It is obvious that Hollywood cannot get over its obsession with adapting internet-borne horror concepts and trends into films. Backrooms (2026), The Mandela Catalog film, Siren Head, and Cartoon Cat are some of the recent examples.
Added to the list now is the V/H/S SCP Foundation movie, which comes from another internet-based urban horror legend. As per Variety, the indie genre label Spooky Pictures and global film and television studio Image Nation Studios are partnering to produce V/H/S: SCP.
Roy Lee and Steven Schneider from Spooky Pictures will produce alongside Josh Goldbloom and Michael Schreiber. The latter two worked on several entries of the V/H/S horror entries before, such as V/H/S/94 (2021), V/H/S/99 (2022), V/H/S/Halloween (2025), and V/H/S/Beyond (2024). Schneider said,
“The horror genre continues to be a remarkable launchpad for new talent to share original creations, and the vast SCP universe has provided a vital incubator for this creativity to thrive…Along with INS, this next project reinforces our shared commitment to look in new and unexpected spaces for stories. We can’t wait to expand the V/H/S franchise with new fresh and terrifying stories that will keep viewers coming back for more.” [Source]
Image Nation Studios CEO Ben Ross and Spooky Pictures’ Rami Yasin act as executive producers.
What is the V/H/S franchise?
The V/H/S franchise already has eight films and two spin-offs in its franchise. It is the found-footage horror franchise that debuted in 2012, including horror stories of cults, cybernetic monstrosities, demons, serial killers, etc.
It was created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting back then, featuring disturbing horror vignettes with an overarching storyline in which characters discover cursed videotapes.
Every entry has a different line of filmmakers attached to the project, which gives each its own unique identity. Identity could also be deemed in the form of hits and misses since not every installment was a success.
The latest installment will be focusing on the online collective fiction project SCP (Special Containment Procedures) Foundation. It is the first feature project now added to the long-running V/H/S horror franchise.
What is the V/H/S SCP Foundation movie about?
The SCP Foundation began in 2008 as a collaborative digital fiction project where every person shared their original horror and science-driven creepy stories. It’s like a Wikipedia for everyone who wants to contribute their ideas, growing into one of the biggest online universes since then. Take a look at one of the oldest entries:
The SCP Foundation is made to look like a top-secret, international organization that captures paranormal creatures operating right under our noses. It has detailed files on contamination procedures, which must be strictly adhered to, and spans data recorded over the years.
The loyal fanbase has contributed to the collaborative project that involves intricate lore. The official wiki contains over 7000 entries, discussing entities known as ‘anomalies.’ What makes these stories more terrifying is that they hardly explain anything. Readers fill in the blanks themselves, and a faithful adaptation of such a thing demands a more unsettling experience rather than distorted faces or cheap jump scares.
Prior adaptations of the SCP Foundation include games, short films, and web series, but this is the first time it is getting a film adaptation. The film will aim to show it as “recovered field documentation” in the video evidence gathering, which connects it with the found-footage element that the V/H/S franchise has been thriving on for years.
Each segment of the anthology can focus on a different SCP object, creature, or containment breach, telling its own self-contained horror story. It would be interesting to see which stories and creatures are selected from a vast database on this online horror wiki from a fictional, secretive organization.
The SCP Foundation movie’s greatest advantage isn’t any famous monster or creature’s story; its storytelling format lets every file become a different kind of horror. There is no single main character, but there is an infinite variety of monsters. Thousands of ready-made horror stories are present in a shared universe, which is its secret weapon. It is like tapping into one of the largest collaborative horror libraries ever created, consisting of interconnected case files coming from the internet users themselves.
The project is slated for a theatrical release in 2027.
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