The V/H/S franchise has always been a playground for the darkest corners of horror, but its next chapter is diving headfirst into the internet's most sprawling collaborative nightmare. According to a new report, the found-footage anthology series is teaming up with the SCP Foundation for V/H/S: SCP, a feature-length film that will bring the online horror phenomenon to the big screen for the first time.
Produced by Spooky Pictures and Image Nation Studios, with Roy Lee and Steven Schneider (the minds behind Paranormal Activity and Insidious) joining V/H/S veterans Josh Goldbloom and Michael Schreiber, the project marks a bold new direction for the franchise. After exploring sci-fi with V/H/S/Beyond in 2024 and seasonal scares with V/H/S/Halloween last year, the series is now tapping into the vast, user-generated mythology of the SCP Foundation.
For the uninitiated, the SCP Foundation began in 2008 as an online archive of fictional research documents detailing the containment of supernatural, paranormal, and reality-defying anomalies. Each entry—known as an SCP—comes with a classification (Safe, Euclid, Keter) and a set of bizarre properties that require strict protocols. Think of a slime that induces euphoria, a statue that only moves when unobserved (SCP-173), or a near-indestructible lizard (SCP-682). The V/H/S: SCP film will frame its segments as "recovered field documentation" or redacted video evidence from a containment breach, a perfect fit for the franchise's found-footage style.
The timing couldn't be better for internet horror to go mainstream. 2026 has already seen YouTube creator Markiplier's Iron Lung shock Hollywood with a $51 million box office haul, while Curry Barker's Obsession and Kane Parsons' Backrooms each crossed $350 million. The success of Backrooms in particular has sparked a gold rush for online horror adaptations, with Steven Spielberg's team recently acquiring rights to The Mandela Catalogue. Now, V/H/S is joining the party.
While no directors or writers are attached yet, the production team is stacked with genre heavyweights. Lee and Schneider have collaborated on hits like Hokum, Weapons, and The Long Walk, and Schneider praised the SCP universe as a "vital incubator" for creativity. "The horror genre continues to be a remarkable launchpad for new talent to share original creations," he said in a statement. "Along with INS, this next project reinforces our shared commitment to look in new and unexpected spaces for stories."
V/H/S: SCP is slated for a theatrical release next year. In the meantime, fans can explore the official SCP Wiki to get acquainted with the countless anomalies that might make the cut. For more on the rise of internet horror, check out our coverage of Obsession crossing $400M at the box office and the streaming resurgence of Helix Season 2 on Tubi.
