You Might See Warning Signs for “The Darkest Hour” Dan Koelsch, December 1, 2011 Summit Entertainment is hoping to replicate the success of Sony’s District 9 viral campaign by creating and supposedly posting warning signs for the alien monsters featured in the upcoming horror film The Darkest Hour. Check out all the signs, courtesy of First Showing, after the break. (Click for full size)The Darkest Hour is an alien invasion movie set in Moscow, where five young people lead the charge against the enemy. As the signs allude to, the aliens are invisible and shoot out electricity. Apparently, they like to attack dogs specifically, as we also see this happen in the trailer. We haven’t heard of anyone actually seeing these signs in the wild, so let us know if you do!Emile Hirsch and Olivia Thirlby star in The Darkest Hour, directed by Chris Gorak and written by Jon Spaihts. The 3D film opens in theaters on Christmas Day. Follow the film on Facebook. Viral Marketing The Darkest Hour
The Expendables Demand That You Don’t Press the Button August 11, 2012The cast of Expendables 2 really don’t want you to press that button. Lionsgate has created the DontPressTheButton.com, where stars Terry Crews and Dolph Lundgren yell at you to not press the red button in the middle of the screen. When you do press it, you get some short clips… Read More
Director Starts Independent Viral for “Robot & Frank” on Tumblr August 10, 2012August 10, 2012Here at MovieViral we are usually writing about viral campaigns for big budget films that are run by studios or outsourced to firms like 42 Entertainment. Well, when you make and independent film, your budget is usually very small, so there isn’t a lot of money to market your film… Read More
Sherlock Holmes needs your help! August 20, 2009August 20, 2009“SHERLOCK HOLMES needs your help!” was tweeted by Warner Bros. Pictures not to long ago. Along with it, a link to a website (which is hosted on a unique IP address, meaning there is no dot com), http://94.236.57.221/. The website has a password area, which is 5 characters long. If… Read More