Nicolas Cage starred as Ben Reilly, “a seasoned, down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city’s one and only superhero.”

The series also has a strong 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 90% “popcornmeter” approval among fans. All of which indicates that cost is likely the reason behind this cancelation.

Co-showrunners Oren Uziel (22 Jump Street) and Steve Lightfoot (“The Punisher”) developed the “Spider-Noir” television series with the Academy Award-winning team behind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal.

Nicolas Cage stars in his first leading television role alongside Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston, and Brendan Gleeson.

Guest stars for the series include Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, Andrew Caldwell, Amy Aquino, Andrew Robinson, and Kai Caster.

Emmy winner Harry Bradbeer (“Fleabag,” Enola Holmes) directed the first two episodes.

It was nominated for Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More), Outstanding Title Design, Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour), Outstanding Stunt Performance, Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score), Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode, Outstanding Stunt Coordination For Comedy Programming, Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup, and Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics.

The first, and now only, season of Spider-Noir is available to stream now in true-hue full color or authentic black & white.

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ETCH and Anarchists United Studios will premiere the weekly eight-part series exclusively on YouTube starting Wednesday, September 16. 

The series stars acclaimed writer, actor, comedian, poet, musician, and visual artist Cassie Workman.

Cassie Workman is Witch AF explores “the history and philosophy of occultism and magic. Using puppetry created by Direct Message and practical SFX make-up from Monster in My Closet (Smile 2, Hocus Pocus), the show is set in a fictional occult bookstore owned by the show’s creator and host, Cassie Workman, who leads us through a world of ritual magic, identity, demons, tarot, love, death, and possible salvation. It covers such topics as Aleister Crowley, John Dee, the secret history of Hollywood, and Santa Muerte.“

 Guest stars on the show include Shirley Manson (Garbage), comedian Ben Russell, and an all-star cast of demons and evil puppets.

ETCH is the label behind Art Show! With Captain Skinner. Founded by award-winning principals Philip Gelatt, Will Battersby, and Morgan Galen King, ETCH “strives to finance, produce and distribute unique animation, documentary and genre pieces that it hopes make the world a less dumb place.”

The show also marks one of the first to go into production for executive producer Lilly Wachowski’s company Anarchists United Studios, which is spearheaded by Wachowski with Sarah Marie Flores and Lawrence Mattis, and focuses on elevated genre projects created by artists from underrepresented communities.

ETCH partners Philip Gelatt and Will Battersby commented on the upcoming release: “Cassie Workman is a rare comedic talent. This show is hilarious, poignant, and full of the punk energy of resistance our world needs so badly right now. And that’s even before you get to the puppets.”

Lilly Wachowski added, “Cassie Workman weaves a Charm of Making so wickedly delightful it turned me into a newt! Seriously, everyone needs to watch the fabulous and funny and informative “Cassie Workman is Witchy AF” immediately! I am so proud to be a producer on this and call her my friend!!! #NEWTLIFE”

The series is directed by award-winning filmmaker Hannah Welever, and Frederic Fasano (Mother of Tears, The Helpsters) is the Director of Photography. Joel Goulet designed and directed marionette puppet sequences for Direct Message. 

Watch the trailer below.

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The new live-action series, in collaboration with Hasbro-owned “D&D” maker Wizards of the Coast, hails from creator John August (Frankenweenie, Big Fish) and executive producer Alfonso Cuarón.

It’s described as a “prestige fantasy series where adventure collides with gothic horror and tragic romance; Ravenloft and its Domains of Dread redefine adventure through character-driven stories of dark magic and supernatural intrigue.

“At the heart of the series, Ravenloft follows the making of the vampire Darklord Strahd von Zarovich, whose story of power, love, obsession, and undead transformation charts his origins from tragic antihero to one of Dungeons & Dragons’ most notorious villains.”

The hugely popular Ravenloft campaign launched in 1983 by creators Tracy and Laura Hickman and has inspired novels, tabletop RPG modules, video games, and companion rulebooks.

Most recently, Ravenloft went full throttle into cosmic horror territory, with the 288-page Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. Aaron Boehm wrote that this horror-forward edition delivers “a series of settings, creatures, villains, and character creation options that can be added to the world, allowing you to explore the darker side of D&D.“

Executive producers include Gabriel Marano for Hasbro, Richard Schwartz, and Gaby Rodriguez for Esperanto Filmoj.

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Watch the sneak peek video below and stay tuned for more on “Alien: Earth” Season 2.

In the series: “Set in the year 2120, five corporations wield the power of nations, and proprietary advancements in technology provide the promise of a new tomorrow. When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.”

The upcoming second season “certainly expands on the promise of the first,” according to series creator Noah Hawley (“Fargo,” “Legion”). He teases, “It’s a bigger show, more world-building.”

Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adrian Edmondson, David Rysdahl, Essie Davis, Lily Newmark, Erana James, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Kit Young, Diêm Camille, Moe Bar-El, and Sandra Yi Sencindiver star.

The Season 2 cast will also include Tracey Ullman, Sam Spruell (“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms“), Jerome Flynn (“Game of Thrones“), and Peter Dinklage (The Toxic Avenger).

SEASON [2] in production. // FX’s Alien: Earth. pic.twitter.com/nb4CtNO8KZ

— 20th Century Studios Canada (@20thCenturyCA) September 3, 2026

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The ten-episode anthology series will introduce a new generation of filmmakers and is scheduled to premiere exclusively on Tubi this Fall in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

From executive producer Peter Rice and GJMD Studio, the series brings a fresh take on the short-form horror format to Tubi that was previously explored in Hulu’s “Bite Size Halloween.”

Each episode will feature a new story, ranging from occult to body horror, dark comedy, monsters, and the macabre.

“Our horror shorts have become an extraordinary engine for discovering new writer-directors, 90 shorts, nine first features, and counting,” said Executive Producer Peter Rice. “We’re thrilled to partner with Tubi to introduce the next generation of horror filmmakers, with BITE SIZE TERROR on Tubi.”

“With a different nightmare in every episode, BITE SIZE TERROR is a thrilling showcase for the next generation of horror filmmakers,” said Adam Lewinson, Chief Content Officer at Tubi. “It brings bold, unpredictable stories to the Terror on Tubi Hub, adding to an already compelling destination for fans with more than 53 million hours of horror to explore. We’re proud to partner with Peter, David, and GJMD to bring these distinctive new voices directly to our growing audience.”

Episode Guide:

• THE DEEP END: A babysitter reluctantly times a child’s underwater trick in the deep end of a backyard pool, only to realize something is wrong when he resurfaces silent, unblinking, and not quite himself. The film stars Jessi Mechler (“Boyhood”) and Beau Foxx (The Pitt), and is written and directed by J. Zachary Thurman (“The Demon Core”).
• MARISOL: At her older sister’s funeral, a grieving teenage girl defies a taboo passed down through her family in hopes of reaching the dead, only to discover that the voice calling back may not belong to her sister at all. The film stars Jessie Mae Alonzo (Everything Now), Lourdes Faberes (Avatar: The Last Airbender), and Kim Adis (Get Even), and is written by Jed Shepherd (“Host”) and directed by Jill Sachs (“Taga”).
• KACHINA: A rental makeover influencer and home décor stylist hired to transform a desert home into a post-worthy stay disrespects the owner’s sacred family doll-turning her picture-perfect redesign into a blood-soaked reckoning. The film stars Chloe Ray (Fuller House), the puppeteer talents of Benjamin Michael Bayouth (Diabolical), and Dillon Wolf Oleata (Blark and Son), and is written and directed by Boise Esquerra (“The Black Demon”).
• RESONANCE: While clearing out her late father’s house during a storm, a grieving woman discovers his final experiment: a signal spreading through water that turns the exposed into vessels for something inhuman. The film stars Glenda MacInnis (Boston Blue), Andy McQueen (Paradise), the voice talents of Charles Halford (Outer Banks), and is written and directed by Mark Lammerding (“The Night Within”).
• MOTHER MARROW: When a young couple discovers an old matchmaking card game inside their rental RV, every question forces a darker confession, until they realize the game is testing whether their love deserves to survive. The film stars Haley Gauthier (“Behind Door Two”), Eric Palmer (“Harvester”), and Marquel Skinner (Young Rock), and is written by Jake and Conor Lawler (The Lawler Brothers) (“One of Them Days”) and is directed by Charlie Schwan (“Harvester”).
• SUCKER: After a broke motel clerk is bitten by a bat, her petty scams turn bloodier when a guest with a valuable antique reveals a bigger world of valuables, victims, and opportunity. The film stars Jiana Nicole (“Dirty Little Secrets”), Michael Brunlieb (South Side), and Thomas Kelly (“Heart Race”), and is written and directed by Katelyn Douglass (“Spanked by a Ghost”).
• MARISSA’S OFFICE: After years as the perfect assistant to a powerful magazine editor with a taste for ambitious young women, Beth weaponizes her own body to claim the promotion she has already paid for in blood. The film stars Sara Silva (Cruel Intentions) and Heather Lind (Your Friends & Neighbors), and is written and directed by Chaconne Martin-Berkowicz (I Know What You Did Last Summer).
• BOOK CLUB: A painfully polite woman joins an aspirational book club, only to discover its sadistic initiation will continue until she finally learns to say no. The film stars Brit MacRae (Saint-Pierre), Bethany Anne Lind (Ozark), Mabel Thomas (Scarpetta), Annie Jacob (Motherland: Fort Salem), Tenea Intriago (Dave), Najah Bradley (“I Love Boosters”), and Kevin Johnson (Ozark), and is written and directed by Hannah Alline (“Scissors”).”
• COME HOME: A lonely boy searches the city for offerings to feed the creature hidden in his apartment, desperate for the fleeting moments after each sacrifice when the monster gives him back something that feels like home. The film stars Felix Paz, Minos Nevradakis, and Malina Manovici (“Graduation”), and is co-written by Mateo Braun Costa, Eduardo Braun Costa, and directed by Eduardo Braun Costa (“The Liars”).
• FLORAL REMAINS: After returning to her late mother’s macabre flower shop, where the dead are preserved in bloom, a grieving daughter demands one final message from the dead and discovers some goodbyes are better left buried. The film stars Courtney Taylor (Abbott Elementary), Jamela Asha (I Love LA), and Susan Louise O’Connor (The Cleaning Lady), and is written and directed by Jasmine J. Johnson (“Inner Demons”).

Stay tuned for an official premiere date as it arrives.

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This season is set to be an Avengers: Endgame type event for the long-running “AHS” universe, with Season 13 packed with all your favorite actors and characters from the show’s past.

Here’s the plot synopsis for the premiere episode of “AHS 13″…

“After a near-death experience, Ben provides hospice care for a mysterious client in an eerie penthouse.”

The season premiere is co-written as well as directed by Ryan Murphy.

“American Horror Story” Season 13 premieres September 24 on FX and Hulu. The season will consist of 13 half-hour episodes, with the finale arriving just in time for Halloween.

Here’s the full rundown of episode titles…

• Episode 1 – 13
• Episode 2 – 1:13am
• Episode 3 – Rauhnacht
• Episode 4 – Is That All There Is?
• Episode 5 – Date Night
• Episode 6 – The Return of Devil’s Night
• Episode 7 – The Baddest Witch of Them All
• Episode 8 – Hell No
• Episode 9 – The Devil Is In the Details
• Episode 10 – The Prodigal Son
• Episode 11 – Madison’s Happy Ending
• Episode 12 – Sister’s in Arms
• Episode 13 – Devil of a Good Time

Check out the Instagram embeds below to learn more about the season’s first six episodes.

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.

And the returning players aren’t playing new characters, but rather reprising their fan favorite characters from seasons past. Many actors will even be playing multiple past characters.

That means Sarah Paulson will play Cordelia Goode, Jessica Lange will play Constance Langdon, Evan Peters will play Kai Anderson, and John Carroll Lynch will play Twisty the Clown from “American Horror Story: Freak Show”… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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

 

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Unfortunately, this week’s fresh update brings some really bad news.

The live action series is dead in the water at this time.

“Gargoyles” Creator Greg Weisman tells Comics Online, “Well, I know the live-action side of it is… Atomic Monster had the license to develop a live-action Gargoyles for Disney+, and that’s dead. I have no idea about animation, but there are no current plans for live-action.”

Gary Dauberman was to serve as writer, executive producer and showrunner for the series with Atomic Monster, the company run by Wan and Michael Clear, executive producing.

The original series premise involved gargoyle statues moved from a castle in Scotland to modern day New York. Once in the Big Apple, the statues awaken from a thousand-year-old spell and take on the mantle of protecting the city, becoming warriors by night.

Three seasons of “Gargoyles” were produced in total, with fans frequently still begging for its return to this day. The series originally aired from October 24, 1994, to February 15, 1997.

There has been a good deal of renewed interest in “Gargoyles” in recent years, with various collectibles emerging from brands like NECA and Funko, along with new comics from Dynamite.

Stay tuned for more on all things “Gargoyles” as we learn it.

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As always, Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween kicks off on October 1 and runs straight through Halloween, and it’s loaded up with family-friendly frights including Hocus Pocus, The Addams Family, Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Casper.

This year’s 31 Nights of Halloween celebration will also feature the premiere of “Coven Academy,” a brand new supernatural drama series from creator Tim Federle. Set in New Orleans, teenage witches-in-training are destined to protect their city against dangerous and ancient forces.

Read on for the full Freeform 31 Nights of Halloween 2026 lineup!

Thursday, Oct. 1

11:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Edward Scissorhands
1:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Addams Family (1991)
3:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Addams Family Values
5:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus
8:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Coven Academy (episodes 1-4)

Friday, Oct. 2

10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – The Addams Family (1991)
12:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – Addams Family Values
2:40 p.m. EDT/PDT – Dark Shadows (2012)
5:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
7:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
8:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Beetlejuice

Saturday, Oct. 3

7:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Beetlejuice
9:35 a.m. EDT/PDT – Coven Academy
12:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – Casper (1995)
3:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus
5:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – Monsters, Inc.
7:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – Monsters University
9:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Addams Family (1991)
11:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Addams Family Values

Sunday, Oct. 4

7:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Spooky Buddies
9:35 a.m. EDT/PDT – Casper (1995)
12:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – Edward Scissorhands
2:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Addams Family (1991)
4:40 p.m. EDT/PDT – Addams Family Values
6:45 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus
8:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus 2
11:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – Haunted Mansion (2023)

Monday, Oct. 5

12:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Spider-Man: Homecoming
3:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters (1984)
5:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters II
8:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters (2016)

Tuesday, Oct. 6

10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Arachnophobia
1:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters (1984)
3:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters II
5:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters (2016)
8:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus

Wednesday, Oct. 7

11:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Spider-Man 2 (2004)
2:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
4:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Casper (1995)
6:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – Monsters, Inc.
8:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – Monsters University

Thursday, Oct. 8

11:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Casper (1995)
1:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus
3:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
6:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Coven Academy (episodes 5-7)

Friday, Oct. 9

10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Spider-Man (2002)
1:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
3:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
6:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus
8:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus 2
12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Coven Academy

Saturday, Oct. 10

7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Frankenweenie (2012)
9:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Toy Story of TERROR!
9:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Spooky Buddies
11:35 a.m. EDT/PDT – Scooby-Doo (2002)
1:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
3:40 p.m. EDT/PDT – Maleficent
5:45 p.m. EDT/PDT – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
7:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – Casper (1995)
9:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Beetlejuice
12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Sunday, Oct. 11

8:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Toy Story of TERROR!
8:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Scooby-Doo (2002)
10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
12:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
2:40 p.m. EDT/PDT – Beetlejuice
4:45 p.m. EDT/PDT – Casper (1995)
7:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
9:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus
11:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – Dark Shadows (2012)

Monday, Oct. 12

10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Disturbia
12:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
3:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – Edward Scissorhands
5:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Haunted Mansion (2023)
8:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – Dark Shadows (2012)

Tuesday, Oct. 13

10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Sleepy Hollow (1999)
1:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
3:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – Cruella
6:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus
8:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus 2

Wednesday, Oct. 14

11:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Spider-Man 3 (2007)
2:10 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus
4:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters (1984)
6:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Addams Family (1991)
8:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Addams Family Values

Thursday, Oct. 15

10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters (1984)
12:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus
3:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
5:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Addams Family (1991)
7:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Addams Family Values
9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Coven Academy (episodes 8-10)

Friday, Oct. 16

11:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1:40 p.m. EDT/PDT – Edward Scissorhands
4:10 p.m. EDT/PDT – Dark Shadows (2012)
6:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
8:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – Sleepy Hollow (1999)
12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Coven Academy

Saturday, Oct. 17

7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Something Wicked This Way Comes
9:10 a.m. EDT/PDT – Dark Shadows (2012)
11:50 a.m. EDT/PDT – Sleepy Hollow (1999)
2:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – Haunted Mansion (2023)
5:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus
7:10 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Addams Family (1991)
9:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – Addams Family Values
11:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Sunday, Oct. 18

8:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Frankenweenie (2012)
10:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Edward Scissorhands
12:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – Maleficent
2:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – The Addams Family (1991)
4:40 p.m. EDT/PDT – Addams Family Values
6:45 p.m. EDT/PDT – Casper (1995)
9:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
10:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters (2016)

Monday, Oct. 19

11:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – Ghostbusters (2016)
2:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – Toy Story of Terror!
2:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – Scooby-Doo (2002)
4:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – Casper (1995)
6:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – Beetlejuice
8:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – Hocus Pocus

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In the half-hour series, Raimi — AKA the Mixologist of Macabre — will interview various horror luminaries while they imbibe in his expertly crafted drinks.

Set inside a frightfully fantastical home, Your Dearest Darkest Friend brings together some of the greatest minds in modern horror for intimate, unexpected and delightfully offbeat conversations. Raimi gets behind the personas to reveal the people, stories and inspirations behind the genre’s most memorable nightmares—all while his haunted puppet pals add their own mischievous touch to the proceedings.

The series is currently preparing for its debut, with the official launch date and guest lineup to be announced soon.

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

“Yes, it’s weird. Truthfully, it’s a very odd concept for a talk show. We didn’t care: We all agreed it would appeal to the crowd we all knew would dig it – horror fans,” Ted Raimi said. 

“The concept for this show came straight from Ted’s quirky yet twisted mind, and it was truly a joy to bring to life on screen. It’s a blend of genres and formats that feels really fresh while still having a classic quality, with its influences firmly rooted in some of the most beloved horror, talk show, and comedy touchstones of the last century. There is something here for every horror fan to enjoy,” Charlie Queen added.

A genre staple, Raimi’s credits include Evil Dead II, Candyman, The Grudge, The Midnight Meat Train, Darkman, Wishmaster, Shocker, Intruder, Blood Rage, The Quarry, “Twin Peaks,” “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” “Creepshow,” and “Masters of Horror.”

The production wrap announcement comes with a first look at horror host Ted Raimi’s new series.

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From Dark Sky Selects, for starters, the 3-Disc Blu-ray set Dark Shadows: Volume 1 will bring 40 restored episodes of the legendary series to Blu-ray for the first time ever.

Dark Shadows: Volume 1 takes a bite out of Blu-ray on September 15, 2026.

Dark Sky previews that the upcoming Blu-ray “contains 40 restored episodes in high definition for the first time plus special introductory featurette and exclusive interviews with cast members.”

With its alluring tales of Gothic mystery and supernatural intrigue, Dark Shadows became one of the most popular daytime series of all time, first airing on ABC-TV. The character of Barnabas Collins, a guilt-ridden, 175 year-old vampire brought the show tremendous success.

Released from his chained coffin after nearly two centuries, Barnabas arrives at the Collinwood estate claiming to be a cousin from England. Although noticing Barnabas’ resemblance to his “ancestor” in the foyer portrait, the Collins family does not realize he is the same Barnabas who lived at Collinwood in the late 1700s. As Barnabas settles into the Old House on the property, those around him are unaware of the horrors that will soon follow.

Additionally, exclusive collectables and 60th Anniversary merch will include a t-shirt, a music box, and a tote bag. You can order all of these items over on Dark Sky Selects now.

Created by Dan Curtis, “Dark Shadows” aired between 1966 and 1971, starring Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins. Tim Burton turned the show into a movie back in 2012.

On a related note, a brand new “Dark Shadows” animated series is in the works!

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The Lovecraftian tale was also featured in King’s Nightmares & Dreamscapes.

“Crouch End” will be a six-part limited series at Prime Video.

“London never sleeps deeply, and its dreams are uneasy. When global movie star Doris Freeman bursts into a London police station claiming that strange phenomena are behind the disappearance of her husband, police inspector Ted Vetter must investigate whether she’s telling the truth, whether she could be a murderer, or whether there’s something even more chilling at play.”

Variety notes in today’s report that Prime Video’s “Crouch End” is being adapted by Paul Tomalin (“Bodies”) and directed by Tom Shankland (“Berlin Noir,” “The Serpent”).

“Stephen King is one of the defining storytellers of our time, and we’re thrilled to bring his Lovecraftian tale to life in London with Crouch End,” said Nicole Clemens, VP of International Originals at Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios. “Paul Tomalin brings a singular, character-driven vision to the series and, paired with Tom Shankland at the helm, plus the first-class production teams at Mammoth Screen and Fifth Season, this show will grip audiences worldwide with its visceral crime thriller and supernatural mystery.”

Paul Tomalin said, “After reading Crouch End some years back, Stephen King’s vivid prose has haunted my nightmares ever since. Having the honour to adapt it with the incredible team at Mammoth, Fifth Season and Amazon alongside director Tom Shankland is a dream come true. I couldn’t be more excited to bring this thrilling tale to the screen.”

Director Tom Shankland adds, “I’ve been a Stephen King super-fan forever. The chance to work with this great team and bring his utterly brilliant London mystery to life is beyond exciting — Crouch End will be cinematic, original and thought-provoking in equal measure.”

This won’t be the first time Stephen King’s “Crouch End” has been adapted for the screen. Back in 2006, it was adapted for the small screen for the series Nightmares & Dreamscapes.

The late Tim Curry narrated the audio book version of King’s terror tale.

Bloody Disgusting’s Jenn Adams recently selected “Crouch End” as one of the 13 Stephen King short stories every fan should read. She wrote, “King ventures into Lovecraftian Lore with Crouch End, a deeply unsettling story of an American couple on a doomed trip to London. Having lost their way, they wander down the wrong street and possibly into another dimension filled with hideous monsters and sinister approximations of city life. Set in a real district of London, the story was inspired by King’s trip to the UK to visit collaborator and friend Peter Straub. King resists the urge to fully reveal Crouch End’s mysteries, creating another haunting example of less-is-more horror.”

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However, there have recently been some inventive anthology experiments that have earned The Simpsons the benefit of the doubt, like the Ray Bradbury-inspired “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes.” 

The Simpsons developing their own sci-fi equivalent to Black Mirror is a no-brainer, and so it’s encouraging to see the concept receive its own Disney+ special, rather than simply being a segment in a “Treehouse of Horror” episode. That being said, with only two stories in the episode, it feels like “Yellow Mirror“ doesn’t fully commit to the bit. Past Disney+ specials have been double-episodes so that their concepts can cover more ground, like in “Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition.“

“Yellow Mirror” would be able to really thrive if there was a third story present. That being said, the two stories that are told – particularly the first segment – are solid enough to warrant “Yellow Mirror” becoming a regular tradition for The Simpsons that allows it to flex its sci-fi muscles more. It’s a successful proof of concept that leaves the audience wanting more.

The episode’s first story, “The Way We Wasn’t,” is an incredibly strong Simpsons story that returns to one of the series’ most celebrated episodes, “The Way We Was.” It’s a reality-shattering premise that deconstructs Homer’s relationship with the rest of his family and how they’re an essential emotional anchor.

Carolyn Omine is especially skilled at compassionate and bittersweet Simpsons episodes, whether it’s “A Mid-Childhood Night’s Dream,” “Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair),” and even “Halloween of Horror.” Omine doesn’t hold back in “The Way We Wasn’t,” and it reaches surprising emotional heights in only 12 minutes. 

It’s a painful meditation on regret where Homer mourns and is haunted by a life that he never had. It’s absolutely gutting and a reminder of how much pathos and empathy The Simpsons can have when it wants to dig deeper into its characters. “The Way We Wasn’t” gradually evolves into a meta commentary on The Simpsons as a whole. Homer transforms into a Matt Groening analogue who takes great lengths to recreate his “lost family” and their hundreds of adventures together.

Homer’s abject sadness is the story’s focus, but this is also an angry, cathartic analysis of The Simpsons’ legacy. “The Way We Wasn’t” is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, but it’s actually quite acid-tongued in its execution. It’s a compelling look at an alternate timeline that also feels like The Simpsons working through its own identity crisis and fleeting apathy. 

“Yellow Mirror’s” second story, “I Have No Tablet But I Must Stream,” is a much more conventional take on what one would expect from a Black Mirror parody. Maggie’s growing reliance on an AI-fueled tablet triggers a toxic codependency that spreads throughout Springfield’s infants. “I Have No Tablet But I Must Stream” is a decent commentary on tech addiction, targeted ads, and artificial intelligence that’s willing to go to some dark places. It’s a relevant story, but one that feels half-baked and predictable in its execution. 

The message in this story, while strong, has a lot of generic padding between its multiple musical segments that function as alluring siren songs. “I Have No Tablet But I Must Stream” makes its point. However, there’s room for an extra layer of techno-paranoia that could have been explored or, alternatively, a condensed take on this story so that a third segment could be included. This story works in a vacuum, but it doesn’t help that The Simpsons has already tackled this topic in a more substantial manner in Season 31’s “Screenless.“ Sure, “Screenless” didn’t build to a potential AI apocalypse, but it had more to say and goes deeper on the subject. 

The most frustrating thing about “I Have No Tablet But I Must Stream” is that it drags down the genuine greatness of “The Way We Wasn’t.” It’s unfortunate that an equally compelling concept couldn’t be cracked for the second installment, which would make “Yellow Mirror” a real triumph. It makes sense that The Simpsons would turn to a sillier and more frivolous story to balance out “The Way We Wasn’t” gutting emotional depths. It still needs to bring more to the table.

“Yellow Mirror” is ultimately a successful episode that pulls at the audience’s heartstrings and is just as interested in leaving them emotionally wrecked as it is in pushing tech-based terror. It’s fun, if not fairly disposable, which is often the case with anthology episodes. In this sense, the episode is the perfect type of experiment for a special on a separate streaming service. It doesn’t necessarily justify its existence or why these couldn’t have just been “Treehouse of Horror” segments.

At the same time, I’d like to see what The Simpsons does with future “Yellow Mirror” installments. There’s lots of potential here, especially during a time in which sci-fi anthologies seem to have greater value than horror detours.

The exclusive episode of “The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror” is available to stream as of today, August 26, only on Disney+.

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Dan Stevens will play Alex Murphy/RoboCop in the upcoming Prime Video series.

In the eight-episode RoboCop television series in the works at Prime Video, a giant tech conglomerate convinces the city to place a powerful robot on its police force – a robot implanted with the consciousness of a beloved, fallen officer, Alex Murphy (Dan Stevens).

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Expect “Sweetpea” Season 2 on Sky in the UK this November and Starz in the U.S. in Early 2027.

Season 2 sees wallflower-turned-killer Rhiannon Lewis (Ella Purnell) navigate a new promotion, an irresistible rebound, and a copycat killer threatening to expose her.

The kill list is mounting, and she is forced to question whether her perfect ex, AJ, was right: is she a monster?

Jon Pointing, Jeremy Swift, Leah Harvey, Ingrid Oliver, Nitin Ganatra, and Alexandra Dowling return to star in “Sweetpea” Season 2 alongside Ella Purnell.

New additions include Rish Shah, Tamsin Greig, Taj Atwal, and Jenny Walser.

Created by Kirstie Swain, “Sweetpea” is based on the 2017 novel written by CJ Skuse.

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Season 2 debuts September 17 on Netflix. Watch the official trailer below.

The first season of the animated spinoff was set in the winter of 1985, as snow blankets Hawkins and the horrors of the Upside Down are finally fading. Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights, and quiet days.

In the second season, “With Valentine’s Day on the way, the gang must uncover the truth behind ghostly apparitions and a swarm of strange creatures causing chaos around town.“

The cast includes Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max, Luca Diaz as Mike, Elisha “EJ” Williams as Lucas, Braxton Quinney as Dustin, Ben Plessala as Will, Brett Gipson as Hopper, Jeremy Jordan as Steve, and Odessa A’zion as newcomer Nikki Baxter.

Janeane Garofalo is Anna Baxter, Lou Diamond Phillips is Daniel Fischer, Robert Englund is Cosmo, Alysia Reiner is Karen Wheeler, Alessandra Antonelli is Nancy Wheeler, Valeria Rodriguez is Rosario, and Jack Griffo is Jeff.

Stranger Things creators Matt & Ross Duffer executive produce with Hilary Leavitt on behalf of Upside Down Pictures, alongside Shawn Levy via 21 Laps, Dan Cohen, and Robles.

Daniel Kurland wrote in his Season 1 review, “Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85 is branded content that’s passable for second screen viewing, and that’s just familiar enough to drag the audience along. Hopefully, the upcoming second season truly takes advantage of the full potential of a Stranger Things spin-off and peels back Hawkins’ layers like never before.”

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While MGM+ hasn’t revealed an exact premiere date yet, season two will include eight episodes. 

In season one, “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 two will pick up after the season one finale, in which the survivors discovered similar facilities all over the world. 

“Set free but hunted, new dangers await the escapees from the Institute, and I can’t wait,” said Stephen King of the renewal.

The 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.

Get a peek at Allen, Barnes, and Parker in the first batch of images below.

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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.

Don’t expect a straightforward slasher, though. Kane previously said, “You watch the first four episodes, and you go ‘Okay. They are telling a story, and there’s a little bit of paranoid conspiracy thriller here, and it’s a psychological devolution or evolution, however you want to put it; but where’s Friday the 13th‘?” Pam goes full Friday the 13th in this season, and you will see it.”

Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees, a mother who gave up a singing career to raise her special needs child, only to take a dark turn when she loses her son — Jason.

Callum Vinson (“God of War,” “Chucky”) is playing young Jason.

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.

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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An exclusive episode for the Disney+ streaming service, “The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror” will feature two twisted tales that parody the tech horror of the “Black Mirror” anthology series.

Anything can happen in the Yellow Mirror, the official trailer teases…

In the episode, the family “struggles to find the light through two dark tales of the curious and bizarre.”

In the first tale, “a defective lamp reveals a heartbreaking truth about what Homer believes is reality,” and in the second story, “an AI-powered tablet befriends and controls Maggie.”

Stream the exclusive episode of “The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror” August 26, only on Disney+.

And stay tuned for information on this year’s “Treehouse of Horror” special.

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Variety reports that Caroline Kepnes will write and direct the short-form series based on her own 2022 short story by the same name, which first appeared in Tor Nightfire’s horror anthology Dark Stars.

The series is set to launch on YouTube as part of a significant slate to be announced in the coming days.

The Attentionist is set in a ’90s Cape Cod neighborhood where working locals live year-round alongside part-time summer tourists and residents.

The eight-episode first season will follow “an awkward 14-year-old named Maeve and her older sister. As the girls ache for a way into the glittering world of the waterfront elite, a secret phone romance with a boy from the local boat club finally makes that dream feel possible. But when the voice on the line begins to reveal something monstrous, Maeve doesn’t hang up, drawing her family deeper into the dark.“

“Sometimes it feels like a lakeside slasher, and sometimes it feels like a boy-meets-girl oceanside summer romance,” Kepnes told Variety. “I wrote ‘The Attentionist’ as a mashup of genres and being at the helm of the adaptation is quite literally a dream come true. I wanted to combine my love of emotional creepy horror with my affection for small town family drama, and set it in the veiled, insular world of the Cape where I grew up.”

The project will shoot on location in Kepnes’ native Cape Cod, and casting is currently underway.

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Yost was announced in April to pen the new live-action series adaptation of Matt Dinniman‘s comedic, dystopian science fantasy LitRPG books. In June, Peacock gave a straight-to-series order.

In the upcoming series, an alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity, and any survivors are forced to fight for their lives on a sadistic intergalactic game show. Sounds bad, right? Now try doing it with bare feet and a stuck-up, self-centered, tiara-wearing talking cat as your partner.

Welcome to Dungeon Crawler World: Earth, where Coast Guard vet Carl finds himself stuck with his ex-girlfriend’s award-winning show cat, Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk, as they try to survive the end of the world, fighting monsters, aliens, an insane A.I. and even other survivors — all for the sake of good TV.

Jeff Hays, a voice narrator and producer behind the LitRPG audiobook series version of Dinniman’s dystopian comedy novel, will star as the popular cat character Princess Donut.

Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins will executive produce via Fuzzy Door alongside Yost and Dinniman. Rachel Hargreaves-Heald will serve as executive in charge of production for Fuzzy Door.

Dungeon Crawler Carl book was originally self-published by Dinniman in 2020, making this new series a wild capper to the LitRPG’s seven-year journey.

Expect to hear more as further casting gets underway.

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Bass X Machina was previously dated for an October release but will now debut on Netflix on November 3.

The series is set “in a lawless Steampunk West overrun by brutal outlaws, machines, and supernatural terrors, a father is forced to become judge, jury, and executioner—knowing that every act of justice meant to protect his family may ultimately cost him the very people he’s fighting to save.”

Meet bounty hunter Bass Reeves in the teaser and images below.

Joining Brian Tyree Henry, who plays Bass and also executive produces, in the voice cast are Janelle Monáe (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Hidden Figures) as Glory, Tati Gabrielle (The Last of Us, YOU) as Dana, Cree Summer (Voltron: Legendary Defender, Sabrina: The Animated Series) as Ahni, Chaske Spencer (Teacup, The Twilight Saga) as Lighthorse, Currie Graham (Reacher, Assault on Precinct 13) as Rivenbark, and Starletta DuPois (One Battle After Another, The Notebook, Big Momma’s House) as Etta.

The animation for “Bass x Machina” will be done by South Korea’s Studio Mir. The series will also feature original music by Roman GianArthur and Nate Wonder at Wondaland.

Bass X Machina joins Netflix’s substantial animation slate, which includes Emmy-winning “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft” and “Devil May Cry.”

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The actor was first reported to be in talks to take over the role from Ryan Hurst, who suffered a torn bicep during production that forced a recast and would’ve delayed production to 2027.

Prime Video gave its God of War series a two-season order, with the two seasons to film back-to-back. Filming originally began in Vancouver back in February and is expected to resume in the coming weeks.

All scenes featuring Hurst will have to be reshot.

It’s a brutal setback for both Hurst and production, but Bautista is well suited for the role.

The series follows father and son Kratos and Atreus as they embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human.

Callum Vinson (Crystal Lake, Chucky) stars as Atreus, Kratos’ young son.

The cast also includes Mandy Patinkin (The Princess Bride) as Odin, Ed Skrein (Deadpool) as Baldur, Max Parker (“Vampire Academy”) as Heimdall, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“NOS4A2”) as Thor, Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies) as Sif, Alastair Duncan (God of War) as Mimir, Jeff Gulka (“The X-Files”) as Sindri, and Danny Woodburn (“The Witcher”) as Brok.

Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) serves as showrunner and writer. Frederick E.O. Toye (Fallout, Watchmen, The Boys) will direct the first two episodes.

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The series comes from writer and executive producer Cameron B. Dupont (“Yellowjackets”).

In “The Headlands House,” a marriage begins to fracture after a gay couple move into their dream home, only to discover that its prior residents were brutally murdered on the property.

And their own lives may be in danger, too.

AMC Studios will produce the television series for Netflix.

“In addition to creating programming for our own platforms, our studio team is actively developing projects with a range of leading distributors,” AMC’s Kristin Dolan said in a recent statement. “Producing for others is a natural offshoot of our internal development process.”

Colman Domingo and Raúl Domingo will executive produce for their Edith Productions.

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The series received a straight-to-series order late last year, after an intense bidding war back in September.

Pagans follows a man who becomes the sole caretaker of his two children after the tragic loss of his wife. While his son is typical, his daughter, Alice, is anything but. What starts as a strained father-daughter relationship soon evolves into something far more sinister.

Yeun plays the single father struggling to raise two kids alone following his wife’s death.

It’s described as “equal parts emotional, horrifying and humorous; Pagans is a show that unearths all our darkest thoughts about family.”

Showrunner Joshua Zetumer, Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods), Sarah Esberg, Jonathan van Tulleken, and Erica Kay executive produce.

Also on the way from Netflix is supernatural series Sid & Zoey.

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The teaser below features MTV anchor Kurt Loder and brings the reveal that Yellowjackets Season 4 premieres November 20 on the Paramount+ Premium Plan.

The third season broke records for the streamer, with the premiere becoming the most streamed episode in the show’s history. The Season 3 finale later broke the record, generating 3 million global viewers in seven days across linear and streaming.

Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Samantha Hanratty, Sophie Thatcher, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, and Nia Sondaya lead the past timeline, while the present timeline stars Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, Simone Kessell, Warren Kole, Sarah Desjardins, and Elijah Wood.

Molly Ringwald and June Squibb are joining the cast in Season 4.

Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of high school soccer players who become the survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later.

Co-Showrunners Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson created the series, which is produced by Lionsgate Television. 

In the closing moments of season three, Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) finally is able to make contact with the civilized world via satellite phone, teeing up the final season. 

As the announcement video warns, it’ll be the final reckoning for the Yellowjackets.

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“Golden Axe” premieres September 16 only on Paramount+.

The official trailer was debuted by Entertainment Weekly this morning.

In an homage to SEGA’s video game, “Golden Axe” follows legendary warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare and Gilius Thunderhead as they reunite to save Yuria from the evil giant Death Adder, who just won’t seem to stay dead. Their quest is complicated by Hampton Squib, an inexperienced and wildly underprepared adventurer whose dream of heroism far exceeds his abilities.

Forced to work together despite their flaws, they must find a way to stop Death Adder once and for all.

Mike McMahan (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Solar Opposites) and Joe Chandler (American Dad, Napoleon Dynamite) co-created the upcoming Paramount+ animated series.

The voice cast for the animated series from CBS Studios in association with Sony Pictures Television and Original Film includes Matthew Rhys (Widow’s Bay), Danny Pudi (Mythic Quest), Lisa Gilroy (Jury Duty), Liam McIntyre (Spartacus) and Carl Tart (Grand Crew).

The original Golden Axe video game was released in 1989, followed by sequels in 1991, 1992 and 1993. The series got a modern day upgrade with Golden Axe: Beast Rider in 2008.

The animated series had previously been set up at Comedy Central.

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Jeff Hiller has been promoted to series regular for “Widow’s Bay” Season 2. Hiller plays town hall staffer Dale in the series, who was originally supposed to die in the first season.

Of course, he’s very much alive. And we’ll be seeing a lot more of Dale in Season 2!

“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.

“From the moment audiences arrived in Widow’s Bay, they’ve been hooked on every eerie mystery, unexpected laughs, and cursed secret that Katie, Hiro, Matthew, and the entire team have created,” said Apple TV’s Matt Cherniss. “It’s become one of those shows everyone’s talking about, and we’re thrilled to see audiences continue to embrace it.”

“We can’t wait to return for another season,” Cherniss adds. 

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.

Stephen Root, Kate O’Flynn, Kingston Rumi Southwick, Kevin Carroll, and Dale Dickey also star.

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.”

Don’t look away.

Jeff Hiller will return as a series regular for #WidowsBay Season 2. pic.twitter.com/iYajBYt9Gh

— Apple TV (@AppleTV) August 19, 2026

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Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology series returns with its fourth season on Netflix on September 17. Watch the official trailer for “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” below.

In The Lizzie Borden Story, “When the repressed daughter of a wealthy New England family and her rebellious maid find themselves trapped in a house built on humiliation and cruelty, they escape into a fantasy of sex, power, and revenge.

“The gruesome unsolved murders that follow don’t just shock the world—they give birth to an icon who refuses to live imprisoned in a cage, choosing instead to forge her own legend: shocking, monstrous, and gloriously free.“

Ella Beatty, Vicky Krieps, Charlie Hunnam, Rebecca Hall, Billie Lourd, Joey Pollari, Sarah Paulson, and Jessica Barden star in “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.”

Sarah Paulson is playing real-life killer Aileen Wuornos, previously played by Charlize Theron in 2003’s Monster, while Vicky Krieps will be playing Countess Elizabeth Báthory.

Ryan Murphy previews, “It is an interesting season because it is the Lizzie Borden story, but there are also other female “killers” who I was always interested in exploring. I always wanted to do something about Aileen Wuornos. I’ve always wanted to do something about the Countess Elizabeth Báthory, who Dracula was modeled after. So we are kind of doing this fantasia of women vs. the system, and it’s not what they did, it’s the question of: What made them do it? Why did they do it, if they did it? That’s what the show is about.”

The eight-episode season is directed by Max Winkler (episodes 401, 402, 403, 405, 407, 408) and Sarah Adina Smith (404, 406). Ian Brennan writes the series.

“Monster” launched on Netflix in 2022 with “The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and was followed by “The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” and “The Ed Gein Story.”

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Peacock will be hosting an exclusive first look screening of the premiere episode of “Crystal Lake” at New York Comic Con on Thursday, October 8 at 6:30pm on the Empire Stage.

The streamer previews, “Join Peacock and A24 for an exclusive first-look screening of the premiere episode of Crystal Lake — the chilling prequel to the iconic Friday the 13th franchise — followed by a conversation with series creator Brad Caleb Kane and stars Linda Cardellini, William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins, Gwendolyn Sundstrom, and Callum Vinson.”

New York Comic Con returns to the Javits Center from October 8-11, 2026.

Before Jason, there was Pamela. Linda Cardellini stars in “Crystal Lake” as Pamela Voorhees, with Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) playing Jason Voorhees. All eight episodes arrive on October 15.

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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Season two debuts on Netflix on September 17.

The first season of the animated spinoff is set in the winter of 1985, as snow blankets Hawkins and the horrors of the Upside Down are finally fading. Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights, and quiet days.

In the second season, “With Valentine’s Day on the way, the gang must uncover the truth behind ghostly apparitions and a swarm of strange creatures causing chaos around town.“

It stars Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max, Luca Diaz as Mike, Elisha “EJ” Williams as Lucas, Braxton Quinney as Dustin, Ben Plessala as Will, Brett Gipson as Hopper, Jeremy Jordan as Steve, and Odessa A’zion as newcomer Nikki Baxter.

The cast also includes Janeane Garofalo as Anna Baxter, Lou Diamond Phillips as Daniel Fischer, Robert Englund as Cosmo, Alysia Reiner as Karen Wheeler, Alessandra Antonelli as Nancy Wheeler, Valeria Rodriguez as Rosario, and Jack Griffo as Jeff.

Stranger Things creators Matt & Ross Duffer executive produce with Hilary Leavitt on behalf of Upside Down Pictures, alongside Shawn Levy via 21 Laps, Dan Cohen, and Robles.

Daniel Kurland wrote in his review, “‘Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85’ is branded content that’s passable for second screen viewing, that’s just familiar enough to drag the audience along. Hopefully, a hypothetical second season truly takes advantage of the full potential of a ‘Stranger Things’ spin-off and peels back Hawkins’ layers like never before.

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This renewal comes as no surprise given the success of the first season, but we had nevertheless been waiting for the official announcement from HBO. And the wait is thankfully now over.

“IT: Welcome to Derry” Season 2 will travel back in time to 1935.

IT of course wakes up and feeds every 27 years, so the series is tracking those cycles throughout time. The show’s first season took place in 1962, while the first IT (2017) movie was set in 1989 and Muschietti’s IT: Chapter Two (2019) jumped forward 27 years to 2016. Each cycle begins and ends with a horrific act, while Pennywise feasts on children throughout.

Deadline details this afternoon, “Set in 1935, amidst the Great Depression, Season 2 revolves around the bloody massacre of the Bradley Gang, a group of bank robbers who stop in Derry to buy ammo and end up facing unimaginable horror.”

Brad Caleb Kane (“Crystal Lake”) will be back as the showrunner for Season 2.

Bill Skarsgård is expected to return to the screen as Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

“We are excited to return to the chilling world of Derry and to further expand on Andy and Barbara Muschietti’s horrifically iconic adaptation,” said HBO’s Sarah Aubrey. “Together with Brad Caleb Kane, they will break new ground in season two, deepening the terror, the mystery, and the unforgettable Pennywise lore that fans love to devour.”

Producers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti said, “Continuing to explore and expand on the amazing world Stephen King created is an absolute privilege. The support of our partners at HBO and Warner Bros. Television is priceless. Boy do we love our jobs!”

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The gateway horror series will teach young monsters-in-training the basics of childhood core values, from sharing to caring.

The synopsis reads: “Follow the Monster Tots as they play and learn while going on adventures around their spooky playhouse! Monster Tots is based on classic Universal Monsters characters and centers around our four main monsters: Elle, Frankie, Woof, and Vinnie. 

“Through teamwork and creative problem-solving, the young monsters will learn how to share, play, and care for each other … all while having fun with a lot of laughs along the way!”

Universal legend Crash McCreery designed the impossibly cute characters.

Monster Tots episodes premiere weekly on the Universal Jr. YouTube channel, and you can watch the first two bite-sized episodes now.

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Deadline reports that “Sid & Zoey” will be an 8-episode series at Netflix.

The young adult series centers on Sid, a seductive, sophisticated, and amoral teenager from New York, who is sent to live with a police chief and his family in the idyllic Mississippi town where his mother grew up. The family includes the chief’s sharp-witted, punk-rock daughter, Zoey.

Sid and Zoey find themselves drawn into a dark, hidden world beneath the town’s picture-postcard facade — and a supernatural mystery that may well get them killed if they don’t kill each other first.

The series is created by Jon Kasdan (Willow), written by Kasdan and John Shiban (Ozark).

Kasdan and Shiban will serve as the showrunners for “Sid & Zoey.”

Producers include J.J. Abrams, Jason Blum, and James Wan.

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However, a recent interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast revealed that the Texan actor almost added another horror-themed notch to his belt when he was offered the role of Joel in HBO’s 2023 adaptation of The Last of Us.

According to McConaughey, he wasn’t really interested in committing to television at the time, explaining that he turned down the role because “[with a] series, you do have to consider if you want this to succeed. In success, this is something you’ll be doing for years and years and years. Do I want that to be the case?”

He notes, “Last of Us was really good… it wasn’t for me at the time.”

On the same podcast, The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin had previously spoken about reaching out to the Academy-Award-Winning actor and offering him the role of the Texan-smuggler-turned-father-figure, though negotiations never went very far. Mazin even added that, while McConaughey would have been great in the role, he’s satisfied with the existing version of the post-apocalyptic show – which stars the fan-favorite Pedro Pascal as Joel.

Of course, it’s never too late for Matthew McConaughey to join another horror project, especially if he’s allowed to take on a character as unhinged as Vilmer. We’ll be waiting…

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Before Jason, there was Pamela…

Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees, with Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) playing young Jason Voorhees. These new posters give us our very first look at the show’s 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.

While Jason is featured in “Crystal Lake,” expect a deep dive into the Pamela Voorhees character rather than the traditional slasher mayhem we’ve come to expect from the saga.

Brad Caleb Kane previewed earlier this week, “I think the biggest conceptual issue was people know what to expect from a Friday the 13th, or at least they know what a Friday the 13th movie should be. Teens go out to a place, they are having sex and doing drugs, and then they are hunted by Mrs. Voorhees or Jason in the subsequent films. But, thankfully, we weren’t making a Friday the 13th movie. They are going to make another Friday the 13th movie, which I’m sure will be Friday the 13th to the max; but this was called Crystal Lake, and we were doing a story about the town and a prequel about Jason’s mom, and it was really fresh snow.”

“We could build it however we wanted,” the showrunner continued. “And feeling ownership for the franchise as a long‑time fan and a lover of it, truly die‑hard lover, I kind of knew what I wanted to see as a grown‑up Friday the 13th fan, as somebody who these movies opened doors for me and opened my eyes and I was thrilled watching them with thousand‑seaters full of people yelling at the screen. But I also grew up a little bit and became interested in other films and other themes in films, and I wanted to bring all of that cinema love to my love for Friday the 13th.”

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This season is set to be an Avengers: Endgame type event for the long-running “AHS” universe, with Season 13 packed with all your favorite actors and characters from the show’s past.

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.

And the returning players aren’t playing new characters, but rather reprising their fan favorite characters from seasons past. Many actors will even be playing multiple past characters.

That means Sarah Paulson will play Cordelia Goode, Jessica Lange will play Constance Langdon, Evan Peters will play Kai Anderson, and John Carroll Lynch will play Twisty the Clown from “American Horror Story: Freak Show”… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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

“American Horror Story” Season 13 premieres September 24 on FX and Hulu. The season will consist of 13 half-hour episodes, with the finale arriving just in time for Halloween.

Variety details, “The season premiere is set for Thursday, Sept. 24 at 9pm ET on FX and Hulu. The show’s premiere night and week two will each feature three episodes, followed by a pair of episodes releasing each Thursday leading up to the 13th and final episode on October 29.”

FX promises that “American Horror Story” Season 13 does justice to everyone’s most feared number. Featuring an all-star cast, many reprising fan favorite roles, “AHS: 13” builds on the anthology’s decades-long legacy of iconic horrors—from Murder House and Coven to Hotel and Apocalypse. What terrors await the hallowed halls of 13? Prepare for a supreme surprise.

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It’s the Avengers: Endgame of the “AHS” universe, you could say, and Vogue brings us a series of first-look images today that reveal all the returning stars and characters.

Returning players include Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Jessica Lange, and Billie Lourd, each playing multiple characters from the show’s past.

That means Sarah Paulson will play Cordelia Goode, Jessica Lange will play Constance Langdon, Evan Peters will play Kai Anderson, and John Carroll Lynch will play Twisty the Clown from “American Horror Story: Freak Show”… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Creator Ryan Murphy tells Vogue this week, “So I just thought the number 13 was infused with so much stuff in the horror genre, and I wanted to do a greatest hits season.”

“I didn’t want to just do a Coven reboot. Everybody thinks that’s what it is; it’s not. I was very interested in the greatest villains we’ve done,” Murphy goes on to tease. “And I felt that they only would come together if we had a new story anchored by a new person.”

“American Horror Story” Season 13 premieres September 24 on FX and Hulu.

FX promises “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.

Angela Bassett, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman, and Frances Conroy also star in “AHS 13.” Newcomers include Mena Suvari, Berto Colon, and John Waters.

Mena Suvari will be playing the infamous Black Dahlia. Check out a first look below.

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Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology series returns with its fourth season on Netflix on September 17.

In the new season, “When the repressed daughter of a wealthy New England family and her rebellious maid find themselves trapped in a house built on humiliation and cruelty, they escape into a fantasy of sex, power, and revenge. The gruesome unsolved murders that follow don’t just shock the world—they give birth to an icon who refuses to live imprisoned in a cage, choosing instead to forge her own legend: shocking, monstrous, and gloriously free.“

Ella Beatty, Vicky Krieps, Charlie Hunnam, Rebecca Hall, Billie Lourd, Joey Pollari, Sarah Paulson, and Jessica Barden star.

The eight-episode season is directed by Max Winkler (episodes 401, 402, 403, 405, 407, 408) and Sarah Adina Smith (404, 406). Ian Brennan writes.

The story of Lizzie Borden, accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892, has been the subject of various movies and television shows over the years. In fact, a new indie horror movie titled The Lizzie Borden Game just released this year, and Christina Ricci played Borden in Lifetime’s The Lizzie Borden Chronicles in 2015.

What’s interesting to note, though, is that Lizzie Borden won’t be the only killer this season. The new teaser below also gives a peek at Aileen Wuornos and Elizabeth Báthory.

“Monster” launched in 2022 with “The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and was followed by “The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” and “The Ed Gein Story.”

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Does that mean “Crystal Lake” isn’t really a slasher series in the way that the Friday the 13th movies are slasher movies? And does Pamela Voorhees do any killing in those earlier years?

According to showrunner Brad Caleb Kane, Pam indeed goes “full Friday the 13th” in the series.

Brad Caleb Kane explains during a panel this week, “You watch the first four episodes, and you go ‘Okay. They are telling a story, and there’s a little bit of paranoid conspiracy thriller here, and it’s a psychological devolution or evolution, however you want to put it; but where’s Friday the 13th‘?” Pam goes full Friday the 13th in this season, and you will see it.”

He continues, “There are a series of kills that are everything the movies do, and, hopefully, it will satisfy the real hunt hack‑and‑slash fans, too; we build to it, but it’s coming.”

That being said, expect something far different than the traditional Friday the 13th movie.

Caleb Kane told the crowd at the sneak peek event yesterday, “I think the biggest conceptual issue was people know what to expect from a Friday the 13th, or at least they know what a Friday the 13th movie should be. Teens go out to a place, they are having sex and doing drugs, and then they are hunted by Mrs. Voorhees or Jason in the subsequent films. But, thankfully, we weren’t making a Friday the 13th movie. They are going to make another Friday the 13th movie, which I’m sure will be Friday the 13th to the max; but this was called Crystal Lake, and we were doing a story about the town and a prequel about Jason’s mom, and it was really fresh snow.”

“We could build it however we wanted,” the showrunner continues. “And feeling ownership for the franchise as a long‑time fan and a lover of it, truly die‑hard lover, I kind of knew what I wanted to see as a grown‑up Friday the 13th fan, as somebody who these movies opened doors for me and opened my eyes and I was thrilled watching them with thousand‑seaters full of people yelling at the screen. But I also grew up a little bit and became interested in other films and other themes in films, and I wanted to bring all of that cinema love to my love for Friday the 13th.

“So I was really given carte blanche, but I wanted also to honor the fans of those original movies and myself as an original fan of those movies by giving as many Easter eggs as made sense within the context of this story as possible, and I think we did that a lot. We re‑create things, which I won’t spoil here.”

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?

Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees, a mother who gave up a singing career to raise her special needs child, only to take a dark turn when she loses her son — Jason.

Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason Voorhees in “Crystal Lake.”

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The upcoming eight-episode series is created by Quinn Shephard and set to premiere on Netflix on November 11.

The Body follows ” a group of badly behaved Catholic school girls who begin having prophetic visions that set off mass hysteria in their town after a dance-team initiation goes wrong.”

“I’ve always been interested in the idea of girlhood as a religious experience. This story is definitely my way of putting a playful spin on all the nightmares of my own teenage-dom. Tonally, I would describe the show as gritty camp. It’s a raunchy teen psychodrama with a dash of Catholic horror,” Shephard says.

Kristina Bogic (Anya Butler), Sara Boustany (Elise Zakaria), Geena Meszaros (Lisbeth Anderson), Nnamdi Asomugha (Father Franklin), Louisa Krause (Catherine Anderson), Shirley Chen (Maddie Delaney), Jackson Kelly (Leo Anderson), Sofia Wylie (Grace Franklin), with Gabby Windey (Coach Miller) star.

Shephard calls the series “a love letter to all the ’90s and Y2K teen movies and erotic thrillers” she loved growing up. “Movies like Carrie, Jennifer’s Body, Heavenly Creatures, and even Mean Girls [are all inspirations], but with a grounded lens,” she says. “I was also a teen with an embarrassingly intense fixation on The Crucible and the Salem witch trials. It’s been very interesting to revisit that with the shading of our current political climate!”

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The series hails from Children of Men and Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón, with Caitríona Balfe (Outlander) set to star. 

Moreover, Alfonso Cuarón co-writes the series with his brother Carlos Cuarón as well as Natalie Erika James (Apartment 7A, Relic) and Christian White (Apartment 7A, Relic).

James and White are sharing showrunning duties. James will also serve as lead director.

The series follows “a relentless documentary filmmaker and recently divorced mother, brilliant at uncovering others’ truths but struggling to resolve her own. When Rose begins a project on a mysterious 20th-century cult known as the Church of Ascension, she finds unexpected refuge in its teachings – until she discovers something far more insidious beneath.”

Nevill’s 2012 docu-horror novel drew inspiration from  Jim Jones, Charles Manson, and more to build chilling suspense centered around a cult.

It’s also a project that Cuarón has been developing for quite some time; the filmmaker previously attempted to launch a series in 2017 with Casey Affleck attached to star.

Our review of the novel describes a terrifying, if long-winded descent into cult-induced horror: “There’s nothing like scaring the shit out of a couple of skeptics, and there are moments in Last Days that are so frightening, it feels like Neville is giving your heart a bare-handed squeeze. And as a rudimentary crash course in the art of guerrilla filmmaking, Last Days is top notch.”

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And yet, President Curtis excels with its supernatural “monster of the week” vantage point that’s already tackled vampires, werewolves, and leprechauns only three episodes in. This isn’t exactly unexpected for a series that exists in the same universe as Rick and Morty. However, it’s exciting to see President Curtis adopt more of a horror-centric perspective, rather than Rick and Morty’s science fiction obsession. In this respect, a Daniel “Candyman” Robitaille cameo isn’t so much a random reference as it is justified territory that’s par for the course.

There’s been a curious trend where animated comedies have embraced notorious horror icons, whether it’s Solar Opposites‘ tribute to the Crypt Keeper, Rick and Morty’s copyright-free Freddy Krueger analog, Scary Terry, Damien Thorn and Jason Voorhees showing up in South Park, or Death Note’s Ryuk wreaking havoc in one of The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” specials. Many of these genre crossovers can feel like style over substance and merely an entertaining Easter Egg for horror aficionados.

That being said, President Curtis rises to the occasion and makes Candyman not just a key figure, but the hero. President Curtis’ “Ex” puts Candyman front and center in an episode that’s all about werewolf and robot rights that ties into a deeper commentary on rehabilitation that’s surprisingly in sync with the Candyman film franchise’s messaging.

“Ex,” the third episode of President Curtis, is built around the president’s lingering feelings towards his ex, Beverly Mills, who has worked her way to become governor-elect of Chicago. This is a successful enough premise for a series that’s still fleshing out its core cast and their relationships. However, it’s also quite appropriate to incorporate Candyman in an episode that explores tumultuous relationships, considering how flawed, toxic, and socially stigmatized romances are the catalyst for Daniel Robitaille’s execution and the birth of the Candyman legend. 

Candyman’s role in “Ex,” which is written by President Curtis’ showrunner, James Siciliano, isn’t just a gratuitous non-sequitur. He’s a pivotal piece of electioneering that ties together with Beverly’s past as Chicago’s mayor. Beverly views this urban boogeyman as an exaggerated talking point for reform that’s akin to unhoused individuals, data centers, or potholes. Candyman’s rehabilitation is viewed as a controversial gambit, albeit one that’s proven to be one of Beverly’s greatest accomplishments and the pivot that helped kickstart her career as governor.

President Curtis playfully exaggerates Candyman’s lore to take this vengeful, spiritual boogeyman and turns him into a friendly, neighborhood icon of optimism and rebirth. Beverly Mills’ campaign video explains that in Candyman, she “didn’t see a horror story. She saw hope.” It’s like using Freddy Krueger in a PSA about insomnia. This horror heightening reaches a fever pitch when Beverly moves beyond Candyman and starts running “Babadook Book Drives.” She stands tall as an icon in monster/crime relations and rehabilitation.

Beverly harnesses Candyman’s power to create CPEP — the “Candyman Perpetual Energy Project” — which involves a convoluted system of mirrors and automated “Candyman” chants. CPEP results in infinite energy that’s then used to singlehandedly power Chicago and solve its energy crisis. It’s a brilliant concept that leans into Candyman’s ludicrous lore and the circumstances behind his summoning, only to exploit its loopholes for good, rather than evil. It’s a deeply silly idea, albeit one that’s thematically poetic in the sense that this figure of urban reform and racial/social injustice becomes Chicago’s savior. President Curtis takes Candyman’s subtext seriously and uses it in a poignant post-modern context that’s not hard to imagine as the plot of some futuristic Candyman reboot.

There’s plenty to unpack in “Ex,” including an entertaining B-story in which Special Agent O’Doyle (Jim Rash) and Chief of Staff Banks (Stephanie Beatriz) are sent to “West Wing World,” a clever Westworld parody that involves a simulated society that’s populated by state-of-the-art robots for the purpose of re-educating government aides. By the end, it’s Candyman who is ultimately the one who saves the day, and with a creative use of his hook hand — which is now a champagne flute hand — and his signature bee ability, at that. This results in a top-tier kill that’s among the best set pieces from any of the Candyman movies. 

Somehow this 22-minute cartoon does justice to this legendary horror icon and gives him the redemption arc that many believe 2021’s polarizing Candyman reboot/legacy sequel failed to achieve. It’s the most interesting and intense that Daniel Robitaille has been in decades.

With any luck, President Curtis’ second season can deliver the Candyman vs. Leprechaun showdown that failed to materialize in the 2000s. They’ve already assembled all the right pieces and proven that they’re up to the challenge. Here’s hoping.

Candyman Vs. Leprechaun.

Candyman Vs. Leprechaun.

Candyman Vs. Leprechaun…

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While Murphy admits in a new chat with The Hollywood Reporter that he may need to scale back in the coming years, he did tease a mysterious vampire project he’s developing.

“You have to figure out what you’re interested in doing next, and I’m lucky enough that I have really great partners who want to do this and that. I haven’t figured it out yet,” Murphy explains. “I have many things coming out between August and Christmas, and I’m sort of plotting out my next two years. I don’t think I’ll ever do as much again as I did this year because I have three young children.”

He continues, “With me, it always starts with the idea: What are you interested in? And sometimes, you work on something and abandon it. We were doing an entire other Monster season — Ian [Brennan] and I wrote two of them. And it didn’t feel right. So sometimes, I work on something and kick the can down the road.”

That’s when Murphy brought up the aforementioned vampire project.

He explains, “The next thing I’m doing, I start shooting December in Europe — I’ve always wanted to do a vampire story and I always wondered why nobody has made a show about these characters I love [from a book and movie adaptation]. So that’s the next thing I’m going to tackle.”

Any guesses on what Ryan Murphy is talking about here? Sound off below.

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Like previous seasons of “Monster,” the show’s scope will expand to include things you would not expect to see in a Lizzie Borden series. Creator Ryan Murphy reveals in a chat with THR that Vicky Krieps will be playing Countess Elizabeth Báthory in “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story”!

Murphy explains, “It is an interesting season because it is the Lizzie Borden story, but there are also other female “killers” who I was always interested in exploring. I always wanted to do something about Aileen Wuornos. I’ve always wanted to do something about the Countess Elizabeth Báthory, who Dracula was modeled after.”

“So we are kind of doing this fantasia of women vs. the system, and it’s not what they did, it’s the question of: What made them do it? Why did they do it, if they did it? That’s what the show is about,” Murphy continues. “And it has three really great “monsters” behind it: Lizzie Borden [played by Ella Beatty], Aileen Wuornos and Elizabeth Báthory.”

Sarah Paulson will be playing Aileen Wuornos!

Murphy teases, “Vicky Krieps plays Báthory, as well as the maid. She plays two parts. And then when I was working on it, there was only one actress who I thought could [play Wuornos], and that was Sarah Paulson. I told her, ‘I have this thing,’ and she’s like, ‘Oh, God.’ Then she read it and said, ‘It’s going to be hard, but I’ll do it.'”

“Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” premieres September 17 on Netflix.

Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s “Monster” launched in 2022 with “The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and was followed by “The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” and “The Ed Gein Story.”

The story of Lizzie Borden, accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892, has been the subject of various movies and television shows over the years. In fact, a new indie horror movie titled The Lizzie Borden Game just released this year, and Christina Ricci played Borden in Lifetime’s The Lizzie Borden Chronicles in 2015.

Chloë Sevigny later played Lizzie Borden in the 2018 feature film Lizzie.

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In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter this week, Ryan Murphy provides an answer to that question. The good news for “AHS” fans? Season 13 is not planned as an ending.

Ryan Murphy explains to The Hollywood Reporter, “I have a great passion for that show, and [FX boss] John Landgraf has a great passion for that show. It’s a very important show in my career. It’s something that John said, ‘As long as you want to keep making them, I’ll keep airing them.’ That’s always been the idea behind it, which is very empowering.”

“Season 13 is not the end,” he adds. “I’m working on Season 14 as we speak in terms of, ‘What’s the idea?’ and ‘Who wants to be in it?'”

But first up, “American Horror Story” Season 13 premieres September 24 on FX and Hulu. The season’s returning players include Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Jessica Lange, and Billie Lourd, each playing multiple characters from the show’s past.

FX promises “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.

Angela Bassett, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman, John Carroll Lynch, and Frances Conroy also star. Newcomers include Mena Suvari, Berto Colon, and John Waters.

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Prime Video’s Fallout, which pulls from the rich nuclear wasteland of Bethesda’s multi-billion dollar gaming franchise of the same name, has not only risen to the occasion, but completely surpassed audiences’ high expectations. Fallout’s emotionally-driven post-apocalyptic saga juxtaposes the parallel stories of a hopeful vault dweller, a mutated Ghoul bounty hunter, and a loyal soldier as they make their way in this unique wasteland.

In honor of Fallout’s Emmy nomination for Outstanding Production Design, Production Designer Howard Cummings gets candid on the surreal joy of bringing this acclaimed video game universe to life and expanding upon its canon, the joys of practical effects and grounding Fallout in a tactile world, Fallout’s unique use of greenscreen to magnify environments, and his promise that things are getting “even bigger and bigger” in season three.

BLOODY DISGUSTING: One of the things that fans loved most about the Fallout video games is the immersive, detailed worlds that they feature. You got to work directly with Bethesda, but what exactly was that collaborative process like?

HOWARD CUMMINGS: When we were first starting out, it’s like, “What do you do with this? How do you make this a film?” But then you get there, and you realize that the challenge with Fallout is actually doing it. Committing to it. In the beginning, it was cool, and Bethesda didn’t really come out with an edict. They don’t tell me what to do. They were waiting for me to show them something, and then they go, “Oh, wow, you’re just actually doing it.” I got into the Fallout universe, and I really appreciated it. Then I began to appreciate the people and all the fans online who are doing their different mods. I get the ultimate fan mod. I get to do my own mod. It’s so cool. 

But in terms of working with Bethesda, they’ve never told me I have to do something in a certain way, which is awesome. I have a lot of freedom. They share their models with me, and they have a point person that I talk to if I have questions about the game because I’m not an expert on the game. There’s a lot of research. My basic inspiration goes back to Fallout’s original artwork. There’s a great book about Fallout 4 (The Art of Fallout 4: Bethesda Softworks) that’s just loaded with beautiful concept art. When you take those concepts, you can turn them into a game, but there’s a certain loss to it. 

So it’s weird. If I want to enhance something that’s in the game, I kind of look back at the concept and consider where to take it. You know, because I love Fallout: New Vegas’ story. It’s so good and so engaging, but Obsidian — who I think developed the game — it’s not as finely or artistically done as some of the other games. So a big struggle at times is wanting to honor what people like about Fallout: New Vegas, but I also want to enhance it in a way. But I have to enhance it based on the game, not just to be cool. 

What’s fun for me to work on in the show is that we have our own — it’s not set in the same timeframe as the games, right? The writers get around all sorts of stuff. They know so much about the game. It’s insane, and there’s a lot of stuff I do, and then suddenly someone is telling me why the choices that I made are now canon. Stuff like that is hysterical to me. I always try to stay true to what fans really liked about the games and try not to break it. We have a producer, James Altman, who’s from the game. If I have big questions about whether I’m stepping on some lore that’s going to make everybody go insane, then he’s pretty good at helping me with that. He’s on set all the time.

Like you were saying, there are some really creative ways in which the production design and props expand upon the games’ lore. It looks like a lot of the terminals in the series are modified computers from the late ‘70s and the start of the ‘80s that reflect a wider range of companies that existed in this universe. It helps make this world feel bigger and that there were competitors beyond just General Atomics and RobCo.

HC: I tried to see what they were sourcing things off of and then kind of go do that in the same direction. As I said, this story isn’t within the walls of the game. Visually, it’s the same thing, but I get to pull more stuff into it. You could probably hire me to “Fallout your apartment” or something, you know what I mean? I know how to make choices now based on all this stuff. A lot of that, we source stuff for all the decorating. It ranges from real vintage to things from Wayfair even that you can buy yourself that have this stylized bent to it. We have an approach to it all. What’s cool is that we are doing flashbacks, which there are very few of in the games. It’s usually just in the games’ intros. The flashbacks are fun, but in those we are still tweaking things to be more period correct, especially the stuff around Cooper Howard. There’s a sort of reality to his whole family and the emotion to all that stuff. So we kind of lean into it so it’s not as stylized in the retro-futuristic look. It’s a little more vintage-y. 

You definitely feel all of that, too. This show is such a celebration of practical effects, which adds such a realistic and tactile quality to this universe. Why was it important to go that extra mile and make sure that elements like the Power Armor suits were actually functional?

HC: You know, we work with one of the Nolan brothers — Jonah [Jonathan] Nolan. He’s our exec, and he also directed the pilot. He, just like Chris, wants to make things practical as much as possible. It’s always better to have this real thing that you’re working off of, even if you ultimately replace it with visual effects. So, the Power Armor was actually the first thing that I did. I had never done something like that before. So we had to take the game model, remodel it, and proportion it to a person. It wasn’t really built to be functioning as a full suit. It sort of fudged in many ways. So we had to remodel it, re-proportion it. 

We have a lot of great vendors, like Legacy — who have done like Iron Man’s suits — who helped solve a lot of problems with an armature that’s built underneath the whole thing that helps make it move. There was a lot of back and forth like that, but it was super fun. It’s the very first thing I did on Fallout. I said, “Do you know how long something like this takes?” It’s like at least 18 weeks, and then you need to rehearse with it and make it work. But that’s how we do it. Even the creatures! The Deathclaw, for instance, was a giant thing that Legacy created. We were trying to figure out the rig for its head. There’s a person there, and it’s all about the movement. Having the person moving the suit gave it a greater reality because it feels grounded. That’s why we do as much as we can practically.

Similarly, the Gulpers are one of my favorite elements of the show, and they’re so much more effective as practical effects. What was the process like for bringing them to life?

HC: They each have their own challenges. With the Gulper, it needs to eat somebody, and then later on, it throws itself up and dies. With that, we had to make the whole innards thing with a bag, which would get yanked out and all the guts and everything flies out of it. It’s fun to figure that stuff out. This last season, we had things like Radscorpions — these giant scorpions — and trying to figure them out. I thought, “Well, they should have little babies because the babies can actually jump on people.” And then determining if the babies are just as bad. That was a puppet, like a big puppet, when it came to the full-size thing. I have a scale chart that we do for the season, and it’s just hysterical because it’s just of all the creatures and things. We’re in season three right now, and everything’s getting even bigger and bigger.

So for the baby scorpions, that wasn’t something that was necessarily scripted? It was just you figuring out what made sense for these creatures?

HC: Yeah, we had talked about doing the big one, but then figured it’s even scarier if you’re getting surrounded or something by little ones. So we talked to the showrunners, the director, to figure out our environment, and then we can bring it to life. We put these duct works in this space that was kind of like a hospital. So we thought, “What if they’re in the ductwork? What if they pop out and jump on them?” There’s a lot of back and forth where I’ll pitch an idea, cross-reference it with the story, and then consider how to handle it practically. Questions over how we reveal it and when it stops holding up and looking real. Because, you know, they don’t always hold up. You’ll have to figure out ways to hide it behind something, or it’s dark, but you still try to do as much of that for real as possible. 

Walton Goggins actually had that giant thing thrown on his chest and wrestled it around and stuff. He’s really cool about that kind of stuff. I mean, he has to go through the whole makeup thing. All of that is so cool, too. We have great makeup effects people who still want the performance to shine through beneath it. You’ve got to read that line between what’s a mask and what’s real when trying to get somebody’s performance. There’s a lot of subtlety to play around with there.

The Brotherhood of Steel is another part of the show that I was just blown away when I saw for the first time. That armor is just so amazing, and there’s such detail to it all. How did you make sure that this felt like a completely different corner of the Fallout universe?

HC: That was interesting to figure out because, in the game, that’s very East Coast-based. There wasn’t a whole lot of West Coast information. There is some, but then I kind of made up some of the lore regarding what all this is. I pushed it a little bit Catholic, actually. They’re not Catholic, to be clear. The Brotherhood is not religious in any way. It’s like, it’s there. It’s military, you know. They had scripted this whole anointing sequence with Max and, to me, it just felt like incense and all that. We talked about how in the game we’re not seeing all the Brotherhood organizations, and so why don’t they each have their own thing? We’re not saying that they’re all like this. It’s just this particular group. 

Then, later on, in season two, there’s a meeting where all the different Brotherhoods are present, and they’re all into different things. Some hate women, some are run by women, but they all have their own thing. So, to me, charting those differences helped give all this more of a reality. It’s not all cookie cutter because we have the freedom to not just replicate things in a computer. We have the luxury of being able to detail things in a different way, which I think makes the story even richer. 

I love that Fallout incorporates greenscreens and state-of-the-art LED technology with real-world environments and that you actually built sets to pull a lot of this off. It makes such a difference. How did you find the right balance there? What were some of the challenges with finding the right locations, building sets, and not just relying on greenscreen?

HC: We’re working with these big, huge sets, but we also use this thing called the Volume that’s digital. We actually use as little greenscreen as we can. With the volume, you’re seeing the actors in real-time, and lighting effects — it’s all about the lighting — are working differently. It’s getting all the right reflective light, and even the Vertibirds are things that we do in the Volume. It’s really fun. We got really lucky with the Vertibird. The construction or the steel guy in the first season started out his welding career building aircraft. He got his professor from high school to help us build it because it was all pieced together with little pieces. It’s actually made of aluminum. It’s all aluminum, but it’s all hand work that’s been riveted and stuff. 

You’ve pulled off such incredible things in Fallout, but what was the biggest hurdle that you faced and overcame during production?

HC: For season two, it was definitely just trying to get the scale of the strip in Las Vegas right. In the game, it’s massive. And we really went above and beyond here. It’s truly huge. It’s like we’re actually shooting in Las Vegas. We have a mandate to do as much for real as possible. There’s an abandoned shopping mall near where I live that’s been like that for years. But, to me, that building looks a lot like Gamora. So we built all that. There was enough there that we could have just built the bottom of the building — maybe 14 feet — and then just made everything else digital. That’s not our style, though. 

I transformed this abandoned shopping mall and added giant pieces to it. All that lighting was practical, too. All that neon lighting. It’s challenging. It’s a big undertaking that takes a lot of planning. There’s a lot to do there. We model everything, find the sun direction, and things like that. I work with all the directors and cinematographers, and they’ll be like, “Okay, four o’clock is where the sun should be. ” It’s actually really strategically plotted out how to do all that. It’s only because we have such a great group of people that can pull shit like this off. It’s great, and I think that’s part of trying to achieve the scale that we need to achieve is probably the biggest hurdle. Even at the beginning of this season, I told our location person that we’re going even bigger. They’ve found us some amazing places that are truly incredible. I’ve listened to all of the people reviewing and talking about the show, so I know where people want us to push things. We all care about this show so much. 

Finally, what are some of your hopes for season three? What’s on your wish list, production-wise, besides making everything bigger?

HC: This season is bigger, yes. But it’s funny. That doesn’t necessarily mean that I have more money because generally that’s not the way it works. Season one, we shot in New York, actually. Season two, we moved the show to LA, which was great. That vault set was in New York in three different stages, and we moved it to one giant stage. I got to connect the vault into one giant vault, which was really super cool. I had to start with a whole new group in LA and try to educate them on what Fallout is and how this universe works. They’ve gotten all that by now. It’s kind of about halfway through the season you could sort of see it click and everybody just instantly had the same vibe. 

So this year, because weirdly almost everybody I worked with begged to come back because of how much fun they had, I was working with a really well-educated group of people. And now I can give them even bigger tasks. We’re tackling things that we couldn’t have before. People are always going “Oh my God,” when they see these environments. It’s so much fun to come to work because it’s all just there. I’m so glad we get to continue to do all this. 

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That being said, it’s only fitting to have Ryan Murphy return to high school, the very place where his television career began, for his latest ode to excess and emptiness. In fact, The Shards operates as a bizarro counterpoint to Murphy’s first series, Popular. The stark differences – and similarities – between these two programs highlight how much Murphy has and hasn’t evolved as a storyteller and filmmaker.

The Shards is certainly having a lot of fun with its detached take on 1980s Los Angeles, but it plays like a sarcastic sizzle reel of Murphy’s past triumphs. 

Murphy’s adaptations of other people’s works can be hit or miss and are never a guarantee that he’ll rein in his signature sensationalist impulses. However, Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis working together is a pairing that makes too much sense. It’s like the peanut butter and jelly of superficial societal satire. Murphy’s opulent extremism radicalizes Easton Ellis’ minimalist and detached storytelling. The Shards is an enthusiastic fetishization of not just the pop culture and fashion of the ‘80s, but also how it was a golden era for serial killers and new societal terrors. It’s the perfect marriage of Murphy’s past extremes as shallow prep school woes like parties and dances are juxtaposed against curfews, ritualistic sacrifices, and serial killer attacks. 

The series adapts Bret Easton Ellis’ autofiction of the same name, which chronicles a fictionalized version of Ellis (Igby Rigney) in 1981 Los Angeles as he juggles his prep school duties with a growing obsession over a local serial killer, The Trawler. The arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory (Homer Gere), coincides with this string of killings. A darkness descends over Los Angeles, and Bret is left to wonder if Robert Mallory and these massacres are actually connected or just a symptom of his own toxic thought process.

This all amounts to harmless entertainment if it’s not taken too seriously. It still lacks the juice of something like Euphoria or even Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. Murphy finds himself increasingly out of touch in this world of teens. It’s enormously heightened, because of course it is, but it doesn’t feel as special in this oversaturated genre that’s naturally become so exaggerated on its own. Murphy’s trademark hyper-maximalism barely leaves an impression in a world where Riverdale and Gossip Girl are the baseline for heightened high school dramas.

Bret is at the center of a group of vapid characters who just want to survive senior year, graduate high school, and get out of Los Angeles, which makes the prospect of a serial killer a real drag. The Shards argues that kidnappings, killings, and ritualistic cults are the greatest dangers faced by children as they head into adulthood. It’s like Ryan Murphy’s own twisted version of Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, only it’s covering serial killers, cults, and stalkers. A lot of tangential clout-chasing frivolity is covered as the hypnotic pull between Bret and Robert acts as the nucleus to it all. 

The Shards is consumed with the death of the ‘70s and how this marks the start of a ruthless and vicious new generation of disturbing detachment. It’s drenched in tropes, cliches, endless ‘80s needle drops, and hard bodies. It is exactly what you’d expect from a joint collaboration between Murphy and Easton Ellis. At the same time, it’s also not trying to be anything deeper. Its superficial slayings and takedowns of society are all exceedingly surface level, but it’s sure sleek and pretty. Murphy wants the audience to get lost in the hollow hyper-sexuality. That’s the point. It just doesn’t touch on anything that hasn’t been done many times before, and better, including in Murphy’s own productions. There’s even a hamfisted riff on Shakespeare – specifically Hamlet – that argues that ultra-trashy camp is the new classic lit and theater.

The serial killer sequences with the Trawler, while genuinely disturbing, are similarly sapped of life. You know something is amiss in a Ryan Murphy production when gratuitous murder setpieces aren’t even properly crossing lines and generating enthusiasm. In the end, it’s The Shards’ moody score by Troye Sivan and Leland, alongside unhinged performances by Evan Rachel Wood, Jordan Roth, and Wes Bentley, that stand out as highlights. Bentley in particular chews – and snorts – the scenery. 

The Shards is content to languish among its flashy hedonism, the likes of which don’t even have the decency to provide its audience with closure or answers. These episodes feel like a piece of a greater whole that will inevitably become even more pointless if The Shards gets canceled or prematurely ends. This has increasingly become Murphy’s style with his latest horror programs. It doesn’t do The Shards any favors and only highlights the season’s narrative problems and how little gets accomplished across these nine episodes. A flashy finish that’s full of answers, but also sets up new terrors, would help The Shards feel more essential and complete. As it stands, it struggles to even reach the middling heights of Grotesquerie and The Beauty, and certainly has much less to say. 

The Shards is set in an empty world where adaptations have greater value than stories. It bombards the audience with fabricated boogeymen like The Trawler and the Riders of the Afterlife cult. It’s a series that’s full of derivative imitations of better and more iconic ideas. In a way, that’s exactly what The Shards is like. It’s a slap-dash amalgamation of what’s worked for Ryan Murphy in the past, without bringing anything new to the table. 

Self-aware meta commentary on ambivalence and diminishing returns aside, this doesn’t change the fact that The Shards is still guilty of the same things that it pokes fun at. It’s a fading Xerox of a once-interesting idea that struggles to stand out. There are fleeting moments of brilliance, like in most Murphy programs, but there’s not enough to cling to here once the shock factor and eye candy wear out their welcome. 

The Shards premiere on FX and Hulu on August 5 at 6 p.m. PT.

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Ella Beatty stars in “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” as Lizzie Borden alongside Charlie Hunnam as her father, Rebecca Hall as her stepmother, Billie Lourd as her sister, Jessica Barden as her close friend, and Vicky Krieps as the family’s maid.

Sarah Paulson will appear as notorious serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

Meet the characters in Vanity Fair’s gallery of first look images below. You’ll also find the official poster underneath, which announces the Netflix premiere date: September 17, 2026.

Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s “Monster” launched in 2022 with “The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and was followed by “The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” and “The Ed Gein Story.”

Brennan teases in his chat with Vanity Fair, “It was a tough time to be a rudderless young woman, and in a house that didn’t seem happy. The big question the anthology always asks is are monsters made or born? With Lizzie, if she’s a monster, she wasn’t born that way.”

Rebecca Hall teases, “It’s Ryan Murphy does Cinderella.”

The story of Lizzie Borden, accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892, has been the subject of various movies and television shows over the years. In fact, a new indie horror movie titled The Lizzie Borden Game just released this year, and Christina Ricci played Borden in Lifetime’s The Lizzie Borden Chronicles in 2015.

Chloë Sevigny later played Lizzie Borden in the 2018 feature film Lizzie.

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You can stream both seasons of Scream: The TV Series along with Scream: Resurrection for free on Tubi right now, right alongside every single episode of HBO’s Tales from the Crypt!

In the show’s first two seasons, “After a viral cyberbullying incident sparks a brutal murder, a group of Lakewood teenagers finds themselves targeted by a ruthless new killer.”

While the first two seasons featured a brand new killer mask, the classic Ghostface mask made a return in Scream: Resurrection, which told a new story with new characters.

Scream: Resurrection centers on a local star football running back whose tragic past comes back to haunt him and threaten his hard-earned plans and the lives of his friends.

Is it worth watching? And was this a successful attempt at bringing the slasher subgenre to the small screen? Paul Le explained here on Bloody Disgusting earlier this year, “Yes and no.”

Paul continued, “There are stumbles along the way that the show can’t always recover from; the uneven pacing and excess of teen drama both come to mind. On the other end, when it’s focused on gruesome thrills and plot twists, the series is pretty damn entertaining.”

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