Is a Siren Head movie happening?

UPDATE: The Siren Head movie has now been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter To work with Zach Krieger at Warner Bros. Pictures (Weapon) and Brian Duffield (whale fall) Teaming up on the script.

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The monsters that have been dominating the internet for a long time are making their way to the big screen.

2026 has already been a big year for the world of creepypasta (internet urban legends) connecting with Hollywood. back roomKen Parsons’ feature length adaptation of his series of YouTube shorts has grossed $300 million at the global box office in four weeks. third guardianAn upcoming horror film based on Elias Witherow’s Tommy Taffy short story series, which went viral on Reddit’s r/NoSleep sub, is set to be released next January.

The question is, will another Internet nightmare soon be joining them? Could Siren Head, the giant monster created by artist Trevor Henderson, be the next creepypasta to get the movie treatment? Nothing has been confirmed yet – but if you look closely, there are clues.

What is siren head?

In short, Siren Head is a telegraph pole-height monster that is able to blend into its surroundings while hunting human prey. It was created by Henderson in 2018 after a call from a follower Kelly Sent him an image of a cemetery set against a blue sky. At this time Henderson was rapidly building his social media following by drawing monsters which he would add to photographs. He liked the image of Kelly and tried to create something that he thought would look scary standing among graves. Just like that, Siren Head was born.

“I was just drawing a tall, emaciated figure, and I just got the idea of ​​putting a siren on its head because A) that noise has always terrified me, and B) I’ve always been obsessed with the idea of ​​numbers stations,” Henderson told Mashable in 2022. There are pieces of music, and strange voices that say odd number combinations, there are many theories that they are like old Russian spy channels that have been abandoned and are still counting the codes.”

It’s hard to overestimate how popular Siren Head has become in the years since Henderson shared the first image. It was slow going at first, but when YouTuber Markiplier – who recently achieved success with his feature film iron lung – Started talking about the monster on his channel in early 2020, millions of people watched it.

This thing is all over the internet now. Siren Head-inspired content has received millions of views on TikTok and YouTube. There are several unofficial Siren Head games on Steam and merchandise on Amazon (most of which are created without Henderson’s knowledge or permission).

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“The Internet just takes stuff,” Henderson said. “And there’s not really much you can do, especially when a character gets destroyed like Siren Head. It stops being yours in some ways and starts becoming everyone else’s.”

Is a Siren Head film in the works?

Speculation regarding a possible film adaptation has intensified since last week. There are some reasons for this. First, Henderson has again begun posting frequently about the creature on Instagram.

In itself, this is not that unusual. Although Henderson has created hundreds of monsters, Siren Head is a favorite that comes up from time to time. But it is worth noting that frequency Many of their posts have been dialed up – there have been a handful in the last week alone, including a few found footage-style reels featuring the creature’s trademark siren call.

However, what is even more interesting is who is commenting on these posts.

Underneath the above image, which Henderson posted about a week ago, filmmaker Scott Glassgold replied with multiple eyes emojis. Glassgold, who founded the production company 12:01 Films, is a big name in the horror movie realm, especially when it comes to adaptations based on viral internet urban legends (he’s been involved in several deals before, including stories that originally started on Reddit).

Glassgold’s comment did not go unnoticed. A commenter asked him directly about the possibility of a Siren Head movie, to which he responded with three slightly mysterious siren emojis. Henderson then responded to Glassgold himself with a small megaphone. Mashable contacted Glassgold to ask about the possibility of a movie, and his response was downright mysterious. Glassgold said, “I’m a big fan of Trevor and I’ll be first in line to see whatever he does.”

When Henderson was asked about the possibilities of the film, he also did not say much. “I would love to,” he told Mashable. “I think there’s a lot of potential to expand Siren Head into a movie, but we’ll have to see. Either way, it makes me very happy that people still respond positively to the creature design in 2026.”

So what does this all mean? Well there has been no official announcement yet and it is all speculation. But Glassgold’s comments – as well as the fact that he’s sharing Henderson’s recent Siren Head reels – appear too deliberate to be chalked up to mere coincidence.

Hopefully the creepypasta-to-movie pipeline gets a telegraph pole-sized expansion in the near future.

Disclosure: The author of this text is the same film/TV rep as Trevor Henderson. All reporting was conducted independently.