Filmmaker Cameron Gallagher has officially begun production on his feature debut, It Visits Me, expanding his viral short of the same name into a full-length nightmare, according to Deadline.

Gallagher directs from a script he co-wrote with Jeremiah Lewis. The story follows a young woman forced to return to her childhood home, where tensions simmer and old wounds reopen — especially after her sister claims she’s being visited by an angel. What begins as a fragile homecoming spirals into something far more unsettling.

Sara Hallisey and Hayley Gasbarro, who led the original short, are set to reprise their roles for the feature adaptation. Joining them is Toby Poser (Hellbender), adding some serious indie horror credibility to the cast.

Gallagher and Lewis are independently producing the film, drawing inspiration from the recent pipeline of creators who’ve successfully made the leap from YouTube to feature filmmaking — including Markiplier’s Iron Lung, Dylan Clark’s Portrait of God, and Curry Barker’s Obsession.

The film is being positioned as a slow-burn psychological descent in the tradition of Saint Maud, The Lodge, and Possession, leaning heavily into the religious horror subgenre — a space where faith and fear collide in deeply personal ways.

“I’ve always found religious horror to be the scariest,” Gallagher said. “Being able to bring something both terrifying and emotionally satisfying on a character level is what I’m drawn to most as a director.”

Lewis added, “We’re drawn to stories about people pushed completely outside their comfort zones and forced to confront what that disruption means psychologically — how the very act of disruption creates space for horror in an intimate, personal way.”

The original It Visits Me short premiered on YouTube two years ago and has since racked up nearly 100,000 views, building a grassroots audience eager to see the story expand.