{
  "id": 8057552,
  "title": "A TikTok Script Expert Pitched Puppet Horror Movie ‘Play House’ at Fantastic Fest. One Year Later, The $100,000 Film Is Set to Debut After an ‘Intense’ Production",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/a-tiktok-script-expert-pitched-puppet-horror-movie-play-house-at",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/play-house-fantastic-fest-pitches-winner-nicolas-curcio-1236865007/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For inspiration for his new horror movie, Nicolas Curcio thought back to the media of his childhood. “A lot of filmmakers who grew up on weird kids TV shows of the ’90s are coming of age, and they instinctively want to make movies about that,” the director says. “I’ve reexamined so many TV shows from […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}