[1] Curse of Aurore initially premiered in Québec, Canada with a limited theatrical release in the Cinémas Guzzo theaters on July 24, 2020.
[3] A YouTube video by Casey Nolan, from the channel Mindseed TV, plays and shows him opening a mystery box he received from the Dark Web.
He digs through an odd collection of macabre artifacts that seem to be from a crime scene and discovers a USB thumb drive around the neck of a baby doll.
They’re greeted by their filmmaking partner Lena, who reveals her leg in a brace after an accident, but insists she can still work on their next film project.
Later, Lena sees people entering a neighbor’s house, chanting as they join some sort of ritual gathering.
With the car stuck in a snowy ditch, they walk to a farmhouse and meet the eccentric local couple Benoit and Blanche.
That night, while reviewing footage, Lena and Kevin spot paranormal activity and decide to just document their lives in the moment, rather than write a script.
Blanche arrives to survey the damage but flees in fear when Kevin reveals new scratches and collapses writhing in pain.
Casey Nolan ends his YouTube video by stating that he’s turning the evidence over to the authorities and encourages his viewers to reach out if they have any further information on the tragedy they all just witnessed.
Since Québec is a heavily French-speaking region of Canada, the film was played on multiple screens within the same theater location (one with French subtitles and one without).
On opening weekend, the film reached #1 overall in the box office for all Cinémas Guzzo Theaters and #4 overall for the entire province of Québec.
Curse of Aurore's limited theatrical release lasted for 10 consecutive weeks before moving on to the Cinémas Guzzo Streaming platform.
Freestyle Digital Media acquired Curse of Aurore in January 2021 and distributed worldwide on major streaming platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, and The Roku Channel.