The First-Ever Movie Filmed On Snapchat Will Scare The Crap Out Of You

For every digital love story, there are thousands of horrifying situations that result from using social media. The latest terror experienced on social platforms wasn't exactly real, but its audience couldn't tell the difference. Snapchat's real-time updates make it the perfect medium for telling a scary story. That's why Youtuber Andrea Russett thought to make it the hosting space for her film "Sickhouse." 

Shot over five days this spring, most of the feature film was doled out in 10 second videos on Russett's Snapchat account (@andwizzle). It was viewed over 100 million times, but none of her followers were told whether or not any of it was real, leading them to believe that a few of their favorite digital influencers had found themselves in an alarming situation. Here's the real story behind this fictional Snapchat nightmare. 😱

Sickhouse tells the story of four young people who go on a camping trip in search of a cabin that's rumored to belong to a former film executive and his sick wife. Their twisted history is documented in a fake fan site for the creepy landmark.

This gives the video an up-close and terrifying view of the situation, which was a concern for lead actress and executive producer Andrea Russett. 

"I had a big, big concern about that, but we went about it in a way that we weren't completely trying to trick people," Russett told Variety. "We wanted people to understand, it was a movie and that they were along for the ride."

The movie was shot using multiple iPhones on Snapchat's platform, but not all of the clips were made available via Snapchat story. So the official film is different from the live scare viewed by those 100 million people. 

The film also stars Sean O'Donnell, actor Lukas Gage and YouTuber Jc Caylen.

Watch it here, but leave the lights on.