What Happened to Dorothy Bell?

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What Happened to Dorothy Bell?

2024

1h 20m

Drama

Horror

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Ozzie Gray sets out to investigate disturbing revelations from her childhood and her late grandmother, Dorothy. In an attempt to communicate with her grandmother, Ozzie awakens something more malevolent than she could have ever imagined.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Meadows gives an impressively committed performance at the center of it all.

Sep 27, 2024

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

Character study beats out simple scales here. However, it’s the style of What Happened to Dorothy Bell? that really distinguishes it.

Sep 23, 2024

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

An intriguing found-footage film...with a clever mind for upending genre expectations and unpacking the rich and complex emotions at its core.

Jul 11, 2025

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Martin Unsworth

Starburst

Meadows is impressive as Ozzie, embodying the character flaws and all.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 28, 2025

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

The film's exploration of how trauma is passed down through families while remaining hidden under layers of silence and misunderstanding takes it a few notches above traditional found footage and psychological horror films.

Nov 9, 2024

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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana

What a Scream Podcast

...the dynamic use of the found-footage format and the exploration of family secrets and mental health male What Happened To Dorothy Bell an impressive first feature entry for director Danny Villanueva Jr.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 30, 2024

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Stuart R

Overall, it was a solid, engaging, unsettling mystery throughout and the film did do a hell of a lot more and a hell of a lot better for a found-footage horror.🍅

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/21/25

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Danny Villanueva Jr.

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Asya Meadows

Actor

Michael Hargrove

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Lisa Wilcox

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Arlene Arnone Bibbs

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Steven Alonte

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Synopsis

Ozzie Gray sets out to investigate disturbing revelations from her childhood and her late grandmother, Dorothy. In an attempt to communicate with her grandmother, Ozzie awakens something more malevolent than she could have ever imagined.

Director: Danny Villanueva Jr.
Producer: Danny Villanueva Jr.
Screenwriter: Danny Villanueva Jr.
Distributor: Uncork'd Entertainment
Production Co: How Bizarre Pictures
Genre: Drama, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2025
Runtime: 1h 20m

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