Blumhouse Teams With MatPat for Amanda the Adventurer Movie — The Tapes Are Going Theatrical

You know the static. You’ve heard it at 2 a.m. through your headphones — that cheerful, warbling theme song curdling into something wrong. A cartoon sheep smiles a little too wide and asks you to do a little favor. And you, horror hound, you do it. Because that’s what the tapes want.

Now picture her forty feet tall.

Turn the volume up, creeps — the static is part of the show.

THE FACTS: Blumhouse is officially teaming up with MatPat (Matthew Patrick of Game Theory fame) to turn viral indie horror games into feature films — and the first title out of the gate is Amanda the Adventurer. The announcement dropped at New York Comic Con 2026 during Blumhouse Atomic Monster’s panel. The plan isn’t a one-off: it’s a full pipeline of movies based on internet-born horror games, with writers and directors currently being courted.

Quick Specs

• Project: Amanda the Adventurer feature film (first of a planned series)
• Studio: Blumhouse × MatPat
• Announced: NYCC 2026, Blumhouse Atomic Monster panel
• Status: In development — writers and directors in active talks
• The game: First-person puzzle horror about a haunted low-budget children’s TV show (DreadXP)

MatPat told the NYCC crowd he’s bringing his favorite indie games and horror channels “from the internet to theaters.” He described the Amanda film as a story with heart — tragic yet horrifying — digging into the media kids consume and whether any of it can be trusted. (Given the source material, “trust” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.)

This is, frankly, a match made in the static. Nobody on this planet has done more to drag indie horror games into the mainstream conversation than MatPat — he’s spent years dissecting them frame by frame for millions of viewers. And nobody weaponizes a premise like Blumhouse. A haunted kids’ show, a studio that prints horror hits, and the internet’s foremost horror-game obsessive? That’s not a pitch. That’s a summoning.

From Game Theory to scream theory, fiends.

The Verdict: Full disclosure, up front, because that’s how we do things here — there is no movie yet. No trailer. No cast. No release date. Just an announcement and a whole lot of potential. But on concept alone? Five skulls. We’ll believe it when the tapes start rolling.

Trivia & Facts

• Amanda the Adventurer was developed by MANGLEDmaw Games and published by indie horror label DreadXP.
• MatPat shared the NYCC stage with James Wan and Other Mommy director Rob Savage — fresh off his film’s #1 box office weekend.
• The game is a first-person puzzler built around VHS tapes of a deeply wrong children’s show starring Amanda and her sheep pal Wooly.
• Blumhouse framed the deal as a series of films, not a single adaptation — more internet horror is coming to theaters.

Harper’s Extras

• Play Amanda the Adventurer on Steam before Hollywood gets its claws in her — the tapes hit different when you’re the one holding the remote.
• Fall down the MatPat rabbit hole: his Game Theory breakdowns are basically a film school for internet horror.
• Hungry for more game-to-screen horror? Check our coverage of Fire and Ashes and Hellraiser: Revival — the games are eating well this month.

Where to Watch: The game is on Steam (PC) right now. The movie? Nowhere yet — it’s in development, and we’ll be watching the static for updates.

FAQ

• Is the Amanda the Adventurer movie confirmed? Yes — Blumhouse and MatPat announced the partnership and the first title at NYCC 2026.
• When does it come out? No release date yet. Writers and directors are still being lined up.
• Will MatPat be in the movie? No cast has been announced; he’s partnering on the project as a producer/creative force.
• What other games are getting movies? Unannounced — Blumhouse says it’s a series of films based on viral indie horror games. Stay tuned.

Source: The Movie Blog, via the Blumhouse Atomic Monster panel at NYCC 2026.

Until the next nightmare, fiends.