All episodes of “Crystal Lake” premiere Thursday, October 15, only on Peacock.

The series follows single mother Pam Voorhees, who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?

Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason in “Crystal Lake,” which will tell the origin story of the masked slasher who has stalked the grounds of Crystal Lake for decades.

The show’s cast also includes William Catlett (Abigail), Cameron Scoggins (“Nashville”), Devin Kessler (“Godfather of Harlem”), Gwendolyn Sundstrom, Nick Cordileone (“Warrior”), Joy Suprano (“Fleishman Is in Trouble”), Danielle Kotch (Sinister), Christopher Denham (“Shining Girls”), Nancy Nagrant (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), and Phoenix Parnevik.

Brad Caleb Kane (“IT: Welcome to Derry”) is the showrunner for the series, and describes the series as “a mixtape of genre.”

“Everybody in this world is living in a different genre in their mind,” Kane says, “until they collide with the genre that Pam is in.” Kane clarifies Crystal Lake is “100 percent” still a slasher. What’s more, the series is set in the ’70s.

Though the series will revisit fan-favorites, including Crazy Ralph, the trailer indicates there’s more to Jason’s condition than meets the eye. Based on the clip below, there’s a lot more to his mom, too.

The eight-episode series is set to be directed by Michael Lennox (“Derry Girls”), Celine Held & Logan George (Caddo Lake), and Quyen Tran (“The Pitt”).

 

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The first trailer for Season 2 of Dexter: Resurrection has been released by Paramount+ ahead of the show’s October 30 premiere, which you can see below.

America’s most beloved vigilante’s story continues as Paramount+ unveils the trailer and key art for Season 2 of the SHOWTIME original series Dexter: Resurrection, starring SAG Award honoree and Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under). Dexter: Resurrection returns to Paramount+ on October 30 only on the Premium Plan.

From Emmy-nominated showrunner and executive producer Clyde Phillips, the second season of Dexter: Resurrection finds Dexter Morgan (Hall) caught between two killers — one with decades of notoriety and a lifetime of kills behind him, and the other a fresh young face terrorizing New York in ways no one has ever seen. Meanwhile, Dexter battles a new and unexpected enemy: a mid-life crisis. Harrison (Jack Alcott) continues his own pursuit of justice as father and son face their darkest chapter yet.

Alongside Hall, the series stars returning cast members Uma Thurman, Jack Alcott, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Kadia Saraf, Dominic Fumusa, Desmond Harrington, and James Remar.

Dan Stevens, Emmy winner Bokeem Woodbine, Nona Parker Johnson, and Emmy, Olivier, and Golden Globe winner Brian Cox join Season 2 in series regular roles. Krysten Ritter also returns in a guest starring role and Gabriel Luna joins as a guest star this season.

Part of what makes this series so exciting is how, due to popular demand, the character and the show just can’t seem to die. As with many long-running series that have to wrap up their stories eventually, the series finale of the original Dexter left some fans underwhelmed, so no matter how much these fans loved the show, ending on a lackluster note tainted their memories. When the franchise was revived, we were given Dexter: New Blood and Dexter: Original Sin, both of which only lasted a single season. Resurrection, though, has clearly found a more successful structure and could be just the start of another long-running narrative.

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

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Watch the official FearFest 2026 trailer below and turn on AMC RIGHT NOW to start watching classic horror favorites and all your favorite horror franchises through Halloween day!

The Crypt Keeper, the underground icon from the beloved ’90s cult-classic Tales From the Crypt, will be the official host of this year’s FearFest to mark the 30th anniversary of the epic horror celebration. With presenting sponsor BACARDÍ Rum returning for a second year, the long-running annual horror and genre programming event features over 650 hours of iconic horror films, franchises, new series, specials and more.

Famed special effects master, AMC’s longtime creative partner and The Walking Dead director, Greg Nicotero (Creepshow, Guts & Glory) re-created the legendary puppet for a ghoulish refresh, leveraging his expertise in practical effects and creature design to update the Crypt Keeper’s signature look, movement, and personality for today’s audiences.

In collaboration with AMC Global Media’s Content Room, the company’s in-house branded entertainment studio, Nicotero directed the Crypt Keeper segments for FearFest with John Kassir providing the signature cackle and wit that cemented the Crypt Keeper’s legacy.

“What a great honor and privilege to re-create this iconic character and get a chance to revisit some of his clever quips and puns with John Kassir again reprising his role,” Nicotero shared in a statement. “Having the chance to re-create Kevin Yagher’s amazing puppet at my studio KNB EFX and get the opportunity to ‘direct him’ in a series of FearFest spots was like going back in time and I couldn’t be more pleased with the outcome.”

“FearFest has long been one of AMC’s most beloved horror traditions, and we couldn’t be happier to resurrect the Crypt Keeper as this year’s master of ‘scary-monies’ as we celebrate 30 years of FearFest. Revived by Greg Nicotero, a master of special effects and genre storytelling, the Crypt Keeper will give fans a fresh and wickedly fun gateway into our incredible horror library,” Kim Granito, chief marketing officer for AMC Global Media, added. “We’re also proud to partner once again with Bacardi, a brand that perfectly complements FearFest and our celebration of the spirit, creativity and community of horror fandom.”

The classic HBO television series “Tales from the Crypt” is now streaming on the AMC-owned Shudder, and the series is also playing as part of AMC FearFest this Halloween season.

Other highlights from this year’s programming are Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Final Destination, Insidious, and the Stephen King library including IT (2017), IT the mini-series, The Shining, Misery, and Christine, as well as the AMC premiere of The Terror: Devil In Silver, and AMC+’s new supernatural thriller YAGA, starring Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix Films, Humans), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek, The Vampire Lestat), and Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry). Plus, themed marathons, such as “Fear the ’80s” (Silver Bullet, Christine, Poltergeist, etc.), “Creature Feature” (Tremors, Lake Placid, Pet Sematary, etc.), and more.

Click here to unlock the complete AMC FearFest 2026 schedule.

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“The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXXVII” premieres Sunday, October 25 at 8pm ET!

We received a special press mailer at the Bloody Disgusting offices this week that teases the three storylines that will be featured in this year’s “extra-scary, ultra-spooky” Halloween special…

• Marge gets a horrifying new perspective on marriage
• Bart and Santa’s Little Helper embark on a bone-chilling adventure.
• Homer takes a driving lesson.

Of particular note, one of those segments will see “The Simpsons” spoof The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the mailer we received this morning includes a sneak peek at Homer and the gang reimagined in the style of Henry Selick and Tim Burton’s animated classic.

The mailer also teases the following plot points from the three segments…

• Marge’s shed keeps giving her new husbands…
• Bart and his dog switch bodies…
• Bart’s dad is in scary driver’s ed movies.

Don’t miss “The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXXVII” on October 25!

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The sports bar chain has launched its all-new Fright Feast Menu (why it wasn’t called Buffy-lo Wild Wings is beyond us), which features heaping helpings of garlic, with the chain claiming the new items are “a vampire-inspired lineup packed with bold, garlic-forward flavors designed to give fans a spook-tacular way to celebrate the season.” Gellar helped launch the new menu in a promotional video that you can see below. The menu is available now through November 9 at participating locations.

Here’s what the new menu includes:

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Your Dearest Darkest Friend debuts on October 30 and features a special collaboration with The Last Podcast on the Left, who lend their voices to the colorful supporting cast of puppets. Check out behind-the-scenes images below featuring the podcast hosts and their puppet counterparts.

Last Podcast on the Left co-host Ed Larson is starring as Ted’s co-host, Mortimer Dustworth, a re-animated head in a jar that has a love-hate relationship with Ted. Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks, and long-time Last Podcast collaborator Holden McNeely (host of the Nerd of Mouth Podcast on the Last Podcast Network) will make special guest star cameos throughout the season as other characters and puppets.

Holden McNeely also serves as the show’s lead writer. The puppet characters are created and puppeteered by award-winning filmmaker Matt Cunningham and his company Groovy Monsters.

In Your Dearest Darkest Friend, Raimi welcomes celebrity guests into his haunted manor for an evening of confabulation, cocktails, and the presence of an uncanny creature or two… Joined by his puppet companions, Raimi takes viewers on a delightfully dreadful journey into the minds of some of the biggest names in horror—with a twisted sensibility only Ted Raimi can deliver.

“Ted and I just clicked from a comedy perspective, which made this one of the most enjoyable experiences I’ve had on a job. My favorite note from him after I turned in my first round of rough scripts was, “make it darker.” After that, I knew we were full speed ahead. The entire team was a blast to work with. Matt the puppeteer and I became fast friends, and everybody on set wanted to talk horror and joke around all day long, including our fabulous directors Tony and Charlie. It was like a horror comedy summer camp, and I’ve missed it ever since. I’ve been working with close friends for my entire career at Last Podcast Network, and it was such a treat to bring Henry, Marcus, and Eddie from Last Podcast on the Left into the project. It seemed they too quickly felt in sync with the Dearest Darkest Friends team. Hail Ted Raimi!” said Holden McNeely.

Ed Larson added, “It was an honor to be a small part of ‘Dearest Darkest Friend!’ Holden McNeely’s writing was to die for, and now my plan is finally in motion to get my house back from that dirty scoundrel Ted Raimi. He is a bastard of the highest order. GIVE ME BACK MY HOUSE, TED!!!!” 

“We are proud to be a part of Ted Raimi’s vision. The Raimi family’s body of work is foundational to LPN’s existence. Also, our long time coworker and friend Holden McNeely finally found a place for his brand of insanity outside of our little comedy world,” adds Henry Zebrowski

The collaboration brings together two distinctly beloved corners of the horror community: Raimi’s decades-long connection to the genre and the irreverent, boundary-pushing comedy of Last Podcast on the Left. The result is a twisted meeting of minds—and puppets—that promises to give horror fans something they have never seen before.

Your Dearest Darkest Friend is produced by Tony Wash, Charlie Queen, Lauren Leshansky, and Ted Raimi. 

Stay tuned for the official guest lineup.

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Check out your first look at Jenna Ortega in “Wednesday” Season 3 below.

Creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, “Smallville”) are back as showrunners of the Netflix series, alongside executive producer and director Tim Burton.

Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Joy Sunday, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, Isaac Ordonez, Billie Piper, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Victor Dorobantu, Evie Templeton, Luis Guzmán, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joanna Lumley, and Fred Armisen return to star.

New additions include Eva Green (Dark Shadows), Winona Ryder (“Stranger Things”), Chris Sarandon (Fright Night), Noah Taylor (“Game of Thrones”), Oscar Morgan (“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”), Kennedy Moyer (“Task”), Lena Headey (“Game of Thrones”), Andrew McCarthy (Weekend at Bernie’s), and James Lance (“Ted Lasso”).

Season 3 plot details for “Wednesday” are still being kept under wraps, but Alfred Gough and Miles Millar had previously teased, “This season, we welcome new students, new teachers, and excavate some long-rotting Addams Family secrets. Don’t say you weren’t warned.”

“Our goal for Season 3 is the same as it is for every season: to make it the best season of Wednesday we possibly can,” says Gough. “We want to continue digging deeper into our characters while expanding the world of Nevermore and Wednesday.” Millar adds, “We will be seeing more Addams family members and learning more family secrets in Season 3!”

Tim Burton adds, “I’m so excited to be back for Season 3, and it’s great to be reunited with all of the original cast. The addition of some dear friends and past collaborators of mine — Winona, Eva, Chris, Noah … makes this season extra special. I feel very lucky.”

“Wednesday” is expected to return in 2027. Stay tuned for updates.

The first season remains the most-viewed English-language series on Netflix of all time.

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This year’s AMC FearFest is extra special, as AMC has dug up the corpse of the Crypt Keeper and they’re forcing the beloved horror icon to HOST this year’s FearFest celebration all month!

It makes sense considering the classic HBO television series “Tales from the Crypt” is now streaming on the AMC-owned Shudder, and the series is also playing as part of FearFest!

With presenting sponsor BACARDÍ Rum returning for a second year, the long-running annual horror and genre programming event, featuring over 650 hours of iconic horror films, franchises, new series, specials and more, kicks off Thursday, October 1 on AMC and AMC+.

Here’s the full schedule for Kickoff Weekend – Thursday, October 1 – Sunday, October 4…

Thursday, October 1 – FearFest Halloween Kickoff Marathon: 

• 11am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
• 1pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
• 3pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
• 5pm: Halloween II (1981)
• 7pm: Halloween (1978)
• 9pm: TNA iMPACT!
• 11pm: Tales from the Crypt Marathon

Friday, October 2 –AMC Celebrates Insidious Marathon: 

• 8pm: Insidious (15th Anniversary)
• 10:30pm: Insidious: Chapter 2  
• 1am: Insidious: Chapter 3

Saturday, October 3 – Stephen King Marathon: 

• 6:30am: Graveyard Shift
• 8:30am: Pet Sematary
• 10:30am: Silver Bullet
• 12:30pm: Stephen King’s It Part 1
• 2:45pm: Stephen King’s It Part 2  
• 5pm: Christine   
• 7pm: It (2017)
• 10pm: Carrie (2013)
• 12:15am: Misery  

Sunday, October 4 – Slasher Sunday: 

• 12:15pm: Halloween (2007)
• 2:45pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• 5pm: Friday the 13th (1980)
• 7pm: Halloween II (1981)
• 9pm: The Terror: Devil In Silver Episode 103

Click here to unlock the complete AMC FearFest 2026 schedule.

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When the burgeoning streaming platform secured the rights to the Peanuts franchise, this resulted in the development of new specials in the series and also made Apple TV the exclusive home of existing specials. However, the streamer had previously made agreements with networks to also broadcast the specials, though streaming opportunities have since changed.

This year, whether you are an Apple TV subscriber or not, you can stream It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on October 17 and October 18 on the platform. Given that the special has been known to previously be broadcast or stream for free earlier in the Halloween season, this release window gives us a lot to look forward to and will assure everyone who watches it will be in the spirit of the season just in time for the main event.

Apple TV has other family-friendly programming to check out for Halloween, including:

The Sisters Grimm – Season 2 premieres Friday, October 2

• Based on Michael Buckley’s New York Times bestselling book series, The Sisters Grimm is a journey of adventure and heart about sleuth-solving sisters descended from the Brothers Grimm who, while very different, make a pretty great team. In Season 2, one year after their parents’ mysterious disappearance, sisters Sabrina and Daphne Grimm continue uncovering the secrets of Ferryport Landing, where fairy tales and fairy tale creatures are real, as they face new adventures and mysteries.

CURSES! – Seasons 1 and 2 available now

• CURSES! follows Pandora, Russ, Alex, and Sky Vanderhouven, a family cursed by their ancestors’ pillaging of ancient artifacts from across the globe. In Season 1, when their father Alex is turned to stone, the family bands together to return the stolen artifacts to their rightful homes and finally lift the curse for good. After reversing the curse on an adventure of a lifetime, the second season picks up with Alex rejoining the family as they continue working to undo the damage done by their greedy ancestors. But when something about Alex doesn’t seem quite right, the family must band together to solve the mysteries that confront them, both on the road and within the walls of Briarstone Manor.

Shape Island Halloween Special “Creepy Cave Crawl” – Available now

• In the standalone Halloween special titled “Creepy Cave Crawl,” after Triangle pranks them, Circle and Square celebrate Halloween on their own with all treats and no tricks. The clever, funny, and inspiring stop-motion animated series from Apple TV takes place on a charming island and invites viewers to join serious Square, intrepid Circle, and tricky Triangle on their silly adventures as they dig up some fun, search for answers and build on their friendship — all while learning how to navigate each other’s differences. Shape Island shows kids that friendship can take many shapes.

Ghostwriter – All three seasons available now

• When a ghost haunts a neighborhood bookstore and starts releasing fictional characters into the real world, a group of friends work to solve an exciting mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business. A reimagining of the hit early ’90s series from Sesame Workshop, each episode story arc is centered around literature, featuring classics such as L. Frank Baum’s story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and E.B. White’s book Charlotte’s Web, plus new works commissioned from popular authors like D.J. MacHale and Kwame Alexander.

Circuit Breakers – Available now to stream

• Circuit Breakers is a half-hour anthology series about middle-schoolers in the near future that uses science fiction as a backdrop to tell universal stories about growing up. The series was created by Melody Fox with executive producer Matt Hastings directing three episodes from the season including the pilot. Circuit Breakers is executive produced by Hastings, Andrew Orenstein, Cottonwood Media’s Sarah Haasz, David Michel, and Cécile Lauritano, Aircraft Pictures’ Anthony Leo and Andrew Rosen, and Todd Berger. Fox and Gillian Horvath serve as co-executive producers.

Will you be checking out the iconic Peanuts special on Apple TV? Let us know in the comments below!

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Flanagan’s project, though, is heading in a different direction, as he’s adapting King’s first published novel, Carrie. The story was brought to life as a movie in 1976, which earned the sequel The Rage: Carrie 2 in 1999, as well as a TV adaptation in 2002, and then a big-screen remake in 2013. The Prime Video series marks the longest adaptation yet, as the events of the story will unfold over eight episodes. And that’s just for starters; Flanagan claims he has an even bigger plan in mind for the narrative.

The first season of the series will seemingly only be the start of a longer narrative, as Flanagan confirmed to Collider that he envisions his series running for three seasons. The filmmaker explained, “In my dream scenario … I think it’s three seasons. In my dream scenario, I think Carrie has a wonderful three-step arc. It’s a trilogy, really.”

These remarks raise a lot of questions about the potential of the concept. The original novel and multiple adaptations have quite definitive conclusions, despite the fact that The Rage was ultimately released. This could mean that things don’t wrap up quite as cleanly as other versions of the narrative, or significant new elements are introduced.

One thing we do know, however, is that Flanagan aims to put more emphasis on other characters who have similar telekinetic abilities, which is a realm other adaptations have ignored.

“The story of Carrie alone has been told now several times,” the filmmaker shared with Entertainment Weekly earlier this month. “The thing that’s never been delved into is Carrie’s a part of this larger community of women and she never gets to know that. We have a book that fits perfectly into a 90-minute format. We’re talking about a series. Expansion’s essential. So if that’s the mission, how can we earn it? And that was the crux of it. Let’s understand that this is the story about gifted women. Let’s understand that this is a story about young women, in particular, learning their place in the world and coming into their power — and all the pitfalls that come with that.”

The new Carrie series premieres on Prime Video on October 7. There’s no official word on whether Prime Video will renew the series.

Would you like to see the series expand into a trilogy? Let us know in the comments below!

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A new trailer for the upcoming three-part series has been released, which only scratches the surface of just how bizarre of a case it is. You can see the trailer for the limited series below.

HBO describes The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story, “What begins as an investigation into a 1985 murder turns into a haunting exploration of a community’s dark history of violence and bloodshed. Set in the rural bayou outside New Orleans, Louisiana, a harsh landscape steeped in supernatural lore and traditions, the story starts with the disappearance of Dorothy Lou Thompson – the owner of a pet cemetery that had been built on land long rumored to be cursed. Dorothy’s body eventually turns up wrapped in chains in the Mississippi River, raising questions about her past and the people around her.

“With no concrete evidence, the case goes cold until 2009 when Det. John Doran reopens the investigation, following up on old leads and digging into the case files. Unexpectedly, a witness comes forward with a terrifying tale of Dorothy’s ghost which compels him to come forward with information. Three years later, a second witness claims to be haunted by the murdered woman seeking vengeance. The vexing accounts launch a police investigation into Dorothy’s tragic past, revealing a trail of dead husbands, a domineering mother Grace, who founded the cemetery after outrunning her own criminal acts, and the long shadow of a community steeped in evil deeds that were buried but not forgotten.

“With insight from Dorothy’s neighbors, law enforcement, local journalists, and scholars, the series unearths a labyrinthine tale involving multiple dead bodies, disturbing family secrets, and centuries-old massacres exposing the deep-seated horror and guilt that still haunt the community.”

The new series will premiere on Sunday, October 11 on HBO and HBO Max.

Will you be checking out the new series? Let us know in the comments below!

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Greg Berlanti (You, The Flight Attendant) and Carly Wray (Watchmen, Westworld) are leading the charge on the upcoming horror-drama series from Amazon MGM Studios, based on the comic from creators Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez.

The official logline describes a “mind-bending horror thriller that focuses on ex-con Daniel West (Hardy). When Daniel receives a mysterious letter promising answers about his past and a substantial inheritance in the small town of Stillwater, he discovers a community where nothing ever ages, no one ever dies, and nobody ever gets out.”

Wray and Berlanti co-wrote the pilot episode and executive produce the upcoming series.

“We’ve been fans of Ben’s for a long time, and we’re thrilled to get to tell this story together,” said Berlanti and Wray. “There’s a toughness to him, but also something incredibly open and soulful underneath it. Daniel needs both. From the moment we saw Ben in the role, it was impossible to imagine anyone else.”

Hardy played Tony Spera, who aspires to marry Ed and Lorraine Warren’s daughter Judy in the newest installment of the Conjuring franchise. His credits also include Mary Shelley and X-Men: Apocalypse.

“Stillwater is a truly original series that blends horror, mystery, and psychological suspense into something entirely unexpected,” said Peter Friedlander, Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios. “Greg Berlanti, Carly Wray, and the incredible teams at WBTV and Skybound have created a world unlike anything audiences have seen before—one that’s unsettling, emotionally rich, and impossible to look away from. We’re thrilled to bring this remarkable story to Prime Video audiences around the world.”

The comic series was first published in September 2020 and concluded in January 2023.

Prime Video gave the series an eight-episode order. The series comes from Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions, and Skybound Entertainment.

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Speaking with Deadline, Parsons explained how his “dream scenario” would be to expand his take on the material with a limited series. Additionally, he teased that, rather than being a sequel that merely continues the events of this world, it’s how he’d like to wrap everything up.

“I never stop making things … There’s a few things that I would love to talk about when I can soon,” Parsons shared with the outlet. “I’ve said since the very beginning that the dream scenario would be a limited series for Backrooms to get to the main ending.”

The lore of this realm goes back decades, but Parsons began releasing YouTube videos about the phenomenon in 2022. The filmmaker’s vision of the mythos might not be the only take on the material, though it’s heavily influenced how other storytellers craft narratives about the concept. Even though the feature-film adaptation of the world impressed audiences and critics, Parsons said that it has “always been a plan” to take the shorts narratively and “it’s just been about finding the proper way to package that.”

“I can’t say anything but there’s been a very set arc to the whole thing from the beginning, and I just feel absurdly excited at the idea of actually being able to follow through on all of it,” he added.

For some audiences, Parsons’ Backrooms felt like it came out of nowhere, which made it all the more surprising when it performed so well. The filmmaker, however, was confident that it would find an audience.

“I wasn’t big into the [box-office] projections,” Parsons confessed. “That’s not the area that I’m interested in following for the most part. I think it distracts from what I actually enjoy with the work. But I knew there would be a certain level of people showing up for Backrooms given how ingrained in the world and the community online it already had been. So, I knew people would be curious, but the degree to which it burst into audiences outside of that was not something I anticipated.”

While the success of Backrooms has resulted in many potential deals for Parsons, there are currently no announced plans in regards to what could be next for his adaptation.

What would you like to see next for the franchise? Let us know in the comments below!

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Stephen King tweets, “The Institute Season 2 premieres on MGM Plus November 8th. The kids are done running. Mark your calendars.” Check out two brand new first-look images below.

In Season 1, “Teen genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped and awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.”

Season 2 will pick up after the Season 1 finale, in which the survivors discovered similar facilities all over the world. 

Set free but hunted, new dangers await the escapees from the Institute…

The MGM+ series hails from director/executive producer Jack Bender (From, Mr. Mercedes), writer/executive producer Benjamin Cavell (Justified, The Stand), and MGM+ Studios. Both filmmakers are no strangers to the world of Stephen King.

Mary-Louise Parker (Ms. Sigsby), Ben Barnes (Tim Jamieson), Joe Freeman (Luke Ellis), Simone Miller (Kalisha), Fionn Laird (Nick), Hannah Galway (Wendy), Julian Richings (Stackhouse), Robert Joy (Dr. Hendricks), and Martin Roach (Chief Ashworth) star, with Alfie Allen (“Game of Thrones,” The Predator) joining the second season.

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Ian Alexander and Laura Bailey have also joined “The Last of Us” Season 3. Laura Bailey voiced Abby in the video game The Last of Us Part II, while Ian Alexander voiced Lev.

In the TV series, however, they’re both playing very different characters.

The Hollywood Reporter details, “John Goodman and Ian Alexander will play Joey and Paco, a “friendly duo” who call themselves the “Heroes of the Highway.” Laura Bailey is set to play Elizabeth, one of the leaders of a religious sect called the Seraphites.”

Season 2 picked up five years after the events of the first season, which centered on a hardened survivor smuggling humanity’s last hope out of an oppressive quarantine zone, two decades after modern civilization was decimated. Plot details for season three haven’t been revealed yet, other than that it will shift to Abby’s perspective and heavily feature the Seraphites.

Kaitlyn Dever stars as Abby, who will be the centerpiece of the upcoming season, alongside Bella Ramsey as Ellie. Isabela Merced, Gabriel Luna, and Jeffrey Wright also star.

The Season 3 cast will also include Jason Ritter, Patrick Wilson, Clea DuVall, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Ariella Barer, Tati Gabrielle, and Spencer Lord.

The Last of Us video game co-creator Neil Druckmann stepped down as co-showrunner of the series last year, leaving Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) as the sole showrunner for Season 3.

We expect “The Last of Us” Season 3 sometime in 2027.

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With Flanagan’s previous King adaptations Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep, and The Life of Chuck, he proved how faithful he could be to the source material, no matter how challenging it was to realize in live-action. Even though the original novel and multiple adaptations took place in the ’70s, Flanagan opted not to pursue that perspective and instead set the show in contemporary times. Despite his track record of faithfully honoring source material, there were very specific reasons why he shifted the series’ timeline.

Speaking with Radio Times, Flanagan explained, “The themes we are exploring are relevant to today’s teenagers in such a profound way that wasn’t true when I was that age, much less when Stephen was, and just doing a period piece adaptation would have felt like re-reading.”

He added, “This wasn’t about nostalgia and doing something again, it was about telling a story that was vital to today; speaking to the unique experience of teens today, told through a new version of Stephen’s characters.”

Arguably one of Flanagan’s biggest challenges as a filmmaker was Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. The major issue is that, in The Shining novel, the Overlook Hotel exploded, while the big-screen adaptation avoided that element. This meant Flanagan was tasked with somehow honoring both the original narrative while also embracing the legacy of Stanley Kubrick‘s 1980 movie.

With Carrie, shifting the timeline to present day wasn’t just out of logistical concerns, but also of thematic opportunities.

“Today, kids deal with a level of anxiety at school that I couldn’t have contemplated when I was growing up and the horror of being a teen today is so different from 1976, and this was a wonderful opportunity to explore that,” Flanagan confessed.

Carrie is set to premiere on Prime Video on October 7.

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

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Many think that The Simpsons crawled so a series like Family Guy could walk, with the Seth MacFarlane-created series following The Simpsons‘ suit not just with the series proper, but also by delivering Halloween Specials. This year’s Halloween Special, “Happy Hell-o-ween,” has released a trailer, which you can view below. The new episode will premiere on Hulu on October 5.

Hulu describes this year’s special, “Brian and Stewie find themselves in Hell — not an annoying day, the actual underworld — paying for 24 seasons’ worth of bad behavior. When they manage to annoy even the Devil himself, they end up in charge.” Kieran Culkin guest stars in the episode to voice the Devil.

While Family Guy doesn’t have quite as long of a legacy as The Simpsons, the series has still managed to tally quite a few episodes devoted to October 31. Over 24 seasons, the series has delivered episodes like “Petergeist,” “Halloween on Spooner Street,” and “Peternormal Activity,” which either embrace the traditions of the holiday directly or pay homage to beloved horror movies.

Family Guy continues to entertain its die-hard fan base with razor-sharp humor, spot-on parodies, spectacular animation, and orchestra-backed original music. Since its debut in 1999, the series has reached cult status among fans, and its breakout star, a talking baby, has become one of the greatest TV characters of all time. Family Guy has racked up numerous awards, including an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, only the second animated series in television history to be honored with such a distinction. Series creator and lead voice actor Seth MacFarlane (voices of Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire) was nominated for the 2021 Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance and won the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Emmy Award for that category. MacFarlane was nominated in was nominated in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018. Alex Borstein (Lois Griffin) won the 2018 Emmy Award in that same category and was nominated in 2013, 2019, 2023 and 2024.

Family Guy’s “Happy Hell-o-ween” premieres on Hulu on October 5.

Will you be checking out the new special? Let us know in the comments below!

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The contemporary mystery thriller reimagines the myth of Baba Yaga and is set for a two-episode premiere on October 23, exclusively in the U.S. on AMC+. New episodes will debut on Fridays, with an epic two-episode finale on November 27. 

It follows Rapp (Noah Reid, The Vampire Lestat), a private investigator who arrives in the small coastal town of Whittock to investigate the disappearance of a young heir to a powerful fishery, Henry Park (Hudson Williams, Heated Rivalry). He finds himself at odds with an apprehensive local detective, Carson (Clark Backo, Venom: The Last Dance, Letterkenny), a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men, Katherine (Carrie-Anne Moss, Matrix Films, Memento), and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic.

AMC’s “Yaga” is based on the hit play by showrunner and writer Kat Sandler.

Sheila McCarthy, Megan Follows, Ezra Franky, Patrick Gilmore, Katharine Isabelle, Hiro Kanagawa, Emilija Baranac, Georgia Acken, Anisa Harris, and Sam Krochmal also star.

David Frazee (Chapelwaite, Reginald the Vampire) and Rachel Talalay (Riverdale, A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting) serve as co-directors of the AMC series.

Mackenzie Donaldson, Andrew Miller, and Carrie-Anne Moss are executive producers, and Charles Cooper is producer.

Check out the new trailer below.

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Despite impressing horror fans all year long, the service still takes things up a notch when October rolls around. With the countdown to Halloween kicking into full gear next week, the service has released their slate of new additions for the coming month, which you can read below.

October 1

• Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
• Alone in the Dark (1982)
• Bury Me Twice
• Crystal Lake Memories
• Curse of the Ghoul Logs (Shudder Original Special)
  • The filmmakers behind Shudder’s buzzy new feature, Hallowarrior, resurrected everyone’s favorite jack–o’–lantern—and, for the first time ever, multiple pumpkins—with Curse of the Ghoul Logs. The all-new hour-long video of the chilling, candlelit pumpkins sets the scene for horror fans this season.
• Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
• Haunt (2019)
• Insidious
• Lake Mungo
• Lake Mungo Revisited
• Lords of Salem
• New Normal
• Session 9
• The Car
• The Descent
• The Endless
• The Ghost (2024)
• The Haunting (1963)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie

October 2

• Infirmary (Shudder Original Film)
  • A guard vanished on his first night at an old psych hospital in 2023. His bodycam footage shows unexplainable incidents that continue to baffle investigators. Starring Paul Syre, Mark Anthony Williams and Danielle Kennedy.

October 5

• Harbinger

October 7

• God of Frogs
• The Monster Within

October 9

• V/H/S/Mixtape (Shudder Original Film)
  • The ninth installment cranks the signature found-footage horror up to eleven with an electrifying new anthology where music and sound become the source of terror. United by a theme that explores the power of music, rhythm, and audio to haunt, possess, and destroy, the film blends cosmic horror, psychological suspense, outrageous splatter, and groundbreaking practical effects into one unforgettable mixtape of nightmares.
  • Featuring all-new segments from legendary filmmaker Ernest Dickerson, hip-hop icon RZA, visionary director David Moreau, and acclaimed filmmaker Renee Zhan, whose segment includes original puppets by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
  • V/H/S/MIXTAPE also features original music video interludes directed by acclaimed filmmaker and musician Flying Lotus, alongside a brand-new music video from debut filmmaker Tobias Forge, creating a genre-bending mixtape experience unlike anything the franchise has attempted before. Adding to the chaos, legendary shock-metal pioneers GWAR also make a featured appearance, further cementing the film’s celebration of horror, music and cult cinema.

October 12

• Jitters

October 14

• The Mill Killers

October 15

• Etheria Film Night 2026

October 16

• Hallowarrior (Shudder Original Film)
  • Hallowarrior follows Pumpkin (Milly Shapiro), the last girl on Earth and the sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, as she scavenges the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween. Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by Thalia (Shannyn Sossamon). Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit, and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.

October 19

• Crazy Lips
• Gore From Outer Space
• Play Dead

October 21

• Dead of Night (1945)
• Fear No Evil
• The Horror of Frankenstein
• The North Witch

October 23

• Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party (Shudder Original Special)
  • Slap the finishing touches on your costume a week early, because you’re cordially invited to Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party! RSVP for a Samhain soiree to remember with Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl as they host a seasonal double-feature chock-full of tricks, treats, and violent dismemberment. *LIVE on Friday at 9 pm ET; Available On-Demand Beginning Sunday, October 25
• The Cycle (Shudder Original Film)
  • When police discover a corpse beside a horrific crime scene, their only lead is the man’s estranged daughter, who must unravel the disturbing secret her father thought he took to the grave.

October 25

• FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards (Shudder Special Premiere)
  • Annual awards ceremony honoring the year’s best horror films. Hosted by Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Chucky). *LIVE on Sunday at 9 pm ET, Available On-Demand Beginning Monday, October 26

October 26

• Deviant

October 27

• The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 7 (Shudder Original Series)
  • Hosted by modern-day horror icons and drag superstars Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, season seven of the hit reality competition series The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula will bring together extreme drag artists from around the world to compete in jaw-dropping challenges including costume design and creation, makeup and special effects, live performance and craftsmanship.

October 28

• The R.I.P. Man

October 30

• Big Baby (Shudder Exclusive Film)
  • Nightmares of a maniac killer in a baby mask inspire a horror writer’s new script. As his life begins to spiral out of control, he discovers Big Baby’s murderous rampage may be more than just fiction. Directed by Spider One (Shudder’s Little Bites, Allegoria) and executive-produced by iconic singer and actress Cher.

October 31

• Hunting Matthew Nichols (Shudder Exclusive Film)
  • Two decades after her brother mysteriously disappeared on Vancouver Island, a documentary filmmaker sets out to solve his missing person’s case. When disturbing circumstances and evidence are revealed, she comes to believe he might still be alive. Starring Miranda MacDougall and Markian Tarasiuk.

What titles are you most looking forward to checking out? Let us know in the comments below!

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Per Deadline, a new TV series adaptation of the narrative is coming to Sky, with David Oyelowo (Silo) set to play Mikael Blomkvist and Viola Prettejohn (The Crown) set to play Lisbeth Salander. Amanda Coe (Black Narcissus), Steve Lightfoot (The Punisher, Hannibal), and Angela LaManna (The Punisher, Channel Zero) will write and executive produce the eight-episode Sky Original. Filming is expected to kick off next month.

The narrative kicks off when disgraced magazine journalist Blomkvist is offered the opportunity to redeem himself. Henrik Vanger, the head of a wealthy and affluent family, enlists Blomkvist to track down his niece that went missing decades earlier. Blomkvist partners with Salander, an abrasive but incredibly talented hacker, only for the pair to uncover years of deception, coverups, and murder. This new adaptation will reportedly dive deeper into the larger Vanger family than previous versions.

Sky scripted originals execs Meghan Lyvers said Salander and Blomkvist are “two of modern fiction’s most iconic and compelling characters, and we’re thrilled to have Viola and David bringing them to life for a new generation.”

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an iconic story with themes of power, corruption, justice, and violence against women that feel even more timely today,” executive producer Charlotte Moore added. “In Viola Prettejohn and David Oyelowo, we have two extraordinary actors at the heart of this adaptation and really look forward to audiences enjoying their take on these compelling and complex characters.”

Larsson wrote the first three books and, after his passing, David Lagercrantz wrote a trilogy, while Karin Smirnoff is in the middle of writing a third trilogy.

Fincher’s movie scored Mara an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, and while he signed on to direct two more movies, that trilogy was ultimately abandoned. Claire Foy took on the Salander role for The Girl in the Spider’s Web, which was directed by Fede Álvarez. Prime Video was previously developing their own TV series adaptation, but that project never took shape.

Stay tuned for details on the new The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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

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Sarah Paulson is set to star in American Horror Story: 13, marking her eleventh appearance in the franchise. When looking back on her favorite seasons, she didn’t mince words about her opinions on Season 6, confirming she didn’t “give a sh-t” about American Horror Story: Roanoke.

“My number one, all-time favorite character to play is [Season 2’s] Lana Winters … Followed quickly by Cordelia, followed by Tuberculosis Karen, followed by Sally, followed by Bette and Dot,” Paulson revealed to Entertainment Tonight. “Roanoke is at the end … People get mad at me. I don’t care. Bite me! Bite me hard! I don’t give a sh-t. Sorry!”

Airing in 2016, the first half of Roanoke presented itself as a mockumentary about the otherworldly events experienced by a couple who lived in the community, while the second half pivoted into a found-footage chronicle of a doomed sequel to that documentary. The format and structure of the season made it one of the more ambitious installments in the series, as did the fact that FX didn’t reveal ahead of time what the season’s subtitle was, sparking endless amounts of speculation about it.

Even if Paulson wasn’t a fan, Roanoke earned relatively positive reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes calculating that 74% of reviews of the season were positive. Still, she added, “I don’t like it! It’s not for me! … I like a lot of things about it, but that one wasn’t for me. I don’t give a sh-t about that season. Sorry!”

This isn’t the first time that Paulson has expressed her disappointment in that season, having previously expressed her frustrations back in 2021.

“I know people will get mad at me for saying it, but for me, this was post having played Marcia [Clark in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story] and it was what I went to do right after finishing Marcia,” Paulson explained to The Awards Chatter podcast. “I was so underwhelmed by the whole experience, because I felt like I had entered into a new place inside of myself in terms of what I thought possible, in terms of what I might be willing to see if I can do. I felt really kind of trapped by my responsibility and my contractual obligation to do American Horror Story.”

Hopefully her experience on American Horror Story: 13 was a more positive one.

What did you think of Roanoke? Let us know in the comments below!

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Bloody Disgusting has learned that the series premiere of Better Luck Than Chuck will also begin a special giveaway contest tied to next year’s Halloween Horror Nights event!

Beginning Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 8pm ET on the Better Luck Than Chuck YouTube channel, the weekly series will invite viewers to test their genre knowledge, hunt for hidden clues in each episode, and enter for the chance to win a Universal theme park vacation to experience Halloween Horror Nights at either Universal Orlando Resort or Universal Studios Hollywood.

New episodes debut every Thursday on the show’s official YouTube channel, inviting horror lovers everywhere to put their genre knowledge to the test alongside contestants competing for awesome prizes. Each episode will contain a hidden clue that viewers can spot while watching. Once they’ve uncovered the clue, fans can visit BetterLuckThanChuck.com/UniversalSweeps to submit that week’s entry for a chance to win the grand prize vacation.

Here’s how to enter…

• Watch each new episode of Better Luck Than Chuck every Thursday beginning September 24, 2026.
• Spot the hidden clue featured during that week’s episode.
• Visit BetterLuckThanChuck.com/UniversalSweeps and submit the clue to receive that week’s entry into the sweepstakes.
• Tune in each week for another clue and another chance to win.
• Winner will be announced during the season finale airing on Thursday October 29, 2026.

“Watching the show is only half the fun,” said Tony Wash, co-creator of Better Luck Than Chuck. “We wanted to reward horror fans for paying attention and celebrating the genre with us.” Co-creator Meredith Tummillo added, “Halloween Horror Nights is one of the world’s premier horror events, and we’re thrilled to give one lucky viewer the opportunity to experience it firsthand.”

Hosted by The Widow (Alexis Allotta), the self-proclaimed “Wittiest Witch of the Midwest,” and her sarcastic undead husband Charlie (Adam Michaels), Better Luck Than Chuck combines horror knowledge, outrageous comedy, and nostalgic game show fun into a one-of-a-kind competition. Each episode features horror superfans battling through inventive “cate-GORY” challenges inspired by the films, monsters, and moments that have defined the genre.

Gameplay consists of three contestants competing in two rounds of trivia. The contestant with the most points at the end of round two will advance to “Charlie’s Workshop,” where they will have 90 seconds to find iconic horror movie items in a scavenger hunt to die for.

The series is produced by Screambox Director of Programming & Original Productions Tony Wash (“Bloody Bites”), Meredith Tummillo, Sarah Sharp, and Robert Patrick Stern.

Think you know horror? Find out when the series launches TONIGHT! 

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Series creator Ryan Murphy provided the answer in a new chat with THR, revealing that AHS: 13 wouldn’t just revisit all previous seasons, it also would’ve introduced a “Scream Queens” crossover for the first time ever.

“It was funny because at one point I was going to have the Scream Queens come on to this season, but Ariana was touring and I couldn’t make it work,” Murphy told THR. “But she was like, ‘I still want to do it! I just can’t be on tour.’ So I was like, ‘All right, let me think of it.’”

Grande played Chanel #2 in the 2015 horror-comedy series that ran for two seasons, but her character was killed off very early. That doesn’t mean much in the world of AHS, and Murphy hasn’t given up on “Scream Queens” or bringing Grande back.

“Sometimes it takes a while,” Murphy said. “But it was the tour which I knew. She warned me in advance that it was gonna be really hard to schedule, and the weekend we had to shoot it, she was touring, but I said, ‘OK, I’ll bump it down the road,’ so I haven’t given up. I love her.”

There’s still hope for a future “Scream Queens” crossover or revival yet, just not in “American Horror Story” Season 13.

Ryan Murphy‘s hit FX horror anthology will return for its lucky thirteenth season on Thursday, September 24 at 9 p.m. ET on FX and Hulu, streaming globally on Disney+.

The official logline reads…

“An unrivaled 13th installment that will do justice to everyone’s most feared number. Bringing together an all-star cast, many of whom are reprising fan-favorite roles from AHS past, American Horror Story Season 13 builds on the anthology’s legacy that has been streamed more than 700 million hours across the globe and spawned a legion of dedicated fans.

Returning favorites this season include Jessica Lange, Emma Roberts, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman, John Carroll Lynch, and Mat Fraser. Newcomers for Season 13 include Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Berto Colon (“The Night Agent”), and cult filmmaker John Waters.

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In 1892, Lizzie Borden was accused of the grisly ax murders of her father Andrew and her stepmother Abby. The resulting trial captivated the world with its implication that a woman of high society could have committed such a violent crime. Lizzie was eventually acquitted and went to her grave proclaiming her innocence. But Brennan and Winkler present her guilt as absolute fact, bending scant historical records to paint her as a feminist hero.

To be fair, the crime happened more than 130 years ago, before the advent of modern investigation. Though we do have some contemporaneous evidence, many of the details have been lost to time. We simply do not know what happened in the Borden house, and every theory is mere speculation. 

In previous seasons of Murphy’s hit show, we could do a detailed fact check. But here, we have mostly conjecture and wild theorizing designed to build a larger narrative. It would perhaps be easier to identify what Monster: the Lizzie Borden Story does get right, rather than where it strays from reality. Though the resulting show is a timely exploration of feminine rage, it’s worth remembering that this salacious series is based on real people who experienced an unthinkable crime. 

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Monster: The Lizzie Borden story.

The Borden Family

The season opens with an ornate curtain, raised to indicate a performance. Perhaps that is our hint that what we are about to see will be mostly fictional. After a breathtaking recreation of both murders, we jump back in time several months to meet the unhappy family. We watch Lizzie (Ella Beatty) suffer through a vicious etiquette lesson followed by a humiliating rejection from a would-be suitor. Abby (Rebecca Hall) makes it painfully clear that she loathes her “imbecile” stepdaughter and wants her married off and out of the house.

For the next four episodes, we watch an almost comically cruel Abby torment her wide-eyed stepdaughter and any servant who crosses her path. She throws scalding soup in one cook’s face and stalks around the house in a white glove, determined to find a speck of dust that will allow her to punish her new housemaid Bridget (Vicky Krieps), referred to as Maggie in a mix of racism and laziness. Abby is so condescending and vile that she simply cannot be bothered to learn Bridget’s name.

Her husband Andrew (Charlie Hunnam) is not much better. The miserly man constantly reminds his wife and daughter that he detests living in a house full of women, openly chastising Abby for failing to give him a son. A woodworker by trade, Andrew spends his days insulting his young apprentice and scamming clients by chopping off the feet of corpses to fit them into ill-sized coffins. The only thing he seems to care about, besides hoarding his massive wealth, is an impressive collection of axes from around the world. He dotes on these tools of his bizarre trade and has given each a female name.

The Borden house is wholly unpleasant, and we can see that Lizzie suffers from extreme insecurity, the result of a lifetime of emotional abuse. Even her sister Emma (Billie Lourd) treats her with barely concealed contempt, casually informing her younger sibling that she will receive only 5% of their father’s wealth. Emma will inherit the other 95%. Lizzie’s only refuge is an alley of cherry trees behind the house leading to a dovecote haven filled with beautiful birds. But unable to stand her daughter’s fleeting happiness, Abby takes an ax and murders the doves, claiming to be disturbed by their incessant cooing.

A Tense Household and an Ax

Unfortunately, very little of this outsized unpleasantness is based in fact. We do know that the real Borden household was often tense, with Bridget frequently forced to serve meals at multiple sittings because stepmother and daughter refused to eat with each other. This tension seems to have stemmed from a financial dispute. Lizzie and Emma took issue with an expensive property Andrew gave to his wife, the girls feeling that he should save his wealth for his own flesh and blood. Andrew did attempt to correct this perceived slight, gifting houses to both of his daughters, though this seems not to have mended the rift.

Most likely, these resentments grew from the tragic loss of Andrew’s first wife, who died when Lizzie was a toddler. His marriage to Abby was one of convenience for both — she could escape her own unhappy home while he would get a surrogate mother for his two young children. While this worked out logistically, it seems Lizzie never cared much for her stepmother, believing the woman to be a gold digger. She was known to mock Abby’s appearance and refer to her as a “mean old thing,” but we have no record of the vitriol Winkler’s Abby spews at her adopted daughter.

By all accounts, Andrew had a good relationship with his youngest child. Though he didn’t wear a wedding ring, the Borden patriarch was always seen wearing a gold ring Lizzie had given him. Andrew was stingy with money and did make part of his fortune from selling coffins, but there’s no reason to believe that he was secretly mangling corpses with an elaborate collection of anthropomorphized axes. While it is true that he and Abby referred to their Irish maids as “Maggie,” regardless of their actual names, the Borden house was likely not the abusive nightmare Winkler depicts.

In fact, most of the first few episodes are entirely fictional. As part of her alibi for the murders, Lizzie remembers eating a pear from a tree in the yard, but she did not have a prized alley of cherry trees. She also explained blood found on an ax by claiming that her father had previously killed some birds, but there is nothing to indicate that these were treasured pets. Winkler and Brennan have seemingly constructed this scenario based on theories developed years after the fact. While a bit of narrative deviation is to be expected in a fictionalized account, this portrayal of the crime’s two victims as monstrous abusers is hard to stomach. Winkler creates a series of unforgivable sins against a naive and innocent Lizzie, outright suggesting that Abby and Andrew deserved their fates.

A Poisoned Precursor

This narrative choice is made clear in Lizzie’s first attempt to murder her parents. After the brutal dove slaying, the more worldly Bridget suggests they use spoiled oysters to poison the pair. This is followed by an upbeat montage in which the women gleefully cook the deadly soup. Winkler sets the scene to “Cuntology 101”, in which the Lambrini Girls insist “I’m gonna do what’s best for me.” At dinner, their intended victims gobble up the soup while Lizzie pretends to take a dainty sip. What follows is a disgusting scene of slapstick purging on par with the infamous pie eating contest from Stand By Me. Vomit covers the room as Abby and Andrew writhe around spewing geysers of bile, oysters, and blood. 

It’s a thrilling moment of Good For Her horror in which Lizzie seeks revenge for years of cruelty, only marred by the fact that it probably isn’t true. In her alibi, Lizzie notes that the whole household was sick from eating spoiled swordfish the day before and had been up vomiting most of the night. A local shopkeeper also claimed that Lizzie attempted to buy prussic acid the day before the murders, a chemical known for its use in poisoning rats. While we do know that a doctor visited the Borden house to treat a case of food poisoning, we have no way of knowing whether Lizzie attempted to slay her parents via poison, nor do we know if Bridget herself was involved in any conspiracy.

Another Ax Murder

As the fictionalized Lizzie and Bridget begin devising their plan, they decide to go on a practice run. As punishment for the oyster debacle, Bridget has been sent to clean the home of Bertha Manchester (Linda Reiter), a friend of the Bordens’ whose own servant has mysteriously fallen ill. But this is not a kind gesture to help out a friend. Abby allows Bridget no slack in her regular duties, expecting the servant to clean instead of sleep. Even worse, Mrs. Manchester is more vile than her full-time employer. In queer-coded language, she berates Bridget for catching her eye, then whips her with a cat o’ nine tails. When Lizzie sees the horrific scars, she concocts a plan to murder the old woman and chops her to death with her father’s ax. Bridget is briefly suspected of the crime, but police quickly arrest a Portuguese handyman, a horrific example of 19th-century racism.

The real Bertha Manchester was only 22 years old and had no discernible connection to the Borden family. She lived on her father’s dairy farm and was not at all the sadistic and grotesque taskmaster portrayed in Winkler’s retelling of events. Ms. Manchester was found brutally slaughtered in her Fall River home months after the Borden murders, notably while Lizzie was incarcerated and awaiting trial.

Winkler and Brennan recast this event to build the narrative of lovetorn and nervous killers preparing for a heinous act. Following a pattern established in previous seasons, the creators weave together Lizzie’s story with the tragic history of Aileen Wuornos, a Florida sex worker who confessed to killing a series of johns in 1989-90. A strong case could be made that Wuornos was the victim of horrific abuse, her motive a blend of revenge and self-defense. However, this does not align with the tragic murder of Bertha Manchester, who does not deserve this villainous portrayal.

The Bad Deaths of Andrew and Abby

After overtly cruel characterization, Brennan does give the senior Bordens a bit of hubris. We learn that the fictional Abby married Andrew in the wake of her mother’s suicide. Tasked with caring for baby Lizzie — who will not stop screaming — the new stepmother nearly suffers a panic attack. Combined with the revelation that she cannot have children of her own, Abby begins to drink every toxic liquid in sight. Detailing a loveless marriage and unhappy sex life, she pursues an affair with Lizzie’s uncle.

On the other side of this cold marriage bed, we learn that Andrew still grieves his late first wife, viewing his daughters as painful reminders of the partner he lost. In an episode directed by Sarah Adina Smith, Abby asks her husband for a divorce, to which he begrudgingly agrees. The newly liberated woman prepares to leave Fall River for good, having secured her half of Andrew’s wealth. But Lizzie is unwilling to let her intended victim go and chooses this moment to carry out her plan. Unleashing decades of pent-up rage, she chases Abby around the house and pulverizes her skull with Andrew’s ax. Bridget cares for Lizzie in the aftermath, gently sponging away the blood.

Episode five deals with a similar end of Andrew’s life. After agreeing to the dissolution of his marriage, the unpleasant man proceeds to get extremely drunk. He spends the night in a brothel, trading his precious gold ring for a night of sex. He awakens the next morning, disheveled but remorseful. After retrieving his ring, Andrew returns home, hat in hand, ready to beg for Abby’s forgiveness. But what he finds is a hacked-up corpse. As he cradles his wife’s bloody body, Lizzie attacks. What follows is an extended murder scene in which Andrew puts up an impressive fight, but eventually stumbles onto Lizzie’s blade.

We will never know exactly what happened in the Borden house, but the facts dispute this sequence of events. Though both episodes end with bodies falling in the correct places, everything else is fictional. Based on post-mortem examination, we know that Abby was killed on Thursday morning and that Andrew died roughly ninety minutes later, contradicting Brennan’s vague timeline. There is no evidence to suggest that the Bordens were planning to divorce or that Abby was set to leave the house. The theatrical kills that open the season are probably more accurate than the in-depth recreations we see in episodes four and five. But these fantastical and heartwrenching death sequences serve as payoff to Brennan’s larger narrative. We’re meant to indulge in the fear on each victim’s face when Lizzie finally reclaims her power.

The Trial of the Century

Over the course of eight episodes, Brennan and Winkler include few details about the heavily documented trial itself, likely to avoid narrative inconsistencies. We do know that Lizzie was imprisoned for ten months in the New Bedford jail where she had a highly publicized quarrel with her sister. We also know that both the prosecution and her defense leaned on reductive gender stereotypes while dissecting the brutal nature of the crimes. At the time, many considered it flatly impossible for a woman to commit such heinous acts, particularly a woman of Lizzie’s stature. 

On the other hand, several bloody rags were found in the Borden household, which Lizzie dismissed as cloth used to tend to her so-called womanly sickness. Winkler nods to this when a policeman finds a bloody scrap of fabric and immediately drops it when Lizzie mentions her period. Though women were considered incapable of murderous brutality, a menstruating woman was thought to be a different kind of monster. At the time, it was generally accepted that women were more prone to uncontrollable criminality during their time of the month. 

Though clearly shaken by the deaths of her parents, Lizzie struggles to show convincing grief. Few of her supporters actually believe she is truly innocent and simply accept that the murders were justified. One of these defenders is famed actress Nance O’Neil (Jessica Barden), who coaches Lizzie on her courtroom demeanor. Realizing that a trial is, in essence, a performance, she teaches Lizzie the art of bashfulness while showing her convincing ways to swoon. Lizzie nails her performance with a showy faint in the middle of the crowded courtroom, swaying the all-male jury and essentially securing a “not guilty” verdict. 

While it is true that Lizzie did befriend the real Nance O’Neil, they did not meet until well after her trial had concluded. Though Lizzie did reportedly swoon when plaster casts of her parents’ skulls were revealed as evidence, there’s no reason to assume she was playing to the jury’s sympathies. However, it’s likely true that she was acquitted partly because 19th-century men simply did not want to admit that a lady of high society could commit such an atrocious crime. It’s this type of dismissive misogyny that Winkler and Brennan have built the show to combat. Their Lizzie is a flawed and complex feminist hero, a Good For Her avenger who is perfectly capable of hacking her own parents to death if it means improving her situation. 

Bridget and Lizzie

It’s tempting to embrace this version of Lizzie Borden, particularly considering her onscreen relationship with Bridget. Building on modern theories of the crime, Winkler and Brennan posit that the two women fell deeply in love and planned the murders so that they could be together. It’s intoxicating to watch the show’s only likeable main characters grow closer, sharing a fascination with female empowerment. Though forced to separate throughout the trial, they do find their way back together again.

Having inherited her father’s vast fortune, Lizzie is able to buy a more luxurious house and live out her days in relative peace, though she must deal with a community that does not buy her innocence. We see that years after the sensational trial, she has become a sort of boogeyman, a murderer who got away with her crimes. Winkler’s Lizzie takes refuge in the Suffragette movement, surrounding herself with progressive women. She makes amends for what she has done and receives forgiveness from her parents’ ghosts. 

While this coda puts a bow on Lizzie’s story, tying it together with Wuornos’ own execution, the truth is a bit more complicated. At the time of the murders, Lizzie was 36 years old while Bridget was only 25. The younger Borden daughter was not a doe-eyed innocent coaxed to kill by an older lover. In fact, we have no evidence that the two were ever intimate. Bridget never returned to the Borden house after testifying at Lizzie’s trial. Though there’s no way to definitively prove their involvement one way or another, it’s likely the two never saw each other again. 

We must also remember that unlike Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, Lyle and Erik Menendez — the male murderers that center previous Monster seasons — Lizzie was acquitted of all crimes and has steadfastly maintained her innocence. By many accounts, the real Ms. Borden, who did begin calling herself Lisbeth, chose to stay in Fall River in defiance of the neighbors who accused her of parricide. With a case entirely built on circumstantial evidence, it’s just as possible that Abby and Andrew were murdered by a wandering maniac, or perhaps the same person who killed Bertha Manchester. 

Over the years, Lizzie has become a feminist icon. Though the crime is technically unsolved, we’ve collectively accepted her guilt and excused it as the righteous rage of a woman living under patriarchal oppression. It can admittedly be inspiring to watch a submissive girl finally reclaim her power, albeit through bloodthirsty means. There’s joy to be found in the violent dismemberment of a system built to deny female agency. But should this catharsis come at the expense of three people who were brutally murdered?

An ahistorical depiction of Lizzie may lend itself to Good for Her horror, but to get there, we have to let go of documented reality. For some, that may be a bridge too far. 

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An all-new Darkwing Duck series has been greenlit for Disney+, bringing back Drake Mallard as the iconic crime fighter Darkwing Duck. You can get a new look at the character’s design above. This action-packed continuation of the beloved franchise comes from Sean Tretta (Star Trek: Picard) and Borja Peña Gorostegui (Lost & Crowned), who both serve as executive producers. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Alex McAtee, and Gabby Grantham are producing for Point Grey Pictures. Tad Stones is the creator of the original Darkwing Duck series and consulted on the development of his new adventures.

For the last 35 years, Darkwing Duck has been trapped in his worst nightmare: an alternate world that’s never heard of his superhero exploits. Now a rebellious teen named Duckie who knows all about his heroic past shows up to pull this ego-fueled vigilante back into battle. Together, this unlikely duo will get dangerous to fight old enemies like Negaduck and Megavolt and reunite with allies Launchpad, Gosalyn, and Morgana to save the entire universe.

The lead cast includes Mark Hamill (Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: Arkham Asylum) as Drake Mallard aka Darkwing Duck, Seth Rogen (The Muppet Show) as Launchpad McQuack, Lizzy Caplan (Party Down) as Gosalyn Mallard, Lilimar (Inside Out 2) as Duckie, Dan Stevens (Onslaught) as Glade McTowers, Tiffany Shepis (Star Trek: Picard) as Rosa, Kathryn Newton (Avengers: Doomsday) as Firecracker, Teo Briones (Final Destination Bloodlines) as Timb, Tyler Dean Flores (Neon) as Pondsy, Katie Rich (Saturday Night Live) as Officer Shanks, and Nat Faxon (The Descendants) as Officer Webb.

The Point Grey team shared in a statement, “Disney said, ‘Let’s get dangerous,’ and we said, ‘Hell yeah.'”

“Like every other fan of the original show, I’m excited to see Darkwing getting dangerous again in a whole new series,” Stones added.” The new creative team has certainly amped up the action and comedy without forgetting the Disney heart. This series places DW in the literary tradition of Robin Hood, Zorro, and Sherlock Holmes, heroes whose lore has been reinterpreted by multiple creators in multiple mediums. They explored the core of those characters by tossing them into new eras, new relationships, and even new universes. No matter when or where, Darkwing Duck will appear in a cloud of blue smoke to grab the spotlight.”

The new Darkwing Duck doesn’t yet have a release date.

Are you excited to see the character make a comeback? Let us know in the comments below!

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Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Painkiller) are attached to develop, adapt, and showrun the series.

The ’70s set story sees a veteran and his niece hunted by the vampires that slaughtered their whole family.

In author Keith Rosson’s (Fever House, The Devil by Name) horror novel: “It’s the winter of 1975, and Portland, Oregon, is all sleet and neon. Duane Minor is back home after a tour in Vietnam, a bartender just trying to stay sober; save his marriage with his wife, Heidi; and connect with his thirteen-year-old niece, Julia, now that he’s responsible for raising her. Things aren’t easy, but Minor is scraping by.

“Then a vampire walks into his bar and ruins his life.

“When Minor crosses John Varley, a killer who sleeps during the day beneath loose drifts of earth and grows teeth in the light of the moon, Varley brutally retaliates by murdering Heidi, leaving Minor broken with guilt and Julia filled with rage. What’s left of their splintered family is united by only one desire: vengeance.

“So begins a furious, frenzied pursuit across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. From grimy alleyways to desolate highways to snow-lashed plains, Minor and Julia are cast into the dark orbit of undead children, silver bullet casters, and the bevy of broken men transfixed by Varley’s ferocity. Everyone’s out for blood.”

King called the novel “mind-blowingly good!“

The project is part of  Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple’s Iron Ocean first look deal with Paramount.

The announcement arrives as Rosson’s novel receives its paperback edition, publishing today.

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It turns out that playing so many characters was Lange’s stipulation before she’d return. Lange said on Tuesday’s episode of Live With Kelly and Mark that she only agreed to come back if she could play all four of her characters from previous seasons.

Of the current season, Lange said that “everybody is a returning character, pretty much,” and that her experience “was great because I like all four of those characters. It was fun to play them, and, coming back, it was great to do them again.”

She also teased an additional: “I threw in an extra, that’s kind of a mystery character,” revealing for the first time that she actually plays five different characters across AHS’ 13th season.

Lange previously played Constance and Sister Jude Martin on seasons 1 and 2, respectively, before returning as witch Fiona Goode on 2013’s AHS: Coven and circus leader Elsa Mars in 2014’s AHS: Freak Show. The latter was the final installment that Lange led before she returned in a guest role on American Horror Story: Apocalypse in 2018.

Who could the fifth character be? It definitely won’t be a new character that could appear in future seasons, as the actress shot down host Kelly Ripa when asked.

The new season will consist of 13 half-hour episodes, with the finale arriving just in time for Halloween.

The cast includes Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman, Joey Pollari, and Jessica Lange. The epic cast also features Avantika, Jamie Brewer, Elle Chapman, Berto Colon, Alex Consani, Frances Conroy, Mat Fraser, Seth Gabel, Orlando Jones, Paul Anthony Kelly, John Carroll Lynch, Tig Notaro, Madelaine Petsch, Fedor Steer, Mena Suvari, Zach Villa, John Waters, and more.

Creator Ryan Murphy calls “AHS 13” a “greatest hits season.”

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You can see the new poster for Carrie below.

Prime Video describes the new series, “Misfit high‑schooler Carrie White (Summer H. Howell) has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.”

Also starring in Carrie are Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti, Thalia Dudek, Amber Midthunder, and Matthew Lillard.

With any new reboot or remake, there’s going to be questions about how faithful the adaptation will be and what new perspectives a filmmaker will lean into, but for anyone concerned about whether Mike Flanagan will fully unleash Carrie’s wrath, this poster confirms just how powerful Carrie will become. Still, Flanagan confirmed that the new series will explore things that the previous adaptations of the material have failed to fully dive into.

“The story of Carrie alone has been told now several times,” the filmmaker shared with Entertainment Weekly earlier this month. “The thing that’s never been delved into is Carrie’s a part of this larger community of women and she never gets to know that. We have a book that fits perfectly into a 90-minute format. We’re talking about a series. Expansion’s essential. So if that’s the mission, how can we earn it? And that was the crux of it. Let’s understand that this is the story about gifted women. Let’s understand that this is a story about young women, in particular, learning their place in the world and coming into their power — and all the pitfalls that come with that.”

Carrie premieres on Prime Video on October 7.

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

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AMC has not only announced that Tales from the Crypt‘s The Crypt Keeper would serve as host of this year’s event, but also revealed its full schedule of programming.

The Crypt Keeper, the underground icon from the beloved ’90s cult-classic Tales From the Crypt voiced by John Kassir, will be the official host of this year’s FearFest to mark the 30th anniversary of the epic horror celebration. With presenting sponsor BACARDÍ Rum returning for a second year, the long-running annual horror and genre programming event, featuring over 650 hours of iconic horror films, franchises, new series, specials and more, kicks off Thursday, October 1 on AMC and AMC+.

Famed special effects master, AMC’s longtime creative partner and The Walking Dead director, Greg Nicotero (Creepshow, Guts & Glory) re-created the legendary puppet for a ghoulish refresh, leveraging his expertise in practical effects and creature design to update the Crypt Keeper’s signature look, movement, and personality for today’s audiences. In collaboration with AMC Global Media’s Content Room, the company’s in-house branded entertainment studio, Nicotero directed the Crypt Keeper segments for FearFest with John Kassir providing the signature cackle and wit that cemented the Crypt Keeper’s legacy.

“What a great honor and privilege to re-create this iconic character and get a chance to revisit some of his clever quips and puns with John Kassir again reprising his role,” Nicotero shared in a statement. “Having the chance to re-create Kevin Yagher’s amazing puppet at my studio KNB EFX and get the opportunity to ‘direct him’ in a series of FearFest spots was like going back in time and I couldn’t be more pleased with the outcome.”

“FearFest has long been one of AMC’s most beloved horror traditions, and we couldn’t be happier to resurrect the Crypt Keeper as this year’s master of ‘scary-monies’ as we celebrate 30 years of FearFest. Revived by Greg Nicotero, a master of special effects and genre storytelling, the Crypt Keeper will give fans a fresh and wickedly fun gateway into our incredible horror library,” Kim Granito, chief marketing officer for AMC Global Media, added. “We’re also proud to partner once again with Bacardi, a brand that perfectly complements FearFest and our celebration of the spirit, creativity and community of horror fandom.”

Here’s the full AMC FearFest 2025 schedule…

Thursday, October 1 – FearFest Halloween Kickoff Marathon: 

• 11am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
• 1pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
• 3pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
• 5pm: Halloween II (1981)
• 7pm: Halloween (1978)
• 9pm: TNA iMPACT!
• 11pm: Tales from the Crypt Marathon

Friday, October 2 –AMC Celebrates Insidious Marathon: 

• 8pm: Insidious (15th Anniversary)
• 10:30pm: Insidious: Chapter 2  
• 1am: Insidious: Chapter 3

Saturday, October 3 – Stephen King Marathon: 

• 6:30am: Graveyard Shift
• 8:30am: Pet Sematary
• 10:30am: Silver Bullet
• 12:30pm: Stephen King’s It Part 1
• 2:45pm: Stephen King’s It Part 2  
• 5pm: Christine   
• 7pm: It (2017)
• 10pm: Carrie (2013)
• 12:15am: Misery  

Sunday, October 4 – Slasher Sunday: 

• 12:15pm: Halloween (2007)
• 2:45pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• 5pm: Friday the 13th (1980)
• 7pm: Halloween II (1981)
• 9pm: The Terror: Devil In Silver Episode 103

Monday, October 5 – Final Destination Marathon: 

• 8pm: Final Destination (2000)
• 10pm: Final Destination 2
• 12am: The Final Destination (2009)

Tuesday, October 6

• 5:45pm: Thir13een Ghosts  
• 7:45pm: Ghost Ship
• 9:45pm: Jeepers Creepers  

Wednesday, October 7  – Chucky Marathon:

• 3pm: Child’s Play 3  
• 5pm: Child’s Play 2  
• 7pm: Child’s Play (1988)
• 9pm: Bride of Chucky  
• 11pm: Seed of Chucky  
• 1am: Curse of Chucky
• 3am: Cult of Chucky

Thursday, October 8 

• 4:30pm: Stephen King’s It Part 1  
• 6:45pm: Stephen King’s It Part 2
• 9pm: TNA iMPACT!
• 11pm: Carrie (2013)

Friday, October 9 – Run Michael Run Marathon:

• 1pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
• 3pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
• 5pm: Halloween II (1981)
• 7pm: Halloween (1978)
• 9pm: Halloween (2007)
• 11:30pm: Halloween II (2009)

Saturday, October 10 – Creature Feature: 

• 11am: Leprechaun
• 1pm: Gremlins
• 3:30pm: The Fly
• 5:30pm: The Thing
• 8pm: Tremors
• 10pm: Lake Placid
• 12am: Cujo

Sunday, October 11 – Stephen King Marathon: 

• 7am: Silver Bullet
• 9am: Children of the Corn
• 11:15am: Misery
• 1:45pm: Christine
• 3:45pm: Carrie
• 6pm: It (2017)
• 9pm: The Terror: Devil In Silver Episode104

Monday, October 12 – Nightmare on Elm Street Marathon: 

• 11am: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
• 1pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
• 3:15pm: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
• 5:45pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
• 8pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• 10:15pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
• 12:15am: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
• 2:15am: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare

Tuesday, October 13

• 5:30pm: House of Wax
• 8pm: Thir13en Ghosts
• 10pm: Ghost Ship

Wednesday, October 14

• 6pm: Halloween (1978)
• 8pm: Christine
• 10pm: It (2017)

Thursday, October 15 

• 4pm: Halloween II (2009)
• 6:30pm: Halloween (2007)
• 9pm: TNA iMPACT!
• 11pm: Ghost Ship 

Friday, October 16 – Friday the 13th Marathon: 

• 10am: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
• 12pm: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
• 2pm: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
• 4pm: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
• 6pm: Friday the 13th (1980)
• 8pm: Friday the 13th Part 2
• 10pm: Friday the 13th Part III 

Saturday, October 17  – Final Destination Double Feature 

• 7pm: Final Destination (2000)
• 9pm: Final Destination 2

Sunday, October 18 – Freddy vs Jason Marathon 

• 6:15am: Friday the 13th Part III
• 8:15am: Friday the 13th (1980)
• 10:15am: Friday the 13th Part 2
• 12:15pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
• 2:30pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
• 4:30pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• 6:45pm: Freddy vs Jason
• 9pm: The Terror: Devil in Silver Episode105

Monday, October 19

• 5pm: From Dusk Till Dawn
• 7pm: Tremors
• 9pm: Jeepers Creepers

Tuesday, October 20

• 6pm: Friday the 13th (2009)
• 8pm: Halloween (2007)
• 10:30pm: Halloween II (2009)

Wednesday, October 21 – Insidious Marathon 

• 7pm: Insidious 
• 9:30pm: Insidious: Chapter 2
• 12am: Insidious: Chapter 3 

Thursday, October 22 

• 5pm: Tremors
• 7pm: Lake Placid
• 9pm: TNA iMPACT!
• 11pm: Final Destination (2000)

Friday, October 23

• 5:45pm: Carrie
• 8pm: It (2017)
• 11pm: Silver Bullet 

Saturday, October 24 – Fear the ’80s

• 7:30am: The Return of the Living Dead
• 9:30am: Cujo
• 11:30am: The Fly
• 1:30pm: Fright Night
• 4pm: The Lost Boys
• 6pm: Christine
• 8pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• 10:15pm: Friday the 13th (1980)
• 12:15am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Sunday, October 25 – Halloween Marathon

• 10:30am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers  
• 12:30pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
• 2:30pm: Halloween (2007)
• 5pm: Halloween II (1981)
• 7pm: Halloween (1978)
• 9pm: The Terror: Devil In Silver Episode 106

Monday, October 26 – Friday the 13th Marathon: 

• 9am: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
• 11am: Friday the 13th : A New Beginning
• 1pm: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
• 3pm: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
• 5pm: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
• 7pm: Friday the 13th (2009)
• 9pm: Friday the 13th (1980)
• 11pm: Friday the 13th Part 2
• 1am: Freddy vs. Jason
• 3:15am: Friday the 13th Part III

Tuesday, October 27 – Nightmare on Elm Street Marathon: 

• 4:45pm: Freddy vs. Jason
• 7pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• 9:15pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
• 11:15pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
• 1:30am: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Wednesday, October 28 – Final Destination Marathon: 

• 6pm: Final Destination (2000)
• 8pm: Final Destination 2
• 10pm: The Final Destination (2009)

Thursday, October 29 

• 6pm: It (2017)
• 9pm: TNA iMPACT!
• 11pm: Thir13en Ghosts

Friday, October 30 – Halloween on Halloween Marathon: 

• 4:30am: Halloween (1978)
• 6:30am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
• 8:30am: Halloween II (2009)
• 11am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
• 1pm: Halloween (1978)
• 3pm: Halloween II (1981)
• 5pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
• 7pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
• 9pm: Halloween (1978)
• 11pm: Halloween (2007)
• 1:30am: Halloween II (2009)
• 4am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Saturday, October 31 – Halloween on Halloween Marathon: 

• 6am: Halloween II (1981)
• 8am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
• 10am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
• 12pm: Halloween II (2009)
• 2:30pm: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
• 4:30pm: Halloween (2007)
• 7pm: Halloween (1978)
• 9pm: Halloween II (1981)
• 11pm: Halloween (1978)
• 1am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
• 2am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Sunday, November 1 – Halloween Hangover 

• 6am: Christine
• 8am: Halloween (1978)
• 10am: The Terminator
• 12:30pm: Predator
• 3pm: Men in Black
• 5pm: Men in Black II
• 7pm: Jurassic World: Dominion

Are you looking forward to this year’s event? Let us know down in the comments!

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Announced by press release, “The Crypt Keeper, the underground icon from the beloved ’90s cult-classic Tales From the Crypt voiced by John Kassir, will be the official host of this year’s FearFest to mark the 30th anniversary of the epic horror celebration. With presenting sponsor BACARDÍ Rum returning for a second year, the long-running annual horror and genre programming event, featuring over 650 hours of iconic horror films, franchises, new series, specials and more, kicks off Thursday, October 1 on AMC and AMC+.

“Famed special effects master, AMC’s longtime creative partner and The Walking Dead director, Greg Nicotero (Creepshow, Guts & Glory) re-created the legendary puppet for a ghoulish refresh, leveraging his expertise in practical effects and creature design to update the Crypt Keeper’s signature look, movement, and personality for today’s audiences. In collaboration with AMC Global Media’s Content Room, the company’s in-house branded entertainment studio, Nicotero directed the Crypt Keeper segments for FearFest with John Kassir providing the signature cackle and wit that cemented the Crypt Keeper’s legacy.”

“What a great honor and privilege to re-create this iconic character and get a chance to revisit some of his clever quips and puns with John Kassir again reprising his role,” Nicotero shared in a statement. “Having the chance to re-create Kevin Yagher’s amazing puppet at my studio KNB EFX and get the opportunity to ‘direct him’ in a series of FearFest spots was like going back in time and I couldn’t be more pleased with the outcome.”

“FearFest has long been one of AMC’s most beloved horror traditions, and we couldn’t be happier to resurrect the Crypt Keeper as this year’s master of ‘scary-monies’ as we celebrate 30 years of FearFest. Revived by Greg Nicotero, a master of special effects and genre storytelling, the Crypt Keeper will give fans a fresh and wickedly fun gateway into our incredible horror library,” Kim Granito, chief marketing officer for AMC Global Media, added. “We’re also proud to partner once again with Bacardi, a brand that perfectly complements FearFest and our celebration of the spirit, creativity and community of horror fandom.”

“With the iconic Bat at the heart of our brand and ‘Do What Moves You’ grounded in freedom and self-expression, BACARDÍ Rum has an authentic connection to Halloween – a moment when people are encouraged to transform, express themselves and celebrate,” said Lisa Pfenning, Vice President of BACARDÍ in North America. “As we return for our second year as presenting sponsor of FearFest, we’re thrilled to celebrate its 30th anniversary and welcome the Crypt Keeper back into the spotlight as the ultimate ghost with the most. We’re honoring everything fans love about this horror icon while bringing his signature humor and mischievous spirit to a new generation.”

Not only will the Crypt Keeper be hosting segments during FearFest, we’ll also be treated to marathons of episodes of Tales from the Crypt. Other highlights from this year’s programming are Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Final Destination, Insidious, and the Stephen King library including IT (2017), IT the mini-series, The Shining, Misery, and Christine, as well as the AMC premiere of The Terror: Devil In Silver, AMC+’s new supernatural thriller YAGA, starring Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix Films, Humans), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek, The Vampire Lestat), and Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry). Plus, themed marathons, such as “Fear the ’80s” (Silver Bullet, Christine, Poltergeist, etc.), “Creature Feature” (Tremors, Lake Placid, Pet Sematary, etc.), and more.

Are you looking forward to the Crypt Keeper’s return? Let us know in the comments below!

Check out the full 2026 FearFest schedule on AMC here.

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A new teaser for the upcoming season highlights many of those exciting returns, with a special emphasis on the characters from Season 3’s Coven storyline. This isn’t the first we’ve seen of the new season, as a trailer was released earlier this month, but this specific footage puts an emphasis on fan-favorite returns. You can see the all-new teaser below.

FX describes the news season, “American Horror Story, the global phenomenon that has garnered more than 100 Emmy nominations since its launch in 2011, returns for an unrivaled 13th installment that will do justice to everyone’s most feared number. Bringing together an all-star cast, many of whom are reprising fan favorite roles, American Horror Story: 13 continues to build on the anthology’s decades-long legacy that has been streamed more than 700 million hours across the globe and spawned a legion of dedicated fans. Created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, American Horror Story has redefined the genre with various installments featuring a creepy murder house, a coven of witches, a traveling freak show, a haunted hotel, and the apocalypse itself. Which iconic horrors will return to haunt the hallowed halls of 13 and what new terrors await? Light your candles, draw your pentagrams, and prepare for a supreme surprise.”

Starring in the new season are Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman, Joey Pollari, and Jessica Lange. The cast also features Avantika, Jamie Brewer, Elle Chapman, Berto Colon, Alex Consani, Frances Conroy, Mat Fraser, Seth Gabel, Orlando Jones, Paul Anthony Kelly, John Carroll Lynch, Tig Notaro, Madelaine Petsch, Fedor Steer, Mena Suvari, Zach Villa, John Waters and more.

American Horror Story: 13 premieres on FX on September 24.

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

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Netflix’s lineup of horror releases, per What’s on Netflix, is as follows:

September 23

• LifeHack (2025)

September 24

• Balaraw: Blood Island (Season 1) – Years after her mother vanished, Sabina follows a mysterious clue to an uncharted island, where she confronts hidden dark secrets within her own family.
• Knock at the Cabin (2023)

September 27

• Slice (2018)

September 29

• Daniel Isn’t Real (2019)

September 30

• I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)
• Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

October 1

• Lake Placid (1999)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• Happy Death 2U (2019)
• Evil Dead (2013)
• Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

October 2

• My Child Has My Doctor’s Face (2024)

October 6

• The Boogeyman (2023)
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

October 8

• Below (Limited Series) – When a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a small Newfoundland town, a hard-bitten fisherman must fight to protect his family, his community, and his vanishing way of life.

October 9

• Haunted Hotel (Season 2) – A single mother tries to run the world’s most haunted hotel with her ghost brother, two kids, a demon trapped in a little boy’s body, and an ever growing collection of ghosts, monsters, and supernatural disasters.
• Is It Cake? Halloween (Season 2) – Is It Cake? Halloween rises from the grave with Mikey Day and six wickedly talented hyper-realistic cake artists! These creeptacular bakers push their skills to the limit, creating the largest, spookiest cakes designed to trick celebrity judges. With a huge cash prize and the title of Is It Cake? Halloween Champion on the line, the stakes have never been higher. Who will survive this deliciously deadly showdown?

October 14

• Cocaine Bear (2023)

With a few more weeks to go before we’re officially in October, we won’t be surprised if Netflix reveals some surprises to really help subscribers to get into the Halloween spirit, so stay tuned for all updates on what’s coming to the streamer.

Which title are you most looking forward to checking out? Let us know in the comments below!

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“Blade Runner 2099” premieres on Prime Video on November 25.

Check out a few brand new images from the series below.

The new Blade Runner television series is set 50 years after the events of Denis Villeneuve’s movie Blade Runner 2049 and stars Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) and Hunter Schafer (Cuckoo) as partners Olwen and Cora, respectively. 

Like Rutger Hauer’s Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, Olwen is a replicant at the end of her life cycle. Her partner, Cora, is a human passing herself off as a replicant.

“Blade Runner 2099” comes from Alcon Entertainment, Scott Free, and Amazon Studios. Silka Luisa (“Shining Girls”) is writing, show-running, and executive producing.

Jonathan van Tulleken (“Shōgun”) will direct and executive produce the first two episodes.

Dimitri Abold (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy), Katelyn Rose Downey (The Nun II), and Daniel Rigby (Renegade Nell) also star in the upcoming series, alongside Johnny Harris (A Gentleman in Moscow), Amy Lennox (Only Child), Sheila Atim (The Woman King), and Matthew Needham (House of the Dragon).

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Freeform has released a new trailer for the upcoming supernatural drama series Coven Academy, which will premiere on October 1. You can check out the new trailer below.

In the haunted heart of New Orleans, Coven Academy follows three teenage witches and their dangerously charming warlock peers at an elite magic boarding school where power is currency, secrets are lethal and attraction is a liability. Caught between ancient supernatural wars and forbidden love interests, the coven must decide how far they’re willing to go to protect their city — and themselves.

The trailer reveals Briar’s (Malina Weissman) struggles to hone her newfound powers as a witch and the turbulent love triangle between her, Jake (Malachi Barton), and Ollie (Louis Thresher). Set to Olivia Rodrigo’s hit song “Brutal,” Briar’s enigmatic energy draws intrigue from her fellow young witches.

Coven Academy stars Malina Pauli Weissman (A Series of Unfortunate Events) as Briar, a fiercely independent New Yorker who discovers she’s a witch; Malachi Barton (Camp Rock 3, Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires) as Jake, a magnetic warlock with a dangerous edge; Jordan Leftwich (The Family Switch) as Sasha, a deeply empathic student who can read minds; Ora Duplass (Their Town) as Tegan, an irreverent time-bending witch; Louis Thresher (Boarders) as Ollie, a hungry, newly turned vampire; and Tiffani Thiessen (White Collar, 90210) as Miss Graves, the formidable and glamorous head of the school. The series also features special guest star Devon Sawa (Hacks) as Mr. Cole, a brilliant and charismatic warlock professor.

Tim Federle (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, the upcoming Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion sequel) created Coven Academy and serves as executive producer alongside Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin, Amanda Row, and Bronwyn North-Reist. Coven Academy is produced by Federle’s Chorus Boy Productions in association with Disney Kids & Family.

Coven Academy debuts on October 1 on Freeform, with the full season available the next day on Disney+, Hulu, and Freeform On Demand.

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One veritable phenomenon on the streaming platforms has been The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula series, which is set to return with a Season 7 next month.

As confirmed today, the new season of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula is officially set to premiere on October 27, making it just one of many thrilling new additions to the streaming services for the Halloween season.

Per the press release, “The forthcoming seventh season features some of the series’ most brilliantly unhinged and cutting-edge underground artists, a collection of beloved guest judges including Rose McGowan, Doug Jones, David Dastmalchian, Harvey Guillén, Rachel True, Darren Stein, Lloyd Kaufman, Brandon Rogers, James A. Janisse, Chelsea Rebecca, Yvie Oddly, Lauren LaVera, Bailey Sarian, Howard Berger, and previous The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula winners Landon Cider, Dahli, and Asia Consent, and the craziest elimination challenges in ten years of the show. The season will also pay homage to the grimy, tactile VHS horror of the 1980s and ‘90s through ambitious cinematic sequences that will celebrate some of the genre’s most iconic films.”

“Ten years ago, we opened the gates to our world without a roadmap, a television network or any idea of how far this strange underground experiment would take us. Today, Dragula has become an internationally recognized and Emmy-nominated franchise, but its heartbeat remains the same: fearless artists, disruptive ideas, and a refusal to play it safe,” said the Boulet Brothers in a statement. “For season 7, we wanted to celebrate everything that has always made Dragula dangerous and different while pushing the series into its next era. We cast raw, hungry artists who were completely unprepared for what was waiting for them, creating a season that feels unpredictable, cinematic, and alive in a way that takes us back to the beginning.”

Nick Lazo, SVP of Development and Production at Shudder, added, “Over the last decade, The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula has grown into a genre-defining franchise and a cornerstone of Shudder’s programming … We are honored to have been part of that journey with the Boulet Brothers, who have become influential voices in modern horror, and look forward to bringing fans another unforgettable and jaw-dropping season just in time for Halloween.”

Also coming to Shudder in October is V/H/S/MIXTAPE on October 9, Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party on October 23, and the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards on October 25.

Are you looking forward to the new season? Let us know down in the comments!

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The streamer described of the new series, “New ghosts. New employees. New undefined evils that we haven’t even discovered yet! Katherine and her family find their groove as more paranormal problems come looking for vacancies. But can a haunted hotel ever really feel like home?”

Haunted Hotel stars Will Forte (Sweet Tooth), Eliza Coupe (Future Man), Skyler Gisondo (The Quarry, Santa Clarita Diet), Natalie Palamides (The Powerpuff Girls), and Jimmi Simpson (Westworld, Black Mirror).

The series was created by showrunner Matt Roller (Rick and Morty, Community) and produced by Titmouse (Big Mouth, The Venture Bros). In the debut season, a single mother tries to run the world’s most haunted hotel with her ghost brother, two kids, a demon trapped in a little boy’s body, and an ever growing collection of ghosts, monsters, and supernatural disasters.

Erica Hayes (Rick and Morty, Carol & the End of the World) is the supervising director. Roller executive produces alongside Chris McKenna (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Community), Dan Harmon (Rick and Morty, Community), and Steve Levy (Rick and Morty, Community).

Haunted Hotel debuted in September of 2025 and earned relatively positive reviews, sitting at 79% positive reactions from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. In Daniel Kurland’s review of Season 1, he explained, “Haunted Hotel is full of silly supernatural specters and ludicrous scenarios. Yet behind these broad spectacles is a deeper analysis of how the universe can either be ruled by order or chaos. This is filtered through more specific topics, like family and success, as the central theme. As far as Netflix’s other heightened fantastical comedies, like Mulligan and Disenchantment, are concerned, Haunted Hotel is the strongest of the lot.”

Haunted Hotel Season 2 premieres on October 9.

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Creep got under the audience’s skin in the best way possible, and Creep 2 managed to generate even greater acclaim and enthusiasm with a more subversive story. It’s been extremely satisfying to watch Creep confidently transform into an anthology horror series that distills “Josef’s” murders down to concise, economical horror stories. 

The Creep Tapes is the ideal outlet for Duplass and Brice’s duplicitous killer that doubles as an entertaining opportunity to deconstruct the found footage genre. Now entering its third season, the series tackles some of its biggest and most personal stories yet.

To celebrate the latest installment in the growing Creep franchise, Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice discuss the selection process for the season’s stories, finding new ways to raise the stakes and expand the universe’s scope, and figuring out their killer’s psychology and whether they know where his story ends. 

BLOODY DISGUSTING: What I love so much about this series is that all these episodes find different ways to deconstruct the found footage genre. This season features such an assortment of stories. What’s your process for planning out seasons and deciding on the final lot of six episodes? 

PATRICK BRICE: Well, we have a running document of ideas for this show that is just pages-and-pages-long at this point. So part of the process involves going to that and seeing what could work and makes sense for the season. But a lot of the time it’s just instinctual. It’s us either saying, “This is an idea that could work for this season. Let’s go for it!” or it comes from a guest star that we thought would be amazing and figuring out how to tailor the idea to them. 

MARK DUPLASS: Yeah, I think our best episodes happen with like a text at like 11:47 PM from Patrick or myself that says something like, “CUDDLE PARTY,” and that’ll be it. Then there will be an “!” And then there will be a “Yes.” We’ll get on the phone the next day and hash it out and talk it through. The document that Patrick is talking about is also very fun because some of those things are fully fleshed-out episodes and some of them are just small germs of ideas. You know, sometimes we’ll go on set with full scripts, and sometimes we’ll have as little as a page to work with. Every episode has its own DNA.

I love that and how ideas can actively evolve while you’re shooting. The show has such a raw feeling to it that conveys that energy. 

MD: Yeah, the idea is that rather than doing a full shoot where we shoot all six episodes in a row, we sort of shoot an episode anytime that we get three or four days free in our schedules. Sometimes we’ll build it around a weekend if we’re working on other projects. It helps you bring this fresh energy to it. So the season takes place over the course of a year, which also allows me to have different looks and things like that. We find that there’s something about — I guess what they call “The Beginner’s Mind” — by just hopping into all this. We’re always a little cold on the first day, and we’re still trying to find it. I’ll start acting, and Patrick will be like, “That’s not him.” It takes a minute to get back into it. But achieving that state of childlike creativity with it and a beginner’s mind is very much a part of the process. 

This season’s “Anisha” episode is set on a plane and builds to such a huge climax that almost feels impossible for such a small, intimate franchise like this. Can you talk a little about approaching that sequence, bringing it to life, and if you’re looking to push some of these stories to even bigger places?

PB: That came as a result of us saying, “How can we make this feel bigger than it’s ever been?” The concept for that one was sort of born out of doing something that we’ve never done before. It seems kind of scary, and we might not entirely know what we’re doing, but we’re going to figure it out on the day of the shoot. Then something like that is especially nuts when considering the shooting method that Mark’s talking about. It’s much harder to approach things with a Beginner’s Mind when you’re dealing with major stunt work and higher concept ideas. That was one of the most fun experiences I had filming this season just because we were so out of our depth and so out of our element, but still able to apply this shorthand that we’ve learned over the years from shooting this show and getting this franchise.

MD: A lot of the creativity from the show comes out of the function of shooting it on a lower budget. Years ago, when we were making this small independent film — The Do-Deca-Pentathlon — we wanted to get a shot of somebody on a plane. I called one of those stages in Burbank that has all these old, grounded planes. They pull out different sides of them so you can shoot in it. I was like, “It’s going to be ridiculous how expensive this is,” but then they told me the cost, and it was really cheap. As we were talking about expanding the show’s scope, I mentioned that I think it should be doable to get a private plane as long as we can shoot the episode in like two days. 

The Creep Tapes episodes that dig into the killer’s family and backstory are always some of the most fascinating. This season looks at his teen years and one of his first kills. Can you talk a little bit about pulling the veil back with this character, how much you want to keep a secret, and how much of this backstory was already known?

MD: That’s a good question. I mean, we really love how much audiences are enjoying the teasing of his backstory. That wasn’t initially part of our master plan. When we did the first episode with his “Mother,” people really responded to that. So we thought that it would be fun to do one episode each season that has a little bit of lore. I think that the fun of playing with a character like this is that we decided very early on that almost nothing he says is factual, but everything is true. So even if the skin and the details of what he’s talking about don’t necessarily make sense or add up — emotionally — everything you hear from him and feel from him is very, very true and honest. 

So, this season we thought it’d be really fun to do something on a VHS camera, similar to the one that my brother and I had growing up. I loved that camera because it was the first camera that shot on VHSC, the compact one, and you could do two separate audio tracks and put music on it. It was like its own little filmmaking machine. That got into my hands when I was about 16, so I thought it would be really funny to consider what our lead character would do with this camera if he had it. Immediately, we were like, “What if he made something like Blair Witch before Blair Witch?” The false mythology that he had gotten there first felt very funny to us.

Were you actually able to shoot it on older tech? 

MD: So we tried using the older tech and the problem with that is—

PB: It was unreliable. 

MD: It’s very cold where we’re shooting too, which can be a problem for the camera. We have used the same camera for almost everything we’ve done on the show, other than some of the more omniscient perspective things and the iPhone one in New York. It’s kind of been our talisman. It’s like our lucky camera. We’ve spent more money fixing that than if we had bought a new one, but he’s our little buddy. So we used that camera and then treated the footage afterwards. 

This season’s “Nobody” episode is one of my favorites from the series, and it feels like it’s a bit of a sequel to the first season’s “Brandt” episode, which is also largely this solo performance piece. 

MD: You get us, yes! You see us!

Was that episode particularly challenging to figure out? You do such a great job whenever these two sides of the killer and Peachfuzz are in conversation with each other.

MD: Yeah, that one felt harder to get right. I felt like we were talking a lot between takes.

PB: Oh, absolutely. I mean, we were setting ourselves up for this, but it entirely relied on Mark’s shoulders. It’s all his performance and the sort of the dance of it. That was one where, in the opening sequence, we had to really get the timing right. There were a lot of longer takes and sort of fewer cuts because it was just Mark and nobody else. 

MD: But we got to use your voice again! One of my favorite things is when Patrick comes in to play Peachfuzz. Also, our third brother in this, Chris Donlon, is executive producer and editor with us every step of the way. He was also able to play the body in the grave. There’s some excellent musical timing that you’ll see in the episode. It’s really fun when we get up there, and that one was just the four of us putting it all together. I think sometimes it brings out the best in us when we’re all a little afraid and a little nervous. “Is this going to work?” We have those down moments, too. “Why did we try to do this?” But sometimes the best stuff comes out of that. 

Creep works so well as an anthology TV series, but does that make it any more of a challenge to find your way back to it as a film franchise? Is Creep 3 still of any interest or seem like an appropriate way to conclude the series?

PB: I mean, we never want it to end. I think it will end in our actual deaths. Creep 3 is definitely something we still talk about. I feel like making the show just invigorates me to come up with ideas for what would make sense for a Creep 3. The show is almost like our sketchbook, in a lot of ways. We’re trying to play with different ideas that maybe could be smaller, that then maybe push us to what the bigger story would be if we were to make another movie after that.

MD: Yeah, it took us quite a few years between Creep and Creep 2 to figure out that idea and get it right. I think it’s taking us that much more time between Creep 2 and Creep 3 because it’s so important to us. We’re just so appreciative of the fans, who reflect to us that there’s integrity in the way that these stories are told. They feel that from us, so we don’t want to feed them anything less than an A+ breakfast burrito. When it comes to Creep 3, frankly, we just haven’t come up with it yet. When we do, we’ll bring it forward, and hopefully there will be a Creep 4 and a Creep 5 — there’s got to be a movie that’s just called Peachfuzz. We’re working on it, with the only limit being our own creative ability. 

The Creep Tapes Season 3 premieres September 15th on Shudder, with back-to-back episodes airing weekly.

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Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Flanagan has offered a new update that confirms the project is still “very much on the table,” while he also explained the various hurdles the project must overcome. He explained, “To do it the way I wanna do it requires an enormous commitment from a studio.”

With the narrative itself sprawling multiple novels, and with the story blending together fantasy, supernatural, and Western genres, it’s an ambitious effort from a filmmaking scope alone. Additionally, the stories weave in and out of various other stories from King’s vast library, which results in more complications, given the number of studios that possess the rights to various titles.

“The way the Dark Tower universe is connected, you’ve got characters in there that are all over the place when it comes to studio ownership,” Flanagan detailed. “So the development process on it has been epic. It, of course, has taken much longer than I’d like it to, but I work on it all the time. It’s never stopped moving. It just moves at its own oil-tanker pace.”

In this sense, the complications sound reminiscent of what the Marvel Cinematic Universe has gone through over the years, with rights issues preventing integral characters from appearing across titles and behind-the-scenes deals needing to be struck. However, King’s sprawling library and his penchant for offering up the rights to his stories make it an even more complicated situation.

Unfortunately, these complications fall entirely in line with the long and frustrating history of The Dark Tower.

In 2017, Nikolaj Arcel directed The Dark Tower movie starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, which was meant to serve as both an adaptation and a sequel to the original books. With a 95-minute runtime, the movie fell flat with audiences and critics, as it failed to capture the scope of the source material. Amazon then bought the rights to the series and even filmed a pilot for a TV series, though the streamer opted to scrap the pilot and not pick it up to series.

Knowing that we still have quite a wait ahead of us for the adaptation to move forward is disappointing, but all Stephen King fans can agree that we’d rather wait for a worthy adaptation than see another rushed attempt be released.

Are you hoping Flanagan can make his adaptation happen? Let us know in the comments below!

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One of the biggest distinctions of this new adaptation is the events of the novel will be spread out over eight episodes, with Prime Video today releasing the titles of each chapter.

Even though Mike Flanagan is known for exploring emotionally heavy topics and themes, the titles highlight his playfulness, especially considering the series premiere is titled “First Period,” with Carrie’s first period famously unlocking her telekinetic abilities.

You can check out the full list of episode titles below.

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Given that the series premiere is obviously a nod to Carrie’s (Summer H. Howell) transition into adulthood, the rest of the titles have us speculating about significant components of the narrative. “Foreign Language” could be a nod to Carrie being unfamiliar with what’s happening to her, with “Physical Education” teasing her embracing her abilities while “Home Economics” might imply Carrie’s confrontation with her mother, played by Samantha Sloyan. We can only imagine Carrie’s physics-defying abilities that could be explored in “AP Physics.”

Prime Video describes the new series, “Misfit high‑schooler Carrie White (Howell) has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Sloyan). After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.”

Also starring in Carrie are Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti, Thalia Dudek, Amber Midthunder, and Matthew Lillard.

Even if we’ve seen versions of Carrie before, Mike Flanagan recently explained to Entertainment Weekly what will set his take on the material apart from his predecessors.

“The story of Carrie alone has been told now several times,” the filmmaker shared with the outlet. “The thing that’s never been delved into is Carrie’s a part of this larger community of women and she never gets to know that. We have a book that fits perfectly into a 90-minute format. We’re talking about a series. Expansion’s essential. So if that’s the mission, how can we earn it? And that was the crux of it. Let’s understand that this is the story about gifted women. Let’s understand that this is a story about young women, in particular, learning their place in the world and coming into their power — and all the pitfalls that come with that.”

The new Carrie series premieres on Prime Video on October 7.

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While these are currently nothing more than teases and clues about what the show will explore, the reaction from fans to such theories have caused showrunner Brad Caleb Kane to weigh in on the matter.

Taking to Instagram, Kane posted a photo of Dr. Freeze from Batman and Robin, captioning the post, “It’s not the CIA. He’s not a gov’t super soldier or an Eleven. He’s probably just a Chud. Or at worst a Trog. In any case, all will be known Oct. 15. Y’know, they called Copernicus a heretic at first, too. And look how that turned out! Well, bad for him, I guess. Nevermind. Enjoy!!!”

Caleb Kane ended the post with: #NotRoy #NotDemonicParasite #NotSpaceX

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What’s worth noting, though, is that Kane jokingly shoots down the idea that Jason is an “Eleven,” referencing Millie Bobby Brown’s Stranger Things role, as well as mentioning various horror creatures. While we doubt Jason will be revealed to actually be connected to any of the beloved franchises Kane mentioned, the filmmaker could intentionally be misdirecting theorists from buying too much into more ambitious speculation.

Even though Kane’s post might have been an attempt to settle the speculation about Jason and Pamela Voorhees, it’s possible that we’re just left with more questions. On the one hand, the entire premise of Crystal Lake and how it explores Pamela’s (Linda Cardellini) backstory before we see her murderous side in the original Friday the 13th makes us wonder why this is a story worth telling. Given that we haven’t gotten a new movie in the series since the 2009 reboot, we’re happy to take any new stories we can get, though an origin story for Pamela didn’t seem like the most obvious angle to pursue.

On the other hand, if Kane and his creative team have found a way to at least imply that Jason was more than your average boy, it could ultimately reveal how he was able to survive drownings, stabbings, and all of the other grievous injuries he suffered. Admittedly, not a lot of people have shown much interest in getting to the truth behind Jason, and the less we know about him, the better.

Still, Brad Caleb Kane’s remarks have us all the more curious about Crystal Lake and what’s in store for us when the series premieres on Peacock on October 15.

What do you think about these new Jason theories? Let us know down in the comments!

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After already winning eight awards at the Creative Arts Emmys earlier this month, “Widow’s Bay” just won an additional six at the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony that aired last night.

In total, “Widow’s Bay” took home FOURTEEN Emmy Awards this year!

Those awards include Outstanding Comedy Series, and The Wrap notes that this makes “Widow’s Bay” the very first horror series to win that particular category at the Emmy Awards.

Also of note, the fourteen total wins for “Widow’s Bay” actually sets a brand new record for a comedy series at the Emmys, passing the thirteen wins for “The Studio” just last year.

Here’s the full list of Emmy Awards that “Widow’s Bay” just took home…

• Outstanding Comedy Series
• Lead Actor in a Comedy Series – Matthew Rhys
• Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Stephen Root
• Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Kate O’Flynn
• Directing for a Comedy Series – Hiro Murai
• Writing for a Comedy Series – Katie Dippold
• Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – Betty Gilpin
• Casting for a Comedy Series
• Music Supervision
• Cinematography for a Series (half hour)
• Sound Mixing for a Comedy Or Drama Series (half hour) and Animation
• Sound Editing for a Comedy Or Drama Series (half hour) and Animation
• Music Composition for a Series (original dramatic score)
• Production Design for a Narrative Program (half hour)

The even better news? “Widow’s Bay” has already been renewed for a second season!

“Season Two is about how everything is great on the island, and there’s nothing to worry about,” creator, showrunner, and executive producer Katie Dippold recently joked.

The horror-comedy series takes place in a quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England. But something lurks beneath the surface. Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is desperate to revive his struggling community. There’s no wifi, spotty cellular reception, and he must contend with superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed. He wants these people to respect him. They don’t. They think he is soft and cowardly. And he is.

But Loftis is determined to build a better future for his teenage son and turn the island into a tourist destination. Miraculously, he succeeds: tourists are finally coming.

Unfortunately, the locals were right. After decades of calm, the old stories that seemed too ludicrous to be true start happening again.

Daniel Kurland wrote in his “Widow’s Bay” review for Bloody Disgusting, “Season One makes a perfect first impression, and its debut is strong enough that viewers will want to set up permanent residency there. There’s an excellent sense of storytelling, character development, and an engaging mystery that’s strengthened through pitch-perfect horror and comedy.”

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This season sometimes struggles to articulate its points and can feel like more of the same. However, it provides a deeper dive into Peachfuzz’s character, which may be enough for some audiences. Season three is a mixed bag, but it still works hard to exceed expectations, push boundaries, and leave its comfort zone through more frightening character-driven found footage experiments.

Season two innovatively riffed on found footage’s many different styles, while this season is more interested in character archetypes and the act of connection. These constantly disarming performances leave each episode’s subject – and the audience – feeling incredibly vulnerable. The series explores these perpetual exercises in control and privilege as characters engage in tugs of war over authority and are left to litigate who really has the power in these sordid situations. Peachfuzz casually declares that “we contain multitudes” in the season’s premiere, which strongly resonates in each episode.

These new episodes explore how Peachfuzz’s killings are all repeated attempts to genuinely, truly connect with another human being, even if that’s by steeping his own backstory in lies, deception, and a creepy equivalent to kabuki theater. There’s some muddled commentary on the creative pursuit of being an artist and the grueling process of tirelessly pouring yourself into thankless work and how this artistic pursuit can change you.

Certain episodes do admittedly feel like they run out of steam and abruptly conclude in ways that some may consider to be underwhelming. That being said, it’s important to understand that The Creep Tapes is not about the kills, as gory and grandiose as they may be; it’s about human connection.

This season bombards the audience with some of Peachfuzz’s most wild and ridiculous character archetypes yet. This includes a Tommy Lee-esque rock star who is desperate for notoriety through a viral sex tape, an enigmatic billionaire who is eager to unload a confession that doubles as a budding journalist’s big scoop, and a voyeur living in a listless shut-in’s walls. These contrasting performances are all over the map in attempts to obfuscate Peachfuzz’s truth. However, they’re all connected by a desperate need for relevancy and a compulsion to not be forgotten that’s been present in this franchise since its very start. 

It’s a message that’s crucial to Peachfuzz’s legacy as a prolific serial killer, but one can’t help but feel this quest for relevance extends to the broader found footage genre as a whole. It’s a style of storytelling that’s never completely disappeared, but often feels like it’s one foot out the door and constantly at the risk of being disregarded. The Creep Tapes’ third season makes a strong case for why this genre is still meaningful and a valuable way to tell horror stories.

A lot of this season sticks to stripped-down, minimalist filmmaking that frequently utilizes a bottle episode-like framework. There are still opportunities for these episodes to go bigger and take some risks. There’s a particularly tense stalker story that sets Peachfuzz loose in New York City. There’s also a formative flashback episode in 1994 that chronicles one of Peachfuzz’s earliest kills when he was just a teenager. This season also features the franchise’s most extreme and creative death to date that deserves credit for the sheer audacity of the spectacle. 

This season also continues the tradition where one episode turns the camera onto Peachfuzz and attempts to unpack his own trauma and history. This season’s experiment is a one-man show from Duplass as Peachfuzz confronts and succumbs to his codependent demons. It doesn’t reach the same heights as the previous seasons’ glimpses into Peachfuzz’s dynamic with his mother and sister, but it’s still very rewarding and a real highlight of the season that helps demystify this increasingly interesting monster. 

Season three still retains the dark humor that’s always been baked into the franchise, which may work better for some than others. This heightened behavior and inappropriate sense of humor fit into Peachfuzz’s pursuit of throwing off and destabilizing his would-be victims so that they can’t tell where the truth lies and the performance ends.

The Creep Tapes is a series that lives and dies based on its guest stars. This season features some impressive and eclectic talent that includes Kate Siegel, James Earl, Chris Gethard, Rekha Shankar, It: Welcome to Derry’s Nicholas Hamilton, Terrifier 2 and 3’s Elliot Fulham, and Mark Duplass’ own daughter, Ora Duplass. Patrick Brice continues to handle all the directing duties and has only grown more confident in cultivating this franchise’s avant-garde voice. However, at this point it wouldn’t be a bad idea to bring in some fresh blood. 

Like before, six episodes is the perfect length for this season so that Peachfuzz’s continuous kills don’t feel repetitive, formulaic, or blur together. It’s just enough time for The Creep Tapes to approach its central idea from complementary angles and still wrap things up so that the audience is left wanting more, rather than being exhausted by Peachfuzz’s schtick.

The Creep Tapes still has lots to say and plenty of tricks up its sleeve. That being said, this is the first time that the bloom is starting to come off the rose. While a very strong continuation of this concept and character, these are arguably the weakest batch of episodes from The Creep Tapes’ three-season run. This doesn’t mean that a season four would have even greater diminishing returns. However, it’ll need to bring something different to the equation.

As Peachfuzz would say, “You’ve just got to trust the creative process,” even if it makes a bloody mess. It at least helps keep the wolves at the door.

The Creep Tapes premieres September 15 on Shudder, with back-to-back episodes airing weekly.

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With that in mind, it makes sense that the full trailer for Peacock’s upcoming Crystal Lake TV show is blowing up online, as fans have a lot to say about the latest preview and its unexpected teasing of both a bag-headed Jason Voorhees and an implied sci-fi explanation for his “condition.”

From what we can gather from brief snippets of footage (as well as dialogue hinting that there’s more to this family than meets the eye), it’s implied that Pamela Voorhees and her ill-fated offspring have some kind of history with a secretive research facility that looks a lot like it might be engaging in MK Ultra experiments.

For our less conspiracy-minded readers, MK Ultra was a real life government program that was initiated in the 1950s and engaged in controversial experimentation involving mind control, chemically-induced torture and -allegedly- serial killer studies. When the public first caught wind of this secretive program, the news ended up inspiring popular genre stories by writers like Stephen King and Robert Ludlum. These days, however, most folks know about MK Ultra because of its role in the creation of Stranger Things, with this connection actually driving some fans to accuse Crystal Lake of actively stealing from Netflix’s cash cow.

As is usually the case with retcons, adding sci-fi elements to the Friday the 13th franchise is a risky move that -understandably- has a lot of people up in arms, but I’d argue that these additions aren’t as much of a reach as you might initially think. Not only does the timeline match, but the MK Ultra serial killer angle was part of the cultural zeitgeist that originated the series in the first place. Plus, having Jason Voorhees be the result of government experimentation is no less ridiculous than reframing him as a Deadite or a zombie fueled by lightning bolts.

At the end of the day, fans can still mix and match their favorite elements of the franchise mythology like we’ve been doing since the 1980s.

Of course, we’ll only really know how the story plays out when Crystal Lake finally releases on October 15, though I have a feeling that there’s a lot more going on with this show than the trailers would have you believe (especially with characters referencing how the lake never gives up her dead).

For now, why not share your own theories with us in the comments below?

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Don’t miss the 2 episode premiere of “Yaga” October 23 on AMC+.

Meet the characters of “Yaga” with a first look sneak peek below.

The series follows “Rapp (Noah Reid), a private investigator who arrives in a small coastal town to investigate the disappearance of a young heir to a powerful fishery, Henry Park (Hudson Williams).

“He finds himself at odds with an apprehensive local detective, Carson (Clark Backo), a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men, Katherine (Carrie-Anne Moss), and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic.”

AMC’s “Yaga” is based on the hit play by showrunner and writer Kat Sandler.

Sheila McCarthy, Megan Follows, Ezra Franky, Patrick Gilmore, Katharine Isabelle, Hiro Kanagawa, Emilija Baranac, Georgia Acken, Anisa Harris, and Sam Krochmal also star.

David Frazee (Chapelwaite, Reginald the Vampire) and Rachel Talalay (Riverdale, A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting) serve as co-directors of the AMC series.

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Empire Online reveals this week that legendary original Friday the 13th composer Harry Manfredini has contributed brand new original music to Peacock’s “Crystal Lake” series!

The opening title sequence for “Crystal Lake,” in fact, will pay tribute to the original classic.

“Crystal Lake” showrunner Brad Caleb Kane tells Empire, “The credit sequence can really help set the right atmosphere and vibe from the start. I remember watching a show that was the precursor to The X-Files, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and it had this really grainy, nerve-jangling vibe to it that’s just steeped in that 1970s time and place. But I also wanted to give a nod to the original Friday the 13th movie; the words ‘Crystal Lake’ pop out of the screen, shatter the glass, and the credits use the same font as the movie.”

Empire notes, “They also got Harry Manfredini – who scored the original film – to create new original music for the title sequence.”

Harry Manfredini is of course the man responsible for the franchise’s iconic music dating back to the 1980 original, with Manfredini creating the legendary “Ki Ki Ki Ma Ma Ma” sound.

Watch the trailer for “Crystal Lake” below and look for all 8 episodes on October 15.

Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees, with Callum Vinson playing Jason.

The series follows single mother Pam Voorhees who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?

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What does this new timeline look like? And when is “Crystal Lake” taking place in relation to the original horror classic that was released in 1980? We’ve got some clarity on that this week.

Empire Online reveals in a new preview piece this week that A24 and Peacock’s prequel “Crystal Lake” takes place eight years before the events of the original Friday the 13th movie.

Jason drowns in the Summer of 1971, while the bulk of the series takes place in 1972.

Showrunner Brad Caleb Kane tells the outlet, “Pam is a cook at Camp Crystal Lake, Jason is an eleven-year-old camper participating in all activities despite his physical limitations, and his mom is absolutely intent on making sure he has a normal summer outdoors with other kids… but with ultimately tragic consequences.”

“Things take some twists and turns on the way to Pam’s total psychotic break and subsequent bloody rampage,” Caleb Kane previews.

Al eight episodes of “Crystal Lake” premiere October 15 on Peacock. Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees, with Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) playing young Jason Voorhees.

The series follows single mother Pam Voorhees who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?

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With Season 3 premiering next month, we’ve decided to celebrate Mr. Peachfuzz’s bright future by coming up with a list ranking all 12 episodes of the show. After all, while I don’t think that there’s a single bad episode here, some of these murderous yarns are more memorable than others, so we might as well try to identify the best of the best!

As usual, this list is purely based on personal opinion, but don’t forget to comment below with your own ranking if you disagree.

With that out of the way, let’s stock up on Juicy Fruit and dive into the list.

12. Elliot – Season 1 (2024)

As I mentioned above, I don’t think there’s a single bad episode of The Creep Tapes – Season 1’s “Elliot” just has the rotten luck of being slightly less creative than the rest of the show due to it adhering to the established formula without adding anything new.

While I love the subtext about how both Elliot and “The Skydiver” have similar interests when it comes to stalking their subjects from a distance, there’s a lot more fun to be had in future episodes.

11. Brad – Season 1 (2024)

One of the show’s first meta experiments, “Brad” had Duplass’ charming killer take the form of a deranged fan of a documentary filmmaker played by Heart Eyes and Werewolves Within director Josh Ruben.

While the episode’s true-crime setup is downright genius, I actually think that this concept would have worked better as a feature-length Creep film rather than a shortform yarn, and that’s why “Brad” remains on the bottom half of the list despite being a fun time.

10. Nick – Season 2 (2025)

Another unfortunate case of a great idea being undercut by the small-screen format, our first Creep Tapes Christmas Special is still an undeniably great piece of television. Unfortunately, 20-something minutes just doesn’t feel like enough time to properly develop Duplass’ fake therapist persona and the Silent Night Deadly Night–inspired evil Santa shenanigans.

Of course, watching our killer protagonist speedrun his way through an experimental therapy session is still one hell of a fun ride.

9. Ava – Season 2 (2025)

Ava also suffers from the recurring problem of feeling a little too similar to some of the stories that preceded it, but this Tiger King-inspired thriller manages to overcome its formulaic structure by hinting at a larger mythos through the animal toys while also ending with a bonkers kill. This one also features Duplass at his most comical, with this vegan animal lover persona being one of his character’s greatest disguises.

That being said, I still refuse to believe that Sara is dead!

8. Mike – Season 1 (2024)

A stellar debut that proved that The Creep Tapes wasn’t going to be any less intense than the movies it’s based on, “Mike” was both a killer introduction to Duplass’ character for folks who weren’t familiar with his M.O. as well as a fun standalone hunt.

The episode is admittedly a rehash of ideas already present in the films (a necessary evil when you consider that this is essentially a pilot), but the snowy atmosphere and legitimately intense rapport between our leads make this a solid entry in the Creep saga.

7. Jeremy – Season 1 (2024)

Watching Mark Duplass play an evil priest while messing with a bad-faith amateur journalist is already fun, but the added references to exorcism movies make this a highly entertaining piece of religious horror.

The final chase here is also appropriately chilling, and that’s why I’d argue that “Jeremy” is one of Season 1’s best offerings.

6. Brandt – Season 1 (2024)

“Brandt” is the trippiest episode of the show by a wide margin, with this bizarre story providing fans with our first look at the Peachfuzz Killer in an intimate situation where he isn’t playing a character meant to deceive victims.

It may not benefit from a ton of action (though the shots where Duplass acts against himself are phenomenal), but this one-man bottle episode is bizarre and riveting in equal measure.

5. Wes – Season 2 (2025)

I was actually excited to see The Creep Tapes parody a home renovation show, but the twist here ended up being even better than anything I could have possibly anticipated.

A brilliant take on how serial killers’ manipulative tendencies allow them to easily navigate law enforcement, Wes is one of the show’s most thrilling episodes that also happens to contain one of Duplass’ overall best performances!

4. Mark – Season 2 (2025)

The Creep series is at its best when Aaron/Josef/Peachfuzz fully indulges in his filmmaking fantasies, so a meta episode paying homage to the long-running Saw franchise was bound to be incredibly entertaining.

The only reason that I don’t rank this one any higher is that, once again, I don’t think 22 minutes is enough time to thoroughly satirize all of the recurring tropes that plague the Saw series!

3. Mom (and Albert) – Season 1 (2024)

Popular culture has thoroughly explored the idea that serial killers tend to have mommy issues, but few horror stories dare to go into the eerie details of what a warped mother-son relationship might actually look like.

“Mom (and Albert)” is a rare exception, with this darkly humorous (and thoroughly uncomfortable) exploration of our protagonist’s backstory hinting that his penchant for murder is only a symptom of much deeper issues.

2. Angela – Season 2 (2025)

A sequel of sorts to “Mom (and Albert)”, “Angela” finally gives us more information about the wife/sister that was briefly mentioned all the way back in 2015’s Creep.

However, what really makes this episode so damn memorable, other than Duplass’ hilarious rapport with real-life spouse Katie Aselton, is the way that it makes you question everything that came before. In fact, Angela’s suggestion that her brother/lover’s mommy issues may have been manufactured reminds me of that Joker quote about how the villain prefers his past to be multiple choice, with this added bit of mythology making The Creep Tapes even more fascinating.

1. Joseph – Season 2 (2025)

Another meta masterpiece, “Joseph” is the perfect mix of the classic Creep formula with a post-modern twist. In this excellent Season 2 debut, Mark Duplass becomes the victim of a copycat serial killer played by fan-favorite David Dastmalchian.

What follows is a loose remake of the original Creep film that culminates in a classic example of why super-fans should never meet their heroes. I would have loved to see this concept stretched out over a feature-length runtime, but this is still my personal favorite episode of the entire show!

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The series will launch globally on Netflix in 2027.

“Scooby-Doo: Origins” marks the first time in the Scooby-Doo franchise that the character of Scooby-Doo will be portrayed by a real Great Dane, as seen in the adorable wrap photo below.

The image might also give us our first peek at the series’ take on the Mystery Machine.

As previously revealed, Maxwell Jenkins (“Lost in Space”) will play Fred, Tanner Hagen (“The Pitt”) will play Shaggy, and Abby Ryder Fortson (Ant-Man) will play Velma, joining Mckenna Grace (Scream 7) as Daphne.

Also appearing in the series are Paul Walter Hauser, Rusty Schwimmer, Peter Macon, Jona Xiao, Dani Deetté, Elysée Sanvillé, Alex Isles, Avery Kristen Pohl, Pamela Mitchell, Ross Kimball, Sara Gilbert, Wynn Everett, Sauriyan Sapkota, Bruce McGill, André Benjamin, and Cathy Moriarity.

Josh Appelbaum (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) and Scott Rosenberg (Venom, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) serve as showrunners and writers.

Toby Haynes (“Andor,” “Black Mirror”) will direct the first of eight episodes, in addition to serving as an executive producer.

For more than 50 years, Scooby-Doo has been a pop culture powerhouse spanning three theatrical films, more than a dozen animated series, and nearly 40 animated home entertainment movies. 

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Before Jason, there was Pamela…

The official trailer begins in Summer 1971, with a young Jason Voorhees drowning in Crystal Lake. From there, the series jumps forward in time to shine the spotlight on Pamela Voorhees and her rage over the death of her young son… though as we know, he’s not quite dead. Pamela believes Jason is still out there somewhere, and the trailer suggests that the series will reveal how Jason is able to seemingly come back from the dead and become the character we all know.

“What do you think the good people of Crystal Lake would say if they knew what you and Jason really were?” a character says to Mrs. Voorhees in the trailer. It’s a line that’s sure to grab the attention of longtime Friday the 13th fans, as none of the films ever quite explained how Jason died as a child and was soon thereafter a fully grown madman prowling the woods of Crystal Lake.

Watch the trailer for “Crystal Lake” below and look for all 8 episodes on October 15.

Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees, with Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) playing young Jason Voorhees.

The series follows single mother Pam Voorhees who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?

Brad Caleb Kane (“IT: Welcome to Derry”) is the showrunner for the series.

Executive Producers are Brad Caleb Kane, Marc Toberoff, Victor Miller, Robert M. Barsamian, Robert P. Barsamian, Stuart Manashil, Tyson Bidner, Michael Lennox, and Roy Lee.

Series regulars for “Crystal Lake” are Linda Cardellini, William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins, and Gwendolyn Sundstrom, while the show’s recurring cast includes Callum Vinson, Nick Cordileone, Joy Suprano, Danielle Kotch, and Phoenix Parnevik.

The eight-episode Peacock horror prequel series was directed by Michael Lennox (“Derry Girls”), Celine Held & Logan George (Caddo Lake), and Quyen Tran (“The Pitt”).

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The events of “Crystal Lake” take place long before the events of the original Friday the 13th, but a new shot from Emmy Magazine reveals that Pamela already had the sweater years prior.

We have “Crystal Lake” costume designer Cristina Spiridakis to thank for sharing the page from the latest issue of Emmy Magazine, which you can check out in full down below.

Cristina Spiridakis writes in her Instagram post, “Thank you Emmy Magazine for featuring the costumes of Crystal Lake in your current issue! I am so proud of this show, my incredible team, as well as the artists and craftspeople that helped us build the world.”

Coming to Peacock this Halloween season, the new Friday the 13th prequel series “Crystal Lake” from A24 will tell the origin story of Pamela Voorhees and her young son Jason Voorhees.

Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees, with Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) as young Jason. 

All episodes of “Crystal Lake” premiere October 15 on Peacock.

The series follows single mother Pam Voorhees who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?

Brad Caleb Kane (“IT: Welcome to Derry”) is the showrunner for the series.

 

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