Indie genre label Spooky Pictures and Image Nation are partnering with Longevity Pictures to dial into Home Safety Hotline, a horror thriller feature film based on Night Signal Entertainment’s popular puzzle video game of the same name. Michael Matthews (Love and Monsters) is attached to direct the co-production, with the screenplay written by Nick Tassoni (Lure).
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 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,” according to a synopsis.
“This project exemplifies our commitment to supporting bold, original storytelling that resonates globally,” said Ross. “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.”
“Adapting beloved IP into visceral cinematic experiences is what Spooky Pictures does best, and Home Safety Hotline is a perfect example,” said 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.”
“At Longevity Pictures, we’re drawn to stories that feel instantly iconic but still push the genre forward,” said Nassif. “Home Safety Hotline takes a deceptively simple premise and turns it into something deeply unsettling, smart, and cinematic. Partnering with Spooky Pictures and Image Nation; and with Michael Matthews shaping the film and Nick Tassoni crafting the story, gives us the perfect creative foundation to translate this world into a truly unforgettable experience.”
Michael Matthews, courtesy of Jasin Boland/Paramount Pictures Studios
Matthews made his directorial debut with Five Fingers for Marseilles, which won five African Movie Academy Awards, including for best film. His second feature was Love and Monsters for Paramount Pictures. Matthews is currently wrapping production on Empire State, starring Gerard Butler and Hayley Atwell, and also previously directed the series Nautilus for AMC+, alongside commercials, music videos and short films.
Tassoni is best known for his 2023 Black List script Lure, which follows a park ranger lured into the woods by a dangerous, unearthly predator mimicking her dead daughter.
Matthews is represented by Range Media Partners. Tassoni is represented by Entertainment 360 and attorney Sasha Levites at FKKS.
