Magenta Edge Films Acquires AI Thriller ‘Appofeniacs’
Newly minted Magenta Edge Films has acquired the Fantastic Fest breakout Appofeniacs, which focuses on what happens when AI-generated deepfakes spread amongst a group of interconnected lives, blurring reality and unleashing violent consequences.
Intended for bold independent storytelling for platform and theatrical releases, the company said Friday that Magenta Edge will foremost be a home for original stories, reports Variety.
Dread Central reviewed Appofeniacs out of its Fantastic Fest premiere, noting that “while the film boasts some stunning kills and disgusting setpieces, the disjointed narrative structure ultimately takes away from Piliero’s overall message about just how easy it is to ruin someone’s life in 2025.” Read the entire review here.
“I didn’t want the film to focus on deepfakes as a technology,” Piliero previously told the mag. “I didn’t want this to be ‘AI is coming to get you’ or a supercomputer or anything of that sort. It’s more about the human element and the fallout of it. I’m using deepfakes to show how easily our lives can unravel and spiral. Obviously, I have fun with it in the film and take it to a heightened level, but I wanted to use grounded, realistic scenarios that are kind of benign and trivial.”
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