Danny And Michael Philippou have quite the following on their YouTube channel, RackaRacka, where they've amassed over 6.74 million subscribers thanks to their live-action horror sketches.
But at SDCC, the twin brothers revealed that they never set out to become YouTube stars.
“We felt like every single of our YouTube videos was building up to us making a film so it just felt like we were ready,” said Danny to a packed Indigo Ballroom. “We kind of fell into YouTube. We never went into YouTube wanting to be YouTubers. We wanted to make feature films, but that was an avenue that gained momentum quickly, and it was so much fun.”
The Philippou brothers amassed their staggering subscriber count over a decade of trial and error and all their blood, sweat, and tears will culminate with the release of Talk to Me, which hits theaters this weekend.
“Every video we’d like to try and design up a new fight scene or a new rig or a new blood effect, or something with music. We always accept these challenges for ourselves, for the videos that we were making, just so we could see if it was possible to do some of these things, and then just to keep gaining experience.”
Talk To Me hits theaters on July 28.
Talk to Me Synopsis: When a group of friends discovers how to conjure spirits by using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill -- until one of them unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
From directors Danny and Michael Philippou and starring Sophie Wilde, Joe Bird, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji, Miranda Otto, and more.
Distributed by A24, The studio behind Moonlight, Lady Bird, Ex Machina, The Witch, Eighth Grade, Minari, Uncut Gems, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Hereditary & more.