Never expected our indie film to make this much on Tubi

The story of making our first feature film. With a tiny budget but a lot of passion. And our unexpected success on streaming platforms like Tubi TV, Apple TV & Amazon Prime Video via Filmhub.
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"Moorehouse Road"
A young couple's stay at a country guest house becomes a nightmare after they learn the owners of the residence are hiding a dark family secret. Written and Directed by Christopher Mark Peters. Cinematography by David Laurance. Starring Hannah Arevalo, Taylor Than-Htay, Lawrence Murphy, Kate Hall, Grady O'Connell. Produced by CHRAVE
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[@StandardStoryCo]

I love stories like this, congrats! 👏👏👏

[@CHRAVE]

Cheers!! 👍

[@DavidGriffin]

Heeeeey look who's here

[@andraeblackwell]

I want to say congratulations to you and your team. I have worked on dozens of low-budget films here in the Carolinas in the US. Usually the film falls apart in post production and nothing ever comes of it, so this is incredibly inspirational!

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks for the comment. We’re Glad to have shared our experience

[@SamDune]

What element of post do you see is the most common reason for abandoning the film?

[@trevorbailey730]

Congratulations. I saw the film earlier and it was quite impressive for a debut. I look forward to seeing your next film. Cheers!

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks for the support 👍

[@EDLEEPHOTO]

Congratulations on the film, and thank you for sharing the raw facts of how determination can propel you over the finish line. I wish to one day take the leap into a short film.

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks for your words. All the best with your short film. Take the leap - you won’t regret it 👍

[@BonzoKilbourn]

This is a great accomplishment!!! Onward and upward. Sky is the limit.

[@CHRAVE]

Cheers! Let's hope so : )

[@entertainmentfan1463]

Love hearing stories like this. I work in the film and TV industry myself in Canada, and one day I hope the industry can have a middle class. Matt Damon talked about there being no more middle budget movies because the big studios only cares about trying to land their next billion dollar movie. I don't expect that to change anytime soon, but I hope we can develop a middle class of filmmakers. This way if the big studios decide to be a bunch of cheapasses like they were last year and trying not to pay their workers properly, the middle class can keep things moving along. The middle class is how normal society stays a float and I hope the same thing occurs with the film and TV industry. Because it's the struggling actors and filmmakers who are going to need the middle class for whenever the big studios try to screw everyone again.

[@chrisshern]

Love these kinds of stories cause it's possible, thank you for sharing your story, and I'll put this movie on my watch list!

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks @chrishern Much appreciated 👍

[@jaylamb218]

This is so awesome dude!! Glad everything worked out for you and the entire team involved in this!! What an inspiration you are to so many! Definitely going to watch it!!! Congratulations to you and the team!!!!

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks so much for this incredibly awesome comment 👍 much appreciated 😊

[@RandomRouletteFun]

Thanks for sharing your filmmaking journey… inspirational!

[@CHRAVE]

Thank you for the kind comment :)

[@constantsmile3370]

Very inspiring! My best friend and I just finished filming our 1st feature film (which took us 4 years). And now we’re about to start post work, then the festival circuit, then streaming. This is very inspiring to us. I saw in another comment you are going to make a video about your marketing and details of that. I’m very much looking forward to that. Thanks!

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks for the comment - congrats on finishing your feature and good luck with post. 👍 yes another video coming this week. Stay tuned

[@kennethperkins9480]

Just filmed DAY ONE of my FIRST feature film (no budget). We’re spreading shooting out over the next two months to make it more feasible. Congrats on your success! I’ll check your flick out.

[@CHRAVE]

Thank you 🙏 Congrats on starting your feature! Wishing you all the success with the shoot 👍

[@colintofts8629]

What a great share, very inspirational. So much good coming out of Australia🤟

[@CHRAVE]

Thank you, very grateful for the comment 👍 So awesome to be considered inspirational.

[@gcalvinisti]

amazing story. thanks for sharing it.

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks for the amazing comment : )

[@TwangThang57]

This was great, congratulations! Kudos for having the integrity to reimburse all those involved!!

[@CHRAVE]

Cheers 👍 😁 They all worked so hard and deserved it

[@esignsmedia]

Great Story and The Film looks cool

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks for the comment 🙏👍

[@failedfilmmaker]

Awesome story! Great job and congrats on making the money back and more! EDIT: I had to come back and add....$30 GRAND! That's amazing for a low budget. That's incredible, congrats! This is quite inspiring

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks so much for the comment. We are very grateful that our film has done this well 👍

[@failedfilmmaker]

@@CHRAVEIf it’s not too personal, how long did it take on Tubi to make this amount?

[@CHRAVE]

@@failedfilmmaker No worries. We reached around $30k in the first 6 months.

[@failedfilmmaker]

@@CHRAVE Amazing, well done. The movie looks fantastic. I will have to check it out.

[@CHRAVE]

@@failedfilmmaker Thank you :) appreciate the support 👍

[@chrisdolkens]

What an excellent story! Congrats Chris!

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks Chris 👍

[@narlybiz33]

Dude! Congratulations!! Not an easy thing to do! I'll check your movie out this weekend!

[@CHRAVE]

Cheers 👍 much Appreciated

[@jimtindell]

Great video! Very informative and inspirational. I'm gonna check out your movie tonight

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks for your kind words : ) Much appreciated.

[@NeatonHealy]

I enjoyed your BTS presentation. It's generous and informative, as well as encouraging. Congratulations on completing the film and on your festival and financial success. I will soon be making a microbudget thriller, and I look forward to watching MOOREHOUSE ROAD!

[@CHRAVE]

Thank you for your kind words. We’re most happy to share our experience. Good luck with your thriller 👍

[@WhizPill]

Congratulations man, just saw you on my feed today, subscribed

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks mate, much appreciated 👍👍

[@fulloffame]

congratulations man!! this is awesome.

[@CHRAVE]

Cheers Mate : )

[@jon112media]

Congrats man!

[@CHRAVE]

cheers man.

[@alokmishra4429]

Good for you. Well Done.

[@CHRAVE]

Thank you 🙏

[@tunnellightstudios5183]

As a film maker who has made a plethora of short films and even tried my hand at a feature back in 2009 but ran out of money before I could finish it. It's nice to see success stories such as this. If I may ask, what was your budget, and how many shoot days did you do?

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks for the comment. Upfront we spent around $10K AUD (mostly on equipment, locations, some props & costumes and food) But we of course owed around $27k worth of deferred salaries to cast and crew - which we were fortunate enough to pay back within the first few months once the film started making money. We shot entire movie in 16 days (not consecutively)

[@Witty_Star]

Congratulations 💛💛💛

[@CHRAVE]

Cheers! 👍👍

[@foofu4946]

Super inspiring

[@jessecumberledge4530]

EPIC!

[@tyleradams3490]

Very cool. Tubi is easily my favorite streamer.

[@CHRAVE]

Ours too 👍

[@ArcherFish]

great stuff.

[@CHRAVE]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@MightyEFX]

your eyes reminded me of orson welles you got this cuh

[@CHRAVE]

What a compliment! Thank you very much 👍😁🙏

[@henryrivero1917]

thanks!

[@lamar7of9]

Good job-

[@PascarelliProductions]

Awesome job!! I know you made trailers and such but did you pay for any advertising also? Ad campaigns etc?

[@CHRAVE]

Thank you. Yes we run paid ads for about 2 months on KZbin, Facebook and instagram

[@PascarelliProductions]

@@CHRAVEawesome! Can you give me some estimate on what your daily or weekly limit that you pay is? I was doing only like $1 a day but maybe I need to raise that.

[@CHRAVE]

⁠ We did a lifetime of the campaign budget where possible with ads. We spent total of $2k over a 2 month period.

[@PascarelliProductions]

@@CHRAVEthanks so much! You should do a video about your marketing efforts since there’s so many out there who would love to learn from people like you. Like how you did your ads exactly etc

[@CHRAVE]

@@PascarelliProductionsGood idea! I think I will. Stay tuned :)

[@Do.Hard.Things]

Congrats man! What was your budget?

[@CHRAVE]

Cheers mate. We didn’t have a set budget from the start, mainly spent as we went and kept things cheap. Probably around $10k spent on things like equipment and locations, however we incurred a $27k debt due to deferred salaries for cast and crew - which we were luckily able to pay back once our film started generating money.

[@Do.Hard.Things]

@@CHRAVE oh wow! That’s awesome! Very cool man. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

[@christophermoonlightproduction]

I love your story. I have a similar one. I'm going to try some paid promotion and see if I can follow your example.

[@CHRAVE]

Thanks for the comment. All the best with your movie 👍

[@christophermoonlightproduction]

@@CHRAVE My pleasure and thank you.

[@MediaBuster]

How can it be a "no budget" movie while also making all the money back you spent?

[@CHRAVE]

We didn’t have a set budget going into it. Just spent what we had to along the way and tried to keep everything as cheap as possible. Most movies have a budget to work with from the start.

[@MediaBuster]

@@CHRAVE That's why I asked because your thumb nails says "no budget." Maybe put low budget next time? How much did you end up spending on production and then later on advertisement and marketing, and are you still seeing revenue from Filmhub, I hear mixed reviews by others. Thanks for answering.

[@WonsPhreely]

Congratulations Chris & Dave and all of your team. This is inspiring. I’m an actor from Perth living in LA. If you ever need me for a film, I’ll be there, would love to spend some time in Perth city or at my parents place in Margret River. 🙏🙌🤞😀 Latest demo Reelz: Dramatic Reel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZTEgpijh9-dr7s Comedy Reel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYnKnYOppKt9Z7s

[@CHRAVE]

Cheers 👍👍 Thanks for the message 😁

[@MrBooone]

That's awesome, even though respectfully this movie looks pretty bad. But that said, with time and a budget I hope you can make something great! Tubi needs more indie gems like Low Lifes, and less shlock with zero practical effects

[@CHRAVE]

yeah, we had one review where the guy fell asleep twice! The internet is such a positive place. Thanks for keeping us grounded

[@MrBooone]

​@@CHRAVE Yeah, I don't want to be too rude. I think it's a nobel college try, but I hope you guys can channel your energy into something with a bigger budget, or something smaller in scale! I feel like if you're going low budget, you need to either have a really killer concept, or you need to really up the gore so horror fans give you less shit. As a horror fan, I love plenty of low budget films, Thankskilling, Sweatshop, the early terrifier shorts (before the bigger movies) and recently the Artifice Girl (kind of bigger but the concept was soooo good for something so small). Just don't settle and become another Blood and Honey, Humpty Dumpty and all those other low effort horror film makers. I think you'll eventually make something killer, but try and channel that energy into something you know the horror community would love. Practicals really cause a lot of us to appreciate even the lowest of budget films, just look at here for blood(2023), super low budget but had some cool kills people enjoyed. On the less gory side, I really liked a ghost waits and I am a ghost were solid concept wise