A $0-budget film topping the box office? ‘Unsubscribe’ joins a fine tradition of Hollywood hoaxes

By Gary Ryan

 

Who else has swindled Tinseltown and got away with it? Credit: Alamy

 

During the lockdown, there’s been pressure to be productive.

 

What did you achieve? Did you become fluent in Mandarin?

 

Learn to bake something that doesn’t harrowingly resemble the Pillsbury Doughboy’s afterbirth?

 

Developed a newfound interest in staring at the wall and contemplating the futility of existence?  (Hey, it beats watching Netflix’s The Floor Is Lava).

 

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Just to be pedantic, it was not zero budget because they had to pay for the theatre rental.