During the early days of COVID, Jack McDermott and Ethan Gomez Zahnley made Satan’s Servant, a horror feature, while they were still in high school. From a small, informal crowdfunding campaign, Jack and Ethan raised enough money to shoot the film making full use of their available resources. Informed partly by some experience they had already gained with several shorts, they distributed to online streaming platforms, found some unexpected viral interest, and did particularly well on Tubi — eventually recouping the film’s modest budget. Jack and Ethan’s story is a solid study in how small films can achieve success on streaming platforms, and set the stage for bigger films in the future. 

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