Trailer for Indie Horror DOOBA DOOBA Shot on Security Cams Turns Babysitting Into a Nightmare
Dark Sky Films has released the trailer for Dooba Dooba, an indie found footage horror movie that takes a seriously uncomfortable idea and locks it inside one house.
The film has hit VOD, making it an easy late-night watch for anyone craving stripped-down, unsettling horror that crawls under your skin instead of jumping out at you.
The movie has already made the festival rounds, premiering at the Nightmares Film Festival before screening at FrightFest in the UK. Early reactions have compared it to a modern cousin of Skinamarink, leaning into minimalism and dread with a setup that feels simple on the surface and deeply wrong the longer it goes on.
The story follows Amna, a babysitter expecting a routine night watching a kid in a quiet house. That expectation gets shattered fast. Monroe, the girl she’s been hired to watch, is 16 years old and deeply traumatized after witnessing her brother’s murder years earlier.
Monroe lives surrounded by security cameras, and she requires Amna to announce herself by saying “dooba dooba” every time she moves through the house. It’s a strange rule that quickly becomes oppressive.
The entire film is shot through in-home security cameras, pulling heavily from the analog horror style that’s become popular on YouTube. That perspective keeps the audience trapped, watching events unfold from fixed angles as Monroe’s behavior grows more intense and Amna starts to realize that leaving might not be an option.
The official synopsis reads: “Nearly a decade after her brother’s murder, 16-year-old Monroe still needs a babysitter. Amna comes to babysit Monroe and learns that not only is she being watched by security cameras, but she needs to say ‘dooba dooba’ whenever she moves throughout the house to let Monroe know that it’s her. As the night goes on, Amna becomes increasingly unnerved and Monroe increasingly attached...”
The film stars Amna Vegha, Betsy Sligh, Winston Haynes, Erin O’Meara, and Billy Hulsey, with Vegha carrying much of the tension as Amna. The uneasy dynamic between babysitter and teenager is where the horror really lives, amplified by the constant sense of being watched.
Dooba Dooba is written and directed by Ehrland Hollingsworth, marking his second feature after Homestead.
Dark Sky Films has released Dooba Dooba direct to VOD.