Writer/Director Demián Rugna’s gnarly possession horror movie When Evil Lurks ended on a somber note that left the door ajar for continuation. The filmmaker recently revealed that he’s not done yet; a sequel is already in development.

Rugna recently appeared on an episode of “La Broma Infinita” from the Argentine streaming channel Gelantina, where he spoke about filming When Evil Lurks and the status of its sequel.

The horror filmmaker tells the hosts, roughly translated, that “We have part two written, yes, and we’re just waiting for the funding to come through. We have to make some script modifications to make it perfect, but the studio that wants to make it is already there.”

While Rugna doesn’t mention which studio is ready to produce, it’s worth noting that Shudder was behind the first film, co-producing with Aramos Cine and Machaco Films. Even better is that Rugna noting the script is near completion means that we’re one step closer to production.

The script is also key to Rugna’s brand of horror. The director previously told BD, “It’s not easy to scare without a script that makes scares. The problem is when you have a script that really does not scare you, you use the jump scare all the time. I guess to make a script in which you don’t know what is going to happen in two minutes with this character, in two minutes with this element, give me the chance to kick you at any time. And you are not prepared for that. If I work, if I make a script that you can’t anticipate what happened or where I am going. You won’t feel protected because you recognize where I’m going. That’s why I’m making movies for horror fans, not for the wider audience.”

In When Evil Lurks, “a pair of brothers find a mutilated corpse near their property and convene with the locals to suss it out. They soon learn that the odd happenings in their village are the cause of a spirit that’s found its way into a local man waiting for the proper protocols to rid his body of the festering demon. An escape attempt ensues as the film keeps its protagonists on edge, racing against imminent danger to shake the spirit’s relentless clutches.”

Ezequiel Rodríguez, Demián Salomón, and Virginia Garófalo star.

Stay tuned for news on the When Evil Lurks sequel as it arrives, and look for the film to get the Second Sight Films treatment next month.