Kid Cudi directs a horror movie: all you need to know about Wrong Number

Kid Cudi directs his horror film: the line he was waiting to pick up

The news broke on September 11, 2026, exclusively in Deadline. Scott Mescudi writes, directs, composes, and stars in a horror thriller titled Wrong Number. The project is backed by Mad Solar, his company founded with Karina Manashil.

No one saw him coming in this field. Yet, the connection had existed for a long time: Cudi spent a decade hanging around the genre, first as a spectator, then as an actor. Wrong Number is the first call he makes himself, from the script to the score.

Another detail that says a lot: it is his second feature film directed in one year, after the drama Doe, focused on addiction. Two films, two genres, no break. The pace is a statement of intent.

Wrong Number: the horror film where Kid Cudi plays Ibn opposite Eliza

In his horror film, Cudi plays Ibn, a self-help author, solitary, living a too quiet life. His encounter with Eliza, played by Barbie Ferreira, first seems like a bright interlude. She is mysterious. She doesn’t stay that way for long.

Very quickly, the line gets blurred. Ibn becomes the target of an invisible stalker, then the prime suspect in a series of murders. The setup is classic in the stalker movie, but the angle is less so: the hero is a guy who sells self-help and finds himself unable to save himself.

Opposite Cudi and Ferreira, the cast includes Laura Harrier, Clifton Powell, Dewayne Perkins, and Lucy Barrett. The director warned there would be blood, and promised a film both funny and dirty. A thriller that laughs before it bites.

More than a role: Kid Cudi director, screenwriter, and composer

Screenwriter, director, composer, lead actor, executive producer: Kid Cudi holds five roles on the same horror film. The score, notably, remains in his hands — which, for an artist who built his career on sound atmosphere, changes everything in a horror film. The fear here will play as much to the ear as to the image.

Behind him, a team he already knows. Mark Webber, Anthony Baldino, and Ryan Lacen produce, as on Doe. The casting is by Skyler Zurn. No parachuted studio, no commission: a closed circuit, held by people who have already worked together.

Why could Kid Cudi's horror film be a milestone?

Because it ticks a rare box. An artist of this caliber who writes, films, scores, and stars in his own horror film, there are few of them. The control is total. The risk too.

Keep an eye on the coming weeks. The first images will leak before the official announcement, as always. And when this number finally shows up, better not let it ring.