The killer could be anyone... including the person editing this trailer.
Multiple actresses playing the same role have died during production of the film Dissident. In his search for The Hollywood Killer, an FBI agent sifts through footage from the production hoping to find clues to the identity of the killer. But the killer could be anyone, and things are not as they seem...
Direction
Shields weaponizes the camera itself.
Editing
Footage layers that collapse into paranoia.
Writing
Script eats its own tail deliciously.
Director
Tyler Shields
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tyler Shields shot multiple endings with different cast members as the killer, keeping even the actors guessing.
The film directly references the 'cursed production' mythology around Poltergeist and The Crow, then weaponizes audience belief in Hollywood hexes.
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