Filmmaker B Harrison Smith (Death House, Camp Dread, The Special, The Fields, Where the Scary Things Are, Eyes in the Trees) announces what could be the first AI horror feature film is in production.
Acclaimed indie genre filmmaker B Harrison Smith is officially in production on a groundbreaking new project…a full-length, original horror feature film written and directed by Smith and generated by Hailuo’s Minimax generative AI.
Slow Burn features horror favorite, Lauren-Marie Taylor (Friday the 13th Part II, In a Violent Nature) as Donna, a greenhouse proprietor at the center of the story. “Think of The Last American Virgin as a horror film,” Smith said.
While AI has been utilized in short-form projects and experimental clips, this marks one of the first attempts to complete a feature length-length narrative entirely through AI-driven production methods.
“This is not about replacing human creativity or “stealing” art,” Smith says. “It’s about exploring what happens when you merge human vision with machine capability. I wrote the original script, and AI is the brush I’m painting with to direct it. People once feared CGI, color and talking films, too.”
A teaser is available for release. Smith’s production seeks to explore whether AI film can stand alongside traditionally produced cinema and perhaps signal a new era in storytelling.
I absolutely love this!!! I am a horror filmmaker (Harlow’s Haunt) transitioning fully to AI production now. The tools are evolving rapidly and the AI platforms are stunning with their offerings. Yes, this was well said that it is a new set of tools shaping the future of storytelling and I’m 100% on board. All the best for Slow Burn!