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Keke Palmer Wants to Follow in Jamie Lee Curtis’ Footsteps and Do More Horror Movies
Keke Palmer has been no stranger to the horror genre over the years, starring in “Scream Queens,” “Scream: The TV Series,” and of course Jordan Peele’s Nope. Palmer is back in the genre in the new Peacock series “The ‘Burbs,” an 8-episode mystery-comedy based on Joe Dante’s cult classic horror-comedy starring Tom Hanks. But what’s next from Keke Palmer?
If Keke Palmer has her way, what’s next will be a whole lot more horror!
Chatting with Variety on the red carpet at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, Palmer reveals that she’d love to follow in the footsteps of Jamie Lee Curtis in terms of a career in horror.
“I would love to do MORE horror,” Palmer emphatically states. “I’m talking like my Jamie Lee Curtis girl type of vibe. Like a full-on, Neve Campbell franchise… we need number two, three, four, five, six. I would love to be like Jamie Lee. She’s the most iconic scream queen. So if I could do a Halloween type situation, I would have so much fun with that.”
Palmer’s own pitch for a horror franchise she’d love to lead? A Valentine’s Day slasher saga!
The actress jokes, “A real mad ass bitch that had her heart broken in 1985, and she’s coming back to haunt all the wicked men of the day. She’s making all the men rue the day that they broke somebody’s heart. Now that’s actually good!”
For now, you can spend 8 episodes with Keke Palmer by watching “The ‘Burbs,” now streaming in its entirety only on Peacock. Set in present-day suburbia, Palmer and Jack Whitehall play a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the husband’s childhood home.
Their world is upended when a new neighbor moves in across the street, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet neighborhood.
Keke Palmer says she would “love to do more horror” and “love to be like Jamie Lee Curtis” as she pitches her new Valentine’s Day horror movie. #SpiritAwards pic.twitter.com/NsjzrNH4dN
— Variety (@Variety) February 15, 2026
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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