DARKMODE
Written by Jimmy George & John Squires
A new generation needs a new generation of monsters. In traditional horror, cell phones mean salvation. DARKMODE flips the script. Your devices are the danger, and disconnecting isn’t an option. This series does for cell phones what Jaws did for the ocean, delivering cautionary tales about Internet Horrors that hunt us before, during, and after we log in. Pitch deck available upon request.
In this six-episode horror anthology series, five original code monsters born from our digital sins crawl out of our screens, each hunting its prey from a different corner of the internet. All five converge on a middle school in the feature-length finale, ENCRYPTIDS, where the generation raised online fights back.
Written by Jimmy George & John Squires
DARK MODE
MEET THE WRITERS
JIMMY GEORGE AND JOHN SQUIRES
Jimmy George is co-writer/co-producer of seven horror features, two nominated for Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. John Squires is the Editor-in-Chief of Bloody Disgusting and a celebrated horror journalist. Their DARKMODE pilot and ENCRYPTIDS were GenreBlast 2026 finalists. The pilot won Honorable Mention and is nominated for Best Short Screenplay at the Austin Horror Film Festival.