What’s the real story behind horror ‘Dear David’ & who’s its handsome queer star?
Dear David is a new film fright-fest and it comes from the unlikeliest of sources: A Twitter thread by hunky gay artist, Adam Ellis, who previously wrote and illustrated web comics for Buzzfeed.And while that might not sound like the scariest of origin stories, we promise this one will get under your skin…For starters, check out the trailer for Dear David:New York-based author and illustrator Adam Ellis has been making comics for years now, and gained quite the following on social media with his work, a lot of which features short, witty observations about life, specifically through the perspective of a millennial gay man.A post shared by Adam Ellis (@adamtots)Eventually, Ellis began writing and creating illustrated work for Buzzfeed.
And it was during this time—August 2017, to be specific—that he first started posting about a ghost he claims was haunting his apartment.Through a series of tweets, he detailed his first encounter with the phantom while experiencing sleep paralysis (when your mind is conscious, but you’re unable to move or speak), describing it as a young boy with a huge, misshapen head.He started appearing in dreams, but I think he's crossed over into the real world now.As his tale continues, he recalls vivid dreams about the ghost child—which he’d begin referring to as “Dear David”—and a number of eerie encounters, including peculiar behavior from his cats.And, because everything in life can be content these days, Ellis compiled the thread into a Buzzfeed post, which became massively popular almost instantly.The “Dear David” tweets continued for months, and eventually got more involved, with Ellis sharing creepy photos inside abandoned warehouses and videos of rocking chairs moving mysteriously on their own.
Each flick feature a healthy element of homoeroticism, sometimes overt, sometimes subtle, but always sexy & dangerous. As Ellis tells it, he was scared for his life.
