Dec 5, 2025 7:00am PT YouTube Star Markiplier’s Self-Financed Horror Movie ‘Iron Lung’ to Hit Theaters in January By Todd Spangler Plus Icon Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor xpangler Latest YouTube Star Markiplier’s Self-Financed Horror Movie ‘Iron Lung’ to Hit Theaters in January 13 minutes ago Netflix Stock Falls on Warner Bros. Deal, WBD Shares Hit Three-Year High 32 minutes ago BuzzFeed Taps Paramount and TMZ Alum Brian Moreno as Tasty’s Head of Video, Leading Food Brand Alongside Ross Yoder 43 minutes ago See All After more than two years in the works, Markiplier‘s feature-film directorial debut — horror sci-fi movie “Iron Lung” — is set to open in theaters in late January 2026. Markiplier, the popular YouTube creator whose real name is Mark Fischbach, produced, wrote, directed, edited, financed and stars in “Iron Lung.” The film is based on the 2022 indie horror game of the same name by David Szymanski.
