Horror microdrama service TerrorBox signs development pact with Vasaria Pictures
The genre label set up by the Saw writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan will develop short-form horror with TerrorBox and look to take projects into features. TerrorBox will release Vasaria's short Jezebel as a vertical series.
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TerrorBox, a vertical streaming service dedicated to horror, has agreed a pact with the genre label Vasaria Pictures, Deadline reported on 6 November 2026. Vasaria was set up by the Saw writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan and the producers Sean Gowrie and Nick Phillips.
The two companies will develop short-form content, often with emerging horror filmmakers, and look to expand it into feature films. TerrorBox will release Vasaria's short film Jezebel, directed by Phillips and written by and starring Claire Dellamar, as a vertical series. The companies will also make a vertical adaptation of Fate, a screenplay by Melton and Dunstan. Vasaria will consider some TerrorBox titles for feature development.
TerrorBox launched earlier in 2026 as a microdrama service from Box Entertainment Group, which Ryan Justice set up in 2025. The group runs genre-specific platforms, including AxnBox for action, adventure and westerns. Deadline reported that TerrorBox has acquired the Nightmarish TV library of vertical horror shorts, usually 90 seconds or less, and the independent title Dead Signal. It also has a deal with Echo Cell Productions. The report gave no financial terms for the pact.
Companies TerrorBox, Box Entertainment Group, Vasaria Pictures
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