Epic Pictures’ specialty horror label DREAD has released a new trailer for its upcoming horror feature, “Don’t Log Off.” The film will have a limited theatrical release on July 11, 2025, before being available to rent or purchase on video-on-demand (VOD) starting July 15.
“Don’t Log Off” is written and directed by brothers Brandon and Garrett Baer. The film was completed in July 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and features dual remote and in-person portions of the film.
The film follows a group of friends connecting via video call during lockdown when one of them suddenly vanishes. As they dig online, trying to uncover the truth behind the disappearance, they start to vanish one by one. Can they solve the mystery before it’s too late?
“Don’t Log Off” will likely draw parallels to other pandemic-era films like “Host.” Epic Pictures CEO Patrick Ewald applauds the movie for this, saying, “…this film delivers the kind of edge-of-your-seat tension that made ‘Host’ a breakout success.” But the filmmakers are quick to point out what makes the film different:
“‘Don’t Log Off’ is about a group of friends trying to protect one another, while the world drastically changed around them in March of 2020. We felt the most honest way to tell that story was by mixing screenlife and traditional filmmaking elements in order to push the boundaries of this suspense thriller,” say directors Brandon and Garrett Baer. “We intend our film to exist as a time capsule — a testament to this insane, technologically-dependent period of all of our lives. While others have relied on ghosts or supernatural elements, we felt the real world was scary enough.”
“Don’t Log Off” stars Ariel Winter (“Modern Family”), Brielle Barbusca (“Scandal”), Luke Benward (“Criminal Minds”), Sterling Beaumon (“Law & Order: True Crime”), Jack Griffo (“The Thundermans Return”), Kara Royster (“Pretty Little Liars”), Ashley Argota (“All American”), and Khylin Rhambo (“47 Meters Down: Uncaged”).
Producers include Winter, Benward, Beaumon, Austin Seltzer (“The Stranger”), Nicole Smolen (“Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction”), and Todd Slater (“Succubus”) from Brick Lane Entertainment.
