Indie Dark · Horror

The Babadook

A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.

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Films in pilot slate
$840K
Investor LOIs secured
1,800+
Filmmakers in pipeline
12,400+
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Hannibal's Choice

Editor's pick — the one we'd serve with a nice Chianti.

Psychological Horror · 2018 · Dir. Ari Aster

Hereditary

Aster's debut weaponises grief as a delivery system for something far worse. A masterclass in dread — every frame is loaded, every silence is a threat. The kind of film that recalibrates what horror is allowed to do.

  • Toni Collette's performance is the high-water mark of the modern genre
  • Cinematography by Pawel Pogorzelski — every frame is composed like a dollhouse
  • Reframed A24 as the studio that could weaponise prestige horror
As featured in
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Festival circuit & genre awards
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Est. 1990
Sitges Film Festival
Est. 1968
Overlook
Est. 2016
Fantastic Fest
Est. 2005
Beyond Fest
Est. 2013
Screamfest
Est. 2001

Festival names are independent third-party properties. Indie Dark is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the festivals listed.

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Fractional horror financing, in four steps.

Indie Dark is a marketplace where everyday investors can take a real stake in independent horror — legally, transparently, and across a diversified slate.

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Explore vetted horror projects in active financing. Watch teasers, read the pitch, meet the filmmaker — and see exactly where every dollar bleeds.

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Films stream on Indie Dark and across distribution. Backers get revenue share, perks, on-screen credits, and quarterly statements.

Filmmaker spotlight
"Studios kept asking me to make my horror script less scary. Indie Dark was the first place that asked me to make it scarier."
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Mira Vance
Director — "The Quiet Place Beneath" · 2027
Coming soon

On the slate.

Original Indie Dark productions in development and post. Backers get first look, on-screen credits, and revenue share.

In post-production Q3 2027

Campton Manor

Dir. Stephen Wallis

A bride-to-be's bachelorette weekend at an isolated estate unearths a centuries-old curse.

Funding open Q4 2027

Morty's After Midnight

Dir. TBA

A late-night diner becomes the last refuge against something that only feeds after 12.

Funding soon Q1 2028

The Wicked Within

Dir. TBA

A psychiatrist takes on a patient whose hallucinations begin appearing in his own home.

From the cutting room

The Production Diary.

Backers see this feed in full — dailies, on-set photos, director's notes. Public previews below.
On set
Day 22 of 28

The Quiet Place Beneath

Underwater unit wrapped. We sank a bedroom set in 14ft of water and lit it from below. The dailies are the most disturbing footage we've shot this year.

Post
Picture lock

Veil

Final cut delivered to sound. Composer Hildur Ríkharðsson begins scoring next week — we're using a detuned cello quartet for the entire third act.

Reshoot
Reshoot weekend

Last Light Service

Picked up three scenes with the original cast in upstate New York. One was the church scene. We won't say more.

Delivery
Festival cut

The Stranger Below

Locked the 89-minute Sitges cut. Submitting to Beyond Fest, Fantastic Fest, and a midnight slot at TIFF next month.

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