in 2015.

[@thomasweir2834]

That’s the true horror story. How they’re still around like a zombie

[@supermaxaroni2311]

2015 was peak buzzfeed popularity??

[@jimbog549]

When you said they were making dear David into a movie my jaw actually dropped. I remember my classmate showing me the thread in secondary school. I’m graduating uni this year 😭

[@gummyboi7544]

What sucks is Adam Ellis, the original creator of this story has no involvement. Because if he did, it mightve actually came out alright considering his other horror content like his recent (like past 3 years) of horror comics are genuinely well made and nuanced. Honestly I'd prefer half of those as a film tbh.

[@p1nkp1ss41]

Buzzfeed doomed their movie from the start by not casting the most famous Hunger Games actor to have ever graced the earth with his presence.

[@p1nkp1ss41]

@realyoz Expose Deez nuts

[@ripsal]

Omg Charlie Just Commented On My Video 😭

[@Astrussy]

I haven't watched buzzfeed since Ryan and Shane left. I have no clue how they still get any viewership with the garbage they spit out.

[@fathergascoigne1457]

^^^^ THIS ACCOUNT IS A KNOWN SCAMMER!!! DO NOT ENGAGE DO NOT CLICK JUST MOVE ON AND DO NOT ENGAGE!!!

[@anonisnoone6125]

Buzzfeed has always been trash.

[@tatianaes3354]

*ALAS, Ryan and Shane were not that great, either.* They (their producers, actually) have done poor research, so the show was political propaganda in major cases.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨

[@DoctorJammer]

​@@tatianaes3354"political propaganda" ...from shane and ryan 😂 . What a weird thing to say.

[@joll1j4m]

I work at a buzzfeed office in NYC, it's essentially set up like a wework. Not much really goes on either, we have one huge room which is basically the floor below to host meetings and the main floor is a bunch of cubicles and like a random kitchen with snacks and beer in the middle of the room.

[@ren4issance-754]

The scariest thing about this whole story is the fact buzzfeed is still alive and kicking.

[@adamscotkearns]

If you look at Adam Ellis' art now, he's made SO much improvement since he quit BuzzFeed, he does his own short horror stories and they're actually quite good! So either BuzzFeed stole this idea/content from an artist that's quit and been open about hating the company OR Adam Ellis did work with them on this and, despite proving he's an adept storyteller, BuzzFeed fumbled the bag. Either way... Sucks, man. It's a shame people are still shitting on him, his art is really really good now :/

[@milla8632]

People dunk on his opinions more than anything lol. Like the time he said that Jordan Peele is the greatest horror movie director ever and the man himself told him to stop dickriding

[@masrr3678]

His art is not really really good 💀 it's generic af

[@AmonAnon-vw3hr]

@masrr3678 yes.

[@sonof7yoshis]

3:56 Hey my favorite Disney Princess is Repunzel so you could say I like em tangled up😈

[@Glorpogleebus]

I remember hearing this on a horror story video, hearing that buzzfeed of all things was making a movie hit me like a truck :○

[@xdef1ne]

oh man I remember when he was updating that thread, time really flies

[@thatgentlemantempest2648]

When I witnessed the horror that was the buzzfeed Studios logo, I can confirm i was shaking in my boots whilst my teeth chattered rapidly.

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[@rainrain2233]

BuzzFeed is that one friend that peaked in high school then fell off straight after

[@WillZill]

I remember being bored in history class in high school and seeing people do buzzfeed quizzes to pass the time. That’s the only time I’ve been on buzzfeed sense like 2017

[@Silvahhhhhhhhhh]

I remember hearing about that thread in a compilation of ghosts caught on camera, waaaaaaay back then. Seeing this again awoke some deeply buried memories, they are more late to this than a jeriatric turtle after getting kneecapped.

[@superiorstagg]

I feel like this is a direct result of the writers strike. I refuse to believe this was written by an actual person, it has to be an AI written script. These studios gotta start paying their writers asap

[@JeskidoYT]

Or the comic book artist started production in 2018, was half way done, COVID happened, then resumed production, reboot production/new script, writers strike happens last year, now this is all that's left. One man show essentially

[@ripsal]

Omg Charlie Just Commented On My Video 😭

[@FragmentJack]

@realyozreported

[@scottydu81]

AI could write better than this lol

[@javabean4383]

Dear David was actually a decent unfiction story, I'm kinda disappointed that the film is being made by Buzzfeed but in all honesty, I'm not sure why I expected otherwise Edit: from Charlie's description, it sounds like they changed the story drastically. For one, David wasn't a twitter bot, he was a ghost who would answer any question as long as you started with "Dear David". The catch is, you're limited to two questions a night otherwise David becomes upset, which was the entire base for the original story. I'd def recommend checking the original unfiction series before watching this garbage anyday

[@bighillraft]

wtf does "unfiction" mean

[@MaybeOrangeJuice]

​@bighillcraft it's real, authentic, and verified as real by numerous reputable sources.

[@bighillraft]

@@MaybeOrangeJuice that is "non-fiction", obviously the Dear David story isnt non-fiction

[@MaybeOrangeJuice]

@bighillcraft oh shit my bad, KZbin was bugging out for me. As I said, though, Dear Daniel is certified as real by the author of it because, as we know, people wouldn't make stuff you as that's wrong.

[@AluminumTiki]

That David ghost thing is garbage, the whole only ask 2 questions thing was literally broken after a few days. After that, David got "angry" and started dropping books and other boring ghost shit.

[@supereststinger]

you actually just reminded me that i still have the buzzfeed app on my phone. its just been sitting there for years and i keep forgetting to delete it

[@Tekosai130]

That large dome thing in Vegas is the perfect time to show off Blitz Ball.

[@Cheeto_Fingerz]

I saw *Buzzfeed studios* and actually yelled out “AHH!!” irl. Can’t remember the last time a jumpscare legitimately caught me off guard like that. I’m being dead-serious right now too.

[@cyangaeming]

Buzzfeed out here giving nightmares

[@vanghoul]

To be fair, Dear David was a fun ARG/unfiction story. When it was first coming out it was a pretty interesting story and I still think its pretty neat. After seeing the trailer I'm a bit disappointed in how the story seems to have been changed, and how David looks compared to the photos in the original story. It scared the shit out of me as a kid so I'm a little sad to see what happened to it but as long as they had fun making it then whatever. The original pictures of David were 100x scarier than the whole trailer sadly I suggest watching Reignbot's old video's going over the original thread if anyone is interested in the original story.

[@furrymczplayer18]

I gave to give it to them, though. The idea of a horror movie based off of Twitter in general would be genuinely horrifying. Even being on the platform for more than 5 minutes is terrifying, especially when you click on a Twitter thread and scroll for more than a few seconds.

[@crakhaed]

Twitter as a literal Portal into hell and you are sent there after you dox someone. Pay me Hollywood

[@LordArikado]

If I had a nickel for every horror movie based on an internet fad that was long dead by the time the trailer came out, I'd have one for this, one for Slender Man, and an endless amount for all the movies and short films based on that Momo hoax.

[@ExeTax]

That jump scare made me cried in the middle of a pizza hut

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[@youngefaucet2713]

Praying for you 🙏

[@davidwaternoose633]

When this story ramped up in popularity I was a young teenager and the way the latin american youtuber Dross related the story of Dear David really gave me chills, that I believed it was true even tough I was aware of being a made up thing. I genuinely think what Buzzfeed is doing is just a snore fest with the predictable and horrendous horror formula to be honest, a 100% flop.

[@BlaXEr99]

Dross da 🐐

[@beatrixxxkiddo]

Un genio el dross

[@Groggle7141]

Wow, Buzzfeed? I completely forgot about it. I thought they shut down a year ago.

[@SteelShroom256]

At this point in time, we're just a short step away from having some sort of adaptation of the "man door hand hook car door" story.

[@veaeli]

The thing that made me actually scared was knowing that Buzzfeed is still a thing

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[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

This is why having good writers is important, as well as why studios always have crunches, you need to crunch to meet deadlines so that they don't lose public interest and drop out of trends

[@joshuaanderson1712]

They haven't been working on this consistently for the 5+ years since it was last popular, so unless they reach a level of making people work so hard it releases in 2017 I don't see how '80-100hr work weeks are actually a good thing' crunch comes into it. It's not that they fumbled the ball because they weren't putting enough work on their employees, it's that they didn't care about it until now. After all, a property can make money forever, right? /s

[@taags]

I wish Hollywood would actually have good writers but they dont exist these days.

[@FollowerofDuck]

2017 still feels like 3 years ago wtf

[@laggers6480]

"Most Buzzfeed shit imaginable" basically sums up the entire horror movie basically...

[@Fr0zenEagle]

"...which is based on a Twitter thread." That's more horrific than any horror movie ever made.

[@jjrays9913]

3:11 Thank you Charlie for reminding me that 6 years ago was 2017, not 2013.

[@InstagramUser420]

You’re old. I can see some gray hair

[@jjrays9913]

@@InstagramUser420 ayo kid, respect your elders

[@InstagramUser420]

@@jjrays9913 Just to be sure you’re older than me. What year were you born?

[@jjrays9913]

@@InstagramUser420 2006, lol. I have no doubt you're older than me.

[@willvrtist]

​@@InstagramUser420damn I was born in 2004, I must have white hairs coming through at this point 😢

[@krikkrakvollenbak5892]

imagine working for a company and after u leave because of ownership disputes of ur free time creative endeavors. they then make a movie about 1 of the things u were disputing and they try to assassinate ur character with that movie. thats how u get the dear david movie.

[@indolencegaming]

Just googled "inside of the buzzfeed offices" found out one of their offices has a literal landline

[@cceider]

I remember hearing about dear David. I remember thinking it was creepy, albeit clearly fake. I've always found child ghosts absolutely terrifying so back then I thought it was creepy. This is way too late for it. The iron isn't just cold, it's frozen under tons of ice

[@Iwannaps5]

Thank you for watching this for us Charlie, I would’ve pee-peed and poo-pooed my pants out of sheer terror.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Charlie’s farts 💨

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[@noahhecker6672]

Charlie mentioning the FFX blitzball tournament was such a nostalgic memory for me. I still remember Wacca kicking everyone’s asses by throwing a ball at them

[@KarazolaX]

The image of a child with a grotesque deformity staring at you while you try to sleep is genuinely terrifying. But when you try to explain it, you remove the thing that made it terrifying in the first place. The story is the images. The whole point in it was making you hope that you didn’t see that kid yourself whenever you went to sleep.

[@pickle_boy-ue9hg]

Thank you for your bravery Charlie, I don't think anyone else could bring themselves to watch something this truly terrifying

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[@BladeNecromancer]

Seeing the Buzzfeed studio logo flash my screen was legitimately more horrifying than the entirety of this movie will probably be.

[@habijjj]

Buzzfeed has 1 thing that's good buzzfeed unsolved that's literally it.

[@niconii3012]

The only way it could sell a few tickets would be to see how a Twitter thread to a movie would look like

[@sarahamrou]

Seeing that jumpscare made tears stream down my cheek as my heart jumped out my chest, I showed it to my younger sister and she died on the stop due to a heart attack

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[@orenges]

how dare you??!

[@Eiramzify]

The original twitter thread was written by a buzzfeed employee while he was working there, thats why Buzzfeed is plastered all over the movie and why they made it on the first place. Im not sure how much Adam was involved with the movie production but he currently makes great horror comics worth a check.

[@ripsal]

Omg Charlie Just Commented On My Video 😭

[@mariababer7950]

Ohhhhh, i remember this story! It was very popular long ago but no one remembers it now, buzzfeed is setting them selves for failure

[@corndog1665]

Reminds me of how they made a movie about a Birthday Card in Bojack Horseman

[@turboshazed7370]

HAHAHAHAHHA THAT'S GOLD. Love that show

[@linkly9272]

I cannot believe they actually released this. Years ago I listened to something by Reignbot covering the full story, and it was one of the goofiest Twitter creepypastas ever. When they announced the movie, everyone basically laughed at it for being a blatant and misguided cashgrab. I really didn't think they would actually go and finish it. I'm stunned.

[@raicrush]

Keep in mind everyone that the comic artist was EMPLOYED BY BUZZFEED when he made the viral thread. It was all for attention to his failing comics.

[@fathergascoigne1457]

^^^^ THIS ACCOUNT IS A KNOWN SCAMMER!!! DO NOT ENGAGE DO NOT CLICK JUST MOVE ON AND DO NOT ENGAGE!!!

[@Lilaco_]

THANK YOU. I was hoping someone knew this 😤

[@luckyluchiano72]

and we ALL know Buzzfeed doesn’t have enough to make this as a theater release.. that means Twitter most likely forked over money along with other investors thinking this was a good idea 🤣

[@Bonavire]

The artist is Adam Tots isn't it?

[@raicrush]

@@BonavireI think so. It’s Adam something 😂

[@7HP]

i remember Reaction Time making videos on Dear David back in the day. 6 years ago is crazy.

[@barbararab6390]

Thats not even how the story of Dear David goes. David was summoned after a ritual or smth

[@vintagejk]

i remember i was a big fan of the twitter thread during my arg phase and thinking of how we never really got a ending to it.. but now we have a movie that looks terrible so i think i’m content with no ending now

[@personismaybe0610]

I actually remember the Dear David story as a kid. It was a decent story for something on Twitter, so seeing it become a movie by BuzzFeed is both sad but interesting as well. Most likely not watching it and forgetting about it a second time, and it’s not even accurate to the Dear David story.

[@malpaw2371]

I guarantee you watch it

[@ripsal]

Omg Charlie Just Commented On My Video 😭

[@cr4447]

I literally only remember, dear david, from that one captain disillusion video

[@freeloading_toad]

The thing that’s baffling to me is that their plot for this movie isn’t even remotely similar to what the actual twitter thread was about. The original thread was just a typical haunting story where the writer moved into this apartment and there was the ghost of a boy living there. The ghost child didn’t die from anything related to their moral about trolling either. He died after a shelf or something in a grocery store nearby fell on him and crushed his skull. Ofc the ghost of David wanted to kill him bc why not, but the reason was because the author asked him 3 questions instead of just 2 like he was told by someone in the area. Also when you factor in that the person who created the original thread was/isn’t involved with the production of the film is telling to say the least

[@khalilsmith5177]

Freeze Charlie at 2:22 for peak meme freeze

[@fyogore]

i remember when this all happened 😭😭 i was 13 and it had me n my entire friend group in a chokehold since we were those kids that was rlly into horror stuff😭 not like those school shooter type people, but we were huge IT fans, junji ito, danganronpa, etc. so we were just kinda cringe ..

[@Melodoxx]

How does Buzzfeed even have the cash for this

[@Lattice]

“These events are about as real as the Blitzball Championship in Final Fantasy X” is my new favorite insult towards unreal events

[@d0rryx274]

If they’re making a horror film about a Twitter thread, they should make a horror film about Charlie scaring his audience with his spooky jumpscares

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[@CoolGuyIncorporation]

BuzzFeed is something that nobody likes but somehow keeps coming back and living on

[@ripsal]

Omg Charlie Just Commented On My Video 😭

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

I feel like they came out of a cryo chamber. Not sure if I have been living under a rock but this is the first time I have seen news about them in years.

[@trentonrandall9733]

It's like a cockroach. You cannot kill it no matter how hard you try

[@julianmx13]

“Not even AI would generate this…” is my new favorite insult 😂

[@LinkLich]

A documentary about the creation of Buzzfeed would make a great horror flick.