The success of Backrooms this year has proven just how much potential there is when it comes to adapting stories that originate online, while Obsession becoming a hit has similarly highlighted why studios will start looking to YouTube creators for feature films. Movies and TV shows based on creepypastas aren’t unique to 2026, but the aforementioned titles becoming such sensations, especially when released within weeks of each other, has started a major initiative from various studios.
Earlier this month, A24 confirmed it was developing V/H/S: SCP, the next chapter in the long-running found-footage anthology series, which is set to embrace the fan-driven lore of the SCP Foundation. While this was an exciting development for fans of the SCP Foundation, the digital media collaboration that ignited in 2008, it also raised some concerns about copyright. The staff and authors of the SCP Foundation Wiki posted an official statement about the project, under the assumption that the movie might adapt specific storylines from the foundation.
Rivaling V/H/S: SCP is a new movie inspired by the SCP Foundation, this time from studio Neon, as confirmed by Deadline. While the projects might both be inspired by similar concepts, the outlet ensured that Neon’s movie will be “releasing its film and related materials under the Creative Commons license CC BY-SA, meaning that they will not permanently control the film. Other creators will be able to copy, share, screen, build on or adapt the film — even commercially — under the Creative Commons license, provided that they credit the SCP creators and filmmakers, release their own adaptations under the same license, and avoid claims to an exclusive distribution arrangement.”
They added, “Neon has been in communication the SCP Wiki team to ensure the film’s distribution does not deviate from their mission and licensing guidelines.”
At this time, there are no details about filmmakers who might be attached to Neon’s SCP film or what it might explore, but it was reportedly in development before the announcement about A24’s movie. This is far from the first time in which two studios release similar projects within the same year, yet with Neon specifically addressing the backlash A24’s movie ignited, it would seem that the studio has earned an edge.
A key component of what makes creepypasta so compelling is that, whatever the origin of a story might be, there is such a strong communal component that allows storytellers to all expand on established lore as they see fit, as the stories themselves feel as though they take on a life of their own.
Neon’s SCP Foundation movie doesn’t have a release date.
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