The Big Picture

  • Dear David is a new horror movie based on a popular Twitter thread that tells the story of a web cartoonist haunted by a mysterious child entity.
  • The original Dear David Twitter thread gained traction with its eerie photographs, videos, and descriptions of encounters with the ghostly child.
  • The release of Dear David will test the viability of Twitter as a source for horror movie material, following in the footsteps of 2020's Zola as another film based on a Twitter thread.