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Chelsea Frei Directing & Starring In Horror-Comedy ‘Get Off Your Phone’ With Maria Bakalova & Jon Rudnitsky
Production has wrapped on Get Off Your Phone, a satirical horror comedy marking Chelsea Frei’s feature directorial debut. Frei also wrote the screenplay and stars in the film, which uses a retreat from social media to explore the tension between online identities and private selves.
Frei plays Daniela, a cancelled influencer who goes to rural Wisconsin with her boyfriend Jackson, played by Jon Rudnitsky, hoping to disconnect. Their plans take an unsettling turn when a mysterious stranger, Rada, played by Maria Bakalova, arrives. Producers say the film combines psychological horror, dark comedy and social satire; Frei said she began writing it during the pandemic, when her own screen time had become alarming.
In short
- Chelsea Frei’s directorial debut has finished filming.
- Maria Bakalova and Jon Rudnitsky co-star.
- The story turns a digital detox into horror-comedy.
Explained simply
Social media lets people share carefully shaped versions of themselves, while also making attention and public approval more visible. The gap between an online persona and private life can become especially consequential for influencers, whose work and reputation depend on being seen.
Chelsea Frei wrote the film and makes her feature directorial debut with it, while also playing Daniela, an influencer facing public cancellation. Jon Rudnitsky plays her boyfriend, and Maria Bakalova plays a stranger who joins them at a rural Wisconsin retreat intended to help them disconnect. The story uses horror and comedy to explore what happens when people try to step away from the identities they have built online.
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