A Dramabeats × Reel Fear International Event A Dramabeats × Reel Fear International EventThe 1st international Dark Fantasy & Horror Microdrama forum. Where dark stories go vertical.
Two days of global speakers and a live pitch — from the studios shaping vertical genre storytelling.
Industry leaders in horror, fantasy and vertical storytelling.
From microdramas to mythologies. All vertical.
New voices. Dark ideas. Big opportunities.
DARKVERSE is a focused, two-day online forum for the people writing, producing, financing and distributing the next generation of vertical genre stories — where Dark Fantasy, Horror and Microdrama meet.
International talks, fireside chats and panels with leading voices from Microdrama, Horror, Dark Fantasy, production, platforms and AI.
A curated selection of international Dark Fantasy and Horror Microdrama projects, presented live to an international industry jury.
Two rapidly growing worlds, one room: mobile-first vertical microdrama and dark genre — horror, supernatural, dark romance and folklore — with the most engaged audiences in short-form.
2 days · 3 hours per day · 100% online. Compact by design, so creators and industry can join live across time zones.
A paid challenge with a real payoff. Enroll for $14, get three masterclass videos in early October to build your pitch, then compete live. Winners get market validation and a direct line to the apps and buyers producing vertical horror.
Secure your place in the Challenge.
In early October you receive three masterclass videos to build your pitch.
Build your deck and proof of concept, then submit to compete.
Finalists pitch to an international jury of apps, studios and producers.
Winners walk away with real market validation — and the chance to put their project in front of the apps and buyers actively looking to produce vertical horror and dark-genre stories.
How platforms and buyers actually choose what to produce.
Turn a concept into a pitch and a deck that lands.
Build a proof of concept that proves it works.
When each conference day ends, the lights go down. A curated Reel Fear screening room opens online — native 9:16 vertical horror, watched on your own screen, voted by you. The Reel Fear experience, wherever you are.
The first session opens the moment Day 1 wraps.
The room reopens after the Day 2 finale.
The link stays live for 24h after Day 2 — then it closes for good.
We tally every vote and email everyone the winners.
Every title you watch, you rate. The most-voted film takes the DARKVERSE Audience Award — the people's verdict, standing beside the industry's Pitch Award.
Complete the session — every title watched, every vote cast — and you unlock The Relic: a limited digital artefact from Reel Fear, sent to your inbox when the session closes. Not merch. An artefact.
The link to access the After Dark Session — powered by Reel Fear unlocks after each day of the conference ends, and stays live for 48 hours only. It's private and reaches only the people who signed up. Register to get yours.
Get your passFirst speakers announced soon. Want the stage? Apply to be a Speaker — the committee reviews every proposal.
The online format is built for participation across markets and time zones — a recurring global forum for dark genre and microdrama.
Built for creators and industry across every market and time zone — live, online.
A returning home for dark genre and microdrama, across borders.
One room connecting platforms, studios and audiences worldwide.
DARKVERSE is the first international forum of its kind — a global room of creators, platforms and a highly engaged genre audience. Present an award, power The Relic, or bring your titles to the Reel Fear Sessions. Founding-partner status is only available once.
Three ways in — get your free pass, enter the Pitching Challenge, or apply to speak.
Save your seat for both days. You'll get the full schedule, speaker announcements, and your private link to the Reel Fear Sessions — where you watch, vote and unlock The Relic.
Enroll for $14. In early October you'll receive three masterclass videos to build your pitch — then compete for market validation and a direct line to the apps and buyers producing vertical horror and dark genre.
How platforms and buyers choose what to produce.
Turn a concept into a pitch and a deck that lands.
Build a proof of concept that proves it works.
We're building the speaker lineup now. Tell us who you are and what you'd bring — the committee reviews every proposal for a keynote, panel or fireside chat.