Whenever a movie earns such widespread acclaim, there’s typically two directions a successor can go: it either becomes a major disappointment compared to what its predecessor accomplished, or a movie rides the wave of attention to take a series to new heights. In the case of Godzilla, it seems to have gone the latter route.

Godzilla Minus Zero landed in North American theaters last week and it set records in its opening weekend. Luckily, with the minds behind the series understanding what was riding on this follow-up, a documentary has been made to chronicle Godzilla Minus Zero‘s development. While the documentary doesn’t currently have a release date for North America, the Japanese Twitter account for Prime Video shared a trailer for the documentary, which hits that service on November 27.

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本予告解禁！
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映画『ゴジラ-0.0』は、どう生まれたのか。

山崎貴監督とクリエイターたちの
情熱と執念の記録。

前作を超える作品は生まれるのか――

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『完全密着ドキュメンタリー「ゴジラ-0.0」
山崎貴、世界を驚かせたその先へ。』
▌11/27(金) 独占配信

#ゴジラマイナスゼロ https://t.co/PSOkL0AF9P

— Prime Video（プライムビデオ） (@PrimeVideo_JP) November 12, 2026

With Godzilla Minus Zero hitting theaters in Japan just a few days before it was unleashed in North America, it’s possible that we won’t have to wait too long before we can check it out. At this point, though, it’s entirely unknown when the documentary will be released or where it will be available.

The new movie’s opening-weekend box office in the U.S. was $31.6 million, making it the top-grossing live-action international movie opening of all time. While the previous movie was a slower burn, as positive word of mouth resulted in strong long-term totals, Godzilla Minus Zero is already off to a monstrous start. This could lead to an extended theatrical life that leads to a longer wait for this documentary’s U.S. release.

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

Shot entirely in Japan as the first-ever Japanese production to be Filmed For IMAX, Godzilla Minus Zero was shot with high-definition digital cameras certified by IMAX, and optimized in sound and imagery unique to IMAX screens. The globally beloved monster returns to movie theater screens reaching greater and more terrifying heights, making Godzilla Minus Zero a true cinematic event not to be missed.

Stay tuned for updates on the Godzilla Minus Zero documentary.

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The latter approach to genre telling is exactly what we’re in store for with the upcoming Game. Bloody Disgusting can exclusively debut the trailer for the new film, which you can see below. Game is set to land in theaters on December 4 from Oscilloscope Laboratories.

In late summer 1993, a tense and claustrophobic battle of wills and wits unfolds after aging raver David (Marc Bessant) steals a stash of money and drugs, then crashes his car deep in the woods. Trapped in the wreckage, injured and helpless, he hangs suspended between life and death. When a mysterious poacher (legendary UK musician Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods, in a startling debut) discovers him, no rescue comes — only a watchful, unsettling presence that seems intent on letting nature finish the job. As the hours stretch and the elements close in, survival hinges on outlasting both the wilderness and the predator at its edge.

Game was directed by John Minton, and was written by Minton, star Bessant, and Geoff Barrow. Barrow is also known for his work in the prolific electronic band Portishead, and has collaborated with Ben Salisbury to create the scores for Ex Machina, Free Fire, Annihilation, Devs, and Civil War.

In the Little White Lies review of the movie from 2025, Paul Weedon writes, “Game​’s greatest strength lies in its distinct brand of humour. Its darkest beats are laced with the same kind of cynical wit that anyone au fait with Williamson’s acerbic lyrical delivery, or the world-weary observations of Barrow’s defunct Twitter feed might expect. For newcomers, it offers tight, compelling genre thrills as two disparate, quietly unlikable characters collide, with neither emerging from the wreckage unscathed.”

Flush the Fashion, meanwhile, notes, “Everyone involved has varying experiences in making videos, shorts, and elements of films throughout their career. But this is a distinct unified going over the top as a unit, and it works brilliantly. A team that distinctly get to plant their flag, in a way that reminded me of early Danny Boyle films, in particular Shallow Grave. They are nothing alike, but there’s a vibrancy, energy, and distinctly UK indie vibe to it all, which makes it all the more welcome. There is unquestionable profound taste in decision throughout Game, it’s truly inspiring to behold, especially given modern climes, where we desperately need another 1990s rush.”

Game will be released on December 4.

Are you looking forward to the new release? Let us know in the comments below!

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The filmmaker tells SFX Magazine, “I have been a huge Godzilla fan since I was a small child, and I swung for the fences with Godzilla Minus Zero. [These films] are huge milestones, looking back at my career and in my life so far. But that doesn’t mean I would never work on another Godzilla film again.”

“If Toho came to me with another offer to explore this world even further, I’d probably say yes,” Yamazaki admits.

“Yet at the same time,” Yamazaki adds, “if you told me this is my last Godzilla film, I would be quite satisfied with what we were able to achieve. I’m very grateful to Toho for trusting me with their baby. I’m just happy that I was a Godzilla fan, because that’s what enabled me to do this.”

What direction would Yamazaki take the storyline if he were to make a third Godzilla movie? In a recent chat with Inverse, the filmmaker floats the idea of Godzilla’s next big screen adversary being an original creation rather than another classic monster from the Toho archives.

“I mean, I would love to know myself what happens to all of our characters next as well,” Yamazaki tells the outlet. “But hopefully Murakami can overcome his trauma and nothing too sad will happen to him in the future. And we have our family unit together. And I mean, I don’t know what’s going to happen next beyond this ending. Part of me thinks, well, maybe it’ll be the most graceful to end it right here, and the other part of me wants to see what happens next. So I think it’s a complicated relationship that I have with this universe.”

He adds, “If it were up to me, I think it would be very interesting to perhaps even create an original kaiju to explore in another film.”

For now, there have been no announced plans from Toho regarding the future of Godzilla on the big screen. Here in the States, however, Legendary’s television series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” is likely getting a third season, in addition to a spinoff series, while the next big screen installment in the U.S. Monsterverse is set to be Godzilla x Kong: Supernova.

In other words, Godzilla isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

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Riley Prior leads as a “young woman who grew up in isolation outside Portland, Oregon. She tries to navigate the city for the first time while confronting mysteries from her past.” Of course, what those mysteries are remains, er, a mystery for the time being.

The untitled psychological thriller has lined up a cast of notable genre talent, though.

Also starring are Zazie Beetz (They Will Kill You), Marin Ireland (The Dark and the Wicked, The Boogeyman), Brendan Sexton III (Shelby Oaks) and Olivia Luccardi (The Baltimorons, It Follows).

Newcomer Riley Prior can be seen next in the Off Broadway production of A View From the Bridge opposite Sam Rockwell.

Mackenzie, who also produced, directed from a script by Ewan Morrison.

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Despite Murphy expanding expectations of story he tells on the small screen, the tremendous success he’s found in the horror realm has seen him continue to explore that realm. His American Horror Story earned the spin-off American Horror Stories, and the original program was renewed for a Season 14. Over on Netflix, his Monster series just wrapped up with Season 4, with that show’s exploration of real-life killers earning both major viewership numbers and also awards recognition.

Not all Murphy shows are created equally, it would seem, as a new report from The Ankler claims neither Grotesquerie nor The Beauty will return for more seasons. Given that Grotesquerie was released in 2024 and that there have been no significant updates on a sophomore season in the years since, it likely won’t come as much of a surprise that a Season 2 won’t be happening. The Beauty, however, debuted earlier this year and featured a number of beloved Murphy collaborators, making its fate a bit more surprising.

Proving just how prolific of a creator Murphy is, The Beauty isn’t his only series of 2026. In addition to Season 13 of American Horror Story, he also released Season 4 of Monster, which focused on Lizzie Borden. This year also saw the debut of an all-new series, which was FX’s The Shards. The new series is based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name, and this latest report claims that an official decision has yet to be made on whether the show will return for another season.

In Grotesquerie, Niecy Nash-Betts played homicide detective Lois Tryon, who teams up with a nun (Micaela Diamond) in hopes of solving a series of bizarre and shockingly violent murders. Courtney B. Vance, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Raven Goodwin, and Lesley Manville also starred in the series.

The Beauty was based on an Image Comics series of the same name. In it, Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall played agents investigating a series of bizarre deaths, which came with the discovery that what started as a drug that could unlock an individual’s superficial potential transformed into a sexually transmitted disease that ignited a change, as well as ultimate destruction. Ashton Kutcher, Anthony Ramos, and Jeremy Pope also starred in the series.

Stay tuned for updates on Ryan Murphy’s future projects.

Are you disappointed by the series coming to an end? Let us know in the comments below!

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New Line’s deal for The Spiral includes rights to develop a feature-length English-language motion picture based on the original, and that deal also includes distribution in the U.S., Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. 

Because it’s officially an Oscar contender, New Line will release The Spiral in limited theatrical release before the end of the year in time for Oscar season.

The Faustian horror drama made its world premiere in Competition at the Venice Film Festival. It stars Jasmine Trinca as a woman who arrives at her daughter’s apartment during a storm to confess a series of lies and bargains made that eroded their relationship and irrevocably altered their family’s very foundation.

Romana Maggiora Vergano, Adriano Giannini, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi also star.

The Spiral made its world premiere in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Young Cinema Award for Best Italian Film and the Green Drop Award, and its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness Programme, where it was first runner-up for the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award.

It’s a film receiving a lot of attention and accolades for good reason. I wrote in my TIFF review, “Prideful self-image and selfish desires lead to hollow tragedy in The Spiral, one that sees a mother make shocking choices for the sake of appearances in juicy ways. Its mordant, deadpan sense of humor and a confining sense of atmospheric dread, paired with Trinca’s impressive turn and an incredible Mephistopheles in Tedeschi, make Strippoli’s latest his most entertaining, relatable, and thrilling yet.“

The Spiral marks Strippoli’s fourth feature after award-winning The Holy Boy (2025), Flowing (2022) and A Classic Horror Story (2021). The Holy Boy is set to debut on Shudder on November 27.

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“How have we never talked about the fact that we’re both in the first Scream?” Barrymore asks, opening the door for a charming exchange. 

Winkler, explaining how he got cast in the role of principal Arthur Himbry, tells Barrymore, “I had a sushi with Wes Craven, bless his soul.” He continues, “You would think that you’re talking to an English professor. He was quiet, very gentle. We had sushi like every four weeks or something. And then he said, ‘Well, I have this small part in a movie I’m doing. Would you like to do it?‘ I thought, ‘Okay, fine.‘ And um then I went, and then I was stabbed.“

A description of how they pulled Himbry’s death off on screen followed, with Winkler recalling that he had to “stay very still” so Craven could capture the reflection of Ghostface in his eyes in his final moments. 

The actor was also quick to praise Barrymore for setting the bar as the franchise’s memorable first victim, Casey Becker, and revealed that he’s too terrified to even watch Scream, let alone any horror.

Scream follows an offbeat group of high school friends who become the target of a masked killer in the small town of Woodsboro, California. Craven directed Scream, as well as sequels Scream 2, 2000’s Scream 3 and 2011’s Scream 4. The A Nightmare on Elm Street originator passed away in 2015 at the age of 76. 

The original film turns 30 this year, and an eighth installment is on the way, with Neve Campbell confirmed to return as final girl Sidney Prescott.

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In 2022, Trachtenberg unleashed Prey straight to Hulu, dazzling audiences with an adventure in which the iconic Yautja faced off with a Comanche warrior (Amber Midthunder). The movie proved you don’t always have to fully reimagine beloved lore yet could still find fresh ways to explore such a character, and still find success. With Predator: Badlands, the filmmaker made the Yautja the protagonist, similarly finding a way to balance the history of the series while exploring new aspects of the lore.

Earlier this year, franchise icon Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed at a convention that he was in talks to return to the Predator franchise. Earlier this week, the actor appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with the actor solidifying his involvement in a new Predator movie. Additionally, the actor similarly confirmed returns for Conan the Barbarian and Commando sequels.

Speaking to those projects, the actor shared, “I’m looking forward to seeing the scripts because that’s where the action is. What’s not on the page is not on the stage, so I’m just waiting for the scripts to get perfected and then we go and start shooting those things.”

If the actor is still waiting for the scripts, it’s currently unknown how significant his on-screen involvement in these adventures will be, but this latest update at least confirms he’s still attached to whatever is in store for these respective franchises.

After the original Predator, follow-up entries Predator 2, Alien vs. Predator, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, Predators, and The Predator all failed to reignite big-screen enthusiasm in the concept. Regardless of the talent on screen or behind the camera, audiences and critics largely felt these titles underwhelmed, which is what made Prey feel like such a surprise, given how it was devoid of familiar faces.

Trachtenberg first followed Prey with the animated Predator: Killer of Killers, which featured stories of the Yautja battling warriors at different points in time. It was released in June of 2025, and a month later, a surprise epilogue was added to the film that featured Schwarzenegger’s return as Dutch Schaefer and Danny Glover‘s return as Predator 2‘s Mike Harrigan. The actor’s most recent remarks tease a more substantial live-action return.

After a sequel and a reboot starring Jason Momoa, Schwarzenegger revealed earlier this year that he would be returning for King Conan, which will be developed by Christopher McQuarrie. The new Commando would mark the first sequel to the 1985 film.

Stay tuned for updates on Schwarzenegger’s upcoming sequels.

Are you excited for the actor’s return for these projects? Let us know in the comments below!

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Even after all these warnings, tech moguls are still trying to convince us that AI is good, despite the reality being much worse. In recent years, AI has become more of an existential threat, as it has already begun to take over jobs previously held by humans, with the reliance on this tech resulting in an overall homogeneity in whatever it creates.

The new film ANSWR looks to explore those broader existential threats presented by the tech, with Dark Sky Films releasing a first look at the movie. Per Deadline, this first look can be seen at the top of the page. ANSWR doesn’t yet have a release date. The movie stars Moises Arias (Fallout, Monos), Rain Spencer (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Piper Perabo (Yellowstone), and Simon Rex (Red Rocket) and was written and directed by Stephen Kay (Get Carter).

ANSWR follows Colton Ray (Arias), a young man struggling with profound grief who isolates himself at a remote weather station in hopes of finding peace. His solitude takes a disturbing turn when he begins experimenting with an advanced AI chatbot (Spencer) designed to provide unwavering empathy, understanding, and emotional support. As their connection intensifies, Colton becomes increasingly dependent on the technology, setting off a psychological unraveling that threatens to destroy his sense of reality.

Also starring in the movie are Lilli Kay (Your Honor, Stick), José María Yazpik (Narcos: Mexico), and Siddiq Saunderson (Wu-Tang: An American Saga).

The movie will “examine the increasingly blurred boundaries between human emotion and artificial intelligence.”

While AI is a significant component of the narrative, Kay explained that there was a lot more to the story.

“We wanted to make a film about the need for connection in an increasingly isolated world,” Kay said in a statement. “It’s a story about AI, sure. But it’s really a story about grief and loneliness and how hard it is sometimes to just be a person—especially in a time when machines have been built to present as the answer to all our problems. I’m super excited to have Dark Sky bring the movie to theaters.”

Stay tuned for updates on the release of ANSWR.

Are you looking forward to the new movie? Let us know in the comments below!

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The darkly comedic horror thriller is targeting an early 2027 release, with exact timing forthcoming.

It centers on a group of debutantes who seek violent retribution for a wrong done to one of their own on the night of their big gala. As the teaser below touches on, the YA horror movie will portray themes of societal privilege, sexual assault, and group complicity. And a whole lot of violence.

Ruby Snowber (Scary Movie 6), Samantha Lorraine (Dora), Daniella Tayler (Grown-ish), Paris Berelc, Heidi Engerman (Ranson Canyon), and Gabriella Palminteri star.

Stephen Meier writes, directs, and produces Debutantes. Michael Clofine (The Last Showgirl) and Silverleaf Media Group also produce.

“What drew me to The Last Showgirl and to Debutantes is the same instinct: stories about women that the culture tends to look past. Showgirl (Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis) was about a woman society decided was finished. Debutantes is about young women society expects to stay polished and quiet about what happens to them,” Clofine said in a statement.

Costume designer and executive producer Christian Cowan adds: “Debutantes is the first feature film I’ve designed end-to-end. Their world is full of high-society glamour, pageantry, and ritual, but underneath it is something much sharper and more defiant. I wanted the costumes to feel joyful and bold—full texture, feathers, and sparkle—while still reflecting the strength and retribution these characters claim for themselves.”

“By wrapping this meaningful message into an exciting and suspenseful film, we hope to impact the very people who need to be having this tough conversation. We project strong generational resonance. Debutantes is built as a glossy, violent, meme-ready YA ensemble that speaks directly to Gen Z and young Millennial viewers,” said Mitchell Kaye & Steve Eckert of Silverlead Media Group.

It’s all sparkles and bloodshed in the teaser below.

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With principal photography having wrapped, Gunn will still be quite involved in the Superman sequel, though with him previously being reported to develop a third movie that built towards a Justice League team-up, plans for that series are currently unknown. Additionally, it was just earlier this month that Evil Dead Wrath filmmaker Francis Galluppi was announced as writing a John Constantine movie, with plans for that project now being uncertain.

Amid the shakeup, director of the original Constantine Francis Lawrence shared with Collider that he still hopes to move forward on his own Constantine sequel. The filmmaker explained:

“Not that I want anybody to lose their jobs, so this is not like a schadenfreude kind of thing, but I will say that we’ve been trying to make Constantine 2 for 20-something years, and we have an idea, and we have a script, and we’ve been wanting to make it, and the people that were at DC were an impediment to us making it. So, we are now more hopeful as of yesterday’s news that maybe now there will be another opportunity.”

He continued, “But again, we’ve been trying to make this for 20-something years, and there’s always been obstacles in the road to making it, and it’s not me, it’s not Keanu [Reeves], it’s not Akiva [Goldsman]. J.J. [Abrams] is on it, as well. We all want to do it. So, it’s really going to be people at Paramount, Warner, whoever’s running DC now, getting everybody on board to say, like, ‘Hey, we can do a sequel of our version of Constantine.'”

The 2005 Constantine was released at an interesting time, as movies like Spider-Man and Daredevil proved that Marvel could make a run for the success on the big screen that was previously only possible with big-name DC heroes like Superman or Batman. The movie was a modest financial hit, despite not resonating with critics, though the darker concepts and themes of the character has earned the movie a cult following in the subsequent years.

John Constantine got his own TV series in 2014, which cemented his legacy in the Arrowverse of DC adaptations. When Gunn and Safran were appointed to spearhead DC Studios, it was expected to launch a complete refresh of the franchise going forward, though with The Batman having been released before they took over, the Robert Pattinson-starring movie stood in a universe all its own.

Lawrence admitted that he knew DC likely wants an all-new Constantine actor, and hoped both a new actor and Reeves could coexist.

“Personally, I don’t even care if somebody has a plan for some sort of shared universe, and they want to do another version of Constantine,” the filmmaker shared. “If they just let us do the sequel to our version, they can coexist. So, I have renewed hope as of yesterday that there might be some possibility for forward movement there.”

One interesting aspect of the original Constantine, that likely impacted its success, was that it earned an R-rating, despite the fact that Lawrence attempted to tone it down to secure a PG-13. Were Lawrence to get the chance to make his sequel, he would intentionally lean much more fully into the R-rated realm.

“Part of the idea from the very beginning was because we followed all the rules to make a PG-13 movie, and we got hit with an R … They told us, ‘You can’t do anything about it. It’s going to be an R no matter what.’ We tried to fight them on it, and they said, ‘Nope. It’s an R,’ but really, it’s an R-rated PG-13 movie, which pisses me off,” Lawrence recalled. “And so we all kind of came back and said, ‘Okay, when we do this next time, we’re making the hard-R version of Constantine.’ So when we do it, it’s going to be the hard-R version of Constantine.”

Stay tuned for updates on the possible big-screen future of John Constantine.

Would you like to see Lawrence make his Constantine sequel? Let us know in the comments below!

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It was actor Ben Pace who broke the news on Instagram over the weekend. The news also doubled as confirmation that he’s reprising the role of Doug, the sole surviving cameraman by the end of Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.

“Feeling blessed and grateful to be playing Doug again. We got a sequel! Hanging with old friends and making new ones! On location in Illinois. This is really happening!!” Pace writes.

Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals and Robert Englund are also returning as Leslie Vernon, Taylor Gentry, and Doc Halloran, respectively, alongside Glosserman as director and writer David J. Stieve.

David Howard Thornton (Terrifier) joins the sequel in a “key role.”

Paper Street Pictures, led by Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns, produces the sequel. Adam F. Goldberg (The Goldbergs, Shelby Oaks) will also serve as an executive producer.

Glosserman previews, “For twenty years, people have asked if Leslie would ever come back. Fans kept this movie alive by sharing it, quoting it, introducing it to their friends, and treating it like something worth holding onto. This sequel is happening because of them.”

In the 2006 meta-slasher, aspiring slasher icon Leslie Vernon gives a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo. What’s Leslie Vernon been up to in the past 20 years? 

We do know that Englund’s Dr. Loomis-like Doc Halloran will play a much more substantial part in the sequel. Glosserman previously teased, “He will be a more consequential character in this movie, whereas in the first one he was a cameo, albeit an important one. This time, he’s more significant. I’ll leave it at that.”

We’ll certainly find out soon, as the sequel is targeting a 2027 release.

 

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Writer-Director Michael Gallagher’s The Leader is a feature film based on the harrowing true story of the Heaven’s Gate religious cult and the mass suicide involving its members.

Dark Sky Films is planning a U.S. release in March 2027. The cast also includes Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”), Grace Caroline Currey (Fall), and Simon Rex (Red Rocket).

Here’s the official synopsis…

“The Leader is set against the backdrop of one of the most bizarre and devastating chapters in American history. The story follows Marshall Herff Applewhite (Nelson), a former music teacher, and Bonnie Lu Nettles (Farmiga), a nurse whose chance meeting in the early 1970s sparks an extraordinary spiritual partnership.

“Convinced they have been chosen to guide humanity toward a higher plane of existence, the pair establish Heaven’s Gate, attracting followers willing to surrender their possessions, abandon their families, and sever ties with the outside world. As their influence grows, devotion gives way to increasingly extreme beliefs, setting the group on a path toward an unimaginable conclusion.”

Dark Sky’s Greg Newman said, “True crime and cult stories continue to fascinate audiences, and Michael has delivered an exceptional film that is as compelling as it is unsettling, with a stellar cast delivering extraordinary performances. For more than 20 years, we’ve built Dark Sky Films on a commitment to bold, distinctive storytelling, and The Leader is a remarkable addition to that legacy. We couldn’t be prouder to bring this film to audiences.”

“Heaven’s Gate has been an obsession of mine for nearly thirty years,” adds writer-director Michael Gallagher. “When I was eight-years-old, 39 people died in my neighborhood. This event had a profound impact on my life. I wanted to make a film that used humanity to tell a real-life horror story— one that grabbed you and never let go.”

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The news was exclusively broken by Deadline this week. But what does this mean?

Deadline details, “At IAG, Don Mancini will focus on developing the next iteration of the Chucky franchise while also expanding his creative footprint with a slate of original film and television projects; certainly, it feels like we’re overdue for a new Chucky film.”

On that note, Mancini had already told Bloody Disgusting earlier this year that a new Chucky movie is indeed in the works, which will come in the wake of three seasons of the killer doll’s TV series.

Bloody Disgusting exclusively reported back in April of this year that Don Mancini is not only writing the next Chucky feature film, but Mancini will also be directing Chucky’s big screen return.

What sets the Chucky franchise apart from other horror franchises is that Don Mancini has remained at the helm over the years, and the next movie is set to remain in continuity with the previous films as well as the three-season “Chucky” television series. Mancini himself has directed all the recent movies, including Seed of Chucky, Curse of Chucky, and Cult of Chucky.

His plan for the new movie? Mancini aims to make Chucky scary again, throwing back particularly to the tone of Curse of Chucky as well as the first two original Child’s Play movies.

The plan is to also bring this new Chucky movie to theaters, which would mark the original killer doll’s return to the big screen after 22(!) long years. Both Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky went direct-to-video, and they were followed by the “Chucky” series on USA & SYFY.

But what about the original film and TV projects that will see Mancini expanding his footprint beyond the Chucky saga? He had revealed earlier this year that he’s writing an original haunted house movie, and he also teased a new television series with frequent collaborator Jennifer Tilly.

Don Mancini has largely spent the bulk of his career shepherding the Chucky saga across screens both big and small, so the news of him writing an original horror movie is particularly exciting. To date, Mancini has only directed Chucky material, so it’ll be interesting to see if he plans on directing the haunted house script that he’s currently writing. Stay tuned for updates.

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Purchase the 20th anniversary restoration of Pan’s Labyrinth on Digital now!

The 4K + Blu-ray Collector’s Edition SteelBook and Blu-ray Collectors Edition will follow December 1, with Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary available for Digital rental on December 8.

Cineverse will then release a 4K + Blu-ray Collector’s Edition on December 29.

The new 4K restoration was overseen by del Toro, taken directly from the original 35mm elements. Along with the restoration, Pan’s Labyrinth has been given a new color grade and sound mix.

Del Toro explains in a new featurette debuted by Screen Rant today, “We have created a whole new color space. The saturation of the colors and the purity of them is astonishing, as is the amount of information we found in the blacks, which are saturated and rich. I’ve never been happy with the color correction of this film until now. The same goes for the remastered sound.”

“All in all, this is the best presentation for this film ever,” Del Toro proclaims.

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Pan’s Labyrinth takes place in 1944, in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.

Young Ofelia and her pregnant mother have been brought to live in the countryside, where her brutal stepfather Captain Vidal’s job is to wipe out the remaining rebels camped in the local forest.

Nearby, in a hidden labyrinth, Ofelia meets an ageless Faun, who tells her that she is really a princess from an enchanted world.

He gives her three tasks which she must complete in order to reclaim her rightful place.

As her mother’s failing health threatens the life of her unborn child, Ofelia undertakes a quest to complete the Faun’s tasks.

 

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Without delving into spoilers, the closing moments end with the protagonist discovering that an important figure in the Hell House LLC mythology was found alive after being long presumed dead, raising a ton of questions as the end credits began.

It was a deeply unsatisfying end to the dense Abaddon Hotel lore. I wrote in my review, “Instead of offering any semblance of self-contained closure in a film that dangled the possibility of finality, Lineage instead runs out of steam with a non-ending so abrupt that it earns an unintended laugh of incredulity. Hell House LLC: Lineage isn’t the final chapter; it’s a penultimate episode.“

With Cognetti’s focus now turned to upcoming horror feature A Body in the Woods starring Emma Roberts, the filmmaker revealed in a chat with Variety that, in true horror fashion, the final chapter of Hell House LLC may not be so final after all.

When asked whether there would eventually be another installment in the popular found footage series, Cognetti answers, “There is a future story.“

“The fifth one, for better or for worse, ended on a cliffhanger, and that was always the intention,” Cognetti continued. “But making those films is impossible for where I’m at right now, for a lot of behind-the-scenes reasons. But I would always love to tell more of the story. I just don’t know how it would ever be able to happen. It might come in other forms. I’ve always said that there might be a novel, a graphic novel, to not only tell the final chapter, but also flesh out more of the story that we’ve seen. In terms of a movie, there’s nothing on the horizon yet, but I would never say never.“

Though it doesn’t sound as if we’ll get another feature film anytime soon, it’s at least reassuring to hear an actual conclusion is in the plans. We’ll have to wait and see what form that finale may take.

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Dan Riesser, who previously co-wrote and directed Bigfoot dramedy Stomping Ground, directs from a script co-written with Mike L. Kinshella. 

Junkyard follows “Sam (Pettyjohn), a strong-willed young woman who trespasses into a secluded scrap yard alongside her misfit friends, in search of something she’s lost. Soon, the friends find themselves trapped in a deadly fight for survival against a pack of bloodthirsty, well-trained guard dogs commanded by the mysterious junkyard owner (Lopez).“

McHale will play a corrupt sheriff who shows up and turns the dangerous situation into something far worse. The actor previously played Sidney’s husband, also a sheriff, in sequel Scream 7. Other recent genre credits include “Yellowjackets” and It’s a Wonderful Knife.

Lopez will make his first full foray into horror; the actor previously played the President in The Purge parody Meet the Blacks. Pettyjohn is known in the horror space for her leading role in slasher #AMFAD, and appearances on TV series “Monster” and “Grimm“.

John Moss of Firebook Entertainment (Every Heavy Thing) will produce alongside Jason Arsenault (A Small Fortune) and Jason Scott Goldberg (Glorious), with Jaime Gallagher (Mistake) co-producing and overseeing casting.

Production kicks off in Atlanta in the spring, so stay tuned.

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Samman Roy (The Exile) writes, directs, and edits.

The Undying is set in 19th-century rural Bengal and follows “Kadambini, a young widow who is pronounced dead and laid out for cremation, only to wake and return to her village where everyone refuses to believe she is alive.”

Sree Bhattacharyya and Arpita De star.

AK Studios describes the project as “a slow-burn film built on atmosphere, ritual and dread, pairing literary pedigree with a South Asian period world aimed at the global genre audience.” It adapts Tagore’s “Jeebito o Mrito”, translated to “Living or Dead”, a famous 1892 Bengali short story.

Steven Istock, President and CEO of California Pictures, who has boarded worldwide sales of the project, said: “The Undying is exactly the kind of intellectual, distinctive genre film that has worldwide appeal, an eerie period horror that keeps you hooked.”

Mona Singh, Sumitra Kumari and Nina Kim serve as co-producers, with Steven Istock, Isaac Bess and Laura Cunningham as executive producers.

The Undying is seeking distribution at the American Film Market this week and will make its debut soon at the European Film Market. Stay tuned for more as it arrives.

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In addition to Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Kevin J. O’Connor, and Oded Fehr will all be back for the fourth movie, but what about Imhotep himself?

Speaking with Jack Carr for his Danger Close Podcast, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns star Arnold Vosloo has confirmed this week that he’ll be back as the villainous Imhotep!

“I can report now… I just signed my deal,” Vosloo reveals. “We are doing another Mummy. Brendan and them are shooting now in London. And the character Imhotep is back, that I play. I’ll be going there in November. The first time I’ve admitted… I’m back in the next Mummy. Imhotep is back. Somebody wakes me up… they read from the Book of the Dead… and there we are.”

“The script’s very good. I’m excited,” Vosloo continues. He also teases in the same interview, “They’re gonna make me look like I did when I was 38 years old, when I made the first one.”

This confirmation from Vosloo gives us the very first insight into the plot of The Mummy: Book of the Dead, which will see somebody read the titular book and bring Imhotep back to life. It sounds like the film is being positioned as something of a direct sequel to the 1999 hit from director Stephen Sommers, with Vosloo hinting that he’s going to be digitally de-aged to reprise his role.

Stay tuned for more as we learn it.

The Mummy: Book of the Dead is directed by Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The film is currently scheduled to hit theaters on October 15, 2027.

Fresh off his breakout role in Obsession, Michael Johnston will also be starring in The Mummy 4.

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What does David Howard Thornton hope to see in Terrifier 4? Well, there’s at least one thing he DOESN’T want to see, and that’s a sympathetic origin story for the sadistic killer clown. Damien Leone had recently teased that the upcoming fourth movie will indeed be diving into Art’s backstory, but David Howard Thornton and Leone both seem to agree on that one important caveat.

At a Chattanooga Comic Con panel over the weekend that was hosted by ComicBook.com, David Howard Thornton teased what to expect – and what not to expect – from Art’s backstory.

“When I first sat down in the make-up chair with [Damien], I was like, ‘Tell me everything about Art. Who is he? Why does he do what he’s doing? Because I just want to know that just for my own self.’ And he’s like, ‘I don’t know.’ So over the years, we’ve talked about different things, and we keep changing ideas and all that,” David Howard Thornton explained.

He continued, “So I don’t know what he’s going to land on. But I know one thing we’ve talked about is, we don’t want him to have a sympathetic background. In my head, he basically is evil incarnate. He came out of the womb just evil. In my mind, he would have strangled his mother with his own umbilical cord as soon as he came out of the womb.”

“So I’m very interested to see how we tackle it,” the actor told the Chattanooga crowd. “I’m hoping there are different things we address… why he’s silent, stuff like that.”

Stay tuned for more on Damien Leone’s Terrifier 4 as we learn it. Leone teases that it’s “shaping up to be the most epic, horrifying, thrilling, emotional and satisfying conclusion to the saga.”

Franchise stars David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown), Lauren LaVera (Sienna Shaw), and Samantha Scaffidi (Victoria Heyes) are expected to reprise their roles in Terrifier 4.

The slasher saga launched with Terrifier in 2016, followed by Terrifier 2 in 2022. Terrifier 3 opened at #1 at the box office in 2024, becoming the highest grossing unrated film of all time.

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Drag is rated ‘R’ for “bloody violent content, some grisly images, and language.”

Briarcliff Entertainment will release Drag in theaters on January 29, 2027.

Drag is described as “equal parts thriller and physical comedy,” and a film that “explores sibling rivalry, physical pain, and the uniquely chaotic bonds of family.”

“Two estranged sisters attempt to rob a secluded home in rural upstate New York. What begins as a simple burglary spirals into a nightmarish ordeal after one sister throws out her back and becomes immobilized on the second floor. As tensions rise and panic sets in, the sisters are forced into a painful and increasingly absurd fight for survival before the homeowner returns.”

Lucy DeVito (“Little Demon”) and Christine Ko (“Dave”) also star. Drag is co-written and co-directed by Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer, marking their feature debut.

Joe Lipsett notes in his review that Drag may favor comedy, especially regarding the sisters’ dysfunctional relationship, but it takes a sharp turn into genre territory. He writes, “The bloody aftermath is but one of several calamities that make the film hit quite a bit harder than your average black comedy. The violence and the stakes are legitimate.”

Danny DeVito, Lucy DeVito, and Jake DeVito produce through Jersey Films 2nd Avenue.

Watch the recently released Drag official trailer below.

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Focus Features’ Werwulf is rated an extremely hard ‘R’ for “strong bloody/disturbing violent content, gore, sexual assault, graphic nudity and strong sexual content.”

The film will be playing in 35mm in select theaters on Christmas Day.

Check out a handy graphic below that lists off all the locations that will be playing Werwulf in 35mm on December 25, and get your tickets NOW to see the film in 35mm on Christmas!

Set in 13th century England, Werwulf sees a mysterious creature stalk the land as local folklore becomes a terrifying reality. The film hits theaters everywhere December 25 via Focus Features.

Here’s the logline: “Witness Robert Eggers’ most visceral and haunting experience yet. Focus Features presents Werwulf, a harrowing tale of devotion, damnation and the devil within.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nosferatu), Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Ralph Ineson (The Witch), and Bodhi Rae Breathnach (Hamnet) star.

Check out the recently released Werwulf Official Trailer 2 below.

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Per Deadline, McKendrick is set to write, direct, and star in Delulu, in which she’ll be joined by West Side Story star Maddie Ziegler. The outlet describes that the movie will be a “bloody showdown about fame, envy, and the strange intimacy of girlhood,” and that McKendrick “will play a washed-up millennial pop singer who kidnaps a rising Gen Z influencer (Ziegler) and makes one deranged demand: get her a million followers in two weeks or die.”

Horror fans might not have caught Voicemails for Isabella, though the Zoey Deutch-starring movie was a huge hit for the streamer, becoming the top-performing rom-com on the service in the last five years. McKendrick also wrote 2017’s M.F.A.

McKendrick said of casting Ziegler, “I have been a die-hard fan of Maddie since she was a little girl dancing her heart out on our TV screens – and I’m beyond blown away by the multifaceted artist she has grown into. I’m fired up to watch her devour a role that demands every color of her insane talent. Temple Hill and XYZ are fearlessly championing my vision to make my rawest, bloodiest, most ferociously female film yet.”

“Leah is a bold storyteller with a voice and vision that transcends genre,” Laura Quicksilver, EVP of Development, Temple Hill Entertainment, shared of the project. “We are thrilled to be collaborating with her on Delulu, a film that is outrageously funny, emotionally vulnerable, and just wickedly twisted. Leah has revealed herself as a real talent both behind and in front of the camera and we can’t wait for audiences to see her go head-to-head with Maddie Ziegler, who brings a magnetism and fearlessness to all that she does. This role finally weaves together Maddie’s immense talents in both acting and dance in a way we’ve all been clamoring for.”

Also on the horizon for McKendrick is “Untitled Monster Project” for Blumhouse Atomic, which was announced in 2024. Since its announcement, there have been no significant updates on that project.

Stay tuned for more information on Delulu as we have it.

Are you looking forward to checking out the movie? Let us know in the comments below!

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One thing the home viewing experience could never replicate, though, is the sheer scale of IMAX screenings. If you’ve seen a movie in an IMAX theater in recent years, you’re familiar with the signature countdown to prepare you for the show, which highlights the cutting-edge innovations that immerse you in a movie in ways previously thought impossible. Last weekend saw the release of one of the biggest and most anticipated movies of the year, in the form of Godzilla Minus Zero.

In honor of the movie’s release, which was optimized for IMAX theaters, the movie got a custom countdown to brace the audience for what they were about to witness. IMAX has officially released their custom Godzilla Minus Zero countdown online, which you can see below.

Godzilla has been a staple of the cinema for decades, and while the movies originate in Japan, the crossover appeal of the character means a big footprint (pun intended) with American audiences. Despite his massive popularity for so long, the release of Godzilla Minus One took the beast to all-new heights.

The movie earned some of the best reviews of the entire franchise, and even secured the impressive milestone of being the first Godzilla movie to earn an Oscar. To say anticipation has been high for this year’s sequel would be a bit of an understatement, and that wait for this latest entry seems to have been worth it.

Godzilla Minus Zero has earned similarly impressive critical reactions, as it sits at 90% positive reviews on aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. The new film continued the series’ record-setting streak, as it opened to $31.6 million in the U.S. This gives Godzilla Minus Zero the biggest opening weekend of a live-action international movie of all time. Even all these decades later, it’s clear that Godzilla isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Godzilla Minus Zero is in theaters now.

Did you see the movie in IMAX? Let us know in the comments below!

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One significant example of this rollout would be It Follows from filmmaker David Robert Mitchell. The movie was a hit on the festival circuit, though failed to make much of an impact on theatrical release. As time went by, the Maika Monroe-starring movie earned enough momentum that Mitchell was able to develop a sequel, which is the upcoming They Follow.

Much like the origins of the first movie’s otherworldly being, details of the upcoming sequel have largely been kept mysterious. Speaking with People, Monroe offered a small update on the project, confirming the new movie “definitely is [on] a bigger scale, but I think it’s still very grounded in the original.”

In addition to Monroe returning, the sequel brings back director of photographer Mike Gioulakis, as Monroe elaborated, “And one of my favorite parts was the cinematography and the shots, and I think all that is very much there.”

Earlier this year, Mitchell released his biggest effort to date with The End of Oak Street, and while that movie was a large-scale production, Monroe explained how the vibe of They Follow honors the grounded nature of the original that resonated with fans.

Speaking to anticipated fan response, Monroe detailed, “I think they’re going to be happy. I think so … I’m feeling confident. So, I can’t wait.”

The new movie isn’t only bringing back components from the original, as the cast features a number of new additions. Joining Monroe in the sequel are Naomi Ackie, Justine Lupe, Michael Gandolfini, Jackie Earle Haley, Anna Mirodin, Jayne Taini, Tom Pecinka, Melora Walters, Ben Krieger, Natalie Shinnick, and Jan Hoag.

Back in October, Ackie similarly teased how the new sequel increases the scale from the original, as she shared with Bloody Disgusting, “It’s It Follows — but more.”

More recently, Monroe starred in the horror movie Longlegs, which was a much faster hit with audiences when it was released in 2024, and has a confirmed sequel on the way. In support of her new movie Victorian Psycho, Monroe shared with Bloody Disgusting of a possible return for that sequel, “I would love, love, love … people ask roles that you would want to go back to, and I would love to play Lee again. She was such a joy, and working with Oz [Perkins] and Nick [Cage] was an absolute dream. So we’ll see.”

They Follow doesn’t yet have a release date.

Are you looking forward to finally getting an It Follows sequel? Let us know in the comments below!

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The gothic horror film is directed by Argentinian filmmaker Agustina San Martín, who directs the upcoming psychological horror Psyche, currently in post-production. The feature adaptation is written by playwright, poet, and screenwriter Marisela Treviño Orta, based on her play that’s part of a trilogy of plays inspired by Latinx mythology and the Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

The synopsis reads, “In 19th Century New Mexico, on the eve of giving birth to her first child, the film follows a young woman who foresees the return of a deadly half-man half-wolf creature, only to discover another predator shares the hacienda she calls home.“

Wolf at the Door is produced by Sophia Dilley (HBO’s “Stax: Soulsville, USA”) and Charles Hopkins (Paris Barclay’s Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It) for Concord Originals and executive produced by Concord Originals’ Quíle Miguel Gomez, Victor Zaraya and Bob Valentine. 

“The original story and mythology of Marisela’s stage play serves as the perfect blueprint for an elevated horror feature film, and Agustina’s visual and atmospheric filmmaking sensibility makes her the perfect director to bring this stage story to cinemas,” said Hopkins. “This project encapsulates exactly what Concord Originals is all about: identifying world-class IP under the BMG roof and reimagining it for screen.”

The stage play made its debut in 2018. Inspired by Latino folklore and mythology, it tells the story of “Isadora, who finds the strength to stand up to her abusive husband when he forces a pregnant woman to stay against her will. While a pack of wolves closes in, Septimo makes plans for the baby, and Isadora and Yolot devise one of their own.“

Casting is underway on the feature film, so stay tuned for more as it arrives.

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In that sense, when a movie does manage to stand out from the pack, it feels all that more impressive. When a breakout entry comes from a major studio, such as what happened with The Meg, it makes a bit more sense, given the massive resources filmmakers have available to them. For a shark horror movie to earn a following when it comes from an independent studio with a limited budget, its achievements feel all the more exciting.

In other words, 2023’s The Black Demon excited fans of shark horror for what it managed to pull off, given it was made outside the studio system. That enthusiasm resulted in the development of the upcoming sequel The Black Demon: Atlantis, which just revealed a first-look image, seen at the top of the page. The sequel doesn’t yet have a release date.

The sequel is described, “After the global success of The Black Demon, the beast returns faster, fiercer, and deadlier than ever in Atlantis, a remote maximum-security prison in the Pacific Ocean. Undercover DEA agent Jerry Simms (Jack Kesy, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool 2) arrives at the offshore fortress run by the enigmatic Warden Reyes (Vanesa Restrepo) after his operative (Anthony Del Negro) mysteriously disappears while investigating inmate deaths tied to Diego Núñez (Harold Torres), a feared cult-like killer rumored to wield ancient powers.

“As mutilated bodies surface around the prison and whispers of blood rituals spread through the cell blocks, Atlantis spirals into fear, violence, and chaos. Forced to rely on Chato (Julio César Cedillo, Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico, The Harder They Fall), a haunted inmate who knows the prison’s hidden underworld, Jerry is pulled into a desperate fight for survival when the legendary Black Demon tears into Atlantis, turning it into a nightmarish war zone.”

The Black Demon: Atlantis was directed by cinematographer Carmen Cabana (Resident Evil, Ms. Marvel, Narcos: S2) and written by Aaron Benjamin (The Nest), Boise Esquerra (Austin Film Festival award-winner Blackwater, The Black Demon), and Carmen Cabana.

The Black Demon: Atlantis doesn’t yet have a release date.

Are you looking forward to checking out the new movie? Let us know in the comments below!

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The last movie we got in the series was a 2010 reboot of the original narrative, in which Jackie Earle Haley took over the role of Krueger from Robert Englund. While that movie was a modest financial success, it didn’t resonate all that strongly with critics, and failed to earn any follow-up installments. The passing of Craven in 2015 also complicated the potential development of new entries in the series.

Earlier this year, however, the series was set to come back from the dead. Not only was Paramount Pictures set to adapt the original Wes Craven script under their Paramount Primal banner, but New Line Cinema was reported to be developing an additional installment with Lee Cronin. Despite those reports, however, Dread Central claims Cronin’s picture is not moving forward and only Paramount Primal’s take is happening.

This likely won’t come as much of a surprise, and marks the seeming end of an interesting chapter regarding rights issues. In short, Paramount had the rights to the original A Nightmare on Elm Street script, which aims to be the basis of the new movie they are making, which is backed by the Wes Craven estate. Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema, however, had the international rights to the franchise, which meant execs at Warner Bros. and New Line hoped to beat Paramount to the punch with a new entry.

Instead, Warner Bros. and Paramount are merging, resulting in the abandonment of the international project.

Unfortunately, this is only the latest in a long line of complications regarding legal ownership of beloved properties and the elements that can and cannot be used in new iterations. Arguably the more famous dispute is in regards to Friday the 13th between director Sean S. Cunningham and writer Victor Miller, which held up development on a new movie for years as the matter was hoped to be resolved.

Instead, we got the prequel series Crystal Lake, which didn’t incorporate the iconic look of Jason Voorhees or even the “Friday the 13th” title, which bent the rules just enough to be able to happen without all parties signing off on the project. Were two versions of A Nightmare on Elm Street to be concurrently in development, it’s possible that there would have been similar restrictions within the concept, though it seems this is now a moot point.

No writer or director is officially attached to Paramount Primal’s A Nightmare on Elm Street at this time.

What do you make of the news? Let us know in the comments below!

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Premiering earlier this year at Fantastic Fest was Play House, the micro-budget feature-film debut of filmmaker Nicolas Curcio. A year prior, Curcio won the top prize at Fantastic Pitches, which secured him his production budget for the pitch. Blumhouse Atomic and Focus Features are set to distribute the film, which will land in theaters on April 2, 2027. Universal Pictures International will handle international distribution.

The buzzy micro-budget film was the winner of Fantastic Pitches and is the latest collaboration between Focus Features, Blumhouse Atomic, and Divide/Conquer, following the worldwide, record-breaking success of Obsession. Future collaborations also include Barker’s highly anticipated follow up, Anything But Ghosts (May 7, 2027) and Josh Giuliano’s Occupant.

Directed by Curcio and written by Curcio and Kirby Gladstein,  Play House stars Will Harrison, Jessica Sula, Jordan Gonzalez, and James Urbaniak. Curcio and Gladstein (Skinny Ghost), Ben Gojer, Jack Forbes, and Derek Tramont produce, with Ahbra Perry (Chroma), Daniel Levin (Narrative), Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath (Divide/Conquer), and Jason Blum (Blumhouse Atomic) serving as executive producers.

The movie is described, “While renovating a dilapidated house to win back his ex, a young man discovers VHS tapes of an unaired TV show in the basement. But as the show’s dark history surfaces, it seeps into his life, threatening his last chance at reconciliation.”

In addition to its budget, another element Play House has in common with a movie like Backrooms is its embrace of lost analogue media. However, rather than seeing that movie’s success and hoping to replicate it, the filmmakers have a deep history with the premise.

“We lived in South Pasadena in LA, and we were constantly walking and driving past this stretch of dozens of homes that were all abandoned and had security guys outside, and they were just falling into disrepair,” Gladstein shared with Bloody Disgusting at Fantastic Fest. “We looked into it, and it was this freeway expansion project that started back in the ’50s and ’60s, where they bought close to 400-500 houses, and then they never built the freeway. So they just held onto these houses, and we started to wonder what could have happened in these houses for this many decades that they’ve sat, and started to think about somebody buying one of those houses because they’re starting to sell the actual Caltrans houses now. That was really the impetus of it.”

Play House hits theaters on April 2, 2027.

Are you looking forward to the movie’s release? Let us know in the comments below!

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Serving as a prequel to the events of the Spencer Mansion incident, the non-profit production, created by and for fans of the series, is based on Capcom’s short novel “Biohazard: The Beginning” and the book “Original Sin: Prelude to Biohazard”. The story follows Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, who, after receiving a distress call, find themselves caught up in a conspiracy filled with disappearances, mysterious crimes, and terrifying creatures pointing toward the Arklay Mountains.

Original Sin aims to recapture the essence of horror films from the 70s and 80s, and prioritizing practical effects and traditional filming over digital resources. The project will be crowdfunded on Indiegogo, and like RESURRECTION: A Biohazard Story and The Keeper’s Diary: A Biohazard Story, fans will be available to watch for free on ROE’s YouTube channel.

The film stars Cody Nicholson as Chris Redfield, Annie Roig as Jill Valentine, Michael “COSBLADE” Young as Albert Wesker, and MimiDoesCosplay as Rebecca Chambers. Along with directing duties, Brandon Salisbury also serves as the film’s writer. Tom Robenolt is the cinematographer for the project, with Biohazard Declassified’s Andy Cox and George Demick serving as producers, while Residence of Evil’s J.J. Trulock will executive produce.

Currently, the film has its Indiegogo campaign in full swing, with plenty of backer rewards.

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The Fin launches its North American rollout this month, with Park in person for screenings at Roxy Cinema New York on November 27 and November 29 and at Toronto’s Revue Cinema on December 1, with VOD release to follow in January. 

Yeon Yeji, Kim Pureum, Goh-Woo, Jeong Young-do, and Maeng Joo-one star

The sci-fi movie is set “in a dystopian post-war ‘United Korea’ where mutated mermen called Omegas are society’s outcasts, exploited as cheap labor in an ecologically decimated, water-poor landscape. As one of these pariahs dies, he tasks a cohort (Goh-woo) with finding his daughter Mia (Yeon Yeji) hiding among humans, intent on her receiving his fin in a rite of passing. Meanwhile, Sujin (Kim Pureum), a young civil servant, begins doubting the state’s ideology as she pursues the Omega for her own purposes.”

Co-produced by Coproduction Office, The Fin marks the first collaboration between director Park and Philippe Bober’s company, best known for Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winners Triangle of Sadness and The Square.

“I hope that people get the feeling that maybe what they see around them is not true. So they actively, not passively, reconsider what actually constitutes an Omega or not, which leads to how do we decide who is an Omega and who is not? How do we decide who is a human or not? And if anybody in the audience reaches that point of questioning what divides Omega and humans, I think that the film has succeeded. It’s about stating two things and then showing that the statements are very volatile,” the filmmaker said previously.

Society collapses into a formalist’s fever dream in the trailer and poster below.

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Given his horror background, it meant he could champion projects at DC Studios that leaned into the darker corners of the franchise, which gave us Clayface. The movie might not have been a blockbuster on the same level as other superhero movies, but it’s become a modest success, thanks to having a modest budget, and it didn’t hold back on the R-rated elements of the concept.

The big shock at Warner Bros. this week is that James Gunn, along with Peter Safran, have ended their involvement with the studio. This not only complicates the announced superhero movies they had in the works, but the exit comes with more consequences.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the success of Clayface was encouraging and there might have been more horror projects in the works at DC, with the outlet noting that “…the duo were basking in the modest success of Clayface, a horror movie released Oct. 21 that passed $100 million globally on a $44 million budget. There was even talk of doing more spooky, slimmed-down DC movies.”

Heading into the release of Clayface, we were cautiously optimistic, as we always root for horror to succeed. It came as a relief to see that there was an audience, if somewhat limited, for more gruesome takes on superhero lore, and that it would inspire DC to pursue similar projects. Now knowing that this was the case and the exit of Gunn and Safran could thwart those plans feels all the more disappointing.

Whether we’ll ever find out exactly what plans have now been nixed is yet to be seen. It’s also worth noting that, while Gunn has a number of horror credits to his name, Safran has a number of horror experience in his background, such as helping develop The Conjuring franchise. The duo were clearly supporters of horror, who likely would have encouraged more pursuits in that realm.

Previously, James Mangold was announced to develop a Swamp Thing movie, but given how busy the filmmaker has been since that announcement, there has been no significant momentum on the project. There have also been talks a Justice League Dark movie for years, with even Guillermo del Toro attempting to pursue such a project at various points.

Even just last week, Evil Dead Wrath filmmaker Francis Galluppi had been enlisted to write a movie about John Constantine. With news of Gunn and Safran’s exit still fresh, it’s entirely unknown what will become of these projects or, if they do end up being released, if they’ll feel like R-rated horror movies or merely horror-adjacent experiences.

Stay tuned for updates on the future of DC’s horror characters.

Are you disappointed by the pair’s exit? Let us know in the comments below!

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The Sting director will re-team with star Alyla Browne (Furiosa) on the upcoming creature feature.

Variety details, “Set against the backdrop of the Australian outback, the film follows 15-year-old Riley (Browne), travelling with her father when they come across two seemingly abandoned cars at an isolated desert crossing. When an invisible force drags her father away Riley finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against a terrifying creature that is only visible to its next victim.”

George Pullar (Evil Dead Burn), Masha Basman and Stephen Peacocke also star.

Sean Loch wrote the screenplay for the film formerly titled From Below.

Kiah Roache-Turner tells outlet, “it was one of the best scripts I’ve ever read. I was intrigued at first by the premise and the idea of a single-location, desert-set creature feature. When Sean approached me with the idea of directing it my tongue nearly got whiplash I said yes so fast.”

“It also helps that the central creature feels truly original, terrifying and disturbing in a way that I’ve never seen portrayed in a monster movie before,” Roache-Turner explains to Variety.

The Australian filmmaker continues, “I don’t want to give the game away but we’re up against a monster that I’ve never really seen before onscreen. It’s such a weird creature and so beautifully and horrifically creepy that I’ve decided to change my entire visual style just to accommodate Sean’s insanely original narrative. All I can say at this stage is that it’s as scary as all hell and there are scenes in this movie that are going to traumatize people very deeply.”

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After making $4 million in theaters, the NC-17 Director’s Cut of Ken Russell’s The Devils will be hitting 3-Disc 4K UHD + Blu-ray Collector’s Edition and Standard 4K UHD on April 20, 2027.

The 3-disc Collector’s Edition will include the 4K UHD presentation of the definitive, uncensored Director’s Cut as well as all three versions of the film for the first time ever on Blu-ray. The standard 4K UHD edition will include the Director’s Cut and new bonus material.

Both versions are now available for pre-order from online outlets including Amazon.

The Collector’s Edition includes a rigid slipcase with an 8-panel 3-disc holder and 96-page book. There is more than 14 hours of material, including the Director’s Cut encoded by Fidelity in Motion on a 4K UHD disc; the Director’s Cut, UK X-rated cut and US R-rated cut on a Blu-ray disc; and a Blu-Ray disc including never-before-seen bonus material. The standard 4K UHD includes more than 4 hours of material in a slipcase with an 8-panel 1-disc digipak. This disc includes the Director’s Cut encoded by Fidelity in Motion and new bonus material.

The special release is the definitive cut of The Devils, and no other director’s cut formally exists. This cut was originally reconstructed in 2004 under the supervision of Ken Russell and the film’s editor Michael Bradsell, with the collaboration of Mark Kermode and Paul Joyce. The 4K restoration was completed using the original camera negative at WB Water Tower Color, with audio restoration completed using original composite 35mm mag film at WB Sound.

The 3-Disc 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Collector’s Edition includes…

• The first ever 4K UHD presentation of Ken Russell’s The Devils – the uncensored, definitive director’s cut – encoded by Fidelity In Motion with a newly restored monaural soundtrack.
• The first ever official Blu-ray presentations of Ken Russell’s The Devils, the uncensored, definitive director’s cut (114 mins); the UK X-Rated version (111 mins); and the US R-Rated version (108 mins), with a newly restored monaural soundtrack.
• Unedited 2004 audio commentary with Ken Russell, Michael Bradsell, Mark Kermode & Paul Joyce
• Never-before-seen extended scene
• New extended version of the documentary Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of The Devils (2002) featuring additional interview footage with Ken Russell
• New 4K remaster of the short film Amelia and the Angel (1958) directed by Ken Russell
• New compilation of camera slates
• New interview with Guillermo del Toro on The Devils and the legacy of Ken Russell
• New introduction by Kleber Mendonça Filho at the first ever screening of Ken Russell’s The Devils in Brazil
• New extended interview with Mark Kermode on The Devils and the reconstruction of the definitive director’s cut
• New behind-the-scenes featurette on the picture and sound restoration
• Never-before-seen archival interviews with Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed
• Never-before-heard archival audio interviews between critic Richard Crouse and cast/crew
• Never-before-seen costume sketches by Shirley Russell with audio commentary by Victoria Russell
• Excerpt of Rupert Russell’s documentary Mad Dad, featuring never-before-seen Russell family photos
• 2004 Q&A with Ken Russell and Mark Kermode following the first ever screening of Ken Russell’s The Devils at the BFI Southbank NFT1
• 2010 Film at Lincoln Center Q&A with Ken Russell and Vanessa Redgrave
• Director of Devils (1971) featurette with behind-the-scenes footage and a Ken Russell interview
• Behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Michael Bradsell
• Archival Trailers
• 2026 Theatrical Trailer
• 96-page book with never-before-seen photography and production materials, excerpts of the original continuity script, new essays by Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams, and newly unearthed archival crew interviews
• and more…

The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Standard Edition includes…

• The first ever 4K UHD presentation of Ken Russell’s The Devils – the uncensored, definitive director’s cut – encoded by Fidelity In Motion with a newly restored monaural soundtrack.
• Unedited 2004 audio commentary with Ken Russell, Michael Bradsell, Mark Kermode & Paul Joyce
• New interview with Guillermo del Toro on The Devils and the legacy of Ken Russell
• 2004 Q&A with Ken Russell and Mark Kermode following the first ever screening of Ken Russell’s The Devils at the BFI Southbank NFT1
• Behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Michael Bradsell
• Director of Devils (1971) featurette with behind-the-scenes footage and a Ken Russell interview
• Archival Trailers
• 2026 Theatrical Trailer

In Ken Russell’s The Devils, the legendary and controversial 1971 masterpiece returns in a stunning new 4K restoration, presenting the director’s definitive vision for the first time. In 17th-century Loudun, charismatic priest Father Grandier (Oliver Reed) finds himself at the center of a political and religious conspiracy when the tormented Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave) becomes consumed by obsession. As accusations of possession, corruption, and witchcraft ignite mass hysteria, a shocking struggle for power threatens to destroy an entire community.

Joe Lipsett wrote in his 5-skull review for Bloody Disgusting, “This new restored 4K is the defining version of the film; this is how it was meant to be seen – both technically and with its previously censored scenes restored. The result is one of cinema’s most controversial works, resplendently preserved in all of its outrageous button-pushing glory.“

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Alani directs and stars in the film.

The plot “opens with police responding to a property in remote Himachal Pradesh, where they find a gutted structure and a body seated upright inside. When the family disputes the official verdict, they bring in a paranormal investigator whose inquiry uncovers something well beyond the reach of conventional crime.“

Gaurav K. Sharma and Mihir Rajda star alongside Alani.

“I’m most looking forward to making the audience feel like they’ve stepped into an investigation they shouldn’t be part of,” said Alani.

“Jay’s hand at horror feels fearless,” added Hans Audric Estialbo, CEO of Fearfolks. “‘Numinous’ is a horror film that we know will resonate with the new generation of cinemagoers in India, the region, and the world.”

Alani is one of India’s leading paranormal investigators, with over 15 years of experience and more than 1,500 investigations across the world. His documented cases have accumulated millions of views across platforms, including TEDx talks, podcasts, and international media appearances beyond the camera. 

The Hindi and English-language horror film has wrapped principal photography, so stay tuned for more as it arrives, as the film is targeting a late 2027 release.

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In the case of Obsession, this means that one shot that Barker aimed to include in the movie’s opening scenes was excised, as reshoots resulted in the finale being tweaked, and while the opening and closing were meant to mirror one another, changing the ending meant changing the opening. In Barker’s own words, the images he crafted for that opening continue to haunt him.

“The opening shot changed during editing, but the original version will forever be in my head,” Barker recently shared with Gold Derby. “The camera was on Bear (Michael Johnston), then it moved down to his dead cat and then moved upside down on to the TV and you can see that he’s watching a rom-com. So by the end of that shot you realize, ‘Oh this guy loves romance, and wants romance.’ And then the last shot that’s still in the movie was supposed to mirror that where the camera starts on Nikki (Inde Navarrette), goes down to Bear, and then upside down on the TV.”

He continued, “We filmed the original opening and put it in the movie and it was there for awhile, but then we did reshoots and decided to change up the ending so it didn’t make sense anymore. But I was holding onto that image for awhile and it still sticks in my head. I wonder if that’s the same for other directors, too.”

Even though Barker is still thinking about the shot that he ended up changing, it’s worth noting that he thinks the cut of the movie that landed in theaters should be considered the director’s cut.

In a day and age where filmmakers have more freedom to release alternate cuts of their films on home video, Barker has previously teased that he could envision the release of an “extended cut,” which includes an additional 20 minutes of footage, though this shouldn’t be considered the movie’s definitive release.

In some respects, it serves as a testament to the effectiveness of what was included in the movie’s theatrical release, knowing that there are certain sequences Barker still can’t get out of his head all this time later that he sacrificed for the greater good. It’s unknown if this sequence would be included in an extended cut of the film.

Would you like to see this original opening to the movie? Let us know in the comments below!

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Another buzzed-about title is Casper Kelly‘s Buddy, thanks in large part to how it put a deranged spin on a lovable mascot meant for children. While the movie’s seeming similarities to Barney the Purple Dinosaur ignited interest in the concept, the movie offered a lot more than just superficial scares, as it teased a dark and complex mythology that goes well beyond the movie’s run time.

More specifically, one scene in the movie revealed that, while Buddy was a freaky enough character that centered around bizarre events targeting children, Buddy was just one of multiple mascots. Speaking with the That Was Pretty Scary podcast, Kelly confirmed that he’s in the process of exploring potential sequels or spin-offs.

“I’m not sure I can talk about it, but yeah, I have my ideas of where I wanna take it, but since so many people respond to it, I feel a responsibility, and I’m wondering how much I should incorporate audience hopes and expectations and theories in what I’m doing, as well,” the filmmaker revealed. “It’s always tricky when you create mystery and it excites the audience, and they’re craving more, so they’re creating their own lore. It’s tricky to start to fill that out for them.”

He added, “I’m real excited about it so hopefully, people like it.”

With a reported budget of only $3 million, the fact that Buddy went on to take in $27 million makes it a massive success, even if it didn’t reach the same heights as a title like Obsession. Having only been on home video briefly, whenever the movie ultimately lands on a streaming service, there will be even more excitement and support for it.

Kelly teased of the franchise’s future, “I’m very hopeful and optimistic about more getting made.”

Stay tuned for updates on the possible future of the Buddy franchise.

Would you like to see the movie get another installment? Let us know in the comments below!

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After starring as Lee Harker in Osgood Perkins‘ Longlegs, Monroe was planning on taking a break from horror. That break was quickly interrupted when she was presented with the opportunity to play Winifred Notty in Victorian Psycho, a role she knew she had to pursue.

Speaking with Bloody Disgusting, the actor admitted that Winifred only reignited her passion for her career.

“To be honest, being on this film and being on this set just made me re-fall in love with my job. I hadn’t had such a challenging role in a minute, and this really pushed me out of my comfort zone,” Monroe shared of the impact of the role. “It’s really taking a big swing, which is terrifying, because then it is put out into the world and people are going to watch it and judge it and have their opinions. But it was just such a joy doing something like this, so, if anything, I was just excited and feeling very lucky to have this as my job.”

Victorian Psycho is set in Victorian England, as eccentric governess Winifred Notty (Monroe) takes a position at a remote gothic manor. As strange occurrences plague the house, the staff and the family, suspicion stirs that Winifred is not what she seems.

The movie was directed by Zachary Wigon and written by Virginia Feito, with Feito adapting her own novel for the screenplay. Isaacs shared what made the script so unique and that he was excited to pursue the role because of how much it scared him.

“Virginia did a fantastic adaptation of her own book. Authors always think they can make the screenplay [of their own novel], they very rarely can, and she really could,” Isaacs detailed. “The truth, I guess, is that I was scared of it, because I thought, ‘Wait, I don’t know what this is. Is this horror? Is this comedy? How were we meant to act it?’ This is entirely a question of getting the tone right. I know that something really freaky is going on here. Something outrageous is going on. This is a big swing. It’s either going to hit or miss.”

He continued, “And, although I loved making it, I had no idea whether the film worked or not. It turns out, it works incredibly well, which is mostly down to the mixture of everybody’s contributions. Sometimes the souffle rises, sometimes it doesn’t, but it’s exciting when you’re nervous about something, you don’t know what it is. Most things you read, you know exactly what they are by page two and how it’s going to turn out. This felt like an adventure.”

It’s safe to say that Monroe’s Winifred is the titular psycho, and the character doesn’t hold back. In many previous efforts, Monroe has played the vulnerable target of nefarious forces, though this time she got to embrace a darker side.

“As actors, you need to fall in love with the role and you can’t really have any judgment, and I remember reading the script and I felt for her. She’s been through a lot in her life and, that’s the question,” Monroe recalled. Isaacs pointed out, though, that secrets about the character are revealed, with Monroe continuing, “Absolutely. You start piecing together her life … I absolutely love her.”

Isaacs was dealt the challenging task of playing Mr. Pounds, the head of the household Winifred moves into. On the one hand, you had to have empathy for him, but on the other, you had to root for his demise.

“He’s such an unusual … everything that came out of his mouth, everything he did was so unusual,” the actor expressed. “I liked the mix of it all. I loved that it was going to be Maika … I met Zach in a hotel in New York. He seemed really interesting to me and really interested in making a film that he seemed to have in his head, but very collaborative. And I just thought, ‘I’ve been around a long time, I’ve done a lot of stuff.’ So I’m blessed when I get offered work, so I really try only to do things that interest me and excite me, and this felt like an adventure.”

Speaking of Monroe’s planned break from horror, a Longlegs sequel is already on the way from Perkins, which will bring back Nicolas Cage. As far as whether Monroe is returning as Harker, we’ll just have to wait and see.

“Oz and Nick are doing something. And we’ll see what happens,” Monroe teased. “I would love, love, love … people ask roles that you would want to go back to, and I would love to play Lee again. She was such a joy. And working with Oz and Nick was an absolute dream. So we’ll see.”

Victorian Psycho lands in theaters on November 13.

This interview was edited for length and clarity.

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The label is teasing that the physical media release of the NC-17 Director’s Cut of Ken Russell’s The Devils will be going up for grabs tomorrow, and they’re showing off the packaging today.

Additionally, early Amazon listings have let us know that there will be a Collector’s Edition release as well as a standard 4K UHD release of the film that originally released way back in 1971.

While you wait for pre-order links, check out the Collector’s Edition packaging below.

A Digital release is also expected. Stay tuned for more info.

The special release is the definitive cut of The Devils, and no other director’s cut formally exists. This cut was originally reconstructed in 2004 under the supervision of Ken Russell and the film’s editor Michael Bradsell, with the collaboration of Mark Kermode and Paul Joyce. The 4K restoration was completed using the original camera negative at WB Water Tower Color, with audio restoration completed using original composite 35mm mag film at WB Sound.

Warner Bros. Clockwork’s release marks the first time Russell’s defining masterpiece has been made accessible to the public.

Based on Aldous Huxley’s 1952 non-fiction novel The Devils of Loudun and its 1961 stage play adaptation, Ken Russell’s The Devils is set in 17th-century Loudun, France.

Oliver Reed stars as Grandeur in the film, complete with the sex appeal that has all the ladies swooning, including the hunchbacked Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave). Jeanne is exceptionally lustful for Grandeur, which pushes over into wrathful jealousy when she learns of his relationship with the young and stunning Madeleine (Gemma Jones). Cue the demonic seduction accusations, and hysteria and chaos ensue. 

Joe Lipsett wrote in his 5-skull review for Bloody Disgusting, “This new restored 4K is the defining version of the film; this is how it was meant to be seen – both technically and with its previously censored scenes restored. The result is one of cinema’s most controversial works, resplendently preserved in all of its outrageous button-pushing glory.“

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In fact, even though it’s referred to as “generative AI,” nothing is actually being generated, so much as AI steals references found online to plagiarize actual artists to create a generic amalgam that fits a prompt.

On October 31, Return of the Living Dead: Aftermath was quietly released by DragonFLIX. For years, there had been reports that there would finally be a new entry in the Return of the Living Dead franchise, which was even set to feature original cast members Linnea Quigley and Beverly Randolph. The release of Aftermath surprised horror fans, as no one knew about its release, and it also surprised Quigley and Randolph, as they appear in it without having actually filmed anything.

While the movie is being credited as having been “directed” by Richard Driscoll, nearly the entire film is comprised of AI-generated imagery and dialogue. Driscoll is also credited with having “written” the film, though it’s currently unknown if anyone actually wrote it, or if it was merely the result of prompts fed into an AI service. If you’re unlucky enough to witness a single glimpse of the experience, you can attest to it being one of the most atrocious releases of the year, and an insult to the entire horror genre.

In a recent interview, Quigley and Randolph were quick to distance themselves from the “movie.”

“It turned out to be a fiasco,” Quigley shared with the Caffeinated Horror Dude podcast. “I warned him, ‘Whatever you do, don’t do any AI, because people don’t like it, the fans don’t like it.’”

Randolph added, “This is not what we signed up for … We got to get something out there because there’s so much hate on us right now.” The actor teased that the project was meant to be a much more ambitious experience, channeling the spirit of The Rocky Horror Picture Show meets Sunset Boulevard.

In an age where social media can be polarizing and movies can be divisive, what comes as a relief is that Return of the Living Dead: Aftermath can unite horror fans, if only because everyone hates it. While it doesn’t yet have enough scores to calculate an official score, over on Letterboxd, 95% of the current ratings are 1/2 star out of five.

If anything positive comes of the release, hopefully it could result in support for an actual movie being developed for the franchise that includes real humans saying real things to one another. As opposed to watching Aftermath, we would like to encourage you to watch the original movie, which is currently streaming on Prime Video and on Tubi.

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The Hollywood Reporter lets us know that James Gunn and Peter Safran are stepping away from DC Studios just four years after they took over as co-CEOs of the Warner Bros. division.

Jeremy Latcham will now oversee DC Studios’ film, TV, and animation slate.

The news come in the direct wake of Skydance purchasing WB. THR details, “Skydance, which now oversees the division thanks to its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, has appointed former Marvel exec Jeremy Latcham to the post of president and chief creative officer of DC Studios.”

Gunn and Safran will be stepping away from DC almost immediately on December 1. The duo had only just gotten started on their work running DC Studios, with Superman, Supergirl, and the aforementioned Clayface being the only three movies released under their leadership. On the small screen, they recently had a hit on their hands with the HBO Max series “Lanterns.”

This massive news takes the wind out of the sails of our planned Clayface box office report, but it’s still worth noting that the film has now reached $109 million at the worldwide box office. A strong result for a body horror movie, but perhaps not strong enough for a DC comic book movie. To say the least, the rebooted DC cinematic universe has gotten off to a rocky start.

“The duo will still be in the fold creatively, at least on a few projects,” The Hollywood Reporter notes this afternoon, “as Gunn has Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow in post-production for a planned release next year, with the TV spinoff The People v. Gorilla Grodd also in post. Gunn and Safran remain producers on The Batman: Part II as well, for a 2028 release date.”

Of course, anything beyond those projects that Gunn and Safran had planned is now in danger of being wiped off the slate. That could include James Mangold’s planned Swamp Thing movie.

For now, however, any discourse on the future of DC Studios is purely speculation.

“James and Peter launched a new era for DC Studios and led it through a period of real transformation, resetting the foundation and building a slate we’re incredibly proud of,” Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz said in a statement today. “We’re grateful for their passion, contributions and commitment to this legendary brand.”

“Jeremy [Latcham] has been a longtime creative partner to us both, and we have complete confidence that James and Peter will ensure a smooth, collaborative transition and continue this work with care,” the statement continues. “We look forward to working with Jeremy to build the next generation of DC storytelling and to doubling down on our commitment to fans.”

“DC’s pantheon of characters is among the most iconic in American popular culture,” Latcham said in his own statement. “I’ve had the privilege to help bring some of the most celebrated superhero stories to life on the big screen, and I’m excited and honored for the opportunity to now lead DC Studios into its next era. The chance to steward the incredible cast of DC characters to the screen in a way that excites lifelong fans while introducing their timeless stories to the next generation is a massive responsibility that I do not take lightly.”

“Four years ago, we set out to unite DC under one creative vision. In that time, we helped restore Superman to the heart of DC, while opening new doors and telling new stories in film and television with Peacemaker, Creature Commandos, Lanterns and Clayface,” said James Gunn and Peter Safran. “We’re immensely proud of the team that turned that ambition into something real, including the actors, crews and executives we had the opportunity to collaborate with.”

“We’ve shared a creative history with Jeremy going back to Marvel, and we’re eager to see the perspective he brings to DC’s next chapter,” Gunn and Safran’s statement continues. “We’re excited to return to what drew us to this job in the first place, which is telling the stories we love, including the next chapter of Clark and Lex’s journey in Man of Tomorrow.”

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Variety reports that Vera Farmiga will both star in and produce Inferno.

Bryan Hill (“Titans”) will be writing and directing the upcoming horror movie.

The film is “based on the long-rumored special division of Britain’s Scotland Yard that investigates the occult, with Farmiga set to portray a former detective whose pursuit of a killer forces her back into the Black Branch and on the trail of the paranormal terror she thought she’d escaped.”

“Great horror films challenge what we believe about the world. With Inferno, I want to create a terrifying mystery that stays with audiences long after the credits roll. Vera Farmiga is an extraordinary actor whose intelligence, emotional depth, and commanding presence make her the perfect person to lead us into and through that darkness,” said director Bryan Hill.

“Inferno is a sophisticated supernatural thriller that marries the investigative propulsion of a serial-killer procedural with the visceral terror of possession horror,” said Yvette Zhuang, co-CEO of Manifest Pictures.

“We were immediately sucked into Hill’s script, which has unnerving procedural tension of Manhunter and the emotional, performance-driven horror of The Exorcist or Longlegs,” added Zach Glueck, co-CEO of Manifest Pictures. “Hill’s work collaborating with incredible directors from Ryan Coogler to Sam Raimi, and his experience on shows like HBO’s Titans, has prepared him for his role as a multi-hyphenate creator.”

Inferno is scheduled to begin production in late spring.

Inferno is being produced by Ara Keshishian (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Kidnap) and Petr Jákl’s (Land of Bad) ZQ Entertainment (upcoming Feed with Rosamund Pike), alongside Adrian Askarieh’s Prime Universe Films (Hitman franchise).

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From Level 33 Entertainment, Dead of Night slashes into theaters November 13, 2026.

Watch the Dead of Night official trailer below and read on to learn more.

The indie horror-thriller is directed by Derek Sulek and stars Dermot Mulroney, Scott Grimes, Jake Busey, and Kirrilee Berger. Professional wrestling legend, rock musician, and actor Chris Jericho (Terrifier 2 & 3) executive produced the upcoming movie.

When the savagely mutilated body of a teenage girl is discovered in the quiet town of Elmwood Heights, the newly elected mayor (Alex Camacho) scrambles to create a neighborhood watch, desperate to calm the frightened community. But as the gruesome murders continue, determined Sheriff Weaver (Mulroney) struggles to catch the killer while the town spirals into panic.

Sensing something more sinister behind the killings, the sheriff’s daughter Kelly (Berger) becomes obsessed with uncovering the killer’s twisted motives before it’s too late.

Dead of Night is directed by Derek Sulek, from a screenplay co-written with Eric Durham. The film was produced by Oren Kamara, Derek Sulek, and Dan Sheldon, with Jijo Reed serving as co-producer. Executive producers include Chris Jericho, Scott Grimes, Ann Koch, Doug Johnson, and Matthew Ballard. Production was carried out in Los Angeles.

The filmmakers preview, “Dead of Night was inspired in part by the fear that gripped Los Angeles during the Night Stalker era, so making the film here gave it an authenticity we couldn’t manufacture somewhere else. We’re incredibly proud of the local cast and crew who brought it to life and are excited to now bring an independent, LA-made horror film to audiences across the country.”

Level 33 President & CEO Andreas Olavarria adds, “We are truly excited to be working with the talented team at Fade to Black Films and can’t wait to share this edge-of-your-seat thriller with theatrical audiences across the US and Canada this November.”

Get your tickets now to see Dead of Night in theaters.

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Luckily, director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson reinvented the slasher genre with Scream, which wasn’t just a satisfying slasher in its own right, but it also poked fun at tropes of the genre. Not only did this revive the genre with teen-centric horror movies, but it energized teenagers to head to the theaters to see coming-of-age comedies like Bring It On, Can’t Hardly Wait, and American Pie.

The spirit of the ’90s looks to be fully alive in the new movie Cheer Bloody Murder, which looks to channel the murder-mystery slasher vibes of Scream with the premise and comedy of Bring It On. You can check out an exclusive trailer for the movie below, before it hits Digital on December 15.

Cheer Bloody Murder is described, “There is something horrifying lurking in the halls of the world’s most prestigious cheerleading camp. As a masked killer with a lust for blood stalks the beautiful, young campers and their coaches, a sinister pattern of revenge emerges until the mystery of the knife-wielding slasher is ultimately revealed.”

The movie stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Robert LaSardo, Lauren Francesca, Caleb Thomas, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Sean Whalen, Vernon Wells, Shawn C. Phillips, Julie Anne Prescott, Tom Sizemore, James Duval, and Todd Bridges.

Cheer Bloody Murder was directed by Shawn C. Phillips, who shared in a statement with Bloody Disgusting, “Cheer Bloody Murder was the very first feature film I ever directed. I was really lucky to get to work with a great cast for my very first film with people such as Scout Taylor-Compton and Tom Sizemore. The film was all shot in the Los Angeles area. I hope people check out the film. I really try to make it have a real ’90s throwback feel and add a lot of comedy as well.”

Cheer Bloody Murder hits Digital on December 15.

Will you be checking out the movie on Digital? Let us know in the comments below!

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The five-volume manga created by Yu Satomi follows a family trio embarking on what should’ve been an idyllic journey aboard a luxury cruise ship. Instead, when passengers begin mysteriously disappearing, the voyage descends into a terrifying fight for survival.

An English-language edition of Noah of the Blood Sea is planned for release in North America, but so far the manga has reached international audiences through translated editions in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Brazil, South Korea and Thailand, building a readership across Europe, Latin America and Asia. A Taiwanese edition is also currently in development.

Michael Zelman and Hamid Mokhneche will produce for Tyrus Pictures, which picked up rights to adapt from major Japanese publisher Takeshobo.

“What immediately drew me to Noah of the Blood Sea was its extraordinary cinematic potential,” said Mokhneche. “The combination of a luxury cruise ship, an unnerving atmosphere and a distinctive supernatural mythology creates the foundation for a compelling horror film. We’re excited to work with Takeshobo to bring Yu Satomi’s vision to the screen while staying true to what makes the original manga so distinctive.”

“Both Yu Satomi and I are excited to see how the distinctive visual style and unique world of Noah of the Blood Sea will translate from the pages of the manga to the big screen,” said Atsushi Kimura, Deputy General Manager at Takeshobo.

“From our earliest conversations with Hamid, we were impressed by his understanding of the original work and his commitment to preserving what makes it unique,” said Shin Ogasawara, Deputy Corporate Officer at Takeshobo. “We look forward to working with Tyrus Pictures to bring this story to the screen.”

No director or screenwriter has been announced yet, so stay tuned.

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Watch the official trailer for Unholy Night below, streaming only on Shudder December 4.

Unholy Night marks the feature directorial debut of Michael Gabriele, whose short film Get Away won the Gold Audience Award for Best International Short at Fantasia International Film Festival 2023. Marc Bendavid (Dark Matter) and Shailene Garnett (Fire Country) star.

Centered on Gino’s traditional family Christmas Eve, the night turns into a bloody battle for survival when his long-dead grandma drops by and goes on a murderous rampage.

Amid the chaos, Gino reunites with his ex and the dysfunctional duo must avoid his dead Italian relatives popping up all around the neighborhood as they search for a way to get rid of these Yuletide revenants and survive his family Christmas.

Unholy Night is produced by Gabriele, Jenna MacMillan, Marc Tetreault and Jason Levangie with Dave Anderson, Jason MacIssac, Richard Huggard, Tina Carbone and Jef Burnham serving as Executive Producers.

You’ll find the official poster underneath the exclusive trailer below.

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Variety has announced that Nicholas Denton will play Michael Reeves and Tim Downie will play Vincent Price in Tragedy Man: The Making of Michael Reeves, which is described in the website’s report this morning as “an elevated folk horror feature exploring the turbulent relationship between Reeves and Price during the making of Witchfinder General.”

The outlet notes that the 1968 horror movie was “a collaboration that would produce one of Price’s most acclaimed performances and Reeves’ final film before his death at just 25.”

Here’s the full synopsis for the upcoming movie: “Set against 1960s London and the haunted countryside of East Anglia, Tragedy Man follows the young Michael Reeves as he stakes his burgeoning career on Witchfinder General. His financiers bring in Hollywood horror star Vincent Price for the lead role, a casting choice Reeves vehemently opposes, seeing the veteran actor’s theatrical style as everything he wants to leave behind. Price, meanwhile, is confronting his own fears of becoming obsolete as Hollywood changes around him.”

Hugh Bonneville will also star as producer Tony Tenser. Michael Ellis is directing Tragedy Man. From Sceadwe Films and CrossBorder Films, Tragedy Man begins production this month.

The film is based on an unpublished short story by Richard Sheppard.

While you wait for Tragedy Man: The Making of Michael Reeves, you can read all about the challenging production of Witchfinder General over on Wikipedia. Here’s an excerpt:

“On the final day of shooting, Price showed up on the set visibly intoxicated. Reeves seethed, ‘He’s drunk—how dare he be drunk on my set! I’ll kill the bastard.’ [Producer] Philip Waddilove soon discovered that Reeves planned to inflict painful revenge on the actor. During preparations for Price’s violent death scene, the director was overheard instructing [actor] Ian Ogilvy to ‘really lay into Vincent’ with the stage axe. When the scene was filmed, Ogilvy responded with blows that were not faked, but Waddilove had fitted Price’s costume with padding, protecting the actor from injury.”

Vincent Price later praised the film, calling it “one of the best performances I’ve ever given.”

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The English-language horror feature will also star María Camila Giraldo (The Ritual).

Incuba Project follows Jhoana (played by María Camila Giraldo), a Colombian immigrant who turns to surrogacy to make ends meet and allow her to care for her young son.

She meets other women in similar situations at the Maternity Incuba Care, an agency that promises to help but under the condition that the women must spend all nine months of their pregnancy inside its remote facility. As her pregnancy progresses, the other women begin to vanish one by one, Jhoana uncovers the nefarious secret the agency is hiding.

Variety details, “Alicia Witt plays Minerva, the head of the agency and the women’s caretaker.”

María Camila Caballero Páez wrote the screenplay for Red Script Factory.

“Incuba Project has a premise rich in horror textures, with many opportunities to build atmosphere and fear, but it also carries a very specific line of political and social critique,” said Juan Pablo Arias. “Not every film manages that combination. This is a project that can walk the line between commercial and auteur filmmaking in a clear and determined way and that’s what drew me to it.”

Producer Vanessa Gómez adds, “Genre cinema has the power to expose what others prefer not to talk about; Get Out is a great example of that. In Incuba Project, the horror is rooted in what is done to the female body: the exploitation of migrant women who, seeking a better life for their families, end up being used by a system that treats them as commodities. We wanted to tell this story because Jhoana’s fight is the fight of millions of women whose bodies have been turned into a business, and this film is our way of making sure they are no longer invisible.”

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The Vile releases in select theaters and on Digital on November 20.

Al Ansari directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Johnnie Alward.

The horror movie stars Bdoor Mohammad (Blood Wedding), Sarah Taibah (Jameel Jeddan), Iman Tarik, Jasem Alkharraz and Samira Al Wahaibi.

At the center of The Vile is “Amani (Mohammad), a devoted wife and mother whose seemingly stable family life is shattered when her husband returns home with a second wife, Zahra (Taibah), who is pregnant with his first son. Determined to remain in the home and protect her daughter Noor, Amani fights to preserve her place within the family as increasingly disturbing events begin to take hold. As the line between psychological torment and supernatural threat starts to blur, Amani becomes convinced that Zahra is hiding something sinister — and her search for the truth threatens to consume her.”

The Vile is the first Arabic-language feature produced under the partnership between Spooky Pictures and Image Nation Studios. It’s produced by horror veterans Roy Lee (Weapons, Barbarian), Steven Schneider (Strange Darling, Paranormal Activity), Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil) and Rami Yasin (Hokum, Watcher). Mohamed Hefzy (Voy! Voy! Voy!) and Yasir Al Yasiri (Hwjn) serve as executive producers.

Check out the trailer and poster below.

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The announced cast for Replacer also includes Karl Glusman (The Neon Demon) and Juliette Gariépy (Red Rooms). Antoine Olivier Pilon, Landon Liboiron, Nhi Do, Gabriel Carter, Audrey Roger, Estelle Fournier, Joephillip Lafortune, and Martin Debreuil also star.

The upcoming film has wrapped production in Montreal.

Described as a “psychosexual horror movie,” the synopsis for Avan Jogia’s Replacer reads: “Stranded in Montreal, Proxy (Halsey), a troubled DJ, meets an alluring artist and his group of friends who run an underground radio station. The station’s broadcast becomes warped by a mysterious signal hidden deep beneath the city’s subway system.

“Proxy must escape before the sound turns her, and her new friends, into something raw, primal, and unrecognizable.”

Executive producer Lilly Wachowski said in a statement, “Avan and Halsey’s script is a surreal hyper-dive into a twitchy, conspiratorial genre mashing snarl of horror/thriller/comedy, set against the grit and grime of a rarely glimpsed Montreal subculture.”

“This thing is packed! I have the sense that Avan’s eyeballs have gulped down a steady diet of the films I grew up on – David Cronenberg, Alex Cox, Tony Scott, John Carpenter,” Wachowski adds.

Avan Jogia previews, “Replacer is a bright and electric club horror mashed together with a vulnerable romantic story about belonging and community. Come together. Leave as one.”

Also joining the project is German producer and composer Alex Ridha, who will score the film.

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