Bleecker Street has debuted the first teaser trailer for The Third Parent, a supernatural shocker directed and written by David Michaels (Chinatown).
Adapted from Elias Witherow’s viral 2016 Tommy Taffy “creepypasta” stories first published on Reddit’s r/nosleep subreddit, the film centers on a Fourth of July celebration interrupted by a chilling, mannequin-like entity known as Tommy Taffy. Disguising himself as a human to infiltrate a suburban household, the figure imposes an authoritarian rule over an unsuspecting family.
The original internet-based story spawned a wider horror saga exploring the uncanny valley, forced compliance, and generational trauma, going viral via the online horror communities, YouTube narrators, and The NoSleep Podcast before being expanded into a full-length novel by Witherow.
The feature stars Crispin Glover as the antagonist Tommy Taffy, alongside Rob Lowe and Roselyn Sánchez.
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The film is produced by Gary Michael Walters, Jonathan Halperyn, Rob Lowe, and Daniel Kresmery.
Bleecker Street has slated The Third Parent for a theatrical release this winter.
Consider us creeped out by the trailer below: