Spooky Pictures Calls Into the ‘Home Safety Hotline’

What if there were a hotline you could call when you’re being attacked by a monster?

Night Signal Entertainment’s popular puzzle video game Home Safety Hotline is getting a feature film adaptation, writes THR, and Michael Matthews (Love and Monsters) is attached to direct the co-production, with the screenplay written by Nick Tassoni (Lure).

Indie genre label Spooky Pictures and Image Nation (who recently acquired the V/H/S rights) are partnering with Longevity Pictures to bring the horror thriller to life.

The film will follow an unemployed loner who must take a job as a phone operator at a mysterious home security company, only to realize they specialize in protecting customers from horrific monsters that come out at night.

The film will be produced by Steven Schneider (The Long Walk, Strange Darling, Late Night With the Devil) and Roy Lee (Weapons, Barbarian, It) for Spooky Pictures, alongside Longevity president Majd Nassif (Mercy, Locked) and Kameek Lucas Taitt (Empire City, Love and Monsters). Executive producers include Ben Ross (The Plague, Late Night With the Devil), CEO of Image Nation, and Jakob Pollack (Weapons) of Spooky Pictures.

“The game’s cult following demonstrates the universal appeal of its concept – and blending tonal influences of Severance and Stranger Things, Home Safety Hotline is analogue horror at its spine-chilling best,” said Ross.

Adds Schneider: “Night Signal Entertainment tapped into something primal – the terror of what might be lurking in the supposed safety of our own homes. With Michael Matthews at the helm and Nick Tassoni’s sharp and hair-raisingly entertaining adaptation, we’re building a fun horror thriller that will have audiences screening their calls long after the credits roll.”