MIDNIGHT SNACK

Two true-crime podcasters investigating a forgotten urban legend in an abandoned cemetery discover that the monster they’re chasing is real — and that modern obsession with documenting horror may be the very thing that feeds it.

Genre: Modern Horror / Urban Legend
Tone: Dread-heavy, invasive, claustrophobic
Style: Found-footage-adjacent realism without committing to the format
Comparable DNA: The Blair Witch Project, The Empty Man, Hell House LLC, Grave Encounters

Overview

MIDNIGHT SNACK is a contained, atmospheric horror film that blends modern true-crime obsession with old-world monstrosity.

Set in Peabody, Massachusetts, the story follows Mikayla West and Jasper Kincaid, two 24-year-old hosts of a popular podcast dedicated to exploring murders, monsters, and forgotten urban legends. What began as a teenage fascination with horror films and true-crime documentaries has evolved into a full-time pursuit of the macabre, with their show Midnight Snack drawing listeners eager for the darker corners of history.

Their latest episode takes them off the airwaves and into the field—Sacred Hollow Cemetery, a neglected New England graveyard rumored to be the final resting place of Oz McKee, a mid-century serial killer known as The Ghoul. According to legend, McKee was captured by townspeople in 1957 and buried alive in a freshly dug grave, his crimes erased through communal silence rather than justice. What followed were whispered reports of unearthed coffins, mutilated corpses, and a pale figure feeding in the shadows.

Skeptical but intrigued, Mikayla and Jasper enter the cemetery after dark to record a special on-location episode. At first, the night feels familiar—another eerie backdrop for a story they don’t truly believe. But subtle unease creeps in. The sense of being watched. Strange sounds echoing through the graves. A feeling that the ground itself is listening.

When Jasper ventures off alone to investigate a disturbing noise, he disappears. Mikayla’s search for him transforms the cemetery into a labyrinth of terror, revealing hidden tunnels beneath the graveyard—passageways carved by something that never died, only adapted. What the town buried decades ago has survived by feeding in the dark, evolving into something inhuman.

As Mikayla is captured and entombed alive, the legend reveals its cruel irony. Oz McKee does not kill the living. He prepares them.

The following morning, Sacred Hollow returns to silence. Midnight Snack never releases the promised episode. Mikayla and Jasper vanish without a trace. In time, their disappearance becomes the subject of new podcasts, new theories, and new myths.

MIDNIGHT SNACK is a story about curiosity as appetite—about how our obsession with horror, legend, and true crime can blur the line between observer and victim. In the end, Mikayla and Jasper don’t just uncover an urban legend…

They become one.