Some bridges aren't meant to be crossed.
After a reluctant spirit board session invites something sinister into her life, a young woman must survive a terrifying night as an entity fights to take over her body and live the life it was denied.
It Wants Inside is the first film from Nine Sixteen Entertainment. We're making it with real actors, a real crew and real locations on Vancouver Island. No AI.
Her best friends have one more thing planned for the night: an old spirit board, left behind by a roommate who, they swear, did not go crazy.
The planchette spells out what the thing on the other side wants. Then it spells out her name.
By the time Alice gets home, she isn't alone. Something came home with her. It doesn't want to haunt her. It wants to live.
Grounded, intimate, and made for the phone in your hand, It Wants Inside is possession horror told from the inside out.
We're paying for this film ourselves, and this campaign helps us pay the crew making it.
It runs for 30 days, from November 13 to December 13, and our goal is $6,500 CAD. Rewards start at $10, with early viewing on premiere day, t-shirts and posters signed by our director and lead cast.
On our Kickstarter page, tap Notify me on launch and Kickstarter will email you the moment we go live.
We've been talking with the team at Inverted, the app for bingeable short dramas from indie filmmakers, and It Wants Inside is going on their app.
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There are six characters in It Wants Inside. We're announcing who plays each one as they sign on.
Warm and sensible, Alice is the only one at the table who thinks the spirit board is a bad idea. She's a chef, and tomorrow is the biggest job she and her mom have ever landed.
Amber is a Victoria-based actress who trains with Studio for Actors. She started acting as a hobby after finishing university and fell in love with the craft. From the moment we saw her audition, we knew she was bringing something special to Alice, and we couldn't be more excited to have her leading this story.
The thing on the other side of the spirit board. It has waited a long time, and it knows exactly what it wants.
An actor, writer and multidisciplinary performer, Caitlin stars as the lead, Mia Sunshine Jones, in the award-winning horror feature Lucid, which premiered at Fantasia and went on to Sitges, two of the biggest horror and genre festivals in the world. Other credits include Dumbo and Pistol. With a background in dance, movement and physical theatre, Caitlin brings a physicality to the role that we can't wait for you to see.
Alice's mom and her partner in the kitchen. Janis is up early with the coffee, and nobody knows Alice better.
Shera's credits include Allure and The Devout, plus the vertical dramas Dumped by Son, Spoiled by Grandson, Fake Married to My Baby's Daddy and From One Night to Mrs. Billionaire. Her experience on screen, and off screen as a producer, brings a wealth of knowledge to our production.
Alice's best friend, and always the first to tease her when she gets nervous.
Dee is hosting dinner, and she has one more thing planned for the night: an old spirit board her roommate left behind.
Dee's partner. A big teddy bear with a kind smile, and the one who tells everyone to put their fingers on the planchette.
Jackie's indie film The Red Eye won Best Pilot at the 2025 Vancouver Indie Film Festival, where she was also nominated for Best Female Director. Before directing, she worked her way through every corner of a set, from locations on Maid to prop master on the Crave series YAGA. She is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada.
Michael has more than 70 film and TV credits in the camera department. He was first assistant camera on the A camera for Prey, the Predator film, and B-camera operator and second unit director of photography on Never Let Go, Alexandre Aja's horror film starring Halle Berry, and on Netflix's Crew Girl. His credits also include Shazam! and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.
Most of our crew is locked in too. We're introducing everyone one by one, so follow @nine.6teen to hear first.
We photographed our poster for real. The spirit board was shot on October 24, and the rest on November 10. Nothing in it was made with AI.
The spirit board in our film is a real antique from the 1800s. We bought it from a seller who asked us not to share their name.
Real actors, a professional crew and real locations on Vancouver Island. We're a crew-first production, and we look out for our people.
We add news here as cast and crew lock in. For the day-to-day, follow @nine.6teen.
Three days of shooting with our cast and crew. We'll be sharing from set the whole way.
We're paying for this film ourselves, and the campaign helps us pay our crew. See our Kickstarter page.
We shot it on October 24, the same night as the spirit board on our poster, and we can't wait to show you.
It's at the top of this page, and on our Kickstarter.
Amber is our lead. Her audition blew us away, and we can't wait for you to see her bring Alice to life.
Kickstarter approved our campaign. Tap Notify me on launch on our page and Kickstarter will email you the moment we go live.
Shera plays Alice's mom. She brings years of on-screen experience, including a run of vertical dramas.
Caitlin stars in the award-winning horror feature Lucid, and we're thrilled to have them playing the entity that wants inside.
Michael's camera work includes Prey and Alexandre Aja's horror film Never Let Go. He also filmed our teaser.
We brought actors back in for callbacks. Video is coming to our Instagram.
We'll introduce everyone here as we announce them.
Thank you to every actor who submitted. We had a lot of fun.
One night, a real set, a real photographer and our camera crew. The spirit board at the top of our poster was photographed that night. There's no AI in it.
We're sharing the whole process, from casting to the last night on set.