Hot horror short The Blue Door picked up by Amblin

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Amblin has just picked up U.K. filmmaker Paul Taylor's hot horror short THE BLUE DOOR in a "competitive situation" and plans to make it into a feature soon. Taylor will be returning to direct the feature-length version, with writer-producers Megan Pugh and Ben Clark returning to also pen the new script. The feature version is said to have a strong dramatic core combined with high-concept horror mythology. Whatever that means.

The short was nominated for a BAFTA earlier this year and centers on:

A nurse assigned to an elderly woman living in a dilapidated home. The nurse unwittingly becomes the focus of a dark entity that is connected to a secret blue door that, once opened, has devastating consequences.

The Picture Company partners Alex Heineman and Andrew Rona will produce the project with Good Fear Film + Managment's Jake Wagner and Scott Stoops serving as executive producers. Van Toffler and Floris Bauer of Gunpowder & Sky, whose Alter label premiered the short film online, will also executive produce. Pugh and Clark will co-produce. You can check out the full short film below and then let us know what you think!