Scary Horror Video Game Adaptation ‘The Mortuary Assistant’ Trailer

by Alex Billington
January 16, 2026
Source: YouTube

“The entity will do anything to gain control…” So don’t let it in! Dread + Shudder have unveiled the official trailer for The Mortuary Assistant, an indie horror movie based on a video game about a supernatural demon haunting a mortuary. Nicely timed with the other horror video game movie releasing this winter – Return to Silent Hill which opens next week in theaters. A new horror film adaptation based on the hit video game series from 2022 available on Steam. Spend a night at the mortuary with The Mortuary Assistant – arriving in theaters first in February before it’s streaming on Shudder in March. The story follows Rebecca Owens, a mortuary science graduate who takes a night job working at River Fields Mortuary. What begins as a routine night soon turns sinister as she faces terrifying supernatural forces. This stars Willa Holland, Paul Sparks, Mark Steger, Shelly Gibson, Keena Ferguson Fraiser, and more. Looks super creepy! Tons of dead haunting her! Also reminds me of the horror movie The Autopsy of Jane Doe and just as scary.

Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Jeremiah Kipp’s horror The Mortuary Assistant, from YouTube:

The Mortuary Assistant follows newly certified mortician Rebecca Owens (Willa Holland), who accepts a night shift at a mortuary, embalming bodies alone after hours. As disturbing events escalate, Rebecca uncovers demonic rituals, the dark secrets of her enigmatic mentor, and her own buried trauma—racing to survive the night before her body becomes a vessel for possession. The Mortuary Assistant is directed by genre filmmaker Jeremiah Kipp, director of the film The Geechee Witch: A Boo Hag Story previously, plus tons of other shorts and genre projects. The screenplay is written by Tracee Beebe and Brian Clarke. Produced by Dread, Cole Payne’s Traverse Media, and Jacob P. Heineke. This hasn’t premiered at any film festivals or elsewhere, as far as we know. Dread will debut Kipp’s The Mortuary Assistant film in select US theaters starting February 13th, 2026, then streaming on Shudder on March 27th coming soon. Scary?

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