Onyx the Fortuitous is a frequently silly, delightfully over-the-top spin on ‘80s supernatural adventure horror like Fright Night and Gremlins, movies Bowser has explicitly referenced as inspirations. Hopefully, Onyx’s big screen debut - and Bowser’s fifth independent film as writer, director, star, and producer - will appeal to a pleased, if niche, crowd.
Other viral Internet characters like Fred Figglehorn and Marcel the Shell have tried with varying results to catapult their online fame into the feature space with their own cinematic breakouts. His videos have garnered millions of views, with many knowing him as the “Weird Satan Guy” or “Weird Gamer Guy.” Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Bowser has officially brought Onyx to the mainstream with his consistently amusing supernatural horror comedy Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls.
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He is the personification of the “M’lady” meme, equipped with a fedora and vest as well as an intense special interest in geek culture and a series of vocal tics (namely a humorously bashful “I dunno”).įilmmaker Andrew Bowser, the man behind Onyx, has portrayed this character over the past decade, appearing in news reports on sinkholes, anime conventions, and Arby’s robberies. For those who obsessively scour YouTube, you may have happened upon a clip of Onyx the Fortuitous, a cartoonishly verbose bearded nerd with a permanently winced smile, arched eyebrows, nervous giggle, and Hot Topic-inspired fashion.
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