Here are five upcoming horror releases you don’t want to miss this month.

Shelby Oaks – January 6

Shelby Oaks will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 6 via Neon.

YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann makes his feature debut on the the supernatural horror movie, which incorporates found footage elements in a traditional narrative.

Special features:

• Audio Commentary by Writer-Director Chris Stuckmann
• The Making of Shelby Oaks – 6-Part Documentary
• 4 Episodes of “Paranormal Paranoids”
• The Final Tape
• Crime Scene Gallery
• Hidden Special Features
• And More!

A film crew uncovers a disturbing new lead in a woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister, steering her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Keith David, Robin Bartlett, Michael Beach, Sarah Durn, and Derek Mears star. Mike Flanagan produces.

Joe Lipsett wrote in his review, “Even if the film’s closing moments are something of a fumble, the scenes set in the spooky cabin, as well as the film’s strong first hour, confirm that Stuckmann is one to watch, particularly when the first time writer/director sets out on his own path.”

1408 – January 13

1408 will be released on SteelBook 4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital exclusively from Amazon on January 13 via Lionsgate.

Based on the Stephen King short story, the 2007 horror film stars John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.

The three-disc set includes both the 104-minute theatrical version and the 112-minute director’s cut in 4K with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio.

Disc 1 – 4K UHD:

• Theatrical Cut
• Don’t Enter 1408 (new)

Disc 2 – 4K UHD & Disc 3 – Blu-ray:

• Director’s Cut
• Audio Commentary by Director Mikael Håfström and Writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
• Alternate Endings
• Deleted Scenes with Option Commentary
• The Secrets of 1408
• John Cusack on 1408
• Inside Room 1408
• Theatrical Trailer

A man writing a book about the paranormal travels to New York and stays in a hotel room that has been said to be responsible for the death of all the guests that come to stay.

Mikael Håfström (Escape Plan) directs from a script by Matt Greenberg (Halloween H20) and Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood).

Evil Dead Rise – January 13

Evil Dead Rise will be released on 4K Ultra HD on January 13 via Arrow Video.

The 2023 fifth installment in the Evil Dead franchise is written and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground).

Special features:

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 and Dolby Atmos audio options
• Audio commentary with director Lee Cronin and actors Alyssa Sullivan and Lily Sullivan
• Come Get Some, a brand new interview with actor Lily Sullivan
• Mommy Deadite, a brand new interview with actor Alyssa Sutherland
• The Deadite’s Daughter, a brand new interview with actor Gabrielle Echols
• The Levitating Dead, a brand new interview with actor Anna-Maree Thomas
• Conjuring Deadites, a brand new interview with special make-up effects designer Luke Polti
• Chopping Up Deadites, a brand new interview with editor Bryan Shaw
• Sonic Possessions, a brand new interview with sound designer Peter Albrechtsen
• Music to Swallow Your Soul, a brand new interview with composer Stephen McKeon
• The Sound of Evil Dead Rise, a 2023 interview with Cronin and Albrechtsen by Glenn Kiser, director of the Dolby Institute
• Raising a New Evil Dead featurette
• Ghost Train, a 2013 short film directed by Lee Cronin
• Behind-the-scenes video clips and still gallery
• Concept artwork gallery
• Storyboard gallery
• Trailer and TV spots

Also included:

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Waldemar Witt
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Waldemar Witt
• Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Gingold

Beth’s surprise reunion with her sister Ellie is interrupted by an earthquake that shakes the foundation of her apartment building. Amidst the rubble, Ellie’s kids discover a secret vault hidden in the basement, inside which they find an ancient book bound in flesh and inked in human blood – the Necronomicon.

As the building’s residents are possessed one by one and the evil rises floor to floor, the family get-together becomes a fight for survival.

Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, and Nell Fisher star.

Cabin Fever – January 13

Cabin Fever will be released on SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital on January 13, available exclusively from Lionsgate Limited for $34.99.

Directed by Eli Roth (Hostel, Thanksgiving), the unrated version of  the 2002 horror comedy debut is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision.

Special features:

• Audio Commentary by Director Eli Roth
• Audio Commentary by Director Eli Roth and Actor Rider Strong
• Audio Commentary by Director Eli Roth and Actors Jordan Ladd and Cerina Vincent
• Audio Commentary by Director Eli Roth and Actors Joey Kern and James DeBello
• Audio Commentary by Director Eli Roth, Producers Lauren Moews, Evan Astrowsky, and Sam Froelich, and Cinematographer Scott Kevan
• Scratching the Surface: A Look Back (new)
• Establishing Shot with Eli Roth (new)
• Beneath the Skin: The Making of Cabin Fever
• Family-Friendly Version
• Pancakes!
• Chatting On-Set with Eli
• Chatting with Eli Roth
• Featurette with Eli Roth
• Deleted Scenes
• Mad Dog
• The Rotten Fruit – 2000 Short Film by Eli Roth
• TV Spot
• Theatrical Trailer

For five friends barreling down a mountain road toward a remote cabin, adulthood looms and one last summer of decadence awaits. But when a stranger stricken with a flesh-eating virus shows up at their door, the infection spreads, terror erupts, and friend is pitted against friend in a paranoid nightmare of contagion and survival.

Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern, Arie Verveen, and Giuseppe Andrews star.

Donnie Darko – January 23

Donnie Darko will be released on 4K Ultra HD on January 23 via Mutant Mediabook.

Both the theatrical and director’s cuts of the 2001 cult classic have been restored in 4K from the original camera negatives, supervised by writer-director Richard Kelly and cinematographer Steven Poster, with Dolby Vision HDR and original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio.

The two-disc set features a 32-page mediabook housed inside a rigid slipcase featuring artwork Greg Ruth and a layout by Craig Oldham. The first pressing of 2,000 includes an exclusive, numbered slipcase.

Disc 1 – Theatrical Cut (4K UHD):

• Audio commentary by writer-director Richard Kelly and actor Jake Gyllenhaal
• Audio commentary by Richard Kelly, producer Sean McKittrick and actors Drew Barrymore, Jena Malone, Beth Grant, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Katharine Ross and James Duval
• Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of Donnie Darko – Making of documentary with writer-director Richard Kelly, producer Sean McKittrick, cinematographer Steven Poster, editor Sam Bauer, composer Michael Edwards, costume designer April Ferry, production designer Alec Hammond, and actor James Duval
• 20 deleted and alternate scenes with optional commentary by Richard Kelly
• The Goodbye Place – Richard Kelly’s 1996 short film
• Trailer

Disc 2 – Director’s Cut (4K UHD):

• Audio commentary by writer-director Richard Kelly and filmmaker Kevin Smith
• The Donnie Darko Production Diary – Documentary charting the film’s production, with optional commentary by cinematographer Steven Poster
• Interviews with Richard Kelly, actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, James Duval, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Noah Wyle and Katharine Ross, producers Sean McKittrick, Nancy Juvonen, Hunt Lowry and Casey La Scala, and cinematographer Steven Poster
• They Made Me Do It and They Made Me Do It Too featurettes
• #1 Fan: A Darkomentary featurette
• Storyboard comparisons
• B-roll footage
• Cunning Visions infomercials
• “Mad World” music video by Gary Jules
• Galleries
• Director’s cut trailer
• TV spots

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Jake Gyllenhaal stars with Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, James Duval, and Seth Rogen in his film debut.

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Here’s all the new horror released from November 17 – November 23, 2025!

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There’s a beautiful, isolated house in Joshua Tree for young adults looking to get away. The only problem? The Carpenter is stalking the grounds. And he’s taking no prisoners.

Killer Rental from directors Ben Hausdorff and Jonathan Kadin is now available on traditional VOD outlets as well as streaming exclusively on Bloody Disgusting’s Screambox.

In Killer Rental, “Two couples arrive one night and find a mysterious video tape of the last group of friends who vacationed here… a diverse bunch looking to party under the desert sun and stars. But secrets soon emerge and relationships fracture, all under the watch of hidden cameras recording their every move. When one of them mysteriously disappears, the rest are left stranded, ultimately discovering that a deranged killer stalks. Meet The Carpenter… horror’s newest icon, with a unique set of tools and a twisted plan of his own.”

Killer Rental aims to provide “authenticity, fun, creepiness and a ton of scares.”

Fresh off the film’s limited theatrical release, Eli Roth’s new company The Horror Section has brought the found footage film Dream Eater to at-home digital outlets this week.

Co-written and co-directed by Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, and Alex Lee Williams, Dream Eater stars Williams and Drumm. The Horror Section teases, “Blending raw, documentary-style realism with escalating tension and scares, Dream Eater delivers an unshakable nightmare that lingers long after the final frame.”

The story follows Mallory (Mallory Drumm), a documentary filmmaker, who heads to a remote cabin in the mountains with her boyfriend Alex (Alex Lee Williams) to document his violent parasomnia. As his condition worsens, Mallory suspects something more sinister may be at play. As the nightmares escalate, so do the scares, right through the final frame.

“I vividly remember every movie that truly terrified me. I remember standing on 25th street in New York City when my friend Kevin Foxe handed me a VHS of a film he had produced, which had just gotten into Sundance, called The Blair Witch Project, and that night I had to sleep with the lights on,” Roth said in a statement. “I remember watching a screener of Paranormal Activity during the filming of Inglorious Basterds in my apartment in Berlin, and I was so freaked out that I had to give it to Quentin to traumatize him as well.

“And then there was Dream Eater, watching this movie alone, in my house, and turning on the lights because it was that scary. It has been so long since I have been truly terrified by a film to such a degree that I had almost forgotten what it felt like. What these three filmmakers have pulled is not just remarkable on a low-budget DIY filmmaking level; they achieve the holy grail of horror, which is to make a movie that absolutely terrifies you. I was so blown away that I sent the film to everyone at The Horror Section, and we all agreed that this is ‘the one.’ I believe Dream Eater will be the scariest film of the year and truly has the potential to break out to be the next Paranormal Activity or The Blair Witch Project.”

The feature debut of YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann, Shelby Oaks is now available on Digital to rent ($9.99) or purchase ($19.99) at home from distributor NEON.

Drawing comparisons to The Blair Witch Project and Hereditary, Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks incorporates found footage elements in a traditional narrative.

It follows a film crew who uncovers a disturbing new lead in a woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister, steering her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Keith David, Robin Bartlett, Michael Beach, Sarah Durn, and Derek Mears star in the horror movie Shelby Oaks.

Shelby Oaks is the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with over $1.3 million raised. Mike Flanagan joined the project as an executive producer via his Intrepid Pictures.

From Dark Star Pictures and director Devin Lawrence, indie horror movie The Disinvited puts a nightmarish spin on the concept of wedding crashing. It’s now available on VOD.

The film is described as “a tense, darkly comic high-desert thriller.”

“Against his—or anyone’s—better judgment, Carl crashes an event where he’s no longer welcome, triggering a single day of betrayal, violence, heartache, and exes who should never reunite.

“When he discovers he isn’t the only unwanted guest in the desert, Carl must decide whether to save himself or risk everything for those who wronged him.”

Sam Daly, Dani Reynolds, Ryan Vincent, D.K. Uzoukwu, Alana Johnston, Samantha Jean Kwok, and Ronnie Gene Blevins star in The Disinvited.

The boundaries between life, death, and illusion will blur in The Grove, which was released on digital outlets at home via Filmhub today. Said to recall the works of Jordan Peele and M. Night Shyamalan, the genre-bending horror thriller fuses elements of psychological suspense, supernatural mystery, and science fiction allegory into a thought-provoking narrative.

In The Grove, “after a Black Ops soldier goes under an experiment to create a better life for him and his fiancée, his homecoming turns tragic when he stops taking his medication, descending into feral madness. What was supposed to be a relaxing lake house getaway with friends becomes a fight for survival, testing the limits of love and sanity.”

Acoryé White and Patrycja Kepa write and direct for Anchored Lens Productions.

Acoryé White also stars with Carl Anthony Payne II, Psalms, Haley Sims, Graham Edmonds. The film’s supporting cast includes Guxci, Anuschka van Lent, Alestair Shu, Jesus Venegas, Jolena Wu, Ethan Melisano, and Lucky Johnson.

The star of Damien Leone’s original Terrifier movie, Jenna Kanell is back in the Christmas horror-comedy We’re So Dead, which was released onto VOD outlets today.

The villain in this one? A Christmas Karen.

In We’re So Dead, “A huge party has canceled and dashed a restaurant staff’s hopes of a big holiday tip. Surviving the shift becomes much more than side work and a deep clean, when a Karen, unhappy with her service, goes on a spree to murder the entire staff.”

Ken MacLaughlin directed the holiday horror comedy.

The 1960s Eurospy throwback Reflection in a Dead Diamond will stream December 5 exclusively on Shudder, but for now it’s playing in select theaters this weekend.

Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani — the husband-and-wife filmmaking duo behind Amer, The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears, and Let the Corpses Tan — write and direct.

In the film, when the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d’Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which movie making, memories, and madness collide.

The film stars Golden Globe-winning Italian actor Fabio Testi, Yannick Renier, Koen De Bouw, Maria De Medeiros, Céline Camara and introduces newcomer Thi Mai Nguyen.

Reflection in a Dead Diamond debuted in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival and went on to play notable festivals including Fantastic Fest and the Tribeca Film Festival.

Fabio Testi (What Have You Done to Solange?), Yannick Renier, Koen De Bouw (Loft), Maria de Medeiros (Pulp Fiction), and Thi Mai Nguyen star in this wild slice of cinema.

Writer/Director Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports, Big Game) is back with action sequel SISU: Road to Revenge, which was released in theaters nationwide beginning today.

The sequel promises a “wall-to-wall cinematic action event.”

In the sequel, “Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, ‘the man who refuses to die’ (Jorma Tommila) dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor.

“When the Red Army commander who killed his family (Stephen Lang from Don’t Breathe) comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues – a fight to the death, full of clever, unbelievable action set pieces.”

Richard Brake (3 from Hell) also stars in the mega-violent sequel.

The original 2023 action movie introduced a solitary prospector during the last desperate days of WWII as he crosses paths with a nasty bunch of Nazis. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner. They’ve severely underestimated the man and how far he’ll go, or kill, to get it back.

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The supernatural horror movie will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 6 via Neon.

Special features:

• Audio Commentary by Writer-Director Chris Stuckmann
• The Making of Shelby Oaks – 6-Part Documentary
• 4 Episodes of “Paranormal Paranoids”
• The Final Tape
• Crime Scene Gallery
• Hidden Special Features
• And More!

Drawing comparisons to The Blair Witch Project and Hereditary, the film incorporates found footage elements in a traditional narrative.

It follows a film crew who uncovers a disturbing new lead in a woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister, steering her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Keith David, Robin Bartlett, Michael Beach, Sarah Durn, and Derek Mears star.

Shelby Oaks is the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with over $1.3 million raised. Following the campaign, Mike Flanagan joined the project as an executive producer via his Intrepid Pictures.

Joe Lipsett wrote in his review, “Even if the film’s closing moments are something of a fumble, the scenes set in the spooky cabin, as well as the film’s strong first hour, confirm that Stuckmann is one to watch, particularly when the first time writer/director sets out on his own path.”

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Shelby Oaks follows Mia (Camille Sullivan), a woman who has been obsessively searching for her younger sister Riley (Sarah Durn) for more than a decade. The missing woman was the host of a popular YouTube channel called “Paranormal Paranoids” and disappeared along with her three co-hosts while filming in the titular derelict town.

While the murdered bodies of the other three hosts were eventually discovered, Mia lacks closure because Riley’s disappearance remains unsolved. As her search is captured via a documentary crew, Mia’s marriage to Robert (Brendan Sexton III) begins to buckle under the burden of her obsession. Things only get worse when a new lead thrusts Mia back into investigative mode with renewed – and dangerous – vigour. 

Shelby Oaks played at a variety of festivals last year, including Fantasia Film Festival (where I reviewed it for Bloody Disgusting). Since then, however, the Kickstarter-funded film was acquired for distribution by Neon, picked up a producing credit from Mike Flanagan, and received $1M from Neon for reshoots to help realize Stuckmann’s vision. 

Having watched the new cut, here’s what is different in the version now available to audiences. Warning: Some spoilers to follow.

Face Peel

The film opens with text explaining the circumstances of Riley’s disappearance and the context for how the footage was recovered. We see the young blonde cowering in a cabin bedroom before venturing off-camera into the hall.

Later, this sequence is repeated, but Mia has discovered another tape (courtesy of Charlie Talbert’s Wilson Miles), which includes additional footage that features more graphic shots of Riley’s dead co-hosts. In the original cut of the film, these murders were only briefly glimpsed, and the amount of blood and gore was limited. 

In the new cut, there’s a whole new sequence featuring the film’s supernatural protagonist Tarion (played by Derek Mears, as well as David Greathouse and Jon Michael Simpson) ripping the face off one of the men. The camera lingers on the gory practical effect, which is so forceful that the body is lifted off the floor before falling back to the ground…minus a face.

In a post-screening Q&A, Stuckmann explained that reshoots for this sequence alone took a half day to complete (from set-up to clean-up to resetting for additional takes). That was a luxury (both time and money) that the production simply didn’t have the first time around.

Hellhound Action

Part of the film’s mythology includes hellhounds that protect Tarion and its progeny. While there were dogs in the festival cut of the film, Stuckmann elaborated that the additional funds allowed them to bring the dogs back for more action. Fun fact: the hounds are real, not CGI; they come from Sweden; and they were trained to perform very specific actions in the film.

Mia first spots a dog eying her when she’s out on the porch late at night, watching old videos of her sister. Later, she’s confronted by a dog at the prison outside Wilson Miles’ jail cell. It’s possible that this brief scene has been touched up because the effect of the monster’s hand resting on the dog looks better. Sullivan’s hair is also styled differently in select shots from this sequence, which matches her hair from the reshot climax (see below).

The biggest new addition, however, is the film’s final sequence. After Riley has been rescued from Norma (Robin Bartlett) ‘s cottage, Mia and Riley fight over Riley’s demon seed baby. In the climax, Riley plummets through the cracked bedroom window and, as Mia watches and screams from above, her sister’s still alive body is attacked by *multiple* hellhounds who rip her to shreds. 

My memory is slightly hazy about how much of this carnage was visible in the original cut, but in this new version, Stuckmann treats us to close-up shots of the dogs ripping at Riley’s face and body. Much like the face rip from earlier in the film, this gore is much more explicit, and the camera lingers on the glorious practical FX. 

Sequel Potential?

It appears that these reshoots have helped the modestly budgeted film, which has garnered mostly positive reviews from critics (67% on Rotten Tomatoes). Intriguingly, if audiences embrace the film, Stuckmann has some ideas on how to expand Shelby Oaks. In the post-screening Q&A, he confessed that he has not one, but TWO more ideas set in this world.

The first is a sequel in the vein of the original Halloween 2 that would immediately follow the events of the first film as Mia is forced to explain the brutal death of her sister.

The second pitch is a prequel that would explore Norma’s story, including how she came to worship Tarion, gave birth to Wilson Miles, and became a rapist recluse in the woods.

Shelby Oaks is now playing in theaters.

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Here’s all the new horror released from October 20 – October 26, 2025!

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The Long Walk is now available on Digital at home from Lionsgate.

Based on the first novel Stephen King ever wrote, Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) directs the harrowing film from a script by JT Mollner (Strange Darling).

“In a dystopian United States ruled by a totalitarian regime, 50 young men enter an annual walking contest in which they must maintain a speed of at least three miles per hour or risk execution. The contest ends when only one walker remains alive.”

Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza) and David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus) lead an ensemble that includes Garrett Wareing (“Manifest”), Tut Nyout (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”), Charlie Plummer (The Clovehitch Killer), Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends), Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit), Jordan Gonzalez (“Pretty Little Liars: Origin Sin”), and Joshua Odjick (Welcome to Derry). Mark Hamill (The Life of Chuck), Judy Greer (Halloween), and Josh Hamilton (“The Walking Dead”) also co-star.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “Despite an unwavering eye on the dour and ruthless death march and all its grotesqueries, it’s the pervading camaraderie and heart, as well as a tremendous cast, that solidifies this as one of the best King adaptations yet.”

Justin Long (Barbarian) and Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns) lead horror-comedy Coyotes from director Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters), now available at home.

In the film, “When a scorching wildfire hits the Hollywood Hills, a family is stranded as their neighborhood is destroyed and their home becomes a blazing prison. Meanwhile, a pack of predatory coyotes disoriented by the fires tighten their perimeter around the house.

“With collapsing roads and no electricity, the family must rely on their courage, resilience, and love for one another to survive both the inferno and the snarling threat outdoors.”

Mila Harris (No Exit), Katherine McNamara (“Shadowhunters”), Brittany Allen (“Dexter: Original Sin”), Keir O’Donnell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), and Norbert Leo Butz (The Exorcist: Believer) round out the cast of the killer coyotes horror movie.

Tad Daggerhart (The Expendables 4) and Nick Simon (The Pyramid) wrote the script.

Screambox has been celebrating Halloween all month long with Bloody Disgusting’s 31 Nights of Halloween, a selection of 31 horror movies hand-picked and curated by the Bloody Disgusting team. But that’s not the only Halloween treat from the all-horror streaming service this year, as brand new original Bloodsuckers and the Grimoire is now streaming.

Directed by Brian Klewin, Bloodsuckers and the Grimoire is a modern supernatural horror-fantasy soaked in cursed legacy, ancient monsters, and spellbound chaos. For fans of Evil Dead 2 and The Lost Boys, this is a story about bloodlines and choices, the monsters we inherit… and the ones we become.

The film is available on traditional VOD outlets and streaming only on Screambox.

The horror film follows Oliver, a college senior, who inherits his estranged father’s secluded home and discovers a dark reality of witchcraft, vampires, and a devil, after unlocking a powerful grimoire that brings these malevolent forces to life, leading to a battle for his soul.

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Chain Reactions, a cinematic deep dive into the profound impact and lasting influence of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, is now available on VOD from Dark Sky Films.

Master of horror Stephen King, actor/comedian Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer), Australian film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and director Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body, The Invitation) each discuss their memories and experiences with Tobe Hooper‘s 1974 genre-defining classic.

By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats, the documentary goes to the heart of how a low-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.

Alexandre O. Philippe (The People vs. George Lucas, 78/52, Memory: The Origins of Alien) directs.

Daniel Kurland wrote in his review, “Chain Reactions is a love letter to Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its grander impact. It’s also such a glowing celebration of the power of cinema and its ability to open minds and bring people to new worlds, as glib as that may seem.”

Audition and Tokyo Gore Police star Eihi Shiina reunites with Tokyo Gore Police filmmaker Yoshihiro Nishimura for Holy Mother, a bonkers new movie now available on VOD.

Variety describes the film from Void Signal as “a gory showdown involving a silent trans woman fighting a brutal organization with chainsaws, lasers, and non-stop carnage.”

Here’s the full synopsis: “In a dystopian future Japan, a Chinese yakuza gang battles a fascist regime hellbent on erasing those deemed ‘inauthentic.’ Amidst the carnage, a mute woman with pink hair and miraculous healing powers is hailed as the “Holy Mother”—but salvation comes with a side of mutant monsters, sexual creatures, and wall-to-wall gore.”

Yoshihiro Nishimura is known for his gory blasts of insanity including Tokyo Gore Police and Mutant Girls Squad, so we can expect that Holy Mother will be cut from the same cloth.

A local urban legend unleashes a sinister presence in the new found footage horror movie from writer/director Danny Villanueva Jr., What Happened to Dorothy Bell?

Dark Star Pictures brought the film to VOD outlets this past Tuesday.

In What Happened to Dorothy Bell?, “Ozzie Gray (Asya Meadows) is a young woman confronting her own mental health struggles. As Ozzie begins to unpack her trauma, she uncovers unsettling truths about a violent incident from her childhood—when her grandmother, Dorothy Bell, attacked her under mysterious circumstances.

“Her investigation leads her back to a haunted library in her hometown, long tied to a sinister urban legend. There, Ozzie must face buried secrets and an unnerving supernatural presence.”

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and The Dream Child star Lisa Wilcox and Michael Hargrove (Nia DaCosta’s Candyman) star alongside Steven Alonte (The Cathedral), Sargon Odicho, Arlene Arnone, Yera Constable, and J. Anthony Ramos.

Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Birds of Prey) lead the cast of Hulu’s The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, a fresh new take on the classic 1990s thriller from director Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesera: The Bone Woman).

The new movie is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Caitlin Morales, an upscale suburban mom who brings a new nanny, Polly Murphy (Maika Monroe), into her home, only to discover she is not the person she claims to be. Watch the trailer for The Hand That Rocks the Cradle below.

Raúl Castillo, Martin Starr, Mileiah Vega, Riki Lindhome, and Shannon Cochran also star.

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is written by Micah Bloomberg based on a screenplay by Amanda Silver. The producers are Michael Schaefer, Mike LaRocca, and Ted Field, and the executive producers are Michael Napoliello, Maria Frisk, and Seth William Meier.

“The studio gave me all the chances to recreate the whole thing and build a new story, new characters, with its own heart. I think that was the best way to honor the original, not try to redo it,” Michelle Garza Cervera told PEOPLE. “We build a whole different kind of thriller.”

The Queen of Black Magic and Dancing Village: The Curse Begins director Kimo Stamboel is back with Indonesian zombie movie The Elixir, and it’s now streaming on Netflix.

In the film, “An elixir unleashes the undead in Wanirejo Village. A family at odds with one another must unite and fight to survive as their hometown collapses.”

Mikha Tambayong, Eva Celia, Marthino Lio, Dimas Anggara, Varen Arianda Calief, Ardit Erwandha, and Claresta Taufan star in Kimo Stamboel’s The Elixir.

“Horror is a proven audience favourite in Thailand and Indonesia. But when it comes to zombie horror, demand has been met by Korean, English, and foreign-language titles,” Malobika Banerji, senior director of content for Southeast Asia at Netflix, said recently. “We wanted to take the thrill of zombies and fuse it with local storytelling, culture, and authenticity.”

Director Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) reteams with Emma Stone for new movie Bugonia, now playing in limited theaters from Focus Features.

The genre-bending black comedy sci-fi thriller expands wide in theaters on October 31.

Emma Stone stars as the high-powered CEO of a major company who is kidnapped by two conspiracy obsessed young men, played by Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis, that are convinced she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

After the pair chain her in a basement and come face-to-face with the enemy, the two sides — the tinfoil-hat basement dwellers and the steely, soulless corporate executive — soon find themselves pitched in a battle as viscerally unpredictable as it is unexpectedly moving.

Will Tracy (The Menu) wrote the script, based on Jang Joon-Hwan’s 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet. Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) is among the producers on the project, which also include Lanthimos and Stone. The cast also includes Stavros Halkias as a local police officer and Alicia Silverstone as Plemons’ character’s mother.

Written and directed by YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann in his feature debut, the horror movie Shelby Oaks is now playing in theaters nationwide from NEON.

Drawing comparisons to The Blair Witch Project and Hereditary, the supernatural horror movie incorporates found footage elements into a traditional narrative.

In Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks, “A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.”

Of particular note, Shelby Oaks is the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with over $1.3 million raised. Following the campaign, Mike Flanagan joined the project as an executive producer via his Intrepid Pictures. Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett, Keith David, and Derek Mears star in the horror movie.

Good Boy, the theatrically-released haunted house movie told from the perspective of a dog, is now available on Digital at home for rental ($9.99) or purchase ($19.99).

Ben Leonberg makes his feature directorial debut from a script he co-wrote with Alex Cannon.

In the film, a loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.

Indy the dog stars alongside Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, and Larry Fessenden.

The film scared up $6.6 million at the box office.

Eli Roth’s new company The Horror Section is back on the big screen this weekend with Dream Eater, a found-footage chiller from the Canadian genre trio behind Blind Luck Pictures.

Co-written and co-directed by Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, and Alex Lee Williams and starring Williams and Drumm, the film is now playing in 250-300 theaters nationwide.

Blending raw, documentary-style realism with escalating tension and scares, Dream Eater delivers an unshakable nightmare that lingers long after the final frame – tailor-made for today’s watch-through-your-fingers audiences.

The story follows Mallory (Mallory Drumm), a documentary filmmaker, who heads to a remote cabin in the mountains with her boyfriend Alex (Alex Lee Williams) to document his violent parasomnia. As his condition worsens, Mallory suspects something more sinister may be at play. As the nightmares escalate, so do the scares, right through the final frame.

“I vividly remember every movie that truly terrified me. I remember standing on 25th street in New York City when my friend Kevin Foxe handed me a VHS of a film he had produced, which had just gotten into Sundance, called The Blair Witch Project, and that night I had to sleep with the lights on,” Roth said in a statement. “I remember watching a screener of Paranormal Activity during the filming of Inglorious Basterds in my apartment in Berlin, and I was so freaked out that I had to give it to Quentin to traumatize him as well.

“And then there was Dream Eater, watching this movie alone, in my house, and turning on the lights because it was that scary. It has been so long since I have been truly terrified by a film to such a degree that I had almost forgotten what it felt like. What these three filmmakers have pulled is not just remarkable on a low-budget DIY filmmaking level; they achieve the holy grail of horror, which is to make a movie that absolutely terrifies you. I was so blown away that I sent the film to everyone at The Horror Section, and we all agreed that this is ‘the one.’ I believe Dream Eater will be the scariest film of the year and truly has the potential to break out to be the next Paranormal Activity or The Blair Witch Project.”

From Bleecker Street, erotic horror thriller Bone Lake is now available at home.

“A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.”

Marco Pigossi (“Gen V”), Maddie Hasson (Malignant), Alex Roe (Rings), Andra Nechita (“Fatal Attraction”), Eliane Reis, and Clayton Spencer star in the horror film.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Spoonful of Sugar) directs a script by Joshua Friedlander. 

George A. Romero’s daughter Tina Romero puts her own unique spin on the zombie apocalypse in Queens of the Dead, and the horror-comedy is now playing in theaters.

In Queens of the Dead, “a zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the night of a giant warehouse party, where an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty undead.”

Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding), Margaret Cho (Fire Island), Jack Haven (I Saw The TV Glow) and Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story) star. The cast also includes Nina West (Drag Race), Jaquel Spivey (Mean Girls), Tomas Matos (Fire Island), Quincy Dunn-Baker (No Hard Feelings), Becca Blackwell (Bros), Shaunette Renée Wilson (Black Panther), Dominique Jackson (Pose), Riki Lindhome (Knives Out), and Eve Lindley (Bros).

“The zombie apocalypse is such a rich sandbox to play in when it comes to social commentary. I can’t be my dad’s daughter without making an attempt at saying something with zombies,” Romero recently told EW. “I did want this to be a film in which I am paying homage to the world and the monster he created, but I’m also introducing my own voice.”

Romero continued, “It’s very much not a film he would make, but it is using his vocabulary and is playing by his rules. As far as the queer element, on one hand, I just feel like the gays need a zombie film. It’s time that we get to have a big gay zombie movie.”

No amount of followers can protect an influencer from a masked slasher in Glamping.

The Tubi Original horror thriller is now streaming on Tubi.

Niki Koss directs Glamping from a script written by Alexa Garster, based on a short film by Rosemary Idisi, who won Tubi’s first-ever Stubios Greenlight Contest.

In Glamping, “An idyllic weekend getaway takes a terrifying turn when a masked killer disrupts the trip of a wannabe influencer and her friends in Big Bear.”

Rosmeary Idisi stars with Joseph Purcell, Geffen Aviana, Chris Angelis, David Hernandez, Isabella Ward, Annie Grant, Angelique Chapman, and Ian McKellan.

Cambodia’s official Oscar entry for Best International Film at the 98th Academy Awards is the horror movie Tenement, and it’s now available on VOD outlets from Dark Sky Films.

In the film, “Following the death of her mother, a Japanese-Cambodian manga artist decides to travel to Cambodia along with her boyfriend, in a quest to find out more about the country her mother fled. She reunites with lost family and moves into the apartment where her mother used to live. As she tries to find out more about her past, she’s confronted with strange events within the building that hint at something darker going on with the residents.

“What first appears as over-caring considerations from the community towards the newcomers soon turns out to be part of a ritual. The residents are preparing a new host for the building’s evil spirit, before it starts killing them once again.”

Tenement was written and directed by Inrasothythep Neth & Sokyou Chea. Thanet Thorn, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Socheata Sveng, Mony Rous, and Katsuya Maiguma star.

During the work week in Barcelona, 1.3 million passengers a day travel along the 76 miles of the metro. Some never see the light of day again, and the rest don’t want to know…

Last Stop: Rocafort St. is now available on VOD from Film Movement.

The Spanish horror thriller is directed by Luis Prieto (Kidnap) from a script he co-wrote with Iván Ledesma (Xtreme) and Ángel Agudo (Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End).

Here’s the official synopsis: “Newly assigned to work at Rocafort St., one of Barcelona’s quietest subway stops, Laura quickly realizes something is deeply wrong beneath the tracks. Whispers of an urban legend swirl sinisterly around the station, and she soon finds herself haunted by a string of unexplained deaths all pointing to Rocafort.

“When she enlists a disgraced ex-cop to help uncover the truth, the mystery turns deadly. Whatever evil lurks inside the labyrinth of tunnels preys unrelentingly on fear.”

Natalia Azahara, Javier Gutiérrez, and Valeria Sorolla star in the horror film with Xavi Sáez, Francesca Albiol, Aimar Vega, Tatín Revenga, and Celso Bugallo.

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But what’s most interesting about Shelby Oaks is something baked into its premise, a compelling formalist exercise that allows the film to unfold like a creepy set of nesting dolls. The found footage elements of this story have been heavily emphasized in the film’s marketing – at the Fantastic Fest premiere in September, DVDs of raw DV footage from the story were passed out to attendees – but they are only part of the Shelby Oaks puzzle. Part found footage, part faux documentary, and part traditional narrative feature, Shelby Oaks sets out to strike a delicate balance that plays with three different well-worn horror cinema forms. 

It’s all enough to beg the question: How do you even begin to put all of this together?

That’s the task that fell to editors Patrick Lawrence and Brett W. Bachman, who worked closely with Stuckmann to assemble Shelby Oaks into the 90-minute thrill ride hitting theaters this month. Lawrence was on board well before the film ever played before a crowd, while Bachman joined the production after the Neon acquisition and helped Stuckmann to recut things in 2025, but both editors had to work with the same challenges, including hours of raw footage and the film’s effort to play in three cinematic sandboxes at once. 

“I remember Chris sharing a conversation he had had with a buddy where he was like, ‘I have this idea to do a fake documentary, but I don’t really know how far I can take it,'” Bachman told Bloody Disgusting. “‘Can I then go into single camera footage? Am I allowed to do that?’ And his buddy was like, ‘Yes, of course, you can do whatever you want! It’s your movie.’ This very much changes on a filmmaker-to-filmmaker basis, and I think with Chris, you’d have to talk to him about this, but I don’t know if he could foresee a version of Shelby that existed solely as a found-footage film or a faux-documentary.”

Shelby Oaks is the story of Mia Brennan (Camille Sullivan), whose sister, paranormal investigator Riley Brennan (Sarah Durn), went missing back in 2008 while filming an episode of her ghost hunting series, Paranormal Paranoids. It’s years later, and Mia is still not ready to give up on finding Riley, so when she comes into possession of a tape that promises more information on how exactly Riley went missing in the nearby Ohio ghost town of Shelby Oaks, she will stop at nothing to find the truth, even if it means walking into the same darkness that took her sister. 

We won’t go into all the spoilery details, but the film opens with a found footage peek into terror, then morphs into a faux-documentary about Riley’s disappearance, Mia’s search, and the online sleuthing community that sprang up around the mystery. From there, the film zooms out again to reveal the documentary is still in production, and becomes a traditional narrative feature – with elements of found footage and faux-doc recurring throughout – following Mia’s final search for Riley. Throw in the hours of Paranormal Paranoids footage Stuckmann had previously shot and already uploaded to YouTube, and Shelby Oaks became a towering task for any editor. 

“There’s a lot. The documentary, in script form, was 30 pages, and in the first cut, was probably closer to 40 minutes [of the movie],” Lawrence explained. “And there’s just a lot of information there, a lot of exposition that sets up Mia and her journey through the rest of the film. So it’s essentially the first act of the film. But there really had to be an examination of not being too precious about all that information.”

As the film came together, notes started to come in, and the temptation to cut down the documentary footage increased. But even with some tweaks to condense things, Stuckmann and Lawrence stuck to their guns on using the faux-documentary angle to set up much of the narrative tension in the film, before Mia heads out on her journey. When Bachman came aboard, it was no longer about condensing, but about enhancing. 

“The first 30 minutes were so strong, this documentary sequence was really eloquently prepared, and it just hooks you from a narrative perspective,” Bachman said. “I’d seen so much effort to compress the opening parts of this documentary scene,  and I remember thinking, ‘This is my first impression of the movie. You can really lean into this. You can actually let this thing breathe. You can really just firmly establish right off the bat the tone of this thing.‘ So my first act was actually to make the opening of the movie a little bit longer. Open that up, let that breathe, really set the tone and really ratchet up your sense of dread immediately.”

But the first act wasn’t the only major challenge when it came to the film’s hybrid nature. When Mia receives the tape, featured in the film’s trailers, which leads her to new clues about what happened to Riley, she has to actually sit down and watch the footage. This gives the viewer a scene in which Mia, in the narrative feature portion, is both finding and watching elements of the found footage portion. For the editors, it was all about showing enough of the raw found footage that viewers got the important clues, but not so much that it overshadowed Sullivan’s performance as a grieving sister looking for hope.

“That was the challenge because there is a whole, I don’t know, two-hour-long version of that tape,” Lawrence said. “So it was like, ‘How do we do this in a way where the audience doesn’t get bored with it, that they’re along for the ride and make it still feel like the tape is seamless?’ Obviously we had cuts and glitches and we had some of Mia’s reactions and stuff like that, but we still had to manipulate the tape to where it felt authentic and seamless, even though we were splicing and trying to speed up the journey as they’re going through Shelby Oaks, trying to speed up all that information.“

Stuckmann’s long track record as a critic and commentator, and with his public documentation of the making of Shelby Oaks, means that it’s not difficult to find the film’s influences. Whether it’s Lake Mungo or Noroi: The Curse or The Blair Witch Project, the film’s thematic and tonal touchstones are right there on its sleeve, but even with those in mind, the structure of Shelby Oaks also offered a chance to do something that felt fresh. For Lawrence and Bachman, working with Stuckmann on the film was a chance to work within a certain frame of reference in horror cinema history, but then forge ahead with their own take on familiar formats.

“When it came to the actual influence of the movie, some of these things that come up, whether it be Blair Witch or other influences, those weren’t really discussed [in the edit],” Lawrence said. “A lot of it was just us doing our own thing.”

Shelby Oaks is in theaters everywhere on October 24.

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Is it “the scariest movie of the year?” Decide for yourself in theaters this weekend from Neon.

In YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann‘s feature debut, a woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

Drawing comparisons to The Blair Witch Project and Hereditary, the supernatural horror movie incorporates found footage elements in a traditional narrative.

Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett, Keith David, Derek Mears, and Sarah Durn star.

Shelby Oaks is the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with over $1.3 million raised. Following the campaign, Mike Flanagan joined the project as an executive producer via his Intrepid Pictures.

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A new series of posters asks what happened to Riley Brennan, David Reynolds, Laura Tucker, and Peter Bailey.

Find out when Shelby Oaks hits theaters next Friday, October 24, from Neon.

In YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann‘s feature debut, a woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

Drawing comparisons to The Blair Witch Project and Hereditary, the supernatural horror movie incorporates found footage elements in a traditional narrative.

Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett, Keith David, Derek Mears, and Sarah Durn star.

Shelby Oaks is the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with over $1.3 million raised. Following the campaign, Mike Flanagan joined the project as an executive producer via his Intrepid Pictures.

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It all goes down Tuesday, October 14th at Regal Union Square (850 Broadway New York, NY 10003), so hurry up and RSVP now. Check in and doors open at 6 PM EST, but plan to arrive extra early as seats will be given on a first come, first served basis. What’s more, seat-saving is not permitted, so make sure your pals or loved ones are with you.

Drawing comparisons to The Blair Witch Project and Hereditary, the supernatural horror movie incorporates found footage elements in a traditional narrative.

A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett, Keith David, and Derek Mears star.

Shelby Oaks is the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with over $1.3 million raised. Following the campaign, Mike Flanagan joined the project as an executive producer via his Intrepid Pictures.

What happened to Riley Brennan? Investigate the film’s cryptic website.

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Highlights of Telluride Horror Show’s 2025 lineup include Bryan Fuller‘s charming Dust Bunny, with Fuller in attendance, and the Colorado premiere of Shelby Oaks. The Adams Family returns with festival darling Mother of Flies, and the festival will also an advance screening of three episodes of Season 2 of “The Creep Tapes.”

The festival welcomes a stacked slate of guest authors, including Grady Hendrix, Stephen Graham Jones, Sarah Langan, Daniel Kraus, Paul Tremblay and Jeremy Robert Johnson, whose works have reshaped modern horror literature. Authors will participate in Creepy Campfire Tales, the annual Horror Summit, and signings throughout the weekend.

Legendary film producer Jon Davison (RoboCop, Starship Troopers) returns as the Vault Keeper, hosting six classic horror films on glorious 16MM as part of the beloved Horror Vault program. And Meredith Borders, senior editor at Fangoria, returns as Guest Host, bringing her deep genre knowledge to the festival stage.

The Telluride Horror Show 2025 lineup includes:

FEATURES

A Woman Called Mother
Indonesia | 2025 | 119 min | Director: Randolph Zaini
COLORADO PREMIERE
A teenage girl from a broken home, Vira, and her younger brother, Dino, live under constant threat as they share a house with a mother who is no longer herself—possessed by a dark force from a powerful talisman.

Blood Shine
USA | 2025 | 100 min | Directors: Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks
In upstate New York, Clara is a religious zealot who worships light in lonely, sacred rituals. Brighton West is a horror filmmaker trying to work on his script when a chance encounter with Clara leads him into a hallucinatory web of faith, flesh, and the sublime. From the directors of “Alone With You” (2021 Telluride Horror Show).

Boorman and the Devil
USA | 2025 | 112 min | Director: David Kittredge
COLORADO PREMIERE
After the success of POINT BLANK and DELIVERANCE, Warner Brothers offered John Boorman the opportunity of a lifetime…the chance to direct a sequel to their smash hit, THE EXORCIST. The result was one of the biggest disasters in movie history. A critical and financial failure that not only changed how Hollywood did business, but nearly ended Boorman’s filmmaking career. But to be an artist is to be a risk-taker. Now, John Boorman, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Karyn Kusama, Mike Flanagan, and more reflect back on the ambition of the film, the artistry and craft, and the value of big creative swings.

Crazy Old Lady
Spain/Argentina | 2025 | 94 min | Director: Martín Mauregui
COLORADO PREMIERE
A man is asked by his ex-girlfriend to care temporarily for her senile mother, Alicia. But Alicia won’t let him leave, turning a simple task into a nightmare he must escape.

The Creep Tapes – Season 2
USA | 2025 | 67 min | Director: Patrick Brice
COLORADO PREMIERE
The Creep Tapes season two will continue to expose a collection of video tapes from the secret vault of the world’s deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer (Mark Duplass). Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer’s questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake. Watch an advanced screening of three episodes from season two before the series returns on Friday, November 14 on Shudder and AMC+.

Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon
Canada/New Zealand | 2025 | 102 min | Director: Jason Lei Howden
COLORADO PREMIERE
Years after thwarting a demon apocalypse, Brodie finds himself unemployed, single and without ambition. But when he learns that ‘NoizeQuest’, a battle-of-the-bands competition is coming to his town, he decides to reform his heavy metal band DEATHGASM to find redemption and, most importantly, get his ex-girlfriend Medina back. Only problem, his drummer Giles is missing an arm, and the rest of his band is, well…dead. Thankfully Brodie still has the pages of The Black Hymn, so raising his bandmates from beyond the living is as easy as playing a little tune…

Demons
Italy | 1985 | 89 min | Director: Lamberto Bava
40TH ANNIVERSARY
Welcome to the most life-enriching Italian terror-party of 1985. Produced by Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA) and directed by Lamberto Bava, DEMONS follows a panorama of punks, preppies, and ne’er-do-wells as they get trapped in a movie theater and possessed by gut-shredding Satanic demonoids. Featuring songs by Mötley Crüe and Billy Idol, gloopy effects, and the iconic Geretta Geretta in a lead role, this is the most fun you’ll ever have in a movie theater while watching a movie about beasties on the loose in a movie theater.

Dolly
USA | 2025 | 83 min | Director: Rod Blackhurst
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Noah Lang (Producer)
A young woman, Macy, fights for survival after being abducted by a deranged, monster-like figure who wants to raise Macy as their child. A daring blend of New French Extremity and 1970s American horror. From the director of “Here Alone” (2016 Telluride Horror Show).

Dust Bunny
USA | 2025 | 106 min | Director: Bryan Fuller
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Bryan Fuller
In visionary creator Bryan Fuller’s (“Hannibal,” “Pushing Daisies”) fantastical and wickedly inventive feature directorial debut Dust Bunny, a 10-year-old girl joins forces with her hit man neighbor to confront each other’s monsters. Ten-year-old Aurora has a mysterious neighbor (Mads Mikkelsen) who kills real-life monsters. He’s a hit man for hire. So, when Aurora needs help killing the monster she believes ate her entire family, she procures his services. Suspecting that her parents may have fallen victim to assassins gunning for him, Aurora’s neighbor guiltily takes the job. Now, to protect her, he’ll need to battle an onslaught of assassins – and accept that some monsters are real.

Flush
France | 2025 | 70 min | Director: Grégory Morin
U.S. PREMIERE
Trying to win back his girlfriend in a shady club, Luke finds himself in the middle of a drug deal gone wrong. Left for dead with his head stuck in the hole of a squat toilet, he must survive a nightmarish night involving dangerous dealers, a junkie rat, and an ever-increasing series of crazy circumstances.

Fuck My Son!
USA | 2025 | 94 min | Director: Todd Rohal
COLORADO PREMIERE
An X-Rated descent into demented comedy and maniacal horror, as a desperate mother drags an innocent stranger into an absurd, filthy nightmare beyond comprehension. An unflinchingly loyal adaptation of transgressive artist Johnny Ryan’s joyfully disgusting comic book. Adults only!

Good Boy
USA | 2025 | 72 min | Director: Ben Leonberg
SPECIAL PRESENTATION COURTESY OF INDEPENDENT FILM COMPANY/SHUDDER
Our canine hero, Indy, finds himself on a new adventure with his human owner and best friend Todd, leaving city life for a long-vacant family home in the country. From the start, two things are abundantly clear: Indy is wary of the creepy old house, and his affection for Todd is unwavering. After moving in, Indy is immediately vexed by empty corners, tracks an invisible presence only he can see, perceives phantasmagoric warnings from a long-dead dog, and is haunted by visions of the previous occupant’s grim death. When Todd begins succumbing to the dark forces swirling around the house, Indy must battle a malevolence intent on dragging his beloved Todd into the afterlife. Celebrate your love of horror and pets with a special presentation of GOOD BOY, one of the best horror movies of the year, starring Indy the Dog. Donate to Second Chance Humane Society and Telluride Humane Society at the show! All door sales at the GOOD BOY screening will join passholders’ voluntary contributions.

Hellcat
USA | 2025 | 91 min | Director: Brock Bodell
COLORADO PREMIERE
Lena wakes up in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid? Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters) delivers a blistering performance in this tense, mind-bending horror where survival cuts both ways. The directorial feature debut from “Grief” short film director (2019 Telluride Horror Show).

Honey Bunch
Canada | 2025 | 113 min | Directors: Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli
COLORADO PREMIERE
Diana’s husband is taking her to an experimental trauma facility deep in the wilderness, but she can’t remember why… As her memories begin to creep back in, so do some unwelcome sinister truths about her marriage.

It Ends
USA | 2025 | 87 min | Director: Alexander Ullom
COLORADO PREMIERE
A group of recent grads head out on a late-night drive for grub, hoping to enjoy one final hangout before their paths diverge. Instead, they accidentally turn onto a never-ending, two-lane hellscape surrounded by untold horrors and cosmic forces beyond their understanding. Cramped together inside a Jeep Cherokee and with the miles stretching infinitely ahead, they face a choice: embrace their new existence or fight to escape it.

Man Finds Tape
USA | 2025 | 84 min | Directors: Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman
COLORADO PREMIERE
Pulled in by a series of strange and unexplainable video clips, a brother and sister team up to investigate the events captured in the footage, only to discover a shocking secret that’s overtaking their small-town Texas community.

Mother of Flies
USA | 2025 | 92 min | Directors: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser
Mickey faces a deadly diagnosis, but she isn’t ready to die yet. Heading into the woods with her father, she seeks dark magic at the hands of mysterious recluse, Solveig, who has an intimate relationship with death and roots that go deep in the land. For three days, Mickey endures Solveig’s extreme rituals of death magic. But every cure has its cost, and every curse is another’s gift. As buried secrets claw their way to the surface, the veil between the living and the dead begins to unravel, and Mickey finds herself facing dark truths that only the dead and the dying can know. The Adams Family returns with their fourth feature film at Telluride Horror Show!

Shelby Oaks
USA | 2025 | 91 min | Director: Chris Stuckmann
NEON SPOTLIGHT
COLORADO PREMIERE
A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

The Vile
UAE/USA | 2025 | 101 min | Director: Majid Al Ansari
COLORADO PREMIERE
Amani is living a happy family life – until one day, her husband, Khalid, shows up at the door with his new wife, Zahra. Citing Amani’s inability to bear him a son as the reason, Khalid insists he still loves her and their daughter, Noor, and that nothing will change. But change comes quickly. Zahra grows increasingly comfortable, inserting herself into every corner of the household and getting involved in Noor’s struggles with bullying at school. Bit by bit, she wins Noor over – much to Amani’s distress. Amani begins to suspect there’s something dark and evil about Zahra. Trying to adjust to this new reality, Amani turns to her sister for support—only to be told she’s overreacting. Gradually, she finds herself pushed to the margins, handling the household duties while Zahra enjoys a life of ease. When Amani uncovers details about Zahra’s previous marriage, she tracks down the former wife, Huda, now living in an institution. There, she gets the confirmation she feared: Zahra is truly dangerous. Determined to protect her daughter, Amani prepares to do whatever it takes.

We Bury The Dead
Australia | 2024 | 92 min | Director: Zak Hilditch
COLORADO PREMIERE
The dead start to rise and roam the island of Tasmania after disaster strikes. While searching for her missing husband, Ava (Daisy Ridley) discovers a horrible truth: the undead are becoming more violent and dangerous.

SHORTS

“Chamber of Horrors”

The Gnawer of Rocks (Mangittatuarjuk)
Canada | 2025 | 14 min | Director: Louise Flaherty
COLORADO PREMIERE
Two young women out for a walk follow a trail of colored stones left on the ground, which leads them to danger. They are trapped in the lair of the Mangittatuarjuk, the Gnawer of Rocks. The women are terrified when they realize what the monster has been doing. The young women and their village must use the teachings of the elders to defeat the monster.

Väsen
Sweden | 2025 | 8 min | Director: Kiggs
COLORADO PREMIERE
Returning Filmmaker
In a cold 18th century Sweden, two sisters fight for their survival as they find themselves trapped in a farmhouse by the maleficent Gårdstomten and his army of man-eating Mylings.

Hammer
USA | 2023 | 12 min | Directors: Alejandra Parody & Ben Sottak
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Alejandra Parody
Accused of witchcraft, an enslaved woman comes face to face with evil incarnate and must make a Faustian bargain for her freedom while imprisoned in the bowels of the Palace of the Inquisition.

AMIRA
Spain | 2025 | 16 min | Director: Javier Yañez Sanz
COLORADO PREMIERE
In the XIX Century there’s a music school where it’s always dark…

The Chosen
USA | 2025 | 9 min | Director: Brady Richards
WORLD PREMIERE
Returning Filmmaker
IN PERSON: Brady Richards, Toby Poser
Reed is troubled by a vision forcing him to do bad things, but nobody believes him. Maybe this new therapist will understand?

The Littles
USA | 2025 | 7 min | Director: Andrew Duplessie
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Andrew Duplessie
When 11-year-old Juliet stubs her toe on a loose floorboard, she unwittingly sets off a series of mysterious events. A faint noise and an unusual glow seeping through the cracks capture her curiosity. But as she investigates, Juliet finds herself pulled into a chilling, otherworldly encounter.

The Pearl Comb
UK | 2024 | 21 min | Director: Ali Cook
COLORADO PREMIERE
In 1893, an endearing Cornish fisherman’s wife captures the attention of the medical profession as the first person to ever cure someone of tuberculosis. A doctor, hell bent on proving a woman’s place is in the home and not practicing medicine, is sent to investigate her miraculous claim – only to discover the source of her unearthly power…

“Sinister Stories”

TURN IT OFF
USA | 2024 | 7 min | Director: Senda Bonnet
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Senda Bonnet
A woman races through the woods, hiding from an unseen threat. After injuring her leg, she finds refuge in a house, but we see a girl curled up on her couch, safe at home watching the same film we are. As the woman hides, the girl realizes the events on-screen are linked to her world. Terrified, she turns off the TV but hears a cry from upstairs. Drawn by fear, she approaches her closet…

Inheritance
USA | 2025 | 10 min | Director: Arvind Palep
WORLD PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Arvind Palep
A family’s quiet evening of unpacking boxes descends into a chilling nightmare when they uncover a mysterious artifact – an ominous relic that reveals itself as a portal to another dimension. As Iris’s husband and children are pulled beyond its shadowy threshold, she is left to confront an abyss alive with whispers and dread – only to discover the malevolent forces lurking within may have been waiting for her all along.

Animas Forks
USA | 2025 | 14 min | Director: Sam Blakesberg
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Sam Blakesberg, Jack Ebstein, Maggie Hernandez, Van Wampler
A young woman and her uncle stumble upon a dark ritual performed in an old Colorado mining town.

Nightfall
USA | 2025 | 18 min | Director: Zac Villanueva
WORLD PREMIERE
On a stormy night a guilt-ridden teen visits a grieving mother, looking for some kind of connection. As buried grief resurfaces he’s drawn into a psychological reckoning that blurs reality – a final act of shocking vengeance completes the cycle.

Heirlooms
Canada | 2025 | 13 min | Director: Dan Abramovici
Jaime’s quest for healing leads her to restore a family heirloom. But what begins as a therapeutic project, soon spirals into a battle against an ancient evil that has plagued her bloodline for generations.

The Night Within
USA | 2024 | 18 min | Director: Mark Lammerding
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Mark Lammerding
A social worker’s obsession with a case plunges him into a fight for survival against malevolent forces.

Harvester
USA | 2025 | 13 min | Director: Charlie Schwan
COLORADO PREMIERE
Returning Filmmaker
IN PERSON: Charlie Schwan, Micah Schultz, Eric Palmer
A woman forms a pact with a dark entity in exchange for a glimpse into her tormented past.

“Uncanny Tales”

What’s in Your Bag?
USA | 2025 | 5 min | Director: Béla Baptiste
COLORADO PREMIERE
It starts, predictably, with the benign. An interview, a celebrity with effortless charm, a designer bag, and the familiar ritual of personal revelation in this “inside look” series – shallow as it is invasive. The host’s expectation for sanitized intimacy is soon subverted, as a polished, white smile transforms into something far more dangerous.

MurderBird
USA | 2025 | 16 min | Director: Barrett Lesly Shuler
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Barrett Lesly Shuler, Jazmin Patiño, Keith Roenke, Arturo Reyes, Donovan Edelstein
In an attempt to save his relationship a man buys his girlfriend a rare exotic bird for her birthday. After the couple develops a deep emotional bond with the bird, its true colors begin to emerge.

A Hand to Hold
UK | 2025 | 15 min | Director: Philip Clyde-Smith
WORLD PREMIERE
Moira, an elderly Irish woman, finds herself literally attached to her deceased husband Patrick. When his hand refuses to let go after death, it leads to increasingly grotesque events. Everyone in the couple’s orbit, from their daughter to the local doctor, a farmer, a priest, and a Satanist, all try to intervene with horrific consequences.

Forever, Liam
Canada/Venezuela | 2025 | 22 min | Director: Guillermo de la Rosa
WORLD PREMIERE
Alejandro and Paula’s young relationship takes a dark turn when her parents reveal a family secret: they live with the preserved corpse of Paula’s grandfather, caring for it as if he were still alive.

Sleep Tight
USA | 2025 | 5 min | Director: Grace Presse
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Grace Presse
A woman suffering from sleep paralysis awakes to a noise coming from inside her closet.

The Path
USA | 2025 | 7 min | Director: Patrick Guera
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Patrick Guera
A boy is stalked on an isolated path.

Man of the House
USA | 2025 | 8 min | Director: Alex Henes
COLORADO PREMIERE
Returning Filmmaker
IN PERSON: Alex Henes, Eric Wysocki, Audrey Harden, Gabe Harden
An exhausted mom must face the monstrous truth about who – or what – her son becomes at night.

Don’t Talk to Strangers
Spain | 2023 | 5 min | Director: Imanol Ortiz Lopez
COLORADO PREMIERE
My mom tells me not to talk to strangers, but Agustín is not a stranger because every time we go to his store he offers me candy…

Sicko
USA | 2025 | 10 min | Director: Aman Johnson
COLORADO PREMIERE
Returning Filmmaker
IN PERSON: Aman Johnson, Josh Verduzco, David Lee Hess, Lee Rothenflue
A family conversation turns grim.

“Vault of Humor”

Museum of Regret
USA | 2025 | 9 min | Director: Skye Braband
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Skye Braband, Sara Dowling
A television repair spirals into a surreal nightmare.

Oliver
Canada | 2025 | 14 min | Director: Andrew Strickland
U.S. PREMIERE
Renowned chef Oliver Stewart’s life takes a sharp turn when he’s bitten by a seductive vampire co-worker, rendering his beloved ingredient, garlic, off-limits. Forced to reinvent himself for a career-defining review, he faces moral dilemmas and grapples with newfound identity.

Damsel in Geekstress
France | 2025 | 11 min | Director: Renaud Parra
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Glued to her computer screen, Eva is a die-hard geek, much to the dismay of Koki, her loyal gerbil. But when the collector’s figurine of her dreams finally goes on sale, things quickly spiral out of control…

Wall Udder
USA | 2025 | 9 min | Director: Alexandra Hayden
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Alexandra Hayden
A surreal story of love, loss, and lactose.

Bidet
Canada | 2025 | 7 min | Director: James Brylowski
COLORADO PREMIERE
A group of friends are hunted by a possessed bidet.

Five Star
USA | 2025 | 14 min | Director: Kai Hasson
COLORADO PREMIERE
IN PERSON: Kai Hasson, Caitlin Enright, William Hasson, Chizu Hamada
When late-night locksmith Soung Kang is asked to lock a door forever, he discovers a dark secret that pushes him to extraordinary lengths to secure his five-star Yelp review.

Whitch
USA | 2025 | 6 min | Director: Hoku Uchiyama
After putting her daughter to bed, Aura discovers an intruder in her house: an elderly lady who acts strangely familiar, and is hell-bent on performing a bloody ritual before midnight.

Lurk
USA | 2024 | 10 min | Directors: Mairin Hart and Josh Wallace Kerrigan
COLORADO PREMIERE
A man is awoken late at night by an unexpected visitor who won’t seem to leave him alone.

CHÄIR
USA | 2025 | 6 min | Director: Chris McInroy
COLORADO PREMIERE
Returning Filmmaker
IN PERSON: Chris McInroy, Carlos LaRotta
Carl just wanted to sit down. The chair had other plans.

Weak in the Knees
USA | 2025 | 7 min | Directors: Shivers & Viking
WORLD PREMIERE
The story of a masked killer who was eventually feared by all.

Passes are available at www.telluridehorrorshow.com. Individual tickets will be sold at the door of each venue just before showtime, but only after 3-Day Pass and 6-Pack holders have been admitted and seats are still available.

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That allowed Stuckmann to bring the deeply personal horror tale to the screen, and Shelby Oaks was subsequently boarded by Mike Flanagan as Executive Producer and acquired for distribution by the indie horror heavyweights over at NEON. It’s a dream scenario for any filmmaker, and Stuckmann isn’t forgetting the backers who made it all happen.

NEON has released a brand new poster for Shelby Oaks this morning that pays tribute to everyone who supported the film’s original crowd-funding campaign. The names of all 14,720 backers have been incorporated into the background, all of them coming together to form a creepy image. Click here to download the full-res image and see if you can spot your own name!

A traditional narrative that incorporates found footage elements, Shelby Oaks hits theaters on October 24.

Can’t wait until then? NEON and Bloody Disgusting are joining forces for a series of free sneak screenings on October 8 in select locations! Here’s everything you need to know.

Shelby Oaks is about missing paranormal investigators, the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later. The film’s official synopsis continues…

“As Mia uncovers new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to her and Riley’s childhood.”

Shelby Oaks has been rated “R” for “violent content/gore, suicide and language.”

NEON previews, “What started as a tale about missing YouTubers eventually transformed into something with deeper, darker implications for its characters, and it wasn’t until post-production, that Stuckmann realized the film was a much more personal project than he had initially conceived. Stuckmann was raised in a faith (Jehovah’s Witness) that practices shunning. At twelve years old, his sister was excommunicated and he was forced to shun her. Cutting off all communication, he was told his sister was ‘spiritually dead.’

“It wasn’t until Stuckmann’s early twenties when he finally escaped the faith, that he reconnected with his sister. It became clear that the story behind Shelby Oaks – about someone’s desperate yearning to find a lost loved one as seemingly insurmountable forces keep them apart – is inspired by his own search for his sister.”

Watch the film’s final official trailer below.

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Keep an eye out for special 4K remaster re-releases of classic cult hits Re-Animator, Perfect Blue, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show as they make their way through theaters across the country all month long. Indie game developer Puppet Combo are unleashing their first feature adaptation, Night Shift, in select theaters throughout October.

Also, keep an eye out for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein as it makes its way to select theaters ahead of its Netflix debut this November. Black Phone 2 and Shelby Oaks aim for big box office scares, but there’s no shortage of indie, VOD, and streaming releases to ensure that you won’t even have time to sleep this Halloween season.

Here are the 30 horror movies you don’t want to miss in October 2025!

Bone Lake – October 3 (Theaters)

A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. Their dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, triggering a bloody battle for survival. Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Spoonful of Sugar) directs from a screenplay by Joshua Friedlander (Holly Slept Over). Marco Pigossi (“Gen V”), Maddie Hasson (Malignant), Alex Roe (Rings), Andra Nechita (“Fatal Attraction”), Eliane Reis, and Clayton Spencer star.

Coyotes – October 3 (Theaters)

Together isn’t the only horror comedy starring an off-screen couple arriving this year; the latest from director Colin Minihan (What Keeps You Alive, Grave Encounters) stars Justin Long (Barbarian, House of Darkness) and Kate Bosworth (Barbarian, House of Darkness). As for plot, the horror comedy follows a family trapped in their Hollywood Hills home who must fight for survival as a pack of savage coyotes closes in. Mila Harris (Mary), Brittany Allen (Dexter: Original Sin), Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters), and Norbert Leo Butz (A Complete Unknown) also star. Our review.

Good Boy – October 3 (Theaters)

A dog’s sixth sense leads to terror when his owner relocates to a haunted house in Good Boy, the feature debut by director Ben Leonberg. Indy the dog finds himself on a new adventure with his human owner—and best friend—Todd, leaving city life for a long-vacant family home in the country. But poor Indy is vexed by an eerie presence straightaway. When Todd begins succumbing to the dark forces swirling around the house, Indy must battle a malevolence intent on dragging his beloved Todd into the afterlife. The film stars Indy, Leonberg’s real-life canine, as well as indie horror stalwart Larry Fessenden, Shane Jensen, and Arielle Friedman.

Killing Faith – October 3 (Theaters)

Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), DeWanda Wise (Jurassic World Dominion), and Bill Pullman (Independence Day) star in a haunting exploration of belief and fear—and the lengths one will go to protect a child the world believes is cursed. Ned Crowley writes and directs this genre-bending supernatural western. Raoul Max Trujillo (Sicario), Jamie Neumann (“The Deuce”), Jack Alcott (“Dexter: New Blood”), Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner), and Emily Ford (“Outer Range”) round out the cast.

Match – October 3 (Tubi)

Director Danishka Esterhazy (Level 16, Slumber Party Massacre) is back this Halloween with Match, a Tubi Original horror movie that dives into the dark side of online dating. After Paola is matched with a handsome online suitor, she arrives for a first date to discover a house full of dark and terrifying secrets. Humberly González, Shaeane Jimenez, Dianne Simpson, Jacques Adriaanse, and Luke Volker star in Match, which was written by Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan (Lowlifes).

Scared Shitless – October 3 (Theaters & Digital)

A plumber and his germophobic son find themselves dealing with a vicious killer creature that’s swimming through the pipes, killing the building’s tenants in an increasingly grisly fashion. Scared Shitless is directed by Vivieno Caldinelli and written by Brandon Cohen. Steven Ogg (“Grand Theft Auto,” The Walking Dead, Westworld), Daniel Doheny (Alex Strangelove, The Package, Syfy’s Day of the Dead), Chelsea Clark (Degrassi: Next Class, Tokens, Ginny & Georgia, The Protector, Life with Luca), and Mark McKinney (The Kids in the Hall) star.

Scurry – October 3 (VOD)

Up next from director Luke Sparke (this year’s Primitive War) is the underground horror movie Scurry, centered around genetically altered spiders. What’s more is that Sparke and his team shot the film “in real-time using a single continuous take.” Two strangers find themselves trapped underground when an unimaginable attack leaves their city in ruins. As they fight to survive in a narrowing underground tunnel, their injuries worsen, and their chances of escape dwindle when something ravenous begins to prowl. Jamie Costa stars alongside singer/songwriter/actress Emalia.

She Loved Blossoms More – October 3 (Select Theaters & VOD)

Three brothers build an unusual time machine in order to bring their long-dead mother back to life. When their delusional father comes into the picture, the experiments go awry, and they descend into a psychedelic hellscape where the past and present fuse in a comedic yet disturbing exploration of grief. Director Yannis Veslemes forgoes conventional narratives in favor of a tactile mood piece that leans into the psychotronic. Panos Papadopoulos, Julio Giorgos Katsis, Aris Balis, and Dominique Pinon star.

Shell – October 3 (Select Theaters & Digital)

Desperate to reclaim her career, once-beloved actress Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) is drawn into the glamorous world of wellness mogul Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson) —only to uncover a monstrous truth beneath its flawless surface. Director Max Minghella helms from a script by Jack Stanley, the scribe behind last year’s thriller The Passenger. Arian Moayed, Este Haim, Elizabeth Berkley and Kaia Gerber also star. Watch the trailer here.

V/H/S/Halloween – October 3 (Shudder)

The eighth installment in the found footage anthology franchise themes itself around the best holiday of the year. While plot details are under wraps, the new class of directors include Bryan M. Ferguson (Pumpkin Guts), Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks), Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman (Grummy), Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell), Paco Plaza (REC), and Anna Zlokovic (Appendage). Watch the trailer here.

Stay – October 8 (Hulu)

Kiara, a PhD author of African spirituality, and Miles, a former MMA fighter, are facing the end of their once beautiful marriage when they begin to encounter soul-shaking supernatural forces. The supernatural thriller is directed and written by Jas Summers and stars Megalyn Echikunwok and Mo McRae. Stay leads Hulu’s annual Huluween programming this year. Watch the trailer here.

Beast of War – October 10 (Theaters, Digital & VOD)

Deathstalker – October 10 (Theaters)

Director Steven Kostanski (Frankie Freako, PG: Psycho Goreman) reboots Roger Corman’s cult favorite with a newly reimagined installment of the cult sword and sorcery series. The Kingdom of Abraxeon is under siege from The Dreadites, a mysterious horde of warriors, whose sudden appearance are rumoured to foretell the return of Nekromemnon, an ancient sorcerer long thought dead. Deathstalker unknowingly recovers an enchanted amulet, igniting a perilous quest of good and evil. Daniel Bernhardt (John Wick, Nobody, Barry) stars as the warrior Deathstalker, with Patton Oswalt (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) voicing benevolent wizard Doodad.

Vicious – October 10 (Paramount+, Digital)

When Polly receives a mysterious box from an unexpected late-night visitor, it comes with a simple instruction: place three things inside – something you need, something you hate, and something you love. What begins as a strange ritual quickly unravels into a waking nightmare in the latest from director Bryan Bertino (The Dark and the Wicked, The Strangers). Dakota Fanning stars with Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Devyn Nekoda, Klea Scott, and Emily Mitchell. Our review.

The Mannequin – October 14 (Digital)

Liana Rojas (Isabella Gomez), a creatively starved stylist assistant, discovers that the historical downtown Los Angeles factory building where her fashion designer sister mysteriously died is haunted by a serial killer in the latest from director John Berardo (Initiation). Krystle Martin (The Mean One), Lindsay LaVanchy (Predator: Killer of Killers), Jack Sochet (Smile) and Maxwell Hamilton (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore) also star.

Black Phone 2 – October 17 (Theaters)

Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn (Mason Thames) killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber (Ethan Hawke). But evil never truly stays buried and the phone is ringing for Finn once more. The Grabber seeks vengeance from beyond the grave by menacing Finn’s younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw). The siblings must face a killer who’s grown even more dangerous after death. Scott Derrickson returns to direct from a script he co-wrote with C. Robert Cargill. Joe Hill, author of the short story on which the 2021 film was based, executive produces. Our review.

Frankenstein – October 17 (Limited Theaters)

The patron saint of monsters, Guillermo del Toro, gives his spin on Mary Shelley’s literary classic this Fall for Netflix. “Monsters have become my personal belief system,” the visionary recently said of his adaptation, one that aims less to scare and more to dig into the emotional aspect of Shelley’s famous tale. We can expect a breathtaking feature ahead. Oscar Isaac (Dune) stars in Del Toro’s movie as mad scientist Victor Frankenstein, with Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) as Frankenstein’s monster, Mia Goth (MaXXXine) as Elizabeth Lavenza, and Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) as Dr. Pretorius. Watch the teaser now, and look for the film to debut on Netflix on November 7.

Other – October 17 (Shudder)

Alice returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, only to find the house is rigged with surveillance tracking her every move, as a sinister presence lurks, driving her towards a terrifying revelation. Olga Kurylenko (Thunderbolts, Quantum of Solace) stars in the film from writer/director David Moreau (The Eye, MadS). Jean Schatz, Lola Bonaventure, and Jacqueline Ghaye round out the cast.

R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead – October 17 (Tubi)

Not to be confused with that Pumpkinhead. A feature adaptation of the same-titled episode from the television series “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour,” R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead centers on teenage Sam, whose family’s move to Redhaven is made worse when his brother Finn disappears — and no one else remembers that he existed. Sam teams with friends to end the curse before Halloween ends. Bean Reid, Adeline Lo, Kevin McNulty, Bob Frazer, Matty Finochio and Seth Isaac Johnson star. Jem Garrard (Slay) directed Pumpkinhead and also wrote the screenplay.

What Happened to Dorothy Bell? – October 21 (Digital & VOD)

A local urban legend unleashes a sinister presence in this found footage horror movie from writer/director Danny Villanueva Jr. Ozzie Gray (Asya Meadows) is a young woman confronting her own mental health struggles who must confront the past as well as a dark supernatural force. Lisa Wilcox and Michael Hargrove (Nia DaCosta’s Candyman) star alongside Steven Alonte (The Cathedral), Sargon Odicho, Arlene Arnone, Yera Constable, and J. Anthony Ramos. Watch the trailer here.

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle – October 22 (Hulu)

Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Caitlin Morales, an upscale suburban mom who brings a new nanny, Polly Murphy (Maika Monroe), into her home, only to discover she is not the person she claims to be in a fresh new take on the classic 1990s thriller from director Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesera: The Bone Woman). The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is written by Micah Bloomberg based on a screenplay by Amanda Silver. Raúl Castillo, Martin Starr, Mileiah Vega, Riki Lindhome, and Shannon Cochran also star.

The Elixir – October 23 (Netflix)

The Queen of Black Magic and Dancing Village: The Curse Begins director Kimo Stamboel is back this Halloween season with Netflix’s The Elixir, an Indonesian zombie movie. An elixir unleashes the undead in a village. A family at odds with one another must unite and fight to survive as their hometown collapses. The Elixir stars Donny Damara, Mikha Tambayong, Eva Celia, Dimas Anggara, Kiki Narendra, and Marthino Lio. Stamboel directs from a script co-written with Agasyah Karim and Khalid Kashog.

In Our Blood – October 24 (Limited Theaters)

Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Pedro Kos (Lead Me Home) makes his narrative feature debut from a script by Mallory Westfall (“Fear the Walking Dead,” “Chucky”). A woman gets embroiled in a nightmare when she sets out to make a documentary about her estranged mother, who suddenly vanishes and leaves behind sinister clues of foul play. Brittany O’Grady (It’s What’s Inside), E.J. Bonilla (Gemini Man), Alanna Ubach (“Euphoria”), Krisha Fairchild (“Channel Zero”), Leo Marks, Bianca Comparato (3%), and Steven Klein star.

Dream Eater – October 24 (Theaters) 

A found footage chiller from Eli Roth’s new company The Horror Section. It follows Mallory (Mallory Drumm), a documentary filmmaker, who heads to a remote cabin in the mountains with her boyfriend Alex (Alex Lee Williams) to document his violent parasomnia. As his condition worsens, Mallory suspects something more sinister may be at play. As the nightmares escalate, so do the scares, right through the final frame. Dream Eater is co-written and co-directed by Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, and Alex Lee Williams and starring Williams and Drumm.

Queens of the Dead – October 24 (Limited Theaters)

Tina Romero, the daughter of late horror master George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead), makes her own mark on the zombie genre with Queens of the Dead. A zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the night of a giant warehouse party, where an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty, scrolling undead. Katy O’Brian, Jaquel Spivey, Tomas Matos, Nina West,  Quincy Dunn-Baker, Jack Haven, Cheyenne Jackson, Dominique Jackson, and Margaret Cho star.

Shelby Oaks – October 24 (Theaters)

Who took Riley Brennan? YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann makes his feature debut with Shelby Oaks, a traditional narrative that incorporates found footage elements. It centers on a woman searching for her missing sister, a paranormal investigator, who disappeared over a decade ago. Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk), Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island), Keith David (The Thing), Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone With You) and Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing) star. Watch the red band trailer here.

Stitch Head – October 29 (Theaters)

Animated family film Stitch Head, described as “Frankenstein meets Monsters, Inc.,” is based on the first story in author Guy Bass’s book series. It follows the tale of a small, forgotten creature living in a long-abandoned castle. Awoken by a Mad Professor, Stitch Head is tasked with protecting the professor’s other wildly inventive creations from the suspicious townspeople of Grubbers Nubbin. Directed by and adapted for the screen by Steve Hudson, the film’s voice cast includes Asa Butterfield (Flux Gourmet, Choose or Die), Joel Fry (In the Earth, Cruella), Alison Steadman (“Inside No. 9“), Rob Brydon (Barbie), Fern Brady, Tia Bannon, and Jamali Maddix.

Bugonia – October 31 (Theaters)

Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with star Emma Stone on a reimagining of 2003’s Korean genre-bender Save the Green Planet!, an off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi feature written and directed by Jang Joon-Hwan. Bugonia follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced she is an alien intent on destroying Planet Earth. Jesse Plemons (Civil War, Antlers), Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias (Let’s Start a Cult), and Alicia Silverstone (The Lodge) also star. Lanthimos directs from a screenplay by Will Tracy (The Menu). Bugonia gets a limited theatrical release on October 24 before expanding wide on October 31.

Hallow Road – October 31 (AMC Theatres Double Feature)

Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”) star as two parents who receive a distressing late-night call from their teenage daughter, who has just accidentally hit a pedestrian. They jump in their car, racing to get there before anyone else stumbles across the scene, but they soon realize they may not be alone. Bafta-winning director Babak Anvari helms the Halloween-set psychological thriller penned by William Gillies. Megan McDonnell (“Normal People”) co-stars. This Halloween-set thriller is getting a rare double feature release with Vincent Must Die.

Vincent Must Die – October 31 (AMC Theatres Double Feature)

In this thriller, an ordinary man finds himself under siege when strangers suddenly start attacking. Vincent will have to rethink his entire existence when the phenomena grows more intense. Described as a “nerve-shredding, ground-breaking” horror movie, Vincent Must Die stars Karim Leklou and Vimala Pons. Stéphan Castang directs. The horror movie is getting a special release on Halloween, paired in an AMC Theatres double feature with Hallow Road.

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On Wednesday, October 8th, Bloody Disgusting and Neon present FREE sneak previews nationwide, giving you the chance to see the most hotly anticipated horror film of the Halloween season.

Check the listings below and GRAB YOUR TICKETS RIGHT NOW!

— Atlanta, GA @ AMC Madison Yards 
— Boston, MA @ AMC Boston Common 19
— Chicago, IL @ AMC River East
— Houston, TX @ Regal Edwards Houston Marq’E
— San Francisco, CA @ AMC Metreon
— Orlando, FL @ AMC Disney Springs
— Phoenix, AZ @ Harkins Tempe Marketplace

Drawing comparisons to The Blair Witch Project and Hereditary, the supernatural horror movie incorporates found footage elements in a traditional narrative.

A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett, Keith David, and Derek Mears star.

Shelby Oaks is the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with over $1.3 million raised. Following the campaign, Mike Flanagan joined the project as an executive producer via his Intrepid Pictures.

What happened to Riley Brennan? Investigate the film’s cryptic website.

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Written and directed by YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann in his feature debut, the film hits theaters on October 24 from Neon.

Drawing comparisons to The Blair Witch Project and Hereditary, the supernatural horror movie incorporates found footage elements in a traditional narrative.

A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett, Keith David, and Derek Mears star.

Shelby Oaks is the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with over $1.3 million raised. Following the campaign, Mike Flanagan joined the project as an executive producer via his Intrepid Pictures.

What happened to Riley Brennan? Investigate the film’s cryptic website.

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Located at https://whathappenedtorileybrennan.com, the cryptic Shelby Oaks website requires a password to get in, and it didn’t take long for horror fans to crack the code.

The password? lookingforpara7. Entering that password opens up a media player and unlocks a minute-long video of various random clips including security camera footage from a gas station and bits of creepy footage shot inside a creepy home. Check it out for yourself… 

A traditional narrative that incorporates found footage elements, the supernatural horror film hits theaters on October 24.

Shelby Oaks is about missing paranormal investigators, the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later. The film’s official synopsis continues…

“As Mia uncovers new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to her and Riley’s childhood.”

Horror master Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, “The Fall of the House of Usher”) recently came on board the upcoming Shelby Oaks as an executive producer. Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Pictures joined the team as producers.

Shelby Oaks has been rated “R” for “violent content/gore, suicide and language.”

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Written and directed by YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann, the supernatural horror film hits theaters on October 24 from Neon.

Shelby Oaks is about missing paranormal investigators, the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later.

As Mia finds new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to their childhood.

Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett, Keith David, and Derek Mears star.

Shelby Oaks is the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with over $1.3 million raised. Following the campaign, Mike Flanagan joined the project as an executive producer via his Intrepid Pictures.

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Featuring six films over four nights, Wicked Weekend promises to be bring the horror fun later this month. Opening this year’s Wicked Weekend is Sisu: Road to Revenge, but look for highly anticipated horror releases like Shelby Oaks, Bryan Bertino’s Vicious, V/H/S/Halloween and more.

Access to Popcorn Frights’ Wicked Weekend in-theater experience is available through an all-access pass, which will provide an all-inclusive experience for films and special events hosted at the historic Gateway Theater in Fort Lauderdale. Click here for details and tickets.

The Wicked Weekend lineup includes:

Bone Lake

Special Presentation
United States | 2025 | 94 Min. | Dir. Mercedes Bryce Morgan
A couple’ s vacation at a secluded estate is upended when they’re forced to share the mansion with a mysterious couple. A dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, triggering a battle for survival.

Fuck My Son!

Special Presentation
United States | 2025 | 94 Min. | Dir. Todd Rohal
A mother’s manic quest pulls an unwitting bystander into a twisted, obscene ordeal that spirals into lunacy and terror.

Shelby Oaks

Special Presentation
United States | 2024 | 91 Min. | Dir. Chris Stuckmann
A woman’s desperate search for her long-lost sister falls into obsession upon realizing that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real.

Sisu: Road to Revenge

Special Presentation
Finland-United States | 2025 | 88 Min. | Dir. Jalmari Helander
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE is a wall-to-wall cinematic action event, a sequel to the original sleeper hit SISU. Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” (Jorma Tommila) dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the Red Army commander who killed his family (Stephen Lang from Don’t Breathe) comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues – a fight to the death, full of clever, unbelievable action set pieces.

Vicious

Special Presentation
United States | 2025 | 103 Min. | Dir. Bryan Bertino
When Polly (Dakota Fanning) receives a mysterious Box from an unexpected late-night visitor (Kathryn Hunter), it comes with a simple instruction: place three things inside: something you need, something you hate, and something you love. What begins as a strange ritual quickly unravels into a waking nightmare. Trapped in a terrifying world where reality bends and memory betrays, Polly must navigate a series of impossible choices. As time slips away, she’s forced to confront the darkness not just around her, but within her—before it consumes everything and everyone she’s ever known.

V/H/S/Halloween

Special Presentation
United States | 2025 | 115 Min. | Dirs. Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza, Anna Zlokovic
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.

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The telltale signs are everywhere, from the weather to the return of haunted attractions, pumpkin spice-flavored treats, and beyond. Then, of course, there’s all the horror. This Halloween season brings an overwhelming slate of horror releases packed into September and October to ensure maximum fright for the holiest of horror holidays. The horror doesn’t stop there, either; we’re looking beyond Halloween and into the rest of 2025.

It’s no surprise that this year offers another densely packed slate for the Halloween season, and there’s likely more horror on the way. Expect plenty of surprise release announcements in store as more streaming services debut their seasonal releases, schedules, and beyond. In the meantime, this guide has a rundown of the biggest highlights, including exclusive new images.

Here are the horror movies you don’t want to miss in Fall 2025 and beyond!

The Toxic Avenger – August 29 (Theaters)

Have you heard the word? Toxie is back on the big screen and this time he’s Unrated. When janitor Winston Gooze is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he’s transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Primetime Emmy-winning actor Peter Dinklage stars as the Toxic Avenger in director Macon Blair’s new movie, along with Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Taylour Paige, Jacob Tremblay, and Luisa Guerreiro. Get your tickets now!

The Conjuring: Last Rites – September 5 (Theaters)

Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reunite for one last case as renowned, real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in the final chapter of the Conjuring franchise as we know it. Franchise veteran Michael Chaves returns to helm the fourth film in the main series. The Conjuring: Last Rites draws inspiration from the real life Smurl Family Haunting. Farmiga and Wilson star alongside Mia Tomlinson and Ben Hardy, who portray Ed and Lorraine’s daughter Judy Warren and her boyfriend, Tony Spera, as well as Steve Coulter returning as Father Gordon, plus Rebecca Calder, Elliot Cowan, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Beau Gadsdon, John Brotherton and Shannon Kook.

Traumatika – September 12 (Theaters)

A young boy’s night terrors become reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. What he’s about to experience will haunt him for the rest of his life and claim countless lives across generations in the latest from director Pierre Tsigaridis, who co-wrote with Two Witches co-writer/producer Maxime Rancon. Rebekah Kennedy (Two Witches), Emily Goss (The House on Pine Street), Ranen Navat, AJ Bowen (You’re Next), Sean O’Bryan (“The Middle”), Susan Gayle Watts, and Sean Whalen (The People Under the Stairs) star in the demonic horror movie. Watch the trailer here.

The Long Walk – September 12 (Theaters)

The R-rated adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel centers on a grim annual contest in which 100 teens must journey, nonstop and under strict rules, until only one is left alive. Expect a bleak adaptation ahead. Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing (“Manifest”), Tut Nyout (“Witcher: Blood Origin”), Charlie Plummer (The Clovehitch Killer), Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends), Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit), Jordan Gonzalez (“Pretty Little Liars: Origin Sin”), Joshua Odjick (Welcome to Derry), Josh Hamilton (“Walking Dead”), Judy Greer (Halloween), and Mark Hamill (The Life of Chuck) star. Watch the trailer here.

Rabbit Trap – September 12 (Limited Theaters)

When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs local ancient folk magic, bringing a nameless child to their door who is intent on infiltrating their lives in the feature debut by writer/director Bryn Chainey. The psychological folk horror movie produced by SpectreVision (Mandy, Daniel Isn’t Real) stars Dev Patel (The Green Knight), Rosy McEwen (“The Alienist”), and Jade Croot (“The Serpent Queen”). Watch the trailer here.

The Jester 2 – September 15 & 16 (Fathom Entertainment Event)

The Jester creator Colin Krawchuk returns to write and direct for the sequel set on Halloween. In the film, teen magician Max finds herself locked in a brutal showdown with the Jester, a nightmarish and supernatural trickster with real dark magic and a killer act. As illusions turn lethal and every escape is a trap, Max must pull off the ultimate trick: staying alive. On this deadly night, the only escape is to beat the devil at its own game. The Jester 2 arrives in theaters nationwide for a two nights only on September 15-16, accompanied by an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette.

Him – September 19 (Theaters)

Former college wide-receiver Tyriq Withers (I Know What You Did Last Summer) plays Cam, a rising-star quarterback who has devoted his life, and identity, to football. On the eve of professional football’s annual scouting Combine, Cam is attacked by an unhinged fan and suffers a potentially career-ending brain trauma. But when Cam’s recovery training accelerates underthe guidance of mentor Isaiah (Marlon Wayans), Isaiah’s charisma begins to curdle into something darker, sending his protégé down a disorienting rabbit hole that may cost him more than he ever bargained for. HIM is directed by Justin Tipping (Kicks) from an acclaimed Black List screenplay by Zack Akers & Skip Bronkie (creators of the sci-fi crime series Limetown) and by Justin Tipping. 

Night of the Reaper – September 19 (Shudder)

Superhost and Z director Brandon Christensen is back this Halloween season with Night of the Reaper. In the wake of the brutal murder of a teenaged babysitter, College Student Deena returns home for the weekend and is roped into a babysitting gig of her own. When the local sheriff is mailed a piece of evidence that proves the murder may not have been an isolated incident, he is led on a scavenger hunt to reveal the killer may be planning a sequel. Jessica Clement, Ryan Robbins, Summer H. Howell, and Keegan Connor star.

Chain Reactions – September 26 (Theaters)

Documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory: The Origins of Alien) charts The Texas Chain Saw Massacre‘s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller- Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama – through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma. It’s a shakeup of the usual horror doc format, meant to shift the way you think about Tobe Hooper’s seminal classic.

The Strangers: Chapter 2 – September 26 (Theaters)

The Strangers are back and more relentless than ever in the second installment of director Renny Harlin‘s new trilogy. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya (Madelaine Petsch) must survive another horrific chapter of terror. Gabriel Basso and Ema Horvath also star in The Strangers: Chapter 2. Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland wrote the sequel’s screenplay. Learn more about the Strangers’ wrath at viral marketing site VisitVenusOregon.com.

Alpha – October 2025 (Theaters)

French filmmaker Julia Ducournau (Raw, Titane) is back with a new genre bender. Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm. Ducournau’s latest played at the Cannes film festival earlier this year and is said to bring a shift to the filmmaker’s use of body horror. Golshifteh Farahani (The Patience Stone) and Tahar Rahim (“The Serpent”) star in Alpha. Watch the teaser here.

Bone Lake – October 3 (Theaters)

A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. Their dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, triggering a bloody battle for survival. Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Spoonful of Sugar) directs from a screenplay by Joshua Friedlander (Holly Slept Over). Marco Pigossi (“Gen V”), Maddie Hasson (Malignant), Alex Roe (Rings), Andra Nechita (“Fatal Attraction”), Eliane Reis, and Clayton Spencer star.

Coyotes – October 3 (Theaters)

Together isn’t the only horror comedy starring an off-screen couple arriving this year; the latest from director Colin Minihan (What Keeps You Alive, Grave Encounters) stars Justin Long (Barbarian, House of Darkness) and Kate Bosworth (Barbarian, House of Darkness). As for plot, the horror comedy follows a family trapped in their Hollywood Hills home who must fight for survival as a pack of savage coyotes closes in. Mila Harris (Mary), Brittany Allen (Dexter: Original Sin), Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters), and Norbert Leo Butz (A Complete Unknown) also star. 

Good Boy – October 3 (Theaters)

A dog’s sixth sense leads to terror when his owner relocates to a haunted house in Good Boy, the feature debut by director Ben Leonberg. Indy the dog finds himself on a new adventure with his human owner—and best friend—Todd, leaving city life for a long-vacant family home in the country. But poor Indy is vexed by an eerie presence straightaway. When Todd begins succumbing to the dark forces swirling around the house, Indy must battle a malevolence intent on dragging his beloved Todd into the afterlife. The film stars Indy, Leonberg’s real-life canine, as well as indie horror stalwart Larry Fessenden, Shane Jensen, and Arielle Friedman.

Shelby Oaks – October 3 (Theaters)

Who took Riley Brennan? YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann makes his feature debut with Shelby Oaks, a traditional narrative that incorporates found footage elements. It centers on a woman searching for her missing sister, a paranormal investigator, who disappeared over a decade ago. Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk), Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island), Keith David (The Thing), Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone With You) and Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing) star. Watch the red band trailer here.

V/H/S/Halloween – October 3 (Shudder)

The eighth installment in the found footage anthology franchise themes itself around the best holiday of the year. While plot details are under wraps, the new class of directors include Bryan M. Ferguson (Pumpkin Guts), Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks), Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman (Grummy), Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell), Paco Plaza (REC), and Anna Zlokovic (Appendage).

Beast of War – October 10 (Theaters, Digital & VOD)

Up next from Sting and  Wyrmwood writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner is a shark attack survival movie set in World War II. It centers on a group of Australian soldiers attempting to survive on a makeshift raft after their warship is capsized. In the dark below, the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark — hunts in the wreckage and is drawn to the smell of fresh blood in the water. The horror movie stars Joel Nankervis, Mark Coles Smith, Sam Delich, Lee Tiger Halley, Sam Parsonson, Maximillian Johnson, Tristan McKinnon, and Aswan Reid.

Deathstalker – October 10 (Theaters)

Director Steven Kostanski (Frankie Freako, PG: Psycho Goreman) reboots Roger Corman’s cult favorite with a newly reimagined installment of the cult sword and sorcery series. The Kingdom of Abraxeon is under siege from The Dreadites, a mysterious horde of warriors, whose sudden appearance are rumoured to foretell the return of Nekromemnon, an ancient sorcerer long thought dead. Deathstalker unknowingly recovers an enchanted amulet, igniting a perilous quest of good and evil. Daniel Bernhardt (John Wick, Nobody, Barry) stars as the warrior Deathstalker, with Patton Oswalt (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) voicing benevolent wizard Doodad.

Vicious – October 10 (Paramount+, Digital)

When Polly receives a mysterious box from an unexpected late-night visitor, it comes with a simple instruction: place three things inside: something you need, something you hate, and something you love. What begins as a strange ritual quickly unravels into a waking nightmare in the latest from director Bryan Bertino (The Dark and the Wicked, The Strangers). Dakota Fanning stars with Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Devyn Nekoda, Klea Scott, and Emily Mitchell.

Black Phone 2 – October 17 (Theaters)

Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn (Mason Thames) killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber (Ethan Hawke). But evil never truly stays buried and the phone is ringing for Finn once more. The Grabber seeks vengeance from beyond the grave by menacing Finn’s younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw).  The siblings must face a killer who’s grown even more dangerous after death. Scott Derrickson returns to direct from a script he co-wrote with C. Robert Cargill. Joe Hill, author of the short story on which the 2021 film was based, executive produces.

Frankenstein – October 17 (Limited Theaters)

The patron saint of monsters, Guillermo del Toro, gives his spin on Mary Shelley’s literary classic this Fall for Netflix. “Monsters have become my personal belief system,” the visionary recently said of his adaptation, one that aims less to scare and more to dig into the emotional aspect of Shelley’s famous tale. We can expect a breathtaking feature ahead. Oscar Isaac (Dune) stars in Del Toro’s movie as mad scientist Victor Frankenstein, with Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) as Frankenstein’s monster, Mia Goth (MaXXXine) as Elizabeth Lavenza, and Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) as Dr. Pretorius. Watch the teaser now. and look for the film to debut on Netflix on November 7.

Dream Eater – October 24 (Theaters) 

A found footage chiller from Eli Roth’s new company The Horror Section. It follows Mallory (Mallory Drumm), a documentary filmmaker, who heads to a remote cabin in the mountains with her boyfriend Alex (Alex Lee Williams) to document his violent parasomnia. As his condition worsens, Mallory suspects something more sinister may be at play. As the nightmares escalate, so do the scares, right through the final frame. Dream Eater is co-written and co-directed by Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, and Alex Lee Williams and starring Williams and Drumm.

Mortal Kombat II – October 24 (Theaters)

No, this sequel to the 2021 video game adaptation isn’t horror. But it is as violent and bloody as a horror movie, featuring otherworldly and sometimes inhuman characters as they brawl to the death. Director Simon McQuoid returns to helm the follow up, from a screenplay by Jeremy Slater. This time, Earthrealm’s champions and newcomer Johnny Cage are enlisted in a lethal tournament to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn. Karl Urban stars as Johnny Cage, alongside Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, with Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han, and Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion.

Queens of the Dead – October 24 (Theaters)

Tina Romero, the daughter of late horror master George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead), makes her own mark on the zombie genre with Queens of the Dead. A zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the night of a giant warehouse party, where an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty, scrolling undead. Katy O’Brian, Jaquel Spivey, Tomas Matos, Nina West,  Quincy Dunn-Baker, Jack Haven, Cheyenne Jackson, Dominique Jackson, and Margaret Cho star.

Stitch Head – October 29 (Theaters)

Animated family film Stitch Head, described as “Frankenstein meets Monsters, Inc.,” is based on the first story in author Guy Bass’s book series. It follows the story of a small, forgotten creature living in a long-abandoned castle. Awoken by a Mad Professor, Stitch Head is tasked with protecting the professor’s other wildly inventive creations from the suspicious townspeople of Grubbers Nubbin. Directed by and adapted for the screen by Steve Hudson, the voice cast includes Asa Butterfield (Flux Gourmet, Choose or Die), Joel Fry (In the Earth, Cruella), Alison Steadman (“Inside No. 9“), Rob Brydon (Barbie), Fern Brady, Tia Bannon, and Jamali Maddix.

Bugonia – October 31 (Theaters)

Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with star Emma Stone on a reimagining of 2003’s Korean genre-bender Save the Green Planet!, an off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi feature written and directed by Jang Joon-Hwan. Bugonia follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced she is an alien intent on destroying Planet Earth. Jesse Plemons (Civil War, Antlers), Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias (Let’s Start a Cult), and Alicia Silverstone (The Lodge) also star in Bugonia. Lanthimos directs from a screenplay by Will Tracy (The Menu). Bugonia gets a limited theatrical release on October 24 before expanding wide on October 31.

Hallow Road – Fall 2025 (Theaters)

Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”) star as two parents who receive a distressing late-night call from their teenage daughter, who has just accidentally hit a pedestrian. They jump in their car, racing to get there before anyone else stumbles across the scene, but they soon realize they may not be alone. Bafta-winning director Babak Anvari helms the Halloween-set psychological thriller penned by William Gillies. Megan McDonnell (“Normal People”) co-stars. While no date has been announced yet, this Halloween thriller seems perfectly primed to arrive in October.

Predator: Badlands – November 7 (Theaters)

The newest entry in the Predator franchise is set on a remote planet where a young Predator, outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Elle Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. The warrior has chosen the most dangerous game on the most dangerous planet possible. Fanning stars alongside Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as Yautja warrior Dek. Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, 10 Cloverfield Lane) directs from a script he co-wrote with Patrick Aison (Prey). Watch the trailer now.

Keeper – November 14 (Theaters)

Director Osgood Perkins is back with his second horror movie of the year. Keeper follows a couple as they escape for a romantic anniversary weekend at a secluded cabin. When Malcolm suddenly returns to the city, Liz finds herself isolated and in the presence of an unspeakable evil that unveils the cabin’s horrifying secrets. Tatiana Maslany (The Monkey, “Orphan Black”) and Rossif Sutherland (Possessor) star. Nick Lepard (Dangerous Animals) wrote the script. Watch the mysterious teaser now.

The Running Man – November 14 (Theaters)

Edgar Wright’s (Shaun of the Dead, Last Night in Soho) new movie adapts Stephen King’s 1982 novel, published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Said to be a more faithful adaptation, it centers on a top-rated deadly competition show where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins, with every move broadcast to a bloodthirsty public and each day bringing a greater cash reward. Glen Powell stars as contestant Ben Richards. Josh Brolin (Weapons), Colman Domingo (Candyman), and Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding) also star in the film, alongside Daniel Ezra, Karl Glusman, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, William H. Macy, David Zayas, and Sean Hayes.

Troll 2 – December 1 (Netflix)

The stakes are higher and the danger deadlier in this Netflix sequel. When a dangerous new troll is awakened, unleashing devastation across Norway, beloved adventurers Nora, Andreas and Captain Kris are thrust into their most perilous mission yet. To stop the creature’s ruthless rampage, they must enlist new allies and delve into the country’s ancient history, searching for answers. Original director Roar Uthaug (Tomb Raider, The Wave), writer Espen Aukan, and producers Espen Horn and Kristian Strand Sinkerud of Motion Blur are back at the helm, along with returning stars Ine Marie Wilmann, Kim Falck, and Mads Sjøgård Pettersen.

Dust Bunny – December 5 (Theaters)

“Hannibal” creator Bryan Fuller and star Mads Mikkelsen are reteaming for a throwback to the family horror films of the 1980s. Dust Bunny will tell the story of an eight-year-old girl who enlists the help of her intriguing neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she believes ate her family. David Dastmalchian and Sigourney Weaver also star in the mysterious new horror movie described as a wicked fairy tale arriving this holiday season.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 – December 5 (Theaters)

Former security guard Mike (Josh Hutcherson) and police officer Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail) have kept the truth from Mike’s 11-year-old sister, Abby (Piper Rubio), concerning the fate of her animatronic friends one year after their fateful encounter. But when Abby sneaks out to reconnect with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, it will set into motion a terrifying series of events, unleashing a long forgotten horror. Based on Scott Cawthon’s blockbuster horror game series, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is again directed by acclaimed returning filmmaker Emma Tammi (The Wind, Blood Moon). Freddy Carter (Shadow and Bone, Pennyworth), Wayne Knight (Jurassic Park, Seinfeld), Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters franchise, Annabelle Comes Home) and horror icon Skeet Ulrich (Scream, Riverdale) join the cast.

Silent Night, Deadly Night – December 12 (Theaters)

Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) is playing Billy in Mike P. Nelson‘s slasher reboot. When Billy witnesses his parents’ grisly murder on Christmas Eve at the hands of Santa, it ignites a lifelong mission to spread holiday fear. Every Christmas, he dons the jolly red suit and delivers a blood-soaked massacre to feed his twisted sense of justice. This Christmas Eve, Billy wants to know: Have you been naughty? Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day) also stars as Pamela alongside Mark Acheson, David Lawrence Brown, and David Tomlinson.

The Plague – December 24 (Limited Theaters)

At an all-boys water polo camp, a socially anxious twelve-year-old is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call ‘The Plague.’ But as the lines between game and reality blur, he fears the joke might be hiding something real in writer/director Charlie Polinger‘s feature debut. It stars Joel Edgerton (The Green Knight, The Gift), who also produces, alongside newcomers Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin, and Kenny Rasmussen.

Anaconda – December 25 (Theaters)

Tom Gormican (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) directs a comedic reboot of the ’90s horror movie, from a script co-written with Kevin Etten. In this update, a group of friends facing mid-life crises are remaking their favorite movie from their youth. They head to the rainforest, only to find themselves in a fight for their lives against natural disasters, giant snakes, and violent criminals. Paul Rudd (Death of a Unicorn), Jack Black, Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”), Steve Zahn (“Silo,” Joy Ride), Brazilian actor Selton Mello, Ione Skye (Say Anything, Haunt), and Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) star. Watch the cast announcement video now.

The Housemaid – December 25 (Theaters)

Ghostbusters and A Simple Favor director Paul Feig is back this Christmas with a twisty psychological thriller based on Freida McFadden’s bestselling novel. Sydney Sweeney stars as Millie, a struggling young woman looking for a fresh start. When she accepts a job as a housemaid for a wealthy couple, Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew (Drop’s Brandon Sklenar), she discovers their secrets may be far more dangerous than her own. Rebecca Sonnenshine (“The Boys”) adapts McFadden’s psychological thriller novel, which has two sequel novels, for the big screen.

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Fantastic Fest 2025 opens in spectacular fashion, featuring the world premiere of Paramount’s Primate, from director Johannes Roberts (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, The Strangers: Prey at Night), in which a group of friends’ tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival. Featuring an incredible ensemble cast led by Johnny Sequoyah and Oscar®-winning Troy Kotsur, look for the horror movie filled with gory mayhem to arrive in theaters January 9, 2026.

The closing night film will be the world premiere of Independent Film Company and Shudder’s horror film Whistle, from director Corin Hardy (The Nun, The Hallow) and writer Owen Edgerton. A group of high-school students discover an ancient Aztec death whistle that unleashes a deadly curse upon their town. As the teens are hunted down one by one to meet their deaths in spectacularly gruesome ways, it’s a race against time to discover how to stop the demonic force before it’s too late.

Also look for exciting titles like Black Phone 2, Bryan Bertino’s Vicious, Shelby Oaks, The Strangers – Chapter 2, and Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon among the insanely packed lineup. Beyond the premieres and screenings, also look for the following:

• Castle Rat will bring their medieval heavy metal antics for the opening night party, presented by Shudder.
• A celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Masters Of Horror, featuring Mick Garris, Don Coscarelli, and Ernest Dickerson in conversation.
• A fundraiser for The Transgender Film Center, with exclusive merch from Super Yaki.
• Live events throughout the week including a Ghoulish Book Fair, a medieval drag show hosted by the legendary Louisianna Purchase, Doug Benson’s Movie Interruption, an exclusive collection of video oddities from The Found Footage Festival, and more.
• And finally, Fantastic Fest classics like the Fantastic Feud, the Fantastic Debates, and an epic Closing Night Party at a secret location to close out the week.

Read on for the full feature lineup:

13 DAYS TILL SUMMER
Poland, 2025
International Premiere, 80 min
Director – Bartosz M. Kowalski
Two siblings and their friends fight for survival when a masked killer breaks into their home, intent on hunting them down one by one.

ANGEL’S EGG
Japan, 1985
US Premiere of 4K Restoration, 73 min
Director – Mamoru Oshii
The 4K restoration of Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano’s masterpiece, ANGEL’S EGG, lands on our screens for its US premiere four decades after its initial release.

APPOFENIACS
USA, 2025
North American Premiere, 88 min
Director – Chris Marrs Piliero
The use of AI technology reaches its most violent and bloody conclusion after a series of deepfake videos are unleashed into the world.

BAD HAIRCUT
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 110 min
Director – Kyle Misak
On what will become the strangest night of his life, Billy’s new haircut escalates into a fight for survival as the eccentric behavior of his local barber, Mick, slowly gives way to reveal a deeply troubled mind.

BEAST OF WAR
Australia, 2025
North American Premiere, 87 min
Director – Kiah Roache-Turner
Australia, WWII. After escaping their sinking ship, a group of Aussie soldiers left adrift on a life raft find themselves hunted by a relentless, deadly great white shark.

BEFORE THE FALL
Spain, 2008
World Premiere of Chroma’s 4K Restoration, 93 min
Director – F. Javier Gutierrez
A 4K restoration of BEFORE THE FALL, the previously hard-to-find seminal work from Fantastic Fest alumnus F. Javier Gutiérrez, is an apocalyptic sci-fi horror that will scare you for at least tres días.

BLACK PHONE 2
Canada, 2025
World Premiere, 114 min
Director – Scott Derrickson
Four years ago, Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of the Grabber. But true evil transcends death…As Gwen begins to receive calls in her dreams from the black phone and experience disturbing visions, her determination to solve the mystery will lead her and Finn to a snowed-in winter camp and a shattering discovery about the Grabber and their own family’s history.

BODY BLOW
Australia, 2025
World Premiere, 99 min
Director – Dean Francis
An undercover cop finds his commitment to the force tested when he falls for a young twink deep in debt to a vicious drug lord in this kinky neon-noir.

BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR
USA, 1990
World Premiere of 4K Restoration, 96 min
Director – Brian Yuzna
Dr. Herbert West’s existential crisis… err… quest to create life continues in this cult classic, lovingly restored in 4K, as he and fellow doctor turned mad scientist Dan Cain attempt to create the perfect woman.

BULK
UK, 2025
North American Premiere, 92 min
Director – Ben Wheatley
Ben Wheatley is back with a truly unique and genre-bending film that will take you through a kaleidoscopic lo-fi sci-fi fever dream.

CAMP
Canada, 2025
World Premiere, 111 min
Director – Avalon Fast
Emily takes a job as a counselor at a summer camp and finds a coven of witches ready to show her a path to healing.

CHOCOLATE (Presented by AGFA)
Thailand, 2008
35mm Screening, 110 min
Director – Prachya Pinkaew
AGFA presents a 35mm screening of the 21st century Thai martial arts classic.

CINEMA RECOMPOSED – YEAR ONE: The Work of Max Fleischer
World Premiere Special Event, 75 min
Composers – Alana Reale, Eloise NG, Fiona Gerhke, Iggy Rosado, Kevin Leysath II, Riya Kumar, & Somesh Yatham
Seven composers between the ages of 17 and 24 compose new scores for silent classics under the mentorship of some of the industry’s top professionals.

COYOTES
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 91 min
Director – Colin Minihan
A kinetic thriller with teeth led by real-life partners Justin Long and Kate Bosworth.

THE CRAMPS: A PERIOD PIECE
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 89 min
Director – Brooke H. Cellars
A vibrant collision of horror, comedy, and aching personal truth as seen through the eyes of a young woman dealing with the pain of her menstrual cramps.

CRAZY OLD LADY
Argentina, Spain, 2025
World Premiere, 94 min
Director – Martín Mauregui
A man is held captive by his ex-girlfriend’s senile mother, who mistakes him for her husband from the time of the Argentine dictatorship after forgetting to take her medication.

THE CREEP TAPES Season 2 (Two Episodes)
USA, 2025
World Premiere
Director – Patrick Brice
Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, writers and executive producers of the fan favorite CREEP franchise, are back for an exclusive first look at two episodes from the series’ highly anticipated second season, which will continue to unravel the mind of this secluded serial killer (Duplass) who lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life. Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer’s questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake.

CRUEL JAWS (Presented by AGFA)
Italy, 1995
Texas Premiere of Restoration, 93 min
Director – Bruno Mattei
AGFA presents Severin Film’s brand-new restoration of Bruno Mattei’s frenetic Italian ripoff of the original sharktastic classic.

CRUSHED
UK, 2025
North American Premiere, 101 min
Director – Simon Rumley
A family is suddenly thrust into an unimaginable nightmare when their young daughter is kidnapped. As they relentlessly search for her, they uncover a dark underbelly of society that will shake them to their core.

THE CURSE
Japan, Taiwan, 2025
World Premiere, 94 min
Director – Kenichi Ugana
A Japanese girl, Riko, travels to Taiwan to track down the motive behind a friend’s bizarre death, which seems linked to strange social media posts in this violent curse movie.

DAWNING
Norway, 2025
World Premiere, 109 min
Director – Patrik Syversen
Norwegian director Patrik Syversen weaves an unsettling, genre-bending tale of terror set deep in the isolated Nordic wilderness.

DEATHGASM 2: GOREMAGEDDON
New Zealand, Canada, 2025
World Premiere, 102 min
Director – Jason Lei Howden
DEATHGASM is fucking back, baby, and the only way Brodie can win the Battle of the Bands is to bring his band back from the dead. This time the fiery furnaces of Satan’s anus have brought forth nothing short of a GOREMAGEDDON.

DEATHSTALKER
Canada, 2025
North American Premiere, 99 min
Director – Steven Kostanski
When a ruthless warrior named Deathstalker steals a mysterious amulet from a dying man, he’s unwillingly thrust into a quest to stop the dark sorcerer Necromemnon and save the world from destruction.

DECORADO
Spain, 2025
World Premiere, 95 min
Director – Alberto Vázquez
The team behind UNICORN WARS returns with the feature-length adaptation of Alberto Vázquez’s DECORADO for a darkly comic reflection on the artifices ruling our lives.

DILDO HEAVEN
USA, 2002
World Premiere of Restoration, 79 min
Director – Doris Wishman
Three young roommates, Lisa, Beth, and Tess, share the same goal of hooking up with their respective male bosses in this unreleased—and newly preserved—final film from the legendary “Queen of Sexploitation,” Doris Wishman.

DINNER TO DIE FOR (Burnt Ends Selection)
South Africa, 2025
World Premiere, 75 min
Director – Diana Mills Smith
Diana Mills Smith goes off-menu for her first feature. A sexy culinary horror meets true crime fantasy role-play that will leave you licking your lips.

DISFORIA
Spain, 2025
World Premiere, 82 min
Director – Christopher Cartagena
Live-streamed games of torture on the dark web collide with a desperate mother’s fight for survival.

DOLLY
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 84 min
Director – Rod Blackhurst
A young woman, Macy, fights for survival after being abducted by a deranged, monster-like figure who wants to raise Macy as their child. A daring blend of New French Extremity and 1970s American horror.

DON’T LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE
Mèxico, 2025
US Premiere, 97 min
Director – Emilio Portes
Brothers Matías and Emiliano are left to their own devices in their new family home—what starts off as an exciting adventure quickly gives way to the existing fraternal tension and turns into a nightmare in this chilling psychological horror.

DRACULA
Romania, 2025
North American Premiere, 170 min
Director – Radu Jude
Radu Jude, arguably Romania’s greatest living filmmaker, sinks his teeth into redefining Dracula for a new generation. In 14 chapters and over the course of three hours, Jude holds nothing back, especially genitalia.

EMBALMER (Presented by AGFA)
USA, 1996
World Premiere of Preservation, 83 min
Director – S. Torriano Berry
AGFA presents a new preservation of the essential ’90s horror gem with director S. Torriano Berry in person.

THE EVIL THAT BINDS US
Chile, Mexico, 2025
World Premiere, 97 min
Director – Nico Postiglione
In 1950s rural Chile, 13-year-old Daniel is sent to live with his German relatives while his father is away on business—only to clash with their rigid ways and uncover a dark secret that ignites his fury.

FIND YOUR FRIENDS
USA, Italy, 2025
US Premiere, 93 min
Director – Izabel Pakzad
A girls trip goes terribly wrong in this exciting first feature that’s part hangout film, part revenge thriller.

FOLIES MEURTRIÈRES (Presented by BLEEDING SKULL)
France, 1984
World Premiere, 49 min
Director – Antoine Pellissier
Bleeding Skull presents a restoration of the dreamlike 1980s slasher from France.

THE FORBIDDEN CITY
Italy, 2025
US Premiere, 138 min
Director – Gabriele Mainetti
A martial artist, an Italian chef, a gangster, and about a hundred henchmen walk into a Chinese restaurant. Fighting ensues.

FREAKED
USA, 1994
World Premiere of 4K Restoration, 80 min
Directors – Tom Stern & Alex Winter
Show business collides with carnival magic when a vain megastar, his pal, and a bleeding-heart environmentalist are transformed into the latest attractions at a mad scientist’s freak show in Alex Winter and Tom Stern’s Gen X surrealist comic cavalcade.

FUCK MY SON!
USA, 2025
US Premiere, 96 min
Director – Todd Rohal
Irreverent does not even begin to describe this X-rated adaptation of Johnny Ryan’s eponymous graphic novel. Kidnapped by a deranged old woman, a young mother looks for the least unpleasant way to save herself and her daughter.

HAUNTED HEIST
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 87 min
Director – Lil Rel Howery
Four dysfunctional ex-friends reunite at a shady Airbnb—only to learn one of them dragged the others there to help steal a hidden antique. Too bad the place is haunted by racist ghosts.

HER WILL BE DONE
France, Poland, 2025
North American Premiere, 99 min
Director – Julia Kowalski
Nawojka has a secret. Well, two, if you count her confusing crush on the bad girl next door, but mostly it’s the inescapable, blood-craving curse she inherited from her mother.

HIDE AND GO SHRIEK
USA, 1988
World Premiere of 4K Restoration, 90 min
Director – Skip Schoolnik
A group of teens lock themselves inside a furniture store to party after graduation, unaware that a killer is lurking among the mannequins. As the lights go out, the night turns into a deadly game of hide-and-seek as they fight to survive.

THE HOLY BOY
Italy, Slovenia, 2025
International Premiere, 125 min
Director – Paolo Strippoli
After the loss of his son, Sergio accepts a teaching position in a quiet Italian town—where he meets a boy with a mysterious ability to ease his grief.

HONEY BUNCH
Canada, 2025
US Premiere, 113 min
Directors – Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli
Is your love strong enough? The filmmaking duo behind VIOLATION returns with a gauzy, fragmented throwback to ‘70s psychodramas.

THE ICE TOWER
France, 2025
US Premiere, 118 min
Director – Lucile Hadžihalilović
A runaway orphan finds refuge within a surreal film set in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s haunting, dreamlike reimagining of The Snow Queen—a hypnotic tale of identity, obsession, and cinematic enchantment.

IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
USA, 2025
Texas Premiere, 113 min
Writer-Director – Mary Bronstein
Cast – Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, with Christian Slater and A$AP Rocky
With her life crashing down around her, Linda (Rose Byrne) attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.

LUGER
Spain, 2025
World Premiere, 95 min
Director – Bruno Martín
Two low-level fixers contend with an art collector, a greedy lawyer, a pack of Neo-Nazis, and a host of other shady characters when they end up in possession of a valuable German Luger in this bloody thriller.

LUNATIC: THE LUNA VACHON STORY
Canada, 2025
International Premiere, 105 min
Director – Kate Kroll
Chaos reigns in this documentary exploring the life, mental health, and career of longtime fan-favorite wrestler Luna Vachon as she struggles to balance being a wife, mother, and pioneer of legitimate women’s wrestling.

MĀRAMA
New Zealand, 2025
US Premiere, 89 min
Director – Taratoa Stappard
A Dark Sky Films & Watermelon Pictures release
Mary, a young Māori woman, travels to Victorian England after receiving a letter promising information about her birth parents. As she peels back the layers of colonial deceit, Mary is driven to avenge her shattered ancestry.

MEAT KILLS
The Netherlands, 2025
World Premiere, 86 min
Director – Martijn Smits
The night takes a dark turn when a group of activists break into a pig farm to free mistreated animals and find themselves face-to-face with an extremely angry farmer.

MOTHER OF FLIES
USA, 2025
US Premiere, 93 min
Directors – Toby Poser, John Adams, & Zelda Adams
A young woman suffering from a life-threatening illness ventures deep into the woods to seek the help of a mystical healer offering an unconventional cure.

NESTING
Canada, Switzerland, 2025
International Premiere, 103 min
Director – Chloé CINQ-MARS
A new mother is plagued by visions as her life spirals out of control.

NIGHT PATROL
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 104 min
Director – Ryan Prows
An LAPD officer assigned to his old neighborhood is drawn back into gang life after his brother witnesses a brutal murder linked to the city’s infamous gang task force.

NIGHT STAGE
Brazil, 2025
Texas Premiere, 117 min
Directors – Marcio Reolon & Filipe Matzembacher
A young actor competes with his roommate and fellow actor for a coveted role while striking up a charged relationship with a closeted politician with a fetish for sex in public places.

OBSESSION
USA, 2025
US Premiere, 112 min
Director – Curry Barker
A desperate wish for love goes terribly wrong in this horrific cautionary tale from Director Curry Barker.

PENANCE (Burnt Ends Selection)
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 117 min
Director – Nikolas Pelekai
A blood-soaked tale of brotherhood and retribution. Guaranteed to be the most fists flying in 2025.

THE PIANO ACCIDENT
France, 2025
North American Premiere, 88 min
Director – Quentin Dupieux
A social media star hides out in a mountain chalet looking for respite when a call from a ruthless journalist drastically alters the course of her solitary getaway.

THE PLAGUE
Romania, USA, 2025
North American Premiere, 95 min
Director – Charlie Polinger
It’s survival of the fittest at a pre-teen summer water polo camp, where rigid hierarchies and social alienation give way to psychological torment in Charlie Polinger’s searing and masterful debut feature.

PRIMATE
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 89 min
Director – Johannes Roberts
A group of friends’ tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival.

REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND
Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, France, 2025
Texas Premiere, 87 min
Directors – Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani
An aging superspy with a fading memory recounts his past life in this stylish blast of Euro hyper-pulp from masters Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani.

THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR
Ireland, 2025
World Premiere, 90 min
Director – Glenn McQuaid
After losing both hands in an accident, Boyd Grayson becomes the prime candidate for an experimental replacement procedure in this queer, campy, erotic horror.

ROAD TO VENDETTA
Hong Kong, Japan, 2025
World Premiere, 108 min
Director – NJO Kui Ying
From the mean streets of Hong Kong to the nightclubs of Tokyo, a lone unnamed assassin tears a bloody swathe through Asia’s neon-drenched underworld in this eye-catching debut from a noteworthy new voice in genre filmmaking.

SHELBY OAKS
USA, 2025
US Premiere, 91 min
Director – Chris Stuckmann
A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

SHRINE OF ABOMINATIONS (Burnt Ends Selection)
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 38 min
Directors – Skinner & Ross Kennedy
A stop-motion cosmic horror from artists Skinner and Ross Kennedy.

SILENCIO
Spain, 2025
North American Premiere, 56 min
Director – Eduardo Casanova
Generations of vampires face persecution, meditate on the nature of human disease, and fall in love in this stylish, century-spanning tale of blood.

SILVER SCREAMERS
Canada, 2025
World Premiere, 94 min
Director – Sean Cisterna
When filmmaker Sean Cisterna discovers a subsidy to support senior activities, he rallies a group of retirement home residents to create a horror short film.

SIRÂT
France, Spain, 2025
US Premiere, 115 min
Director – Oliver Laxe
A father and his son journey to an illegal rave party south of Morocco, searching for his missing daughter. As they follow a group of ravers deeper into the desert, trouble begins to unfold.

SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE
Finland, USA, 2025
World Premiere, 88 min
Director – Jalmari Helander
A wall-to-wall cinematic action event, a sequel to the original sleeper hit SISU. Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” (Jorma Tommila) dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the Red Army commander who killed his family (Stephen Lang from DON’T BREATHE) comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues – a fight to the death, full of clever, unbelievable action set pieces.

SKYLINE: WARPATH
UK, France, Indonesia, 2025
World Premiere, 96 min
Director – Liam O’Donnell
Iko Uwais leads a group of humans in a fight against an extraterrestrial threat in the latest installment in the SKYLINE franchise, bringing Scott Adkins along for the no-holds-barred, action mega-brawl.

THE STRANGERS – CHAPTER 2
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 98 min
Director – Renny Harlin
The Strangers are back – more brutal and relentless than ever. When they learn that one of their victims, Maya (Madelaine Petsch), is still alive, they return to finish what they’ve started. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya must survive another horrific chapter of terror as The Strangers – driven by a senseless, unceasing purpose – pursue her, more than willing to kill anyone who stands in their way.

THEATER IS DEAD (Burnt Ends Selection)
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 88 min
Director – Katherine Dudas
When a young would-be starlet lands the lead in a prestigious production, she quickly finds the dark side of the limelight. Who knew such a large intersection existed between theater kids and horror freaks?

TIE MAN (Burnt Ends Selection)
Canada, 2024
International Premiere, 99 min
Director – Rémi Fréchette
The psychotronic vigilante revenge rollercoaster we have all been waiting to ride. If Frank Henenlotter and David Cronenberg remade ROBOCOP, they would only be edging on TIE MAN.

THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
Portugal, France, 2025
World Premiere, 100 min
Director – Eugène Green
Gaspard, a teenager from the suburbs of Lisbon, falls into the hands of the Ogre, a man who has made a pact with the Devil.

A USEFUL GHOST
Thailand, 2025
US Premiere, 130 min
Director – Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
A luminous genre hybrid that blends supernatural fantasy with dark romantic comedy and heartfelt human drama.

V/H/S/HALLOWEEN
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 115 min
Directors – Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza, Anna Zlokovic
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.

VICIOUS
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 103 min
Director – Bryan Bertino
When Polly (Dakota Fanning) receives a mysterious Box from an unexpected late-night visitor, it comes with a simple instruction: place three things inside: something you need, something you hate, and something you love. What begins as a strange ritual quickly unravels into a waking nightmare. Trapped in a terrifying world where reality bends and memory betrays, Polly must navigate a series of impossible choices. As time slips away, she’s forced to confront the darkness not just around her, but within her—before it consumes everything and everyone she’s ever known.

THE VILE
UAE, USA, 2025
World Premiere, 97 min
Director – Majid Al Ansari
Amani, a devoted wife and mother, finds her life slowly unraveling when her husband returns home with a second wife—bringing with her an insidious darkness that begins to infiltrate every aspect of Amani’s existence.

WHEN WE WERE LIVE
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 93 min
Director – John Spottswood Moore
Austin, Texas is home to the oldest continuously operating public access TV station in the country, and this documentary celebrates the original creators who made the station such a vibrant, unique community.

WHISTLE
Canada, Ireland, 2025
World Premiere, 85 min
Director – Corin Hardy
A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.

A WOMAN CALLED MOTHER
Indonesia, 2025
World Premiere, 119 min
Director – Randolph Zaini
Vira and her family move to a new city for a fresh start after a difficult few years, but the demon following them will force them to confront their most primal fears.

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Shelby Oaks has been rated “R” for “violent content/gore, suicide and language.”

A traditional narrative that incorporates found footage elements, the supernatural horror film hits theaters on October 3. Watch the previously released trailer for Shelby Oaks below.

Shelby Oaks is about missing paranormal investigators, the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later. The film’s official synopsis continues…

“As Mia uncovers new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to her and Riley’s childhood.”

Horror master Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, “The Fall of the House of Usher”) recently came on board the upcoming Shelby Oaks as an executive producer. Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Pictures joined the team as producers.

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A traditional narrative that incorporates found footage elements, the supernatural horror film hits theaters on October 3. Watch the official trailer for Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks below.

Shelby Oaks is about missing paranormal investigators, the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later. The film’s official synopsis continues…

“As Mia uncovers new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to her and Riley’s childhood.”

Horror master Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, “The Fall of the House of Usher”) recently came on board the upcoming Shelby Oaks as an executive producer. Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Pictures joined the team as producers.

The cast includes Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk), Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island), Keith David (The Thing), Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone With You) and Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing). Derek Mears (Friday the 13th 2009) will also play a role in the movie.

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The trailer is set to make its way online on Monday, but it’s reportedly attached to screenings of Together in theaters now.

A traditional narrative that incorporates found footage elements, the supernatural horror film hits theaters on October 3.

Shelby Oaks is about missing paranormal investigators, the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later.

As Mia finds new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to their childhood.

Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett, Keith David, and Derek Mears star.

Shelby Oaks is the highest-funded horror film in Kickstarter history with over $1.3 million raised. Following the campaign, Mike Flanagan joined the project as an executive producer via his Intrepid Pictures.

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Indiewire’s report also notes that NEON supplied Stuckmann with additional funds to shoot new material after they picked up the movie last year, upping the film’s “gore and violence.”

The outlet details, “The new footage recontextualizes some of the original story, but the name of the game for Stuckmann and Koontz was fleshing out the practical effects.”

Additionally, “Creature actor Derek Mears, famous for playing Jason Voorhees in the 2009 Friday the 13th reboot, joined the cast in an undisclosed role.”

Horror master Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, “The Fall of the House of Usher”) recently came on board the upcoming Shelby Oaks as an executive producer. Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Pictures joined the team as producers.

The cast for Shelby Oaks includes Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk), Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island), Keith David (The Thing), Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone With You) and Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing).

“Shot as a traditional feature, but with some elements of found footage, Shelby Oaks is a horror film about missing paranormal investigators (the paranormal paranoids), the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later.

“As Mia uncovers new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to her and Riley’s childhood.”

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NEON has acquired worldwide rights to the found footage horror movie, which is World Premiering at Fantasia this week. No word yet on a wide release date. Stay tuned for more.

Horror master Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, “The Fall of the House of Usher”) recently came on board the upcoming Shelby Oaks as an executive producer. Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Pictures have joined the team.

The cast for Shelby Oaks will include Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk), Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island), Keith David (The Thing), Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone With You) and Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing).

So what is Shelby Oaks about, you ask? Here’s the synopsis…

“Shot as a traditional feature, but with some elements of found footage, Shelby Oaks is a horror film about missing paranormal investigators (the paranormal paranoids), the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later.

“As Mia uncovers new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to her and Riley’s childhood.”

Stuckmann wrote and will be directing Shelby Oaks for Paper Street Pictures.

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The festival’s full lineup will be announced on July 3, but in the meantime, Fantasia 2024 has revealed a select first wave of premiere titles. With premieres for Chuck Russell’s Witchboard remake, the Mike Flanagan-presented found footage Shelby Oaks, the latest from La Llorona filmmaker Jayro Bustamante and more, Fantasia’s shaping up to have another can’t miss slate of films.

The first wave of select titles, from the press release:

WITCHBOARD

From A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS and the beloved1988 remake of THE BLOB to THE MASK, ERASER, and THE SCORPION KING, director Chuck Russell has no shortage of imaginative fantasy/horror classics under his belt. Now he returns to the genre he’s marked so brilliantly with a radical reinvention of Kevin S. Tenney’s 1986 Canadian cult favorite WITCHBOARD. Emily (Madison Iseman, ANNABELLE COMES HOME) and her fiancé Christian (Aaron Dominguez, Hulu’s Only Murderers in the Building) discover an ancient Wiccan artifact, a pendulum board, as they prepare to open a bistro in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Emily becomes obsessed with the board’s powers, exposing her to the ancient spirit of the Queen of Witches. Desperate to help his fiancé, Christian seeks the advice of occult expert Alexander Babtiste (Jamie Campbell Bower, Netflix’s Stranger Things, the TWILIGHT saga), but Babtiste has dark secrets of his own. Shot in Montreal by cinematographer Yaron Levy (UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING). Also starring David La Haye (TRUE NORTH), Charlie Tahan (Netflix’s Ozark), Antonia Desplat (AppleTV+’s Shantaram), and Mel Jarnson (MORTAL KOMBAT). World Premiere. 

SHELBY OAKS

A woman’s desperate search for her long-lost sister, a famous YouTuber who investigated paranormal happenings, falls into obsession upon realizing that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real. After a successful Kickstarter campaign that broke records across the platform, the highly anticipated feature debut feature from YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann is finally here and ready to scare the pants off the world. SHELBY OAKS delivers in all departments. Starring Camille Sullivan (HUNTER HUNTER), Brendan Sexton III (DON’T BREATHE 2), Sarah Durn (RENFIELD), Keith David (THE THING, NOPE), and Michael Beach (AQUAMAN). Produced by Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns, and Ashleigh Snead, and Executive Produced by Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy, among others. World Premiere.

INFINITE SUMMER 

Estonia-based Miguel Llansó (CRUMBS, JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY) is a singular gift to cinema. Fantasia is proud to be bringing the visionary iconoclast back to Montreal for the World Premiere of what may be his most compelling creation yet: INFINITE SUMMER, a trippy transhumanist sci-fi exploration vibrant with humor, poignancy, and gonzo invention. On a summer break, Mia and her friends try a meditation app that that’s somehow related to the operating system of the Tallinn Zoo, changing in the body chemistry of its users into something between pollen and cosmic dust. Mia will need to choose between saving her friends or joining them.  An astonishing film, produced by legendary US producing partners Allison Rose Carter and Jon Read (EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, AMERICAN HONEY), Rain Rannu (CHASING UNICORNS, THE INVISIBLE FIGHT), and Tõnu Hiielaid (KRATT), and Llansó himself, starring Hannah Gross (Netflix’s Mindhunter), Johanna Rosin, and Teele Kaljuvee-O’Brock.  World Premiere.

CONFESSION

Every Winter since Sayuri’s tragic disappearance sixteen years ago, Asai and Jiyong climb the mountain where it happened to honor her memory. However, an intense blizzard and a catastrophic injury convince Jiyong he’s done for and, before forcing Asai to leave him to die, he shares a devastating revelation. Asai returns, however, after finding a nearby cabin and now, isolated for the night, the two have to deal with Jiyong’s not-so-last words… the hard way. Two award-winning Fantasia legends, director Nobuhiro Yamashita (LA LA LA AT ROCK BOTTOM) and actor/writer/director Yang Ik-june (BREATHLESS), along with superstar Toma Ikuta (THE MOLE SONG trilogy), team up to adapt a beloved manga into a narrative and technical achievement, one of the best single-location thrillers ever created. With stellar performances and masterful direction using every inch of his set to generate maximum tension, CONFESSION flirts with perfection at every level – and must be experienced in a theatre. North American Premiere.

RITA 

Following up on the international success of his brilliant LA LLORONA (2019), director Jayro Bustamante’s RITA fuses mythical fantasy and whimsical imagery with themes of childhood innocence and the potent emotional register of a story based on a harrowing real life event, wherein 41 young women needlessly burned to death inside a Guatemalan orphanage in the midst of a protest about inhumane conditions. At its core is the powerful performance of Guiliana Santa Cruz, who speaks for all the young women who suffered. As a result, the story speaks much to the power of female anger, and yet, not once does the director lose sense of the fact that at its heart, Rita’s tale is one of girlhood, of dreams, of an innocence lost, and regained within the bosom of female solidarity. World Premiere.

THIS MAN 

An inexplicable wave of tragic deaths plunges two investigators into the heart of a fateful whirlwind, where logic and facts have no value as a far-fetched urban legend seems to come true. A mother plagued by terrifying dreams, seeing her friends and colleagues disappear one after the other, and her family witness the horror unfold. Director and screenwriter Tomojiro Amano (TRAPPED IN MAKYO) skillfully fuses the styles of Eastern and Western classics, referencing RINGU, IT FOLLOWS, and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET among others, to create an intimate, oppressive work that constantly keeps viewers on the edge of their seats as it slowly and subtly unveils the pandemic-like slaughter outside. At the crest of the international horror-film harvest of 2024, already a banner year, THIS MAN is sure to lodge itself in viewers’ memories. With such potential, a Hollywood remake wouldn’t be surprising. International Premiere.

DARK MATCH

After his success with the WOLF COP films, Canadian filmmaker Lowell Dean switches it up and takes horror to the ring! When small-time wrestlers get a big payday for a private gig, they jump at the chance for fame and fortune, but the event, run by a mysterious leader who calls himself “The Prophet,” demands plenty of blood on the mats and involves a sinister, demonic deal! Set in the wrestling heyday of the 80s, DARK MATCH is an action-packed rumble on the ropes shot by acclaimed cinematographer Karim Hussain (INFINITY POOL, POSSESSOR). Starring wrestling legend Chris Jericho as the charismatic leader of its bloodthirsty cult, Ayisha Issa (TRANSPLANT), and Steven Ogg (AMC’s The Walking Dead), you’ll get more than your share of intrigue, action, and gore inside this ring! Septentrion Shadows section. World Premiere.

A SAMURAI IN TIME 

An Edo-period swordsman is flung into the future, arriving in modern Kyoto to confront utter confusion—and an acting career. The medieval warrior transported to modern times is a variant of the time-travel subgenre that has been explored many times around the world. Award-winning writer/director Junichi Yasuda (GOHAN), however, offers a take on the theme that’s not only clever, funny, and distinctly Japanese, but remarkably poignant. Shot on location at Toei Studios Kyoto, A SAMURAI IN TIME is held together by the subtle and convincing performance of lead actor Makiya Yamaguchi. More than just a fun fish-out-of-water fantasy, it’s an homage to samurai cinema as it wanes as surely as the shogunate once did. International Premiere.

THE DEAD THING

A young woman, lost in a series of meaningless connections through dating apps, falls in love with a charismatic man who is hiding a dark secret that turns her affair into a dangerous obsession. Smart, tragic and unsettling, Pure Cinema host Elric Kane’s first solo-directed feature is a character-driven supernatural nightmare that explores the demons of modern dating in ways that are both horrific and disturbingly relatable.  Swipe right on this profound piece of genre cinema that is destined to become a horror classic. Staring Blu Hunt (Netflix’s Another Life), Ben Smith-Petersen (MAD MAX: FURY ROAD), Katherine Hughes (ECHO 3), and John Karna (SCREAM). Co-Written by Webb Wilcoxen (The Frontier). Produced by Monte Yazzie, Matt Mercer (BLISS), and Rebekah McKendry (GLORIOUS). World Premiere.

MASH VILLE

Someone has died after drinking the bootleg liquor brewed by Se-jong and his two younger brothers. While on a mission to retrieve their deadly booze before another person perishes from it, they come across two homicidal cultists who are terrorizing the villagers. The love that director Hwang Wook (LIVE HARD, DOG EAT DOG) harbors for the Western, action, and comedy genres shines through from start to finish with stylish cinematography, quirky characters, and an incredibly entertaining screenplay. Most importantly, pitch-black humor abounds. Hwang and company commit to their absurdity, and it’s an absolute blast, a genre-mashing crowd-pleaser sure to be a Korean cult classic as time goes on. World Premiere.

ELECTROPHILIA 

A woman wakes up from a coma six weeks after being struck by lightning and finds herself compulsively drawn to electric currents as her body’s workings begin to change. She soon joins an underground support group of strike survivors led by a dangerously charismatic doctor, opening a doorway into unexpected new explorations. A gripping, sensorial experience with a visceral emotional core, ELECTROPHILIA is the latest creation from Cannes-award-winning Argentinian filmmaker and novelist Lucía Puenzo (THE FISH CHILD, XXY). Reminiscent of CRASH-era Cronenberg, it is a subversive and beautiful genre work, a different kind of self-discovery tale, and a new breed of dramatic thriller. Starring Mariana Di Girolamo (Pablo Larrain’s EMA), German Palacios (EL RAPTO), and Guillermo Pfening (THE GERMAN DOCTOR). North American Premiere.

PENALTY LOOP 

Left bereft by the wanton and inexplicable murder of his girlfriend, Jun chooses his own justice, carefully planning the perfect murder of the man who led him to become what he wants to eliminate. Once the vengeance is consummated, he wakes up with a confirmed sense of déjà-vu and his target alive and well, repeating the same routine as the day before. Offering a breathless, dark, and innovative variation on the time-loop concept, writer/director Shinji Araki (THE TOWN OF HEADCOUNTS) establishes himself as a sure thing in contemporary Japanese genre cinema with this unpredictable, shocking narrative that constantly twists and turns toward a conclusion that’s as satisfying as it is devastating. Carried by a convincing duo of actors in perfect sync, PENALTY LOOP is an accomplishment condemning Araki to return to the forefront with each of his future projects. North American Premiere.

HELL HOLE

A road trip through Canadian oil fields conjured up fantasies of secrets deep in the dirt for the Adams family, and inspired them to create HELL HOLE, an indie rock-n-roll monster movie set at a far-away fracking site. Known for their DIY ethos, John and Lulu Adams and Toby Poser, partnering with Shudder, have joined the team behind The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs and FX legend Todd Masters to shoot their latest in Serbia with a local cast and crew. Absurd, mutinous, and transgressively comical, Hell Hole is old-school sci-fi horror, yet in typical family fashion, they subvert the genre with textures of biological and environmental horror in tandem with questions of gender and bodily autonomy. This will be the fourth time that Fantasia World Premieres work from the gifted filmmaking family, following launches of THE DEEPER YOU DIG, HELLBENDER, and WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS. World Premiere.

DEAD DEAD FULL DEAD 

Junior police officers Balraam and Zubeida make a cute couple, but not the most diligent detectives. Called to a posh apartment tower to investigate a reported murder, the seemingly straightforward case quickly becomes a conundrum that would confuse even Sherlock Holmes. When the victim herself returns from the afterlife, matters become even more muddled, and soon enough the question isn’t who killed her… but who didn’t?! With the deadpan delirium of his debut feature, Mumbai-based editor and filmmaker Pratul Gaikwad offers a very odd, otherworldly mutation on the much-loved mystery-comedy genre. Featuring paranormal powers and multiple manias, cosmic wonders and covert class warfare, celestial bureaucracy and dysfunctional love, and even a supernaturally transformed goat, Gaikwad’s surreal whodunit offers a bit of everything… except perhaps proper law-enforcement procedure. World Premiere.

VOIVOD: WE ARE CONNECTED 

From the moment they exploded out of Jonquière in the early ‘80s, Voivod have been widely hailed as one of the most original and influential metal bands in the world. Years in the making and produced with full access to the band’s archives, Felipe Belalcazar’s illuminating VOIVOD: WE ARE CONNECTED brings the story of a groundbreaking 40+ year career to the screen with energy, insight, and a palpable sense of love. The long-awaited doc will be launched in the very province that birthed the band and Fantasia couldn’t be more proud. With appearances by Tobias Forge (Ghost), Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth), Jason Newsted (Metallica – and brief Voivod member), Zach Blair (Rise Against, GWAR), Tom G Warrior (Celtic Frost, Triptykon), and Ivan Doroschuk (Men Without Hats), among many others. Docs from the Edge section. World Premiere.

FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA: FROM BIWA LAKE WITH LOVE

After stealing hearts at Fantasia 2019, where FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA won the Audience Award for Best Asian Feature, director Hideki Takeuchi returns to a fantastical version of Japan—“definitely not a portrayal of any actual place”—with a completely original story independent from the ’80s manga from which it takes its name. Japanese music superstar Gackt and co-star Fumi Nikaido are back as Rei and Momomi in FROM BIWA LAKE WITH LOVE, now supported by an equally delightful cast of new characters as they crank up the genre-bending, highly stylized shenanigans that made the first film so unforgettable. Complete with a boys-love triangle, hilarious parodic references including a wacky Willy Wonka number, and the return of its meta story-within-a-story structure, this sequel is a worthy continuation with even more to offer! North American Premiere.

HUNTING DAZE

Lauded following its premiere at SXSW, Annick Blanc’s highly anticipated debut feature finally makes its way home. HUNTING DAZE takes us on a wild trip, following Nina’s (Nahéma Ricci, ANTIGONE) journey as she takes refuge with a rowdy group of men after being stranded in a northern forest. The film plays like a drunken fever dream, exposing a microcosm of masculinity in which one’s desire to belong threatens to upend the group. With dreamy visuals and transfixing performances by a cast of Quebec talent (Marc Beaupré, Alexandre Landry, Bruno Marcil), this is a bachelor weekend unlike any you’ve ever seen. Canadian Premiere.

A second wave of Fantasia 2024 titles will be announced in early June with the festival’s full lineup to be revealed in early July. Ticket sales will commence shortly afterward.

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Deadline reports that horror master Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, “The Fall of the House of Usher”) has come on board the upcoming Shelby Oaks as an executive producer. Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Pictures have joined the team.

Shelby Oaks is currently in post-production, so we expect to hear more soon.

“Intrepid’s films and TV shows have inspired me for years, and it’s a dream come true to work with Mike and Trevor on my first feature,” said Stuckmann. “I’m ecstatic beyond words to partner on the release of Shelby Oaks.”

“For a film that had such a hard time getting going, it’s remarkable the doors that then opened to us,” said Paper Street Pictures producer Aaron B. Koontz. “The success of our Kickstarter followed by the on-going leadership and guidance from Mike, Trevor, and Melinda is beyond anything I could have hoped for.”

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From new adaptations to hotly anticipated sequels, indie darlings, and much more, 2023’s list of horror movies looks incredibly stacked with great offerings.

We’re excited to check out these 35 horror movies in 2023, but perhaps even more excited knowing that this list is only a fraction of what’s in store….

M3GAN – January 6

Get Out’s Allison Williams combats a state-of-the-art A.I. doll in this horror movie directed by award-winning filmmaker Gerard Johnstone (Housebound), from a screenplay by Akela Cooper (Malignant, The Nun 2) and based on a story by Akela Cooper and James Wan.

Candy Land – January 6

This slasher movie written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red) follows “Remy (Olivia Luccardi), a seemingly naïve and devout young woman who finds herself cast out from her religious cult. With no place to turn, she immerses herself in the underground world of truck stop sex workers, a.k.a. “lot lizards,” courtesy of her hosts, Sadie (Sam Quartin), Riley (Eden Brolin), Liv (Virginia Rand), and Levi (Owen Campbell).”

Skinamarink – January 13

The viral horror hit arrives in theaters soon. It follows two kids that wake to find their father gone, so they create a slumber party and play old videotapes to cope. But it soon becomes clear that something is watching them…

There’s Something Wrong with the Children – January 17

Roxanne Benjamin (V/H/S, Southbound) directs this EPIX release that sees a getaway between friends go horrifically awry when a supernatural occurrence leaves the kids behaving strangely. It stars Zach Gilford (The Purge: Anarchy, “Midnight Mass”), Amanda Crew (“Silicon Valley”), Alisha Wainwright, Carlos Santos, Briella Guiza, and David Mattle.

Kids vs. Aliens – January 20

Director Jason Eisener (“Treevenge,” Hobo with a Shotgun, V/H/S/2, and Vice T.V.’s hit “Dark Side of the Ring”) is back next year with the horror/sci-fi movie Kids vs. Aliens. When siblings are left alone on Halloween weekend, a teen house party turns to terror when aliens attack, forcing the kids to band together to survive the night.

Infinity Pool – January 27

James and Em are young, rich, in love, and on vacation. Their all-inclusive resort boasts island tours and gleaming beaches. But outside of the hotel gates awaits something much more dangerous and seductive, beyond the edge of paradise. Brandon Cronenberg’s follow-up to Possessor will star Alexander Skarsgård and Mia Goth.

Knock at the Cabin – February 3

Up next from M. Night Shyamalan is the Paul Tremblay adaptation Knock at the Cabin, which sees a family held hostage and forced to make impossible choices to avert the apocalypse. It’s the first R-rated movie by Shyamalan since The Happening.

Cocaine Bear – February 24

Don’t coke the bear. The Elizabeth Banks-helmed movie is inspired by true events in Kentucky in 1985, and Jimmy Warden wrote it. Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) produced. Expect things to get violent and hilarious.

The Outwaters – February TBD

Despite a familiar initial setup, there’s nothing conventional about found footage nightmare The Outwaters. Nothing will prepare you for the disturbing journey writer/director Robbie Banfitch has in store, either. Banfitch mercilessly lulls viewers with a soothing intro before ripping open a dark abyss beneath them, flinging them into an immersive pit of visceral madness. Look for this one to arrive in theaters before landing exclusively on SCREAMBOX.

Scream VI – March 10

The survivors of Scream 2022 leave Woodsboro behind, only to discover Ghostface isn’t done with them yet. A Scream set in New York City, with the return of Kirby Reed and so much more? We cannot wait to see what’s next from this beloved slasher franchise.

65 – March 17

Sam Raimi has joined forces with A Quiet Place writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods for 65, an original sci-fi thriller starring Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, and Chloe Coleman. Driver brings the big guns to what appears to be a suspenseful battle against dinosaurs.

Holy Shit! – March 21

Lukas Rinker’s bonkers black comedy sees an architect locked inside a portable toilet at a construction site set to detonate. Look for this wild ride to arrive only on SCREAMBOX.

Family Dinner – March 28

Meet a new Easter horror favorite this year. A teenager heads to her Aunt’s farm for Easter, hoping to get help losing weight. She quickly suspects something is deeply amiss…

Enys Men – TBD

This NEON folk horror release is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast, where a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. While it currently has no release date, we’ll likely see this one in the year’s first half.

Living with Chucky – April 4

A full-blown Child’s Play documentary that celebrates the entire franchise, directed by Kyra Elise Gardner. Featuring interviews with cast and crew, including genre icons such as Lin Shaye, Alex Vincent, Jennifer Tilly, franchise creator Don Mancini, and more, expect this doc from SCREAMBOX to tug at your heartstrings.

Renfield – April 14

Nicholas Hoult (The Menu) plays Dracula’s (Nicolas Cage) lackey Renfield, who’s long grown tired of his boss. He finds potential redemption in angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina). Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) helms this modern-set horror-comedy.

The Black Demon – April 21

When oilman Paul Sturges (Josh Lucas) takes his family to Bahia Negra, he unwittingly awakens the Black Demon, a massive black shark hellbent on protecting nature from human threats. Time is of the essence in this killer shark feature.

Evil Dead Rise – April 21

Beth pays an overdue visit to her older sister Ellie, who is raising three kids alone in a cramped L.A. apartment. The sisters’ reunion is cut short by the discovery of a mysterious book deep in the bowels of Ellie’s building, giving rise to flesh-possessing demons and thrusting Beth into a battle for survival as she is faced with the most nightmarish version of motherhood imaginable. Directed by Lee Cronin, the fifth entry in the franchise was initially deemed for streaming but will now head to theaters.

The Blackening – June 16

Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like A Man, Barbershop) and co-written by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Harlem) and Dewayne Perkins (“The Amber Ruffin Show,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), The Blackening skewers genre tropes and poses the question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first? The Juneteenth-set horror-comedy appropriately releases around Juneteenth.

Insidious 5 – July 7

Patrick Wilson returns to the franchise not only to star but to direct as well. The fifth entry sees Josh Lambert (Wilson) dropping his son Dalton (Ty Simpkins) off at college, only to discover Dalton’s past demons haven’t entirely left him. 

Meg 2: The Trench – August 4

Jason Statham will be back as Jonas Taylor in director Ben Wheatley’s (Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England, High-Rise, Rebecca, In the Earth) upcoming sequel to the 2018 action-horror movie The Meg, along with Cliff Curtis, Sophia Cai, and Page Kennedy. Exploring the Mariana Trench should bring the horror.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter – August 11

The latest by André Øvredal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) focuses on a specific chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic novel, with horror stalwart Javier Botet as Dracula. That Demeter was bumped from its January 2023 release to a cushy summer spot bodes well.

Haunted Mansion – August 11

Justin Simien (Dear White People, Bad Hair) is directing a new live-action movie based on the popular Disney attraction. It follows a mother and her son who come across a mansion that is more than it seems while being orbited by various characters key to undressing the spooky mystery.

They Listen – August 25

The upcoming Blumhouse horror movie They Listen is keeping mum on plot details so far. It stars John Cho (Searching) and Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant), which is enough to pique our curiosity.

The Nun 2 – September 8

Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) helms the sequel that’ll reunite Valak (Bonnie Aarons) and Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga). The pair will battle once more, this time in 1956 France.

Saw 10 – October 27

The tenth entry is poised to bring back franchise favorites, including Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) himself, just in time for Halloween. Franchise stalwart Kevin Greutert, who directed the highly regarded Saw VI and Saw: The Final Chapter, and edited Saw I through V and Jigsaw, is directing the project.

Ghostbusters 5 – December 20

After successfully relaunching the franchise with 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Sony Pictures continues the Spengler family saga with the film’s writer and exec producer Gil Kenan (Monster House, Poltergeist) taking over as director.

Beau is Afraid – TBD

Formerly titled Disappointment Blvd., the film is described as “an intimate, decades-spanning portrait of one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time.” Ari Aster’s latest stars Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey, Patti LuPone, and more.

Consecration – TBD

Triangle, Black Death, and The Banishing director Christopher Smith returns to horror with the upcoming supernatural thriller Consecration. Jena Malone and Danny Huston star.

Cuckoo – TBD

Luz director Tilman Singer is back with another horror movie. Plot details remain scarce, but production images suggest a potential slasher. We’re in either way, between Singer and a cast that includes Dan Stevens (The Guest) and Jessica Henwick (Underwater) as well as Hunter Schafer (“Euphoria”), Marton Csókás (Freelance), Greta Fernández (Santo) and Jan Bluthardt (Luz).

Dark Harvest – TBD

Set on Halloween 1963, Norman Partridge’s horror novel Dark Harvest is headed to the big screen with David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, “Hannibal”) directing. Every fall, teen boys in a small Midwestern town participate in a hunt to catch Sawtooth Jack. While Dark Harvest was initially expected to release last year, but a recent R-rating gives us hope this adaptation will finally see release this Halloween season.

MaXXXine – TBD

The third entry in Ti West’s slasher trilogy that began with X and continued with Pearl “follows Maxine (Mia Goth), after the events of X, as the sole survivor who continues her journey towards fame, setting out to make it as an actress in 1980’s Los Angeles.”

Salem’s Lot – TBD

James Wan is producing the new take on Stephen King’s vampire story Salem’s Lot for Warner Bros. and New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) attached to write and direct the film. The plot sees an author return to his hometown, only to find it under the sway of a bloodthirsty vampire. After multiple delays and release date shifts, this reimagining will likely finally see release sometime in 2023.

Shelby Oaks – TBD

YouTube critic Chris Stuckmann’s feature debut follows a paranormal investigation that dates back to childhood and will include found footage elements. It stars Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk), Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island), Keith David (The Thing), Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone with You) and Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing). A recent Kickstarter update suggests we can likely expect this one in Fall 2023.

Time Cut – TBD

The writer and director of slasher-comedy Freaky are reuniting for a young adult horror movie titled Time Cut, with Christopher Landon producing and Michael Kennedy writing the script alongside Sono Patel (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”). Hannah MacPherson (“Into the Dark”) is directing Time Cut, recently described as “Back to the Future meets Scream.” 

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Deadline reports that the cast for Shelby Oaks will include Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk), Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island), Keith David (The Thing), Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone With You) and Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing).

So what is Shelby Oaks about, you ask? Here’s the synopsis…

“Shot as a traditional feature, but with some elements of found footage, Shelby Oaks is a horror film about missing paranormal investigators (the paranormal paranoids), the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later.

“As Mia uncovers new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to her and Riley’s childhood.”

The lead role of Mia is being played by Camille Sullivan.

Stuckmann wrote and will be directing Shelby Oaks for Paper Street Pictures, and he’ll also be documenting the process as a sort of indie filmmaking school for young filmmakers.

Stuckmann promises, “Our behind-the-scenes indie filmmaking experience will offer an open, honest, no-holds-barred look into what it really takes to get an independent feature off the ground. We believe this is something that has never been done before and are excited to share with you the progress that you are enabling by supporting this movie. Whether you have a passionate love of filmmaking, are a die-hard horror fan, or just want to keep up with what Chris is doing, we believe this experience will bring immense value and entertainment.”

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With 37 hours left to go at the time of writing this article – March 25, 2022 at 1:30pm EST – Shelby Oaks has thus far raised a massive $1,100,297 over on Kickstarter!

The original goal amount was $250,000, when the fund was first launched.

Stuckmann notes in the latest update on the project, “We did it, guys. We raised $1 million. You guys literally doubled my *wildest* expectations. I cannot say thank you too many times. The opportunities that are being presented to me now, and to our production company… I just got off a Zoom with this giant studio that wants to read the script.”

So what is Shelby Oaks about, you ask? Here’s the synopsis…

“Shot as a traditional feature, but with some elements of found footage, Shelby Oaks is a horror film about missing paranormal investigators (the paranormal paranoids), the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later.

“As Mia uncovers new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to her and Riley’s childhood.”

Stuckmann wrote and will be directing Shelby Oaks for Paper Street Pictures, and he’ll also be documenting the process as a sort of indie filmmaking school for young filmmakers.

Stuckmann promises, “Our behind-the-scenes indie filmmaking experience will offer an open, honest, no-holds-barred look into what it really takes to get an independent feature off the ground. We believe this is something that has never been done before and are excited to share with you the progress that you are enabling by supporting this movie. Whether you have a passionate love of filmmaking, are a die-hard horror fan, or just want to keep up with what Chris is doing, we believe this experience will bring immense value and entertainment.”

Head over to the Shelby Oaks Kickstarter to learn more and become part of the process today!

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Shelby Oaks, at the time of writing this article, has far surpassed its original $250,000 goal, thus far scaring up a massive $660,000. As Deadline notes, that’s a new record for a horror project on Kickstarter, which over 6,000 individual backers pitching in thus far.

So what is Shelby Oaks about, you ask? Here’s the synopsis…

“Shot as a traditional feature, but with some elements of found footage, Shelby Oaks is a horror film about missing paranormal investigators (the paranormal paranoids), the dark legacy they uncovered, and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia searches for her sister Riley, the lead paranormal investigator, 12 years later.

“As Mia uncovers new and disturbing leads related to Riley’s disappearance, she uncovers evidence of a hidden supernatural evil dating all the way back to her and Riley’s childhood.”

Stuckmann wrote and will be directing Shelby Oaks for Paper Street Pictures, and he’ll also be documenting the process as a sort of indie filmmaking school for young filmmakers.

Stuckmann promises, “Our behind-the-scenes indie filmmaking experience will offer an open, honest, no-holds-barred look into what it really takes to get an independent feature off the ground. We believe this is something that has never been done before and are excited to share with you the progress that you are enabling by supporting this movie. Whether you have a passionate love of filmmaking, are a die-hard horror fan, or just want to keep up with what Chris is doing, we believe this experience will bring immense value and entertainment.”

If Shelby Oaks manages to hit the $750,000 or $1,000,000 landmarks, Stuckmann and the team will unlock extra shooting days as well as additional sets they’ll be able to build.

Head over to Kickstarter to learn more and become part of the process today!

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Announced by Deadline today, Stuckmann is on board to direct a horror movie titled Shelby Oaks for Paper Street Pictures (The Pale Door), a film he’ll also be writing the script for.

“The project will chart the story of a fictional mid-2000’s U.S. paranormal investigative team called The Paranormal Paranoids. Multiple found footage videos have surfaced online in recent months which have prompted horror and ARG (Alternate Reality Game) fans to speculate about the veracity of the case and the whereabouts of the investigators. One video uploaded last week appeared to show the abduction of one of the group, known as Riley.”

Aaron Koontz, Cameron Burns and Ashleigh Snead are producing for Paper Street.

Stuckmann said in a statement, “It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to finally get a film off the ground and when Aaron [Koontz] and I began discussing the potential of this story we immediately jumped at it. There is a reason so many of my fellow YouTubers are talking about this. Shelby Oaks is going to be something fresh yet deeply unnerving.”

Deadline also notes that Stuckmann has “multiple horror scripts in the works.”

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