Jacob Chase

Director, Writer, Editor

Jacob Chase (birth name: Jacob Samuel Chase) is an American director, writer, and film editor who established his feature movie career with his debut (after making several short films since 2004) as director/editor with the romantic comedy-drama, The Four-Faced Liar (2010), starring and written by Marja-Lewis Ryan, Emily Peck (who also produced), Todd Kubrak (who also produced) and Daniel Carlisle (who also produced), and which won the best narrative feature prize in its premiere at the Los Angeles Outfest film festival.

Chase was director/writer of the supernatural horror movie, Come Play (2020), which Chase expanded from his short film, Larry (2017), starring Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher Jr., Azhy Robertson and Winslow Fegley, produced by Amblin Partners/The Picture Company/Reliance Entertainment and released by Focus Features (U.S.)/United International Pictures (International) to $13 million global gross.

Chase continued as director/writer/co-story writer in the same genre with the sixth movie in the Insidious franchise, Insidious: Out of the Further (2026), produced (in part) by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions/James Wan’s Atomic Monster/Stage 6 Films/Screen Gems, and which was released wide by Sony Pictures Releasing. Chase was editor only for director/co-writer Brea Grant’s road comedy, Best Friends Forever (2013); two indie comedies directed by Salome Breziner, The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013) and Helicopter Mom (2014); as well as the horror thriller, Stranger in the House (2015).

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Movies

Known For

Come Play

(2020)

Larry

(2017)

The Girl in the Woods

(2021)

Trouble

(2023)

Jacob Chase Movies

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2026 |
Insidious: Out of the Further
Insidious: Out of the Further
2026
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.
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2020 |
Come Play
Come Play
2020
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A monster named Larry manifests itself through smart phones and mobile devices. Feature film version of the 2017 short film.
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Writer

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Previous (1)

2020 |
Come Play
Come Play
2020
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A monster named Larry manifests itself through smart phones and mobile devices. Feature film version of the 2017 short film.
More Info Watch Now

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