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Indian Film Company Launches Online Horror Writing Lab
Platoon One Films is launching a horror writing lab in India to develop new stories for the screen.
The online program will select 15 writers, each with an original horror screenplay to work on over three months.
Weekend sessions will combine group mentoring, craft discussions and individual feedback from screenwriters and directors.
The company says Indian mainstream horror often relies on familiar ghosts and horror-comedy, despite the country’s rich myths and folk traditions.
The lab aims to encourage stories that use horror to explore society and the human mind, and to help Indian horror reach audiences abroad.
When the program ends, participants will have a chance to pitch their projects to producers and other industry figures through the company’s network.
Platoon One Films is launching an online horror screenwriting lab in India for 15 writers.
The three-month program will help participants develop original horror screenplays.
Its organizers want to encourage stories that move beyond familiar ghost plots and horror-comedy hybrids.
Writers will receive group and individual mentoring from screenwriters and directors from India and other countries.
After the lab, participants will have the chance to pitch their projects to producers and other industry figures.
- Who
- Independent Indian outfit Platoon One Films is launching the lab. It will select 15 writers.
- What
- A three-month online program will help writers develop original horror screenplays.
- When
- The publication date is November 3, 2026. The lab’s start date is not stated.
- Where
- The program will run entirely online in India.
- Why
- Platoon One Films says it wants to help writers create stronger horror stories and move beyond familiar genre formulas.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The lab will mentor writers as they develop their original horror screenplays.
Participants will have the chance to pitch their projects to producers and other industry figures.
Platoon One Films will name the program’s mentors and faculty.
- Selected writers
- 15
- Program length
- Three months
- Format
- Entirely online
- Projects
- Each participant will develop an original horror screenplay
- Sessions
- Weekends
- Company
- Platoon One Films
What people are saying
We can talk about much bigger, philosophical and metaphysical ideas through horror, and sometimes it is far more powerful than simply expressing them through dialogue.
Frankly, I was getting tired of watching horror-comedies that were neither scary nor funny.
I see this as an opportunity to help create the next generation of writers and filmmakers who can take Indian horror to a whole new level.