Sony Pictures International Productions’ Spanish operation is moving into short-form fiction with “Los Hilos del Miedo,” an eight-part psychological suspense series set to launch on Prime Video in Spain.
Running approximately five minutes per episode, the production marks the division’s first short-form series and draws on stories by Spanish writer Salvador Gutiérrez Solís that went viral on X, captivating millions of readers across Spain and Latin America.
The series builds on “El Garaje,” a mobile-first pilot that generated 28.4 million total views, more than 262,000 likes and nearly 300,000 interactions on TikTok, according to Sony Pictures.
Inspired by the everyday-horror atmosphere of Gutiérrez Solís’ suspense stories, “Los Hilos del Miedo” is designed to translate digitally native storytelling into a premium audiovisual format while retaining the speed and immediacy of its social-media origins.
The project also extends Sony Pictures International Productions’ collaboration with Madrid-based TAI Arts University School, integrating members of its international community of young creators into the series’ technical and artistic production.
The partnership positions “Los Hilos del Miedo” as both a commercial production and a talent-development initiative, offering some TAI participants their first professional industry experience.
“At Sony Pictures, we are always striving to challenge convention, and we are proud to be innovators in short-form entertainment and to premiere ‘Los Hilos del Miedo’ on Prime Video,” said Iván Losada, managing director of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Spain.
Losada said the project demonstrates that “cinematic tension is not tied to traditional running times.”
“Bringing Salvador Gutiérrez Solís’ massive viral reach on X into a five-minute episodic format allows us to bridge the gap between successful digital-native content and premium audiovisual production,” he said.
Gutiérrez Solís, who publishes under the handle @gutisolis, described the adaptation as an unexpected leap for stories originally conceived for a social network.
“It is especially exciting — almost unimaginable — to see these stories that I originally created for a social network end up on a platform with the global reach of Prime Video, alongside one of the most respected production companies in the audiovisual industry, Sony Pictures International Productions, Spain,” he said.
The writer also highlighted the involvement of TAI’s young filmmakers, some of whom will gain their first professional experience on the series, and said the project could mark the beginning of a new generation of audiovisual creators.
“Los Hilos del Miedo” will join Prime Video’s streaming catalogue in Spain at a date yet to be announced.
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