The Mortuary Assistant director Jeremiah Kipp says the game’s developer was ‘enormously supportive’ of the movie — and teases a surprise cameo
The Mortuary Assistant is the latest horror video game to be developed into a movie. It’s coming to theaters as well as the streaming service Shudder on February 13, so we don’t have long to wait now.
It’s been an exciting time for horror video games. Recently, Markiplier’s Iron Lung performed incredibly well at the box office, and now The Mortuary Assistant adapts another viral game that plenty of Twitch streamers and YouTubers have been obsessed with.
Clarke was involved in so much of the process, including set and character designs, to ensure they remained true to the original vision of the horror game. So if you’ve played the game, you should expect a lot of familiarity when you watch the movie.
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Clarke’s involvement in The Mortuary Assistant movie didn’t stop behind the scenes, though, and fans will also get to see him in front of the camera. Kipp told me that Clarke was keen to play one of the dead bodies in the movie, so keep your eyes peeled for a familiar face.
Kipp said, “Brian was a good sport in playing the second dead body we see in the film, but having him on set as an actor was an easy way to have the writer with us.”
“The script by Tracee Beebe did a wonderful job following through on the story arc of Rebecca’s character, and Brian was able to come in like the cavalry in the script process, bringing the material back into the world he’d made. I showed him every cut of the film, and even had him interview sound designers with me because I felt the game’s soundscape was key to its success; the way the horror isn’t just seen but felt in your very bones.”
Kipp concluded by saying, “Our sound designer and composer, Jeffery Alan Jones, was the right choice, talking about River Fields Mortuary as if each room had its own personality and sense of unease.”
I’m incredibly excited for The Mortuary Assistant to arrive on Shudder, particularly because of the developer’s huge involvement in the movie. It’s so cool to see big collaborative projects like this come to life and exist in multiple formats to tell their story.
This is one of my major February horror picks, but if you’d like to see more, check out 7 new horror movies on Netflix, Shudder, HBO Max, and more in February 2026.
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