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William Brent Bell Says He’s Developing Ideas for a Prequel to ‘The Devil Inside’ [Exclusive]
It may be not-so-fondly remembered as “the movie that ended with a website link,” but William Brent Bell‘s The Devil Inside was actually a MASSIVE hit at the box office. Released in 2012, the found footage horror movie pulled in $100 million worldwide on a reported production budget of just $1 million, making it hugely profitable despite the “F” CinemaScore.
In the world of Hollywood, profitable movies often spawn sequels, and William Brent Bell (The Boy, Brahms: The Boy II) has revealed in a chat with Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew Podcast that he actually is developing ideas for a potential prequel to The Devil Inside.
“I don’t even know if I’m supposed to say this,” the filmmaker began. “We’re developing ideas for a prequel to [The Devil Inside] right now. It’s so cool. It’s so fun to be able to go back to stories like that and then build on something. It’ll be like current day because it’s kind of book-ended with Maria Rossi – today – and it’ll be like Centrino Mental Facility current day.”
He added, “But it’s nice to have…ten years have passed…to kind of play around with what that story can be.”
Maria Rossi was one of the central characters in The Devil Inside, a woman who murdered three people during her exorcism in 1989. Since then, she’s been in the Centrino facility. The 2012 movie centers on Maria’s daughter, who’s making a documentary about exorcisms.
You can listen to the Boo Crew’s full chat with William Brent Bell below.
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It’s been 17 years since the release of horror sequel The Descent: Part 2, and the film is returning to physical media with a brand new 4K Ultra HD SteelBook from Lionsgate Limited.
This marks the first time The Descent: Part 2 has been released on 4K in the U.S.
Now up for pre-order, the 4K SteelBook will be released on August 11, 2026.
The Descent: Part 2 follows Sarah Carter (Shauna Macdonald) — dazed, bloodied, and speechless — as she emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where the events of The Descent occurred. Forced back underground to help the rescue team search for her missing girlfriends, Sarah’s fractured memories begin to return, and she realizes the full horror of what lurks in the depths of the caves. But the rescue team is about to face a new tribe of deformed crawlers — even more viciously feral than those Sarah encountered before.
- The Lionsgate Limited Edition 4K includes new special features:
• Flashback on The Descent: Part 2 — Shauna Macdonald
• Flashback on The Descent: Part 2 — Krysten Cummings - Legacy Special Features:
• Audio Commentary with Director Jon Harris and Actors Shauna Macdonald, Krysten Cummings, and Anna Skellern
• The Making of The Descent: Part 2: Deeper & Darker
• The Genesis
• Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
• EPK B-roll
• EPK Interview Clips
• Production Design Gallery
• Storyboard Gallery
• U.S. Trailer
• International Trailer
The 2-Disc 4K & Blu-ray release features new SteelBook art by Matt Ryan Tobin.
Check it out below and pre-order your copy from Lionsgate Limited today.
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