SHADOWBORNE — Where the Hunt Begins
AI-generated film by Aelyon · 2026 · 8 min · Horror, Fantasy
About the film
SHADOWBORNE - Where the Hunt Begins | Chapter One - is an original epic dark fantasy short film — an AI short film built as a gothic horror saga about a merciless monster hunter forged by the dark. In Threnholt, the bread ran out before the winter did. The ash cough came next — a sickness that turns a living man to dust inside his own skin. But the plague is not what the people fear. Every week, a door is marked. And a few nights later, the family behind it is simply gone. No bodies. No blood. Only an empty house and a mark no one can wash away. Mayor Aldous Thorne keeps his gloves clean and his ledgers closed, and counts his gold while the town counts its dead. Then a stranger rides in. No one knows where he came from, and no one asks. His name is Ethan Dregen — and he doesn't like collecting twice. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WHO IS THIS FILM FOR? If you love dark fantasy short films, gothic horror, and monster hunter stories in the same bloodline as classic vampire and creature
Future Lantern score
25 out of 100, based on how much YouTube viewers like the film, weighted by audience size. 459,255 views and 0 likes on YouTube.
Watch on YouTube. Hosted on YouTube by Aelyon; Future Lantern links to the original upload.