![]() ![]() The following message, which has since been deleted, was also posted to 4chan recently, according to the ComputerWorld report. His home address was allegedly published on 4chan’s random imageboard /b/. Since news of the films release Friday has started circulating, Gallagher has received threats by phone, email, and text message. Gallagher hosts his own YouTube channel, Totally Sketch, where he posts funny situational sketches and choose your own adventure videos. The trailer has been viewed more than 17 million times in the last year on Gallagher’s YouTube page. The killer turns out to be very real, however. The film follows a college freshman named Ashley who discovers an urban legend on 4chan about a “demented serial killer that has nothing but a carved ‘smiley’ on his face,” according to the film’s Internet Movie Database page. The death threats were so serious the FBI is reportedly considering opening an investigation, ComputerWorld reported. Gallagher has been the target of attacks from 4chan users and Anonymous hackers upset over how they are portrayed in the low-budget film Smiley. ![]() When aspiring director Michael Gallagher decided to use 4chan as the inspiration for the villain in his new horror movie, did he really expect the pugnacious community to be OK with that? ![]()
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