Kiah Roache-Turner Set to Direct Outback Horror "Don't Look"

Kiah Roache-Turner is set to direct the horror film Don't Look, with Alyla Browne in the lead, Variety reported on 10 November 2026.

Browne plays Riley, a 15-year-old who travels across the Australian outback with her father. It is the second time the two have worked together. Browne previously starred in Roache-Turner's spider horror film Sting.

The story turns on an isolated desert crossing. Riley and her father come across two cars that appear to have been abandoned. Soon after, an invisible force drags her father away. Riley then faces a creature that only its next victim can see, so the danger stays out of frame for most of the film. Variety describes the result as a fresh take on road-movie horror, where the real source of fear stays hidden.

The project has a longer history. It was first titled From Below, and it was meant to be the directing debut of writer Sean Loch. Loch's original screenplay appeared on The Black List, an annual survey of well-liked scripts that have not yet been made, and it trended under Top Horror Scripts for six weeks. Variety reports that Roache-Turner took over the directing job because of scheduling issues.

Roache-Turner is still busy with another project. He is in post-production on Lady Death, a World War I action-horror film. Post-production is the stage where editing, sound and visual effects are finished.

The cast also includes George Pullar, Masha Basman and Stephen Peacocke. Blake Northfield and Sam Price are producing, and the film was developed with filmmaker Joel Anderson.

Sales are moving at the same time. Cornerstone, a company that sells finished and in-development films to distributors, is selling Don't Look at the American Film Market, the Santa Monica market where buyers and sellers meet each November to trade titles for cinemas and streaming services. Variety reports the sales effort.

For a film that started life as a script on a list, the path from From Below to a named director and lead is a useful reminder of how many hands a horror project passes through before a cinema or streaming screen. Nothing has been announced about a release date or a distributor.