Teens Destroy $500,000 Home after seeing “Project X”

Police arrested 13 people Friday after being called to the property by a private investigator working for the builders who owned the property.

Investigator Mark Stephens said when he quizzed the teens over the damage they told him they were copying what happened in the film Project X.

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'I asked some of the kids why, and they said 'Project X.' said Mr Stephens.
'And I said, 'OK what’s 'Project X?'
Released earlier this month, the film Project X fictionally documents the story of three High School teens in California who attempt to make a name for themselves by throwing the biggest party.

Matters spiral out of control as words about the party spreads and the house they host the party in is destroyed by fire, along with parts of the neighbourhood.
'When you look at the movie, and you look at what happened here, the parallels are the uncanny,' said Mr Stephens.
'It was a copycat. They did everything that I saw in the movie. There were liquor bottles, beer bottles. I mean it was a big party,' he said

Among the bottles, sheet-rock inescapably lay ripped across the floor mixed with the glass from the two-story home's many windows.
Doors, torn from their hinges, contributed to the piles while above them, holes punctured the walls.
But with the mayhem in Texas, the Houston party wasn't the only planned party inspired by the R rated film for that same weekend.

Two Canadian teens in Calgary are still cooling the embers of a Twitter party invite launched last weekend using the hashtag #ProjectKris, a play on the new movie's title

The tweet spread worldwide, received as far as Japan, Australia and the Middle East, with high school student organizer Hunter Mills promising to send the location's address at its start.

After the teens were contacted by local police warning them of the repercussions, however, especially as the event was planned for one of their homes, the students opted for a night club's address that was 18 years and up instead.

Back south in Houston, police arrested 13 teens at the scene of the 4,000sq ft wrecked home last week, while in Calgary, #ProjectKris was deemed by many as the 'let down of the century.
Of the 13 arrested, two of those were juveniles and were released into the care of their parents.

The other 11 were charged with criminal trespass and taken to jail.

Stephens said the teens are alleged to have broken into another home in the street to hold a party.

With the home's builder estimating the repair costs to be between $80,000 to $100,000, the teens are expected to face serious criminal charges