YouTube filmmaker Cameron Gallagher has entered production on his feature debut, It Visits Me, based on his viral horror short of the same name, Deadline reports.
Gallagher is directing from a script he co-wrote with Jeremiah Lewis, which centers on a young woman who finds herself stuck at her childhood home, where her sister claims to be visited by an angel.
Sara Hallisey and Hayley Gasbarro, who starred in the short, will reprise their roles in the feature. Toby Poser (Hellbender) will also appear in the film.
Gallagher and Lewis are independently producing the feature, inspired by the recent YouTube-to-feature success of Markiplier’s Iron Lung, Dylan Clark’s Portrait of God, and Curry Barker’s Obsession.
The project is being positioned as a slow-burn psychological horror in the vein of Saint Maud, The Lodge, and Possession, leaning heavily into the religious horror subgenre.
“I’ve always found religious horror to be the scariest, and being able to bring something both scary and satisfying on a character level is what I’m drawn to most as a director,” said Gallagher.
“We are drawn to stories of people who have been thrown outside their comfort zone in just about every way, and are forced to confront what that disruption means psychologically — how just the act of disruption creates space for horror in a personal way,” added Lewis.
It Visits Me was uploaded to YouTube two years ago and has since amassed nearly 100,000 views. You can watch the 10-minute short below.
Gallagher’s short film 2 Players Required was featured on Bloody Bites from Screambox and Bloody Disgusting.