{"id":2471816,"date":"2026-06-23T11:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2471816"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:08:50","slug":"is-a-siren-head-movie-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/is-a-siren-head-movie-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a Siren Head movie happening?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<p>Monsters that have long been haunting the internet are finding their way to the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>2026 has already been a huge year for the world of creepypasta (internet urban legends) intersecting with Hollywood. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/entertainment\/backrooms-review\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><em>Backrooms<\/em><\/a>, Kane Parsons&#8217; feature length adaptation of his own <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H4dGpz6cnHo\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">series of YouTube shorts<\/a>, has brought in $300 million at the global box office in four weeks. <em>The Third Parent<\/em>, an upcoming horror movie based on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Elias_Witherow\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Elias Witherow<\/a>&#8216;s Tommy Taffy short story series that went viral on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/reddit-no-sleep-launching-horror-writers-careers\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Reddit&#8217;s r\/NoSleep sub<\/a>, is due for release next January.<\/p>\n<p>The question is, will another internet nightmare soon be joining their ranks? Could Siren Head, the towering monster created by artist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trevorhenderson\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Trevor Henderson<\/a>, be the next creepypasta to get the movie treatment? Nothing is confirmed yet \u2014 but if you look closely, there are clues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7\">\n        <span class=\"font-bold text-primary-400\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><br \/>\n        <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/entertainment\/backrooms-review\" class=\"flex items-center text-secondary-300\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ml-1\">&#8216;Backrooms&#8217; review: Does the online creepypasta make a good full-length movie?<\/span><br \/>\n            <svg class=\"ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current\"><use href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/icons\/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<h2>What is Siren Head?<\/h2>\n<p>In a nutshell, Siren Head is a monster the height of a telegraph pole that&#8217;s capable of blending into its surroundings while it hunts human prey. It was created by Henderson back in 2018, after a follower called <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/havens_kid\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Cally<\/a> sent him an image of a graveyard framed against a blue sky. At this point Henderson was quickly building his social media by drawing monsters that he&#8217;d splice into photos. He liked Cally&#8217;s image, and tried to draw something that he thought would look scary standing among the tombstones. Just like that, Siren Head was born.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was just drawing a long, emaciated figure, and I just had the idea to put a siren for its head because a) that noise has always terrified me, and b) I&#8217;ve always been kind of obsessed with the idea of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-24910397\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">numbers stations<\/a>,&#8221; Henderson told Mashable back in 2022. &#8220;Numbers stations are these radio broadcasts that are constantly playing \u2014 and no-one can identify their origins or what they&#8217;re supposed to accomplish \u2014 that are just weird snippets of music, and strange voices saying odd number combinations. There&#8217;s a lot of theories that they&#8217;re like old Russian spy channels that have been abandoned and are still counting out codes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"eloquent-imagery-image\">\n<div class=\"flex justify-center\">\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"normal-case text-gray-1000\"\/><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text-gray-600 credit\">Credit: Trevor Henderson<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s difficult to overstate just how popular Siren Head has become in the years since Henderson shared that first image. It was a slow burn initially, but when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/life\/markiplier-youtube-twitch-gaming\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">YouTuber Markiplier<\/a> \u2014 who recently had <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/markiplier-iron-lung-streaming-youtube\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">his own feature film success with <em>Iron Lung<\/em><\/a> \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QGyyH7z50WM\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">started talking about the monster on his channel in early 2020<\/a>, millions of people tuned in.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is now all over the internet. Siren Head-inspired content has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/search?q=siren%20head&amp;t=1782212116673\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">millions of views on TikTok<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=siren+head\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">YouTube<\/a>. There are multiple unofficial Siren Head games on Steam and merchandise on Amazon (much of which has been created without Henderson&#8217;s knowledge or permission).<\/p>\n<section x-data=\"window.newsletter({ isDeal: false })\" x-init=\"init()\" aria-label=\"Newsletter Sign-Up\" class=\"relative invisible my-12 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl md:my-16 ziff-component accent-cut-for-gradient-bg accent-cut-border-for-gradient-bg bg-gradient-fuchsia-secondary p-[2px]\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"text-gradient-fuchsia-secondary\">Mashable Top Stories<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&#8220;The internet just kind of takes stuff,&#8221; Henderson said. &#8220;And there&#8217;s not a lot you can do, really, especially when a character blows up like Siren Head did. It kind of stops becoming yours, in some ways, and starts becoming everyone&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Is a Siren Head movie in the works?<\/h2>\n<p>Speculation around a possible movie adaptation has been ramping up over the past week. There&#8217;s been a couple of reasons for this. First, Henderson has started <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZjWVJENfHb\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">posting<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ2q9qmMy1b\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">frequently<\/a> about the creature again on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>By itself, this isn&#8217;t that unusual. Although Henderson has created hundreds of monsters, Siren Head is a favorite that pops up now and then. But it&#8217;s worth noting that the <em>frequency<\/em> of his posts has dialled up \u2014 there have been a handful over the last week alone, including some <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ2q9qmMy1b\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">found footage-style Reels<\/a> featuring the creature&#8217;s trademark siren call.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s even more intriguing, though, is who&#8217;s been commenting on these posts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mx-auto instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZjWVJENfHb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom:1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Beneath the above image, which Henderson posted about a week ago, movie producer Scott Glassgold replied with several <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/emojipedia.org\/eyes\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">eyes emoji<\/a>. Glassgold, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/1201-films-scott-glassgold-verve-1236244140\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">founded production company 12:01 Films<\/a>, is a big name in the horror movie space, particularly when it comes to adaptations based on viral internet urban legends (he&#8217;s previously been involved in a number of deals, including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/06\/blake-lively-netflix-reddit-psychological-thriller-novel-we-used-to-live-here-marcus-kliewer-1234768888\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">stories that originally started on Reddit<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"eloquent-imagery-image\">\n<div class=\"flex justify-center\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-1.fill.size_2000x570.v1782129808.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of an Instagram comment.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"570\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-1.fill.size_800x228.v1782129808.png 800w, https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-1.fill.size_1400x399.v1782129808.png 1400w, https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-1.fill.size_2000x570.v1782129808.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"normal-case text-gray-1000\"\/><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text-gray-600 credit\">Credit: Instagram<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Glassgold&#8217;s comment didn&#8217;t go unnoticed. A commenter asked him directly about the possibility of a Siren Head movie in response, to which he replied with three slightly cryptic siren emoji. Henderson himself then responded to Glassgold with a little megaphone. Mashable reached out to Glassgold to ask about the possibility of a film, and his response was just as cryptic. &#8220;I&#8217;m a huge fan of Trevor&#8217;s and will be first in line to see anything he does,&#8221; Glassgold said.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson, when asked about the potential for a movie, also didn&#8217;t give much away. \u201cI&#8217;d be delighted,&#8221; he told Mashable. &#8220;I think Siren Head has a lot of potential to be expanded into a film, but we\u2019ll have to see. Either way, it makes me very happy that people still respond positively to the creature design in 2026.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"eloquent-imagery-image\">\n<div class=\"flex justify-center\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-2.fill.size_2000x737.v1782129808.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of two Instagram comments.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"737\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-2.fill.size_800x295.v1782129808.png 800w, https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-2.fill.size_1400x516.v1782129808.png 1400w, https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-2.fill.size_2000x737.v1782129808.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"normal-case text-gray-1000\"\/><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text-gray-600 credit\">Credit: Instagram<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"eloquent-imagery-image\">\n<div class=\"flex justify-center\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-3.fill.size_2000x374.v1782129808.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of an Instagram comment.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"374\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-3.fill.size_800x150.v1782129808.png 800w, https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-3.fill.size_1400x262.v1782129808.png 1400w, https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/07aA9fKS4D3rQ65AXHPayty\/images-3.fill.size_2000x374.v1782129808.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"normal-case text-gray-1000\"\/><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text-gray-600 credit\">Credit: Instagram<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, what does it all mean? Well so far, there have been no official announcements and this is all speculative. But Glassgold&#8217;s comments \u2014 plus the fact he&#8217;s been sharing Henderson&#8217;s recent Siren Head Reels \u2014 seem too deliberate to be chalked up to mere coincidence. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s hoping the creepypasta-to-movie pipeline gets a telegraph pole-sized extension in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclosure: The author of this text shares the same film\/TV representative as Trevor Henderson. All reporting was conducted independently.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source mashable.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monsters that have long been haunting the internet are finding their way to the big screen. 2026 has already been a huge year for the world of creepypasta (internet urban legends) intersecting with Hollywood. 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