Dropshock Pictures and Moon7 Films have officially set a North America-wide theatrical release date for Hunting Matthew Nichols, the independent debut found footage feature from director Markian Tarasiuk.
Hunting Matthew Nichols has had a successful festival run at Newport Beach Film Festival, Blood in the Snow Festival and Whistler Film Festival, where the horror pic was nominated for the Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature Film. Famed director Steven Soderbergh is a fan, calling it “a sneaky, simmering take on the true crime folk horror genre that boils over and becomes truly unnerving.” And if anyone knows unnerving, it's Soderbergh, as you'll surely attest if you've seen his haunting first-person POV ghost story Presence.
An official plot synopsis for Hunting Matthew Nichols, written by Sean Harris Oliver, reads as follows:
Two decades after her brother's mysterious disappearance on Vancouver Island, aspiring documentary filmmaker, Tara Nichols, sets out to solve his missing person's case. When an unsettling piece of evidence is revealed, Tara and her film crew investigate the disturbing circumstances surrounding the case to discover the truth about what happened to her brother.
Miranda MacDougall, Markian Tarasiuk, Ryan Alexander McDonald and Christine Willes star.
Hunting Matthew Nichols will have a special event screening at The Park in Vancouver on April 2, 2026, a Film Independent screening on April 6, 2026 at the Landmark Sunset in LA, and is set for a wide theatrical release on April 10, 2026. For more screening and showtime information, head over to the official website.
