This is not the first, and far from the only, time that YouTubers have turned to filmmaking. David F. Sandberg — The short-film master turned versatile directorLights Out (2016)Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg began by uploading "no-budget" horror shorts to his YouTube channel, ponysmasher. He moved to Los Angeles to direct the feature-length Lights Out, which turned a $4.9 million budget into $148 million. They followed up in May 2025 with Bring Her Back, a visceral "psycho-biddy" horror film starring Sally Hawkins. The project made history as the highest-funded horror film on Kickstarter, raising over $1.3 million from fans.

Source: Bangkok Post February 17, 2026 09:03 UTC