‘Ignore It’ Expanded to Feature: Lily Collias Set to Lead Sam Evenson’s Viral-Short Adaptation

# What this announcement means Sam Evenson is turning his 2021 viral short Ignore It into a feature film. The short—based on Jeff Speziale's r/NoSleep story "You're Going to Notice a Woman in Your Home, You Must Ignore Her"—has amassed over 12 million views on YouTube and won Best Supernatural Short at the 2021 Atlanta Horror Film Festival. Evenson will write and direct the feature and is expanding the story alongside Speziale.

# Who's attached Lily Collias will lead the film as Becca. Collias gained attention for her role in the 2024 indie Good One and recently appeared in Apple TV's Cape Fear series. This will be her first lead in a studio-backed horror feature.

# Premise and tone The feature keeps the short's central rule: a family lives with a terrifying entity known only as "The Woman," and she will kill anyone who acknowledges her. Their single survival strategy is to ignore her. The logline presented to buyers centers on that brutal, minimalist threat and the family's attempt to keep living under the rule.

# Where the idea started Ignore It began as online folklore: a NoSleep post by Jeff Speziale. Evenson adapted it into a seven-minute domestic nightmare that resonated with YouTube horror audiences. The original short's cast included Madison Rojas, Madison Leyson, Michael Perl, Aina Dumlao, and Crystal Hughes.

# Why Sam Evenson is a notable choice Evenson is not a casual YouTuber. He has professional visual effects credits on Dune: Part Two, HBO's The Last of Us, and Thor: Love and Thunder. Those credits help explain the production value of his shorts and why studios and financiers are taking his feature debut seriously.

# Related projects and context Evenson's other viral short, Mora, was picked up by NEON for feature expansion and has pulled in more than 4 million views. Between Mora and Ignore It, Ignore It is slated to shoot first.

# Current status and next steps

# Quick practical takeaways

• If you want the original material now, the 2021 short is available on YouTube.
• Expect the feature to keep the short's minimal, high-concept rule as its central engine: acknowledge The Woman and you die.