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A woman's search for her long-lost sister becomes an obsession when she realizes a demon from their childhood may have been real, not imaginary.
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Overview
A woman's obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.
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- 👻Horror🔪Thriller
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2025-10-02
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English
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1 hour 31 minutes
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Roger Ebert
“Shelby Oaks” is a film that plays like a checklist of clichés, a movie that so aggressively employs techniques we’ve seen work better elsewhere that it becomes almost numbing.
rogerebert.com/reviews/shelby-oaks-chris-stuckmann-fantastic-fest-movie-review-2025
Eye for Film
Stuckmann and co-writer Sam Liz keep it all under tight control, even when the imagery suggests chaos or excess.
eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/shelby-oaks-2024-film-review-by-jennie-kermode
/Film
"At no point does it feel like 'Shelby Oaks' is anything other than the very best version of what he intended to make... The result is a deeply unsettling view that never loses its sense of heart or humanity."
slashfilm.com/1626527/shelby-oaks-review/
Rotten Tomatoes
Shelby Oaks may stumble in its final moments, but its atmospheric tension and emotional core firmly establish it as a chilling debut from director Chris Stuckmann.
rottentomatoes.com/m/shelby_oaks
Rotten Tomatoes
Shelby Oaks isn't flawless. But it’s an ambitious, beautifully shot, and deeply sincere first film that announces Chris Stuckmann as a director worth watching.
rottentomatoes.com/m/shelby_oaks/reviews
IMDb
Overall, a valiant effort for a directorial debut as Chris Stuckmann shows his potential as a filmmaker with captivating storytelling and ominous world-building, but the movie suffers from issues you would expect from a new indie filmmaker...
imdb.com/title/tt14999684/reviews/
