A24 Boards ‘V/H/S: SCP’ as Internet Horror Universe Heads to Theaters in 2027
A24 is teaming with Spooky Pictures and Image Nation Studios to bring the SCP Foundation to the big screen, setting a 2027 theatrical release for V/H/S: SCP.
The project marks the first feature-film adaptation built around the sprawling online horror and science-fiction universe, which began in 2008 and has since grown into one of the internet’s largest collaborative storytelling projects.
A24 has taken worldwide rights and will co-produce alongside Roy Lee and Steven Schneider for Spooky Pictures. Josh Goldbloom, who has worked across several recent V/H/S installments including V/H/S/94, V/H/S/99 and V/H/S/Halloween, is also producing alongside Michael Schreiber.
Image Nation Studios CEO Ben Ross and Spooky Pictures’ Rami Yasin and Jakob Pollack will executive produce with Brad Miska.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the title positions the project as the next expansion of the V/H/S found-footage anthology franchise rather than a standalone adaptation disconnected from that series.
The SCP Foundation originated as an online collaborative fiction project centered on a secret organization tasked with identifying, containing and studying anomalous objects, entities and phenomena capable of threatening humanity. Over nearly two decades, thousands of contributors have expanded the mythology through interconnected reports, stories and fictional documentation.
The universe has already inspired video games, short films and web projects, but V/H/S: SCP will represent its first major theatrical feature.
“Internet lore is quickly rising as a compelling source of new stories for the horror genre, bringing with it built-in, highly devoted audiences,” Ross, Lee and Schneider said in a joint statement. “As fans increasingly seek out fresh scares, we’re focused on tapping into the most compelling online worlds in which talent already live, such as the vast SCP universe, and helping them make the leap to the big screen.”
The producers also pointed to A24’s experience developing internet-born horror properties for theatrical audiences, citing Backrooms as an example of the kind of transition they hope to make with SCP.
Like the SCP Foundation, Backrooms grew from online horror culture before expanding into a larger multimedia mythology. That crossover between internet storytelling and traditional horror filmmaking has become increasingly significant as studios look toward communities that have already spent years building worlds, characters and lore outside conventional publishing and film pipelines.
The move also continues a new phase for the V/H/S franchise.
Image Nation Studios and Spooky Pictures acquired rights to the found-footage anthology series earlier this year. V/H/S: SCP will follow V/H/S/Mixtape, a music-themed installment scheduled to premiere on Shudder this October.
The pairing makes conceptual sense. The V/H/S series has traditionally used multiple filmmakers and separate segments to explore different corners of horror within a single anthology, while the SCP Foundation is built around thousands of individual anomalies and case files existing inside one larger mythology. That structure gives filmmakers considerable room to move between creature horror, science fiction, cosmic horror and more experimental material without leaving the central universe.
Spooky Pictures is also among the companies behind Josh Giuliano’s upcoming horror film Occupant for Focus Features, alongside Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Divide/Conquer.
No directors, cast members or individual SCP stories have been announced for V/H/S: SCP.
A24 plans to release the film theatrically in 2027.
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