FILM PRODUCTION - SCREENWRITING - DIRECTING
Dark Wander
Stories built in the dark.
An independent production company developing horror, thriller, and dark genre film. Based in the UK with a focus on landscape-driven, character-led work. Currently developing original features and open to collaboration on co-productions and commissioned screenplays.
Selected Work
Films & Projects
short · horror / thriller · 6 mins
Coming in 2026.
short · horror / drama · 20 mins
Winner of Spirit of Independence's Emerging Spirit award, currently on festival circuit.
short · thriller · 2 mins
Won Best Short Form Short at Horror Underground Film Festival & Finalist at the Dark Hedges International Film Festival.
approach
Where the dark begins
Folk horror, ghost stories, slow-burn dread. Place often inspires the work — landscape that does something to the people inside it, that becomes a character. Haunted houses, remote wilderness, isolated ships at sea. The work has run from family horror to environmental reckoning to a quiet rage at the modern world. What runs through all of it is character — flawed, specific people facing things larger than themselves. Dark Wander's stories are always atmospheric, dark, and moody.
Dark Wander is proudly independent. We hand pick lean teams selected for what each project needs, not the industry default. Decisions are made on what serves the story. We create work that punches above its budget because every choice has been made deliberately.
IN DEVELOPMENT
Two feature scripts
Folk horror and a ghost story. Both dealing with grief and family.
IN POST
Three short films
Repossession, Hoard, and Mayday — completing soon.
ON THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Lone
Currently submitting. Gorgon and I Am Feeling Overwhelmed previously selected.
OTHER SERVICES
Script editing
Available for genre features and shorts. By referral and direct enquiry.
Ready to make something dark?
For development, co-production, financing, and collaboration.



