‘Stream’ Director Michael Leavy on Why Fandom Helps Indie Filmmaking and Assembling ‘the Avengers of Horror’ for His Hyper Gory Slasher
variety.comJack Dunn From drawing attention to its trailer online to buying tickets for complete strangers, a small army of horror die-hards is willing to do whatever it takes to support Michael Leavy‘s “Stream,” in theaters now.
While genre buffs have been ride-or-die for Leavy since he appeared in “Terrifier,” they were more important than ever for his latest indie gore fest.
After saving the production from folding to COVID, Leavy made them official members of the “Stream” Team by giving them producer credits as thanks. “COVID hit us right in the middle of production and we had used all of our funds for PPE and the HEPA filters,” Leavy explained. “So we ended up saying, ‘Let’s bring this to the horror community.’ And we offered producer credits and things like that for anybody who wanted to get involved.” “Stream” follows a family of four who goes on vacation to soothe their infighting.
But after checking into their hotel, they soon discover they cannot leave and become pawns in a deadly game of cat and mouse broadcasted to the world.
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