Deadline reports this morning, “The pickup comes two weeks after Carrie‘s eight-episode first season was released on October 7 to strong reviews.” The outlet adds, “Carrie, starring Summer H. Howell, has topped Prime Video’s weekly global TV series rankings, hitting number 1 in over 105 countries worldwide, though the streamer does not release viewership figures.”

“Carrie is connecting with both longtime Stephen King fans and a new generation altogether — including young adults and international audiences, with particular strength among female viewers,” said Peter Friedlander, Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios. “It speaks to the enduring power of this story and signals that Mike Flanagan’s reimagining of the iconic IP has real breadth. We’re excited by where he and Stephen plan to take the story.”

“For 50 years, audiences have known and gravitated to Carrie White’s story. From the beginning, we imagined a story that goes far beyond the prom, and I’m incredibly grateful for Stephen’s trust and support in exploring what comes next,” Flanagan said in his own statement.

“I can’t wait for audiences to get to see what’s down the road for Carrie White,” Stephen King said. “Mike Flanagan and I are excited about what comes next. It’s bound to be thrilling.”

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

Also starring in Prime Video’s series are Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti, Thalia Dudek, Amber Midthunder, and Matthew Lillard.

Flanagan’s hope? That the story of “Carrie” is spread across three total seasons.

The filmmaker explained in a recent interview, “In my dream scenario … I think it’s three seasons. In my dream scenario, I think Carrie has a wonderful three-step arc. It’s a trilogy, really.”

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“IT: Welcome to Derry” Season 2 will travel back in time to 1935, 27 years before Season 1, and in a brand new chat with Entertainment Weekly this week, Brad Caleb Kane doubles down on how different the second season will be from the first season of the HBO horror series.

“We’re making something very exciting for Season 2 that I can’t talk too much about, but it’s got a different palette,” Kane tells Entertainment Weekly. “It’s the Depression, it’s 1935. Beyond that, I can’t talk about it, but you can imagine a Warner Bros. gangster picture through the lens of Pennywise and Stephen King. That’s kind of what we’re doing.”

“We’re deep into the writers’ room now,” he continues. “We have multiple scripts, we’ve broken more than half the story for Season 2, and we’re edging into pre-production. Beyond that, I think I’ll get suffocated by somebody if I tell you too much more. But, yes, we are deep into it, and it is happening. It’s very exciting. It’s very, very bloody, and it’s very different from Season 1.”

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.

“Welcome to Derry” Season 2 will revolve around the bloody massacre of the Bradley Gang, bank robbers who finds themselves wrapped up in a mess of trouble when they stop off in Derry.

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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From writer and showrunner Matthew Michael Carnahan (World War Z, Deepwater Horizon) and AGBO (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Extraction), “Zero Hour” is based on the short story by Harrison Query (The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey, Trigger Point),

When mysterious ovals appear in the sky, the world changes forever…

In the minutes that follow, a wife fights to keep her ailing husband alive, a doomsday prepper races to get his family to safety, teenage runaways are caught in the middle of a bank robbery, and a brilliant young presidential aide scrambles to make sense of it all.

“What begins as a pulse-pounding survival story slowly unravels into a sweeping mystery,” the show’s official plot synopsis continues, “as the truth about who these visitors are, and why they have come, upends everything humanity thought it knew about first contact.”

The series is produced by Paramount Television Studios and executive produced by Matthew Michael Carnahan and AGBO. Additional executive producers include Scott Glassgold of 12:01 Films.

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Sabine Grace, Logan Kim (Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Marin Ireland (The Boogeyman, The Dark and the Wicked) and Intae Kim (Severance) have all boarded Pagans in starring roles.

Pagans follows a man, Gus, 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.

While Yeun will star as Gus, Logan Kim will play Nate. Kim previously played the teenage version of Hershel Rhee, the son of The Walking Dead‘s Glenn (Yeun) and Maggie’s (Lauren Cohan), in The Walking Dead: Dead City.

Sabine Grace will make her television debut as the family’s black sheep, Alice. Ireland will play single mom Janelle, attempting to connect with her strong-willed 14-year-old daughter, Jade. Gus’s younger brother will be played by Intae Kim.

The supernatural drama was previously described as “equal parts emotional, horrifying and humorous; Pagans is a show that unearths all our darkest thoughts about family.” It received a straight-to-series order late last year, after an intense bidding war back in September.

Pagans is created by showrunner Joshua Zetumer. Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods), Sarah Esberg, Jonathan van Tulleken, and Erica Kay executive produce. 

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The teaser introduces Hojo, a businessman whose obsession with the unknown leads him to solve strange mysteries. Deadline reports that the six-part series will debut in January 2027.

Based on a short horror story collection from Ichi Sawamura, Night Tales Club will follow Hojo as he introduces each different mysterious story. “He is convinced that ghost stories, monsters, and other supernatural anomalies are ‘bugs‘ in an underlying conspiracy, so he begins inviting people to share their experiences and evidence at his Night Tales Club in exchange for 20 million yen.“

Takayuki Yamada has been cast as the series’ narrator, Hojo.

Even more impressive are the directors attached to this project: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Chime, Pulse), Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On), Shinzo Katayama (Gannibal), Yukiko Sode (Aristocrats), Yuichiro Sakashita (I Can’t Cry With Your Face) and Yosuke Nakamura (Higuma!!), with Kenji Nakajima (The Naked Director) directing the wraparound Hojo sequences.

Yusuke Wakabayashi and Teruhisa Yamamoto produced and adapted for the screen by the original writer, Ichi Sawamura, who told Deadline: “As the original author of these stories, I feel an enormous sense of surprise and joy that they will soon be available on screen to scare audiences around the world.”

Watch the brief teaser below that introduces Hojo and the series title treatment. We’ll have to wait for a full trailer to get a glimpse at the stories helmed by J-horror giants like Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Takashi Shimizu.

Look for the horror anthology series early next year.

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Recent years have proven challenging for the network, though, as it has had to compete with streamers with bigger budgets and more viewers are cutting the cord from their cable companies. Confirming the downward trajectory of the network is the fact that, according to Matt’s Inside Line, SYFY has canceled their original series Revival. This brings the current number of original series on the network down to one, as The Ark is still producing episodes.

In the series, “On one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin, the recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves. But this is no zombie story as the ‘revived’ appear and act just like they once were. When local Officer and single mother Dana Cypress is unexpectedly thrown into the center of a brutal murder mystery of her own, she’s left to make sense of the chaos amidst a town gripped by fear and confusion where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect. ”

Revival stars  Melanie Scrofano, Romy Weltman, David James Elliott, and Andy McQueen. Recurring guest stars include Steven Ogg, Phil Brooks (CM Punk), Gia Sandhu, Katherine King So, Maia Jae, Nathan Dales, Mark Little, Glen Gould, Lara Jean Chorostecki, and Conrad Coates.

The show was created by Aaron B. Koontz and Luke Boyce, who serve as showrunners and executive producers. Revival was based on the comic book series of the same name, which was created by Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash) and artist Mike Norton, and it was published by Image Comics between July 2012 and February 2017.

The timing of the cancellation is interesting, as Season 1 of the series just landed on Netflix recently. While it has yet to dominate the streamer, the availability on the platform means audiences who overlooked the show’s initial release in 2025 can now catch up with it. There have also been multiple instances of a series getting canceled by SYFY and either getting revived for an official sendoff or picked up at another network, such as was the case with Wynnona Earp and The Expanse.

Fans of the series should hope that, like the characters in the series itself, the show will be revived.

Would you like to see the series continue? Let us know in the comments below!

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This year marked a notable release for the anthology, as we are just a week away from it’s highly anticipated Season 13 finale on the network. Luckily, this latest season is far from being a swan song for the program, as FX confirmed today that the program has been renewed for a Season 14. At this time, it’s unknown what the narrative of the next season will be or who will star in it.

The AHS: 13 premiere claimed a spot on Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 charts and represented Ryan Murphy’s biggest launch ever on Hulu and Disney+. The series returns Thursday with the 11th and 12th episodes ahead of the highly anticipated finale on Thursday, October 29, just in time for Halloween. Episodes will be available beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FX and 9 p.m. PT on Hulu.

American Horror Story is a progenitor of the modern-day limited series format, the longest running hour-long series in FX’s history and a global phenomenon that has garnered more than 100 Emmy nominations and 17 wins since its launch in 2011, including acting trophies for Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, and James Cromwell. The franchise has generated nearly 2 billion hours of engagement globally since its launch in 2011. All previous installments are available to stream on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S. and on Disney+ internationally.

American Horror Story has redefined the genre with various installments featuring a creepy murder house, a coven of witches, a traveling freak show, a haunted hotel and the apocalypse itself.

The 13th installment stars 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.

Created and executive produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, AHS: 13 is also executive produced by Ned Martel and Charlie Carver. Also serving as executive producers are Eric Kovtun, Nissa Diederich, Scott Robertson, Tanase Popa, Crystle Roberson Dorsey, Jennifer Salt, and Tim Minear. The series is produced by 20th Television.

There is no release date yet confirmed for Season 14 of the series.

Are you glad the show has been renewed? Let us know in the comments below!

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One program that has stood the test of time, though, is Unsolved Mysteries. The original Robert Stack-hosted series remains a staple of ’80s and ’90s TV, thanks in large part to the gravitas Stack brought to the investigations. The core conceit of the TV show was also its most frustrating for modern audiences: these mysteries are unsolved, so they deny us a satisfying ending. In an age where it feels any mystery could be solved with the internet, the original TV didn’t have that access.

Netflix revived the program in 2020, which ran for five seasons. As confirmed by Deadline, Unsolved Mysteries is being revived as a video podcast hosted by Jordan Murphy. It will launch on YouTube on October 29 with new episodes released weekly on Thursdays.

The outlet claims the new episodes will explore the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the vanishing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and the still-unsolved heist at Boston’s Stewart Gardner Museum. Additionally, the video podcast will provide updates to previously covered cases.

“We’re thrilled to be expanding the Unsolved Mysteries brand in this pivot to the video podcast world,” Terry Meurer, Unsolved Mysteries co-creator and President and CEO of Unsolved Media, shared in a statement. “There are still so many mysteries that need to be solved and we know we can reach a wide audience on YouTube and through Audacy’s distribution. And we hope our audience can help solve these mysteries, as they have for decades.”

“Unsolved Mysteries has an incredibly passionate audience and a legacy that continues to resonate across generations, and we’re excited to bring the podcast into a new era with video,” Leah Reis-Dennis, Head of Podcasts, Audacy, added. “With Jordan Murphy at the helm and all-new cases to explore, this next chapter brings a fresh dimension to a beloved franchise and offers advertisers new opportunities to engage with a devoted fanbase across both audio and video.”

After Stack’s passing in 2003, the series was revived in 2008 with host Dennis Farina. When Netflix put their own spin on the concept, they opted not to have a host and instead used on-screen title cards to tie sequences together. Additionally, while the original program often highlighted supernatural occurrences, the Netflix revival mainly focused on more grounded cases.

The new Unsolved Mysteries premieres on YouTube on October 29.

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

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Peacock‘s Crystal Lake, which takes place nearly a decade before the events of the original Friday the 13th, didn’t feature Jason in a hockey mask, which audiences knew ahead of time, given that he doesn’t get a hockey mask until Friday the 13th Part III. Across eight episodes, the series also delivered some of the most brutal violence seen in a TV series in quite some time, fully living up to the reputation of the series.

One thing missing from the series, though, was the gratuitous nudity. According to showrunner Brad Caleb Kane, there were attempts to include those elements, but those efforts were “overruled.”

“I tried. That’s America. You can give the kids the violence, but God forbid they see some breasts,” the showrunner confirmed to TheWrap. “Sometimes you get overruled in these things.”

Part of what makes the topic interesting is that sex — along with drugs and alcohol — are often cited as key components of what motivates Jason Voorhees to kill. In the original movie, Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) explained that her son Jason drowned in Crystal Lake because the people who were meant to be watching out for him were busy having sex. Virtually every sequel featured protagonists who were partying and doing drugs, so even if there wasn’t a specific rule that stated Pamela or Jason only killed those participating in seemingly immoral behavior, there was a strong correlation between these elements.

As far as who overruled Kane, it’s currently unclear. Whether those elements ever made it into the scripts or were filmed, only to be excised, is unknown. Even if the show was a little bit more conservative than its big-screen counterpart, that’s not to say the series was completely chaste. The first episode did honor the sequence in which Jason drowned because two counselors were having sex, and there were many other characters who developed relationships over those eight episodes. Additionally, there were plenty of implied trysts and counselors in bathing suit attire, with these sequences unfolding organically.

Still, Kane expressed earlier this year how the show would honor some elements of the cinematic installments but wouldn’t be beholden to all of them.

“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,” Kane explained during a panel over the summer. 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.”

All episodes of Crystal Lake are now streaming on Peacock.

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

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There was proven interest in seeing the seemingly silly world of Archie Comics embrace more macabre concepts, courtesy of the success of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla‘s comic Afterlife with Archie. In the story, when a supernatural spell from Sabrina Spellman backfires, an army of the possessed dead is unleashed upon Riverdale. Archie and his friends must fight to stay alive, testing the friendships, romances, and loyalties that have always held them together, marking the first Archie Comics title to be geared towards older audiences.

Aguirre-Sacasa is bringing Afterlife with Archie to Disney+ as a live-action series, and while it’s not set to debut until 2027, Riverdale star KJ Apa already volunteered his services in the series.

“It’d be cool if we could do some cameos or something,” Apa revealed to Entertainment Weekly. He also confirmed he voiced this desire to Aguirre-Sacasa, exclaiming, “I asked him!”

He continued, “I would think that would be really fun if I could come in for a scene … I don’t know who I’d play, but it’d be fun to do.”

Apa played Archie in Riverdale, which ran for seven seasons. The success of the show resulted in Netflix‘s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, in which Kiernan Shipka starred as the titular teen witch. Unlike the ’90s sitcom, this take on Sabrina was much more macabre, with the character dabbling in the dark arts, death, and the Devil. Shipka would go on to reprise her role in a handful of appearances in Riverdale, confirming the nature of the franchise’s crossovers.

Likely preventing Apa from playing Archie is the fact that the story regularly features Archie as a high schooler. The actor is currently 29, making it more of a challenge to pass as a high schooler.

There are currently no actors officially attached to the project, but Deadline has confirmed that Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Hunters) will direct the series’ pilot episode. Luckily, the show was already ordered to series without the pilot having even been filmed, so it’s just a matter of time before we get more updates on the series’ future.

Stay tuned for updates on the future of Afterlife with Archie.

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

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So although Scooby functions fine without Halloween, there’s always something extra special whenever the holiday is featured. The creators must agree, too, because they tend to go all-out for the occasion.

The following is a guide to Halloween’s appearances in the Scooby-Doo universe. Sometimes All Hallows’ Eve plays a big role in the story, and other times it’s just there in the background. Either way, you’re sure to get your fill of Halloween with these Scooby selections.

The Scooby-Doo Show – “The Headless Horseman of Halloween”

From The Scooby-Doo Show is this unmistakably Halloween-themed episode. Mystery Inc. was partying it up at Crane Mansion when all of a sudden, one of the costumed guests turned out to be the bona fide Headless Horseman. Or so everyone thought. This episode also features Scooby’s cousin Scooby-Dum.

The Scooby-Doo Show – “To Switch a Witch”

Had it been up to them, Shaggy and Scooby would have spent this Halloween trick-or-treating. Instead, they had to deal with old witch Milissa Wilcox. Making the group’s visit to Salem, Massachusetts more confusing is the fact that this legendary witch resembles their friend, Arlene Wilcox.

The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries – “A Halloween Hassle at Dracula’s Castle”

What began as The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show eventually became The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries. And after only solving mysteries with Scooby, Shaggy, Scrappy-Doo and Daphne, we finally got to see Fred and Velma again. At that point, those two had been absent from the franchise for several years. What’s also notable about the episode “A Halloween Hassle at Dracula’s Castle”, apart from Fred and Velma’s return, is the existence of the supernatural; here it’s real, seeing as how Dracula and his wife, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, the Gill-man, and the Invisible Man all make appearances. Even so, someone in a mask can be found causing mischief at this monster mash.

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

“It’s Halloween all year long at that old Grimwood place!” says one character in the TV-movie Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School. That boy wasn’t exaggerating, either; each year the students and staff at Miss Grimwood’s Finishing School for Girls work their way up to the big open house party on Halloween. This year is going to be different, though, because a wicked witch named Revolta is out to get the Grimwood Girls. For more of Sibella, Tanis and those other ghoulish gals, be sure to check out their guest appearance in “Monster Party”, the Halloween episode of OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes.

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo – “Ghost Who’s Coming to Dinner”

One of the best cases of “babyfication” has to be A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. It retained the spirit of the original cartoons while adding its own memorable signature. And after the ups and downs of the franchise so far, this entry was a good reset. The Halloween episode “Ghost Who’s Coming to Dinner” also has a significant instance of ghosts being legit in SD. However, that Mr. Boo isn’t the real threat here; a phony pirate specter called Boobeard is up to no good.

Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost

While this movie’s inclusion here is debatable, there’s no denying how Halloweenish Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost both feels and looks. The presence of a monster turkey also makes it fine for Thanksgiving, but generally speaking, the autumnal aesthetic of this straight-to-video movie makes it perfect for all of Fall. In this follow-up to Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, the Scoobies find supernatural trouble when they visit a horror author’s New England hometown. On top of a local hoax is the very real legend of a persecuted witch.

The Scooby-Doo Project

Of all the opportunistic parodies that followed The Blair Witch Project, 1999’s The Scooby-Doo Project is by far the most fun and inventive. Originally aired on Cartoon Network, this Halloween special debuted in chunks in the midst of a SD marathon. It was a winning combination of humor, mixed media, and depending on your age, genuine frights.

Night of the Living Doo

For the super SD fans out there, they may want to squeeze in this parody that aired on Halloween Night in 2001. Shown in segments during another of Cartoon Network’s Scooby marathons, Night of the Living Doo plays out like a classic team-up episode. The special guests here are Mark Hamill, Gary Coleman, David Cross and the swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

What’s New, Scooby-Doo? – “A Scooby-Doo Halloween”

Another mystery has been solved just in time for Halloween. Yet there’s no rest for Mystery Inc. once they reach Velma’s relatives in Banning Junction; ghostly scarecrows are intent on ruining the festivities. This special Halloween episode also features Paul Stanley of the band KISS.

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

Halloween is hard to miss in Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King, the first SD production to not have either William Hanna or Joseph Barbera involved in some way. Here, Scooby and the others land themselves in otherworldly danger after crossing paths with a power-hungry magician and venturing into that realm overseen by the Goblin King.

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated – “Escape from Mystery Manor”

The real mystery of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is how it didn’t have a proper Halloween episode. To be fair, Crystal Cove had a non-stop parade of masked miscreants. Who there had time to think about Halloween? At any rate, there is “Escape from Mystery Manor”; this episode opens with a flashback set on Halloween. Jumping back to the present day, the Scoobs become trapped in Darrow Mansion while investigating what happened to the original Mystery Incorporated.

Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow

Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow is perfect for fans who can’t quite fit a full-length SD movie into their busy schedule. This STV special is the length of a standard TV episode, and it’s self-contained. On Halloween in Cobb Corners, the gang solves the mystery of a sinister scarecrow who haunts the corn maze.

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! – “Halloween”

The unique art style of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! can be jarring, especially if you’re used to Hanna-Barbera’s classic designs. On the other hand, this is one of the funnier SD shows. You’re always able to get in and out of an episode with no effort, although you may just end up wanting to stay for more laughs. The episode “Halloween” finds the gang hunting for the witch who scared Fred as a child. And according to adult Fred, masks make it impossible to solve mysteries on Halloween.

Scoob!

Scoob! was an unsuccessful attempt to start a cinematic universe for Hanna-Barbera properties. On top of that, none of the previous voice actors, apart from Frank Welker as Scooby, were cast. What that said, you may find delight in the front half of this big-screen movie, particularly those scenes before everything went off course. The younger Mystery Inc. coming together to solve their first case on Halloween is so precious. It’s too bad we didn’t get the chance to see Scoob! Holiday Haunt, a planned prequel that sounds more like traditional SD.

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!

Crossovers and stunt casting are par for the course in Scooby-Doo. So when Elvira (voiced by the real Cassandra Peterson), Bill Nye and The Scarecrow from DC Comics showed up in Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!, fans didn’t bat an eye. Yet what helps this haunted holiday movie succeed isn’t just the guest stars; it’s the commitment to the concept. Who knew a Mad Max: Fury Road-style SD movie would actually work?

Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!

The character designs of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? made their movie debut in Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! They’re in line with the original cartoons, while also adding more dynamic movements and expressive faces. The plot of this Halloween-set feature, though, is not a thing like old-school SD. No, Mystery Inc. are battling their doppelgängers after taking down the sartorial mastermind behind many of their greatest villains.

Velma – “This Halloween Needs to Be More Special!”

There is perhaps no property in the Scooby-Doo franchise that is more divisive than Velma. Loathed, in many cases. And by the time this Halloween special had come around, most had already forgotten about this bizarre show. So unless you were already invested in the story, or just really like Saweetie, watching what turned out to be the series finale is totally optional. Tuning in now, with nary a clue as to what happened before, will also have you asking why Velma is suddenly a ghost.

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Kane told Deadline that Bill Skarsgård plays “a different kind of Pennywise, Pennywise the way you’ve never seen that character before.“

The brief comments shouldn’t be too surprising considering that it’s set in 1935, during the Great Depression, and tracks the Bradley Gang Massacre from Stephen King‘s IT novel. A gang of outlaws rolls into Derry, and it leads to a bloodbath under Pennywise’s influence.

“It’s a Warner Bros. gangster movie. It’s bank robbers and Hoovervilles and street urchins riding the rails religious fundamentalism,” Kane says of the bigger second season.

The showrunner also gives an update on season two’s status: “We’re writing the scripts. We’re about halfway through the writing of the scripts. We have a production schedule, we’re greenlit for a Season 2, and Andy Muschietti’s out there casting.”

IT 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.

Producer and series developer Andy Muschietti previously revealed that Season 3 would be the explosion of the Kitchener Iron Works, which is a big explosion during an Easter egg hunt where a hundred kids lost their lives. This particularly grim catastrophe was briefly seen in photograph form in IT (2017).

Muschietti previously hid his three-season plan in plain sight with IT: Welome to Derry season one’s opening credits, which features Pennywise’s infamous exploits including the Black Spot Massacre, the Bradley Gang Massacre, and the Kitchener Iron Works explosion.

See if you can spot them below (and get the theme song stuck in your head):

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Since the massive acclaim of that debut season, HBO has attempted to replicate the lightning-in-a-bottle success of that narrative to mixed results. The series has continued to bring in major names in the acting world, like Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Colin Farrell, Mahershala Ali, and Jodie Foster. That trend is continuing with Season 5 of the series, with its stars being confirmed.

Rumors about Nicolas Cage joining True Detective in Season 5 emerged last year, and last weekend at New York Comic Con, the actor confirmed his involvement. Deadline has added that Antonio Banderas is set to star alongside Cage in the new season. There aren’t many narrative details about the project yet confirmed, though we know Cage will star as Henry Logan and Banderas will play Rai Garcia. It will be set in Jamaica Bay, New York.

In what is sure to make horror fans happy, showrunner of True Detective: Night Country Issa López is returning to once again serve as showrunner.

The first season of the series focused on a murder that came with evidence of cult-like activity, which resulted in an investigation into cover-ups, conspiracies, and ritual sacrifices. The season finale even had glimpses of supernatural forces, though it was unclear if those events actually happened or if McConaughey’s character merely imagined them. Night Country, though, was much more firmly in the realm of horror.

Starring Foster and Kali Reis, Night Country took place in Alaska, shrouding the community in darkness for nearly 24 hours a day. The investigation kicks off when eight scientists from a research station go missing, with a severed tongue found in their laboratory. Shortly after, their frozen, naked bodies are found in the snow, sparking speculation about what could cause the researchers to be found in such a state.

The narrative strongly appealed to horror enthusiasts, given the premise’s similarities to the real-life mystery of the Dyatlov Pass incident. Even if the explanation in the show wasn’t otherworldly, Night Country leaned most into the inherent unsettling elements of the narrative.

While it’s too early to know for sure, we can hope that López’s return means another darker entry into the franchise. True Detective Season 5 is expected to premiere in 2027.

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

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One seminal example of a horror game adaptation is HBO‘s The Last of Us, with the show’s critical and viewership success being a testament to the effectiveness of the source material. Just last month, Zach Cregger‘s Resident Evil pulled off the seemingly impossible by telling an all-new story that he specifically orchestrated to recreate the experience of playing the game, which was a hit with audiences and critics.

As revealed by Deadline, the next video game series to get the live-action treatment is Fears to Fathom. As described by the outlet, “Fears to Fathom franchise is an anthology of stand-alone psychological horror stories inspired by frightening real-life experiences. Rather than relying on supernatural creatures or elaborate mythology, Fears to Fathom builds suspense around seemingly ordinary situations that take increasingly terrifying turns.”

Scarlet Stallone and creator Mukul Negi, professionally known as Rayll, have partnered to developed potential movie and TV projects based on the idea.

“I’ve been playing video games since before I could read, and the first time I played Fears to Fathom, I was hooked. I’ve played every one since,” Stallone shared in a statement. “Rayll’s games are grounded and genuinely unsettling, because the horror comes from situations that could actually happen to you. I love working with Rayll; we’re a great team, and I’m so excited to expand that world while keeping what fans love.”

Rayll added, “I started Fears to Fathom as a very personal project, so seeing how far it has grown and how strongly people around the world have connected with these stories has been surreal … Scarlet immediately understood that what makes Fears to Fathom work isn’t just the scares — it’s the feeling that these situations could happen to anyone. I’m excited to work with her and SRYN Productions to bring that same tension and authenticity to a new medium.”

So far, the series has been comprised of installments Home Alone, Norwood Hitchhike, Carson House, Ironbark Lookout, Woodbury Getaway, and Scratch Creek. In Home Alone, “You play as Miles, a 14 years old kid who is home alone while his parents are out of town for work. He soon finds himself in trouble as the story unfolds, would he make it through the night? He survived as he made the right choices.”

Stay tuned for updates on the future of the Fears to Fathom franchise.

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

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In the new series, Matthew Lillard stars as Principal Henry Grayle, who is tasked with trying to keep the entire school under control. Understandably, he faces a lot of challenges with the arrival of Carrie White (Summer H. Howell), including at the infamous prom scene.

Lillard exclusively shared with us a number of behind-the-scenes images he took on the set of the prom scene, which you can see in the Instagram carousel below.

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“On my first film, Serial Mom, Kathleen Turner told me that making a movie is like having a family with a built-in divorce. Those words haunt me to this day. Coming together, loving each other for an extended stretch of time, and then just walking away is a brutal reality,” Lillard shared with Bloody Disgusting. “Never were truer words spoken than with the cast of Carrie. We bonded in rehearsal and built a dynamic, loving ‘Hollywood family’ throughout the process. The ‘Younguns’ and the ‘Olds,’ as we called ourselves, would gather separately and together: dinners, weekend basketball games, movie nights at the Flana-plex North. We were bound.”

He continued, “I love taking photos, but I very rarely share them. As we were living through Carrie White’s prom, though, it felt like we were playing in the shadow of history, and I wanted to remember this brilliant collection of artists. It’s an honor to share some of these with y’all. I hope you like them. Sharing one of my passions with the world leaves me feeling a little naked and exposed.”

Earlier this month, Lillard echoed those sentiments about how fulfilling the entire experience was bringing the new series to life.

“I think that I have been around a long time and I think that one of the things that I found extraordinary is the level, the quality of actors that they brought in blew me away. I think that when you look at Summer Howell at the end of this year, you will have to consider her as one of the most incredible performances of the year,” the actor expressed. “I think that she is effortlessly brilliant the entire time. And not only as an actor, but how she conducted herself as number one on the call sheet is super important. She led with bravery. She was always prepared. She was just an incredible number one.”

All episodes of Carrie are now streaming on Prime Video.

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

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Horror fans are in luck this year, as we won’t just be getting the all-new “Treehouse of Horror XXXVII,” but we’ll also be getting “Treehouse of Horror Presents: The Revengening,” another episode devoted to the horror genre. The special was confirmed with the release of an official poster, which you can see below. The episode premieres on Fox this Sunday, October 18 and will be available on Hulu the next day.

The new episode is described, “All hell breaks loose on Halloween when a killer comes to Springfield and hacks their way through town. No Simpson is safe from… THE REVENGENING!”

Fox has also released a batch of images from the official “Treehouse of Horror XXXVII,” which you can see at the bottom of the page. That new episode is described, “In this year’s extra-scary, ultra-spooky Treehouse of Horror, Marge gets a horrifying new perspective on marriage; Bart and Santa’s Little Helper embark on a bone-chilling adventure; and Homer takes a driving lesson in the ‘Treehouse of Horror XXXVII’ episode of The Simpsons airing Sunday, October 25.”

The very first “Treehouse of Horror” episode, which originally aired as “The Simpsons Halloween Special,” debuted in the second season of the series. That episode birthed the idea of “Treehouse of Horror,” as it featured Bart and Lisa telling each other scary stories in their treehouse on Halloween night. While other animated series might occasionally avoid delivering a Halloween-themed episode, The Simpsons has made it an annual event.

Things changed in 2015, though, when The Simpsons released the episode “Halloween of Horror.” Rather than being a series of vignettes, that was a full episode that honored the traditions of Halloween.

That just marked the beginning of a major change in the format for Halloween-themed episodes. In Season 34, we got the episode “Not It,” which was a parody of Stephen King‘s IT. In Season 36, we got the episode “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes,” which was another anthology full of three different vignettes.

At this point, it’s currently unknown if “The Revengening” will be a full-length episode honoring slashers or if we’ll get three more vignettes. Given that it has the “Treehouse of Horror Presents” moniker, it would seem likely we’ll be getting three more vignettes.

“Treehouse of Horror Presents: The Revengening” premieres on Fox on Sunday, October 18. “Treehouse of Horror XXXVII” premieres on Fox on Sunday, October 25.

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

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The first season is now streaming in full on Peacock, and Kane opened up about his plans for potential future seasons.

Speaking with Deadline, Kane explained his interest in a story where the focus is on a town full of eccentric characters as opposed to one specific narrative.

“This is a world that I return to over and over and over again,” the showrunner explained. “I return to these movies, we all do, somehow. They became iconic for a reason. But there’s a lot we don’t know about the town. We meet these really colorful characters in the first movie, we meet Trudy and Officer Dorff and so-called Crazy Ralph, even though he turns out to have a point. But we don’t see that much of them ultimately. Some are dispatched, some are just there for momentary common comic relief.”

Kane continued, “And, you know, with a show like this, we have the opportunity to open it up and spend a little more time with them. Everybody loves, a small town show, and within the world of Friday the 13th, that just becomes more amplified and interesting.”

This first season charted a course for what was to come in the original movie, though the season finale doesn’t directly lead into the events of the film. With a Season 2, Kane revealed that his plans would run up much closer to that timeline, though would still take a bit longer to overlap.

“I do have ideas for Season 2 in mind,” the showrunner pointed out. “Obviously, it’s not just Pam’s story, it’s Crystal Lake, so you have all of the peripheral characters who are interesting to me … You have the opportunity for this to be more of a Twin Peaks-y kind of vibe, with Ralph and with Dorff and Trudy and all of those characters. There’s a lot more to get into with them. But obviously, the nexus is always gonna be Pam and Jason, and their story.”

As far as the overlap between the TV show and the movie, Kane confirmed, “It wouldn’t happen in a second season … There’s more story to tell, for the residents of Crystal Lake and to the extent that Linda wants to continue the journey with us, with Pam. So, we’ll see.”

All eight episodes of Crystal Lake are now streaming on Peacock.

Are you hoping there is a Season 2 of the series? Let us know in the comments below!

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From the reveal of young Jason Voorhees (Callum Vinson) to a handful of absolutely brutal kills and some big reveals involving Jason and his loving mother Pamela Voorhees (Linda Cardellini), this gallery is loaded with images that warrant a big time SPOILER WARNING.

So if you’ve already binged all eight episodes or you’re just hungry for spoilers before you dive into the series, browse the full gallery below. Otherwise… wait until you watch it for yourself!

[Related] ‘Crystal Lake’ TV Series Getting an Official Novelization from A24

The A24 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 “Crystal Lake.”

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

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

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While the problem when the streamer launched was the limited content, the problem has now grown to being that, there’s so much content, it’s hard to know what to watch. Earlier this year, Widow’s Bay debuted and week after week it won over audiences with its blend of humor and horror, as it eventually went on to win Best Comedy Series at the Emmy Awards. Around the time of its debut, the thriller murder-mystery Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed also premiered, which went somewhat overlooked.

It may have taken many more months following its season finale compared to Widow’s Bay, but Apple TV has confirmed that Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed will return for a Season 2.

“We are delighted to continue the story of MPG and deeply grateful to Apple and our incredible cast and crew. This is all pretty amazing for a show whose title came from a spam email,” said creator and showrunner David J. Rosen in a statement.

The series might not have impacted pop culture in quite the same way as Widow’s Bay, but it definitely attracted plenty of praise. Season 1 currently sits at 93% positive reviews on aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, and while he’s not an official critic, Stephen King also threw his support behind the show.

On social media, King first shared, “Some goofy plot holes, but very entertaining. Copy-editors are an unused fictional resource. Who’s a better detective than a good copy-editor?” Just a week later, likely because of a new episode, he then said, “Widow’s Bay is good. Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed is even better. It’s like Hitchcock came back to do it one more time. And Tatiana Maslany is so good. The play of emotions on her face is pretty incredible. She goes from comic to terror in an instant.”

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed follows newly divorced mom Paula (Maslany) as she falls down a dangerous rabbit hole of blackmail, murder and youth soccer. Convinced she witnessed a crime — while simultaneously struggling through a custody battle and an identity crisis — Paula begins her own investigation, one that could unravel a greater conspiracy while also holding the keys to rebuilding her family and sense of self.

The series also stars Jake Johnson, Murray Bartlett, Dolly De Leon, Brandon Flynn, Jessy Hodges, Jon Michael Hill, Charlie Hall, Kiarra Hamagami Goldberg, and Nola Wallace.

Stay tuned for details on Season 2 of Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed.

Are you glad to see the series renewed? Let us know in the comments below!

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From follows a group of strangers trapped in a mysterious small town they can’t escape, no matter how hard they try. That’d be troubling enough, but this town is also home to humalike creatures that come out by night to rip them apart.

The series is created and executive produced by John Griffin (Crater), directed and executive produced by Jack Bender (Lost, Game of Thrones, Mr. Mercedes), and executive produced by Showrunner Jeff Pinkner (Fringe, Alias, Lost).

The fourth season debuted earlier this year and is available to stream now on MGM+. In Season 4, “the closer the residents of town get to the answers they seek, the more terrifying their search becomes. Who is the Man in Yellow, and what does he want? Will Jade and Tabitha’s revelation be the key to finally going home? How much longer can Boyd hold the town together, even as his body and mind are falling apart? And what role will the town’s most recent arrival play in the events to come? Season Four will open doors that some in town will end up wishing had remained closed.”

Harold Perrineau stars with Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eion Bailey, Hannah Cheramy, Simon Webster, Ricky He, Chloe Van Landschoot, Corteon Moore, Pegah Ghafoori, David Alpay, Elizabeth Saunders, Avery Konrad, Scott McCord, Nathan D. Simmons, Kaelen Ohm, Angela Moore, A.J. Simmons, Julia Doyle, Robert Joy, and Samantha Brown.

Time and reality jumps also compound From’s monster problem, compounding its many mysteries. Here’s a helpful guide to keep track as you begin your watch through (or rewatch).

The fifth season will be the series‘ last. 

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All eight episodes of the prequel series will be released on the same day at the same time, and Peacock has officially confirmed the individual titles for all eight episodes this morning. In a fun twist, the episode titles are based on the various titles of the Friday the 13th movies.

Here are all eight “Crystal Lake” episode titles and runtimes…

• Camp Crystal – 56 min
• Part II – 53 min
• Part III – 48 min
• A New Beginning – 53 min
• The New Blood – 49 min
• Kill Them, Mommy – 44 min
• Friday… – 51 min
• The Final Chapter – 43 min

In total, “Crystal Lake” will be a 6 hour, 37 minute horror experience, making the series just about as long as 4-5 NEW MOVIE INSTALLMENTS in the Friday the 13th franchise!

Meagan Navarro writes in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “The series extends endless empathy for the Voorhees clan, peeling the curtain back wide on two of horror’s most memorable slasher villains. While it might be a bit too wide for some, having Camp Crystal Lake and all the Friday the 13th iconography back on screen, even the small screen, is a deeply welcome sight.”

[Related] ‘Crystal Lake’ Image Gallery – Over 40 Brand New Images

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 “Crystal Lake.”

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

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

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“Yellowjackets” Season 4 premieres November 20 on the Paramount+ Premium Plan.

Here’s the official synopsis: “The Yellowjackets race to bury their sins before rescue arrives — but the Wilderness has its own ideas about who gets out alive.

“After returning to Wiskayok, their secrets fester under the growing weight of what they’ve done and who they’ve become. Meanwhile in the present, two of the Yellowjackets prepare to kill one of their own as an old flame roars back to town with plans all their own. Turns out not every homecoming is a joyous one, and this one’s going to sting.”

So why is Season 4 the show’s final season, you ask?

Series co-creator Ashley Lyle tells Entertainment Weekly, “What we realized at a certain point was that five seasons would require dragging things out a little bit, and four seasons would require speeding things up. And ultimately, given the choice between the two, we feel good about how this played out. I would rather go out with a bang than overstay my welcome.”

“There’s such a freedom that comes with this being the end,” Lyle notes. “You get to just go for it. And I don’t know that that changed the story that we wanted to tell, but it certainly informed how we told it. We just said, ‘Let’s go for it. Let’s take the really big swings.’ Because even when I watch shows, I appreciate a big swing. This was an opportunity to do things that were a little crazy and maybe they’ll land, maybe they won’t, but we got to try and that was really important to us.”

Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Samantha Hanratty, Sophie Thatcher, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, and Nia Sondaya star alongside Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, Simone Kessell, Warren Kole, Hilary Swank, 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 survive a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. Ashley Lyle co-created the series with Bart Nickerson.

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In this version of those infamous events, Pamela Voorhees (Linda Cardellini) is there to witness the drowning death of her only child. We’ve of course seen glimpses of Jason’s death throughout the franchise over the years, but “Crystal Lake” will explore those formative events like never before. The series primarily takes place one year after Jason drowns, but the early bits of the first episode show us what life was like for Pamela and her boy before he was taken from her.

Go back to where it all began by watching the harrowing clip below…

Meagan Navarro writes in her series review for Bloody Disgusting, “Though this expansion creates seismic shifts in details and (admittedly inconsistent) Voorhees lore that are likely to polarize, Crystal Lake remains devoutly faithful to Friday the 13th, seamlessly tying this Jason origin story to his larger franchise, both narratively and visually.”

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 “Crystal Lake.”

[Related] ‘Crystal Lake’ Image Gallery – Over 40 Brand New Images

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

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

Where it all began. Crystal Lake premieres on @Peacock October 15. https://t.co/zOPHI8TWhD

— A24 (@A24) October 13, 2026

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From Onyx Collective and produced by 20th Television in association with Proximity Media, the series will star Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel. A reimagining of the classic, the series follows two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents who form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena.

“I’ve loved The X-Files for a long time, so getting the chance to write and direct the pilot has meant a great deal to me,” Coogler shared in a statement. “What Chris Carter created is special, and we wanted to honor everything that made the original series connect with so many people while also finding our own way into that world. Danielle and Himesh, along with the rest of our cast, have brought such original perspectives and performances to these characters, and watching that come together has been one of the most rewarding parts of the experience.”

He added, “I couldn’t have asked for better collaborators than my crew, colleagues at Proximity Media and our partners at Onyx Collective and 20th Television. I’m grateful for the trust and support they’ve given us as we take on this new chapter.”

Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, and Ryan Coogler, founders of Proximity Media, continued, “We’re looking forward to continuing this journey as executive producers and especially excited to work closely with Jennifer Yale, Simone Harris, and the entire cast and crew as we bring this new chapter of The X-Files to life. It was also incredibly special to have our fellow Proximity co-founder Ludwig Göransson contribute the score for the pilot, making this a true collaboration across the Proximity family.”

One big question fans have about the series is how, if at all, original stars Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny will be involved. While both actors have shared their excitement about the prospect and expressed their admiration for Coogler, they have yet to officially confirm their involvement.

There is currently no release date for the new The X-Files.

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

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The images also coincide with a new MTV promo teaser below that sees Alanis Morissette dedicate a performance to the ill-fated team. Yellowjackets Season 4 premieres November 20 on the Paramount+ Premium Plan.

Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Samantha Hanratty, Sophie Thatcher, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, and Nia Sondaya star alongside Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, Simone Kessell, Warren Kole, Hilary Swank, Sarah Desjardins, and Elijah Wood.

Devon Sawa, 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. 

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.

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

Get a peek at what’s ahead; the final reckoning arrives next month.

BREAKING NEWS
After 19 months, the Wiskayok High Yellowjackets have been FOUND and rescued. Stay tuned for more updates on their return home to New Jersey. https://t.co/R8XqrjAkIn

— Yellowjackets (@yellowjackets96) October 13, 2026

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While we wait for our return to Crystal Lake, NBCUniversal has opened up the full official image gallery for the upcoming show and it features 40+ brand new images from the Friday the 13th prequel television series. Many of them spotlight star Linda Cardellini as horror icon Pamela Voorhees, but they also give us glimpses of Crystal Lake’s many other colorful characters.

Several characters from the original Friday the 13th will return to the screen in “Crystal Lake,” including Crazy Ralph and even Claudette and Barry from the 1980 classic’s opening kill scene.

Meet all the “Crystal Lake” townsfolk by browsing the massive image gallery below.

Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason Voorhees in the series.

[Related] ‘Crystal Lake’ TV Series Getting an Official Novelization from A24 This October

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 “Crystal Lake.”

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

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

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What’s next from the “Z Nation” Universe? Well, The Hollywood Reporter breaks the news this morning that The Asylum is bringing “Z Nation” back from the dead with a new sequel series.

THR details, “Z Nation: Resurrection will be set in the same zombie-infested world as Z Nation, several years after the events of the original series. The world faces a new undead threat that threatens to wipe out the world’s remaining human population.”

“Asylum says Z Nation: Resurrection will feature a new generation of survivors,” The Hollywood Reporter goes on to detail, “while fan favorites from the original show, including Warren (Kellita Smith), Murphy (Keith Allan), Doc (Russell Hodgkinson) and Citizen Z (DJ Qualls) are in talks to join the new series in supporting roles.”

The first season of “Z Nation: Resurrection” is set to feature 10 brand new episodes.

“Z Nation has never really gone away,” said Asylum co-founder David Rimawi. “The fans have kept this world alive, and for years we’ve heard the same question: ‘When are you bringing it back?’ Z Nation: Resurrection gives us the opportunity to return to the characters and universe audiences love while taking the story somewhere bigger, darker, and even more unpredictable.”

“The original series connected with audiences because it was fearless, funny, and never afraid to surprise people,” said Vitale. “Z Nation: Resurrection builds on everything that made the series distinctive while expanding the mythology, raising the stakes and creating opportunities to take the franchise in exciting new directions.”

Created by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler, “Z Nation” was originally launched in 2014, with 68 total episodes airing across the five seasons that came to an end back in 2018.

Syfy’s “Z Nation,” the show’s Wikipedia page reminds, “begins three years into a zombie apocalypse caused by a virus that has already killed most humans. The series revolves around the travels of a small group of survivors being led through the apocalypse.”

Set in the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, the undead prequel series “Black Summer” starred Jaime King as Rose, a mother torn from her daughter who embarks upon a journey to find her. In the series, “Thrust alongside a small group of American refugees, these complete strangers must find the strength they need to fight their way back to loved ones.”

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King posted a video of himself on X as he tuned into Carrie with his dog, Molly, but also gave Constant Readers another incentive to watch: “It was directed by Mike Flanagan, and he is the best adapter of my work. And if you like this and enough people watch it, he might be doing something else that’s really special. But I can’t talk about it. Shhhh. Molly be quiet. Okay?”

Referring to Flanagan as the best adapter of his work is high praise, considering just how prolific the author and adaptations of his work tend to be. To date, Flanagan has adapted Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep, and The Life of Chuck into feature films.

Naturally, King kept mum on what that special project might be. But it’s worth noting that the eight-episode inaugural season shares a connection to The Dark Tower; Carrie could be laying the foundation for Flanagan’s larger vision even beyond the three-season run he hopes to achieve with his latest series.

The series even features a deep cut Easter egg in the very first scenes of the first episode, which is set at a construction site revealed to be LaMerk Industries. LaMerk is a metalworks company that’s allied with The Crimson King in The Dark Tower series.

Carrie stars Samantha Sloyan and Summer H. Howell have already weighed in on their hopes for joining Flanagan’s Dark Tower.

Considering that Carrie is currently dominating Prime Video’s streaming charts, we may find out what that special project that King is teasing is sooner rather than later. Fingers crossed.

Shhh! Don’t talk about this! https://t.co/MUxoksZBev

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 9, 2026

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Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Carol (Melissa McBride) have been through it all, but they’ll embark on one final journey in Spain when the final season begins in February 2027.

In the final season, while crossing the ravaged badlands of Spain, “Daryl and Carol grasp onto hope – and each other – as uncertainty about their future grows. Smits plays “Captain Alejandro Perkins,” a former U.S. Navy officer and medical doctor who found a unique way to thrive during the apocalypse. ” 

Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winner Jimmy Smits (NYPD Blue, The West Wing) joins the final season.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon also stars Romain Levi, Eduardo Noriega, Óscar Jaenada, Candela Saitta and Hugo Arbués and is executive produced by showrunner David Zabel, Scott M. Gimple, Reedus, McBride, Greg Nicotero, Brian Bockrath, Angela Kang, Jason Richman, Dan Percival and Steve Squillante. 

AMC also revealed at NYCC that all seasons of the flagship series will begin streaming on AMC+ on January 7, 2027. The Walking Dead  joins AMC+’s “The Walking Dead Universe” Collection, including all six spin-off series, totaling 371 episodes, as well as exclusive specials, bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes content, Comic-Con panels and more. That collection also includes Fear the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, The Walking Dead: Dead City, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, and the episodic anthology Tales of The Walking Dead.

“The Walking Dead continues to be one of the most popular television franchises in the world, and we’re thrilled to add the groundbreaking, original series to our flagship streaming service,” said Courtney Thomasma, EVP Linear and Streaming Products for AMC Global Media. “In the new year, both dedicated fans and new audiences will be able to immersive themselves in this cultural phenomenon from the very beginning and be the first to experience the new stories from the TWD Universe, including the upcoming final season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – exclusively streaming on AMC+.”

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The upcoming eight-episode series is created by Quinn Shephard.

“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 teases. Watch the official trailer for Netflix’s “The Body” below.

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.”

Kristina Bogic, Sara Boustany, Geena Meszaros, Nnamdi Asomugha, Louisa Krause, Shirley Chen, Jackson Kelly, Sofia Wylie, and Gabby Windey 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 previews. “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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Radial Entertainment will be resurrecting “A Haunting,” with sixteen brand new episodes of the series being ordered up. The new episodes are expected to premiere in September 2027.

Deadline notes in their exclusive report this morning that the new episodes of “A Haunting” will air on Radial Entertainment’s Paranormal Chronicles FAST channel in “select territories.”

“A Haunting is exactly the kind of enduring franchise we are building around at Radial: recognizable, proven programming with a passionate audience and meaningful room to grow,” said David Buoymaster, Chief Investment Officer at Radial Entertainment. “By pairing owned IP with an experienced production partner and a modern creative approach, we can deliver new episodes that feel true to the series while expanding its value for audiences and platforms around the world.”

Deadline details, “A Haunting focused on firsthand accounts of reported paranormal encounters through dramatic recreations and interviews with those who experienced them. The new season will place an emphasis on suspense, dread and psychological terror, and expand the use of archival materials, photographs, home videos and social content. Stories will draw from a broader pool of domestic and international witnesses than previously.”

You can watch the original 2002 special that started it all below.

In this world, there is real evil… it can lurk in the most innocent of places…

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

Fresh out of New York Comic Con, watch the official trailer for the limited series below.

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

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

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

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

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

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The new teaser, unveiled this afternoon at New York Comic Con, reveals that the new season will arrive on December 30.

Adapted from Anne Rice‘s Lives of the Mayfair Witches novel trilogy, the third season  will dive deeper into the mythology of witchcraft, introduce new “spellbound” families, and feature some of the historical happenings of Salem, MA, the infamous town of witch trials and folklore.

Returning stars Alexandra Daddario, Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa, and Alyssa Jirrels will be joined by  Michiel Huisman (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Betsy Brandt (“Breaking Bad”), James Frain (“True Blood”) and Eliza Scanlen (“Sharp Objects”) .

Thomas Schnauz (“Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”) has joined as co-showrunner alongside Esta Spalding, who co-created the series with Michelle Ashford.

Mayfair Witches premiered in 2023 as the second series in AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe following Interview with the Vampire.  The Anne Rice Immortal Universe also includes the now-canceled Talamasca: The Secret Order.

Ancient magic and rituals meet the modern age in the teaser below.

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Of course, one particular aspect of the show drew the most praise, and that was the pitch-perfect way that Samoa Joe and Will Arnett came together to bring the killer clown Sweet Tooth to life. The folks at Peacock appear to be aware of the character’s reputation as a fan-favorite driver, as the streaming company has partnered with Sony in order to produce a tongue-in-cheek web series titled Sweet Tooth Presents, where the masked murderer discusses life in post-apocalyptic America.

While there’s only one episode available so far, where Sweet Tooth riffs on the Criterion Closet style of video by presenting us with his wacky opinions on several of his favorite movies, the series promises to deliver new episodes every week throughout the month of October.

These minisodes are obviously meant to tide fans over while we wait for more news about the upcoming third season of the main show, though I’m also holding out hope that this little project might culminate in an announcement regarding a new Twisted Metal video game.

Either way, you won’t find me complaining about new Sweet Tooth content, so I’ll be there every week to keep up with America’s favorite killer clown in an ice cream truck.

The first two seasons of Twisted Metal are streaming now on Peacock, and a third season was confirmed back in November of 2025.

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

A camp counselor greets campers with warnings to follow the rules to stay alive, with none the wiser that the true threat may be lurking among them in Pamela Voorhees (Linda Cardellini).

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

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

Based on Friday the 13th and the opening scene of Crystal Lake, we know where Jason gets his killer instincts from already. But showrunner Brad Caleb Kane (“IT: Welcome to Derry”) promises his prequel series will carve up an impressive body count, too.

“I went into the season knowing that we are going to spend a couple of episodes on Pam[ela Voorhees’] blossoming, her journey, her psychology. But I also know what the Friday the 13th fans are here for because I’m here for it, too — that’s really creative kills and a whole lot of them. So if you’re wondering if we’re ever going to go full fathom Friday the 13th, we go there and we drop a lot of bodies in really creative ways. It’s a lot more brutal. I think it’s even more brutal in many ways from some of the movies,” Kane told THR.

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.

Follow the rules, stay alive. Crystal Lake premieres on @Peacock October 15. https://t.co/99kfDiQQNP

— A24 (@A24) October 9, 2026

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The six-episode series opens a new corner in the Talk to Me universe, which also includes the bleak Bring Her Back, bringing the hand and its deadly rituals to entirely new characters, a new setting, and an immersive format. I Let You In is currently in post-production after wrapping filming in Spain earlier this year.

It follows “a group of young travelers chasing the ultimate party in Ibiza as they become hooked on the thrill of conjuring spirits —a supernatural high deadlier than any drug.“

Aubri Ibrag (The Buccaneers), Charlotte Maggi (Rebel Moon), Sofia Hublitz (Ozark), Julio Peña (Berlin), Raff Law (Masters of the Air) and Charlie Hiscock (Ted Lasso) star as the doomed travelers who toy with the wrong party game.

All six episodes are directed by Craig William Macneill (Them, The Terror) and written by Trent Atherton (The Wheel) based on a pitch from Brandl and Atherton. 

The immersive 3D I Let You In series was commissioned by Meta and produced by XRTV and created for Meta Quest headsets and the newly unveiled Meta VR Glasses. Talk to Me creators Danny & Michael Philippou executive produce for Blue Bear alongside showrunner Darren Brandl and Jack Davis for XRTV, Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton for Causeway Films (Talk to Me, The Babadook), and Andreas Michael Wentz and Juan Antonio Cano Trujillo for Sur Film. Jeff Rich is producing for Meta.

Brandl said, “Talk to Me is the perfect immersive IP because it’s about young adults who seek the Hand to experience the euphoria of possession but end up tormented by breaking through to the spirit world. It made possession fun, and the scares unforgettable. Maybe we’re crazy, but we’re betting you’re going to want to feel possessed too, and with Meta’s new technology, we think for the first time you’ll believe it!”

Released in 2022, Talk to Me follows a group of friends who discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, and became a smash hit in theaters following its breakout reception at Sundance. The Philippou brothers are currently developing a direct sequel.

Check out the first official poster from the upcoming series.

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One undeniably exciting component of all of his books, though, is the ways in which he manages to find ways to connect them through references and Easter eggs. In this regard, there’s arguably no more important narrative in his catalogue than The Dark Tower. A compelling journey in its own right, courtesy of King weaving together themes of fantasy, Western, and the supernatural, it features in-world connections to dozens of King stories, with the titular tower both literally and figuratively connecting the author’s disparate characters.

In Mike Flanagan‘s new reboot of Carrie for Prime Video, he found ways to honor The Dark Tower. In a new interview with TV Insider, the showrunner offered more insight into those connections.

“The beautiful thing about Stephen King is that the connections between the universe that he’s built are some of the most fun, as lovers of Stephen King, that you get to make those connections,” the filmmaker revealed. “I do think this all exists on a certain level of the Tower, and Carrie’s place in that bigger world is something he hints at very much in the book. It was really exciting for us to be able to do that in practice and to really go into that.”

What’s worth noting, however, is that King’s original Carrie novel predates any installments of his Dark Tower series, meaning his debut novel is devoid of overt connections to the fantasy realm. Still, Flanagan’s creative take on the source material, specifically in how Carrie White has telekinetic abilities that resemble those found in other corners of King’s lore, leans heavily into the shared universe aspect of the author’s stories.

It’s also worth pointing out that, while Flanagan is quite busy, he is also attached to an adaptation of The Dark Tower, which means he can use his Carrie as an entry point to that sprawling narrative. Funny enough, Carrie stars Samantha Sloyan and Summer H. Howell have already weighed in on their hopes for joining Flanagan’s Dark Tower.

“Maybe some of the stuff in the plate throwers, maybe there’s some more in that [for me],” Sloyan shared with Bloody Disgusting. “That’s one of the fun things about Mike, is sometimes he hears your voice in a character that you would have never expected for yourself. So I’d be really interested to know what he heard me as.”

Howell, meanwhile, already feels honored to get to play Carrie White, as she admitted, “I am about to finish the first book of the whole Dark Tower series, so I don’t know yet. I feel greedy trying to pick another character. I’m already Carrie and I’m very happy with that, so I don’t know. I just want to be along for the ride, even if I’m watching you all do it.”

Carrie is now streaming on Prime Video.

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The usual suspects in terrifying water scenarios, such as sharks and crocodiles, don’t apply here. No, this curation is for those certain creatures that defy logic and, in a few cases, time and place.

Cinema offers a great number of aquatic monsters, but in keeping with the series Below, the ten following specimens hail from the small screen.

The Swamp Monster from Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Easing us into the watery horrors is “The Spanish Moss Murders”,  a sort of kindertrauma for a certain generation. The namesake of Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975), an investigative reporter who chased the supernatural, once encountered the moss-covered, Cajun boogeyman called Père Malfait. Said to be a dweller of the Louisiana swamps, this legend has been relocated to some big city sewers, all while it still preys on the impure. Now, sewers aren’t typically the first place that comes to mind in discussions of aquatic horror, but surely we can make an exception this time.

The Pool Corpse from Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Again, we’re a bit away from the greater depths of water, but hey, pools can be scary for some folks. Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1992–1996, 1999–2000) gave its young audience good reason to fear the deep end. In “The Tale of the Dead Man’s Float”, Midnight Society member Stig (Codie Wilbee) told of a school pool inhabited by a ghastly, zombie-like spirit. Back then, this was nightmare fuel for the youngins.

Big Blue from The X-Files

Major spoiler for those who have somehow escaped the cultural phenomenon that is The X-Files (1993–2002, 2016–2018), but the cryptid called Big Blue, from the episode “Quagmire”, was supposedly nothing more than a voracious alligator on the loose. However, the show didn’t let us leave without at least giving us a shot of the real Nessie or Ogopogo-like creature dwelling in Heuvelmans Lake. It’s the perfect ending for this fan-favorite monster-of-the-week episode.

The Sea Monster from Baywatch Nights

The X-Files‘ popularity urged some other shows to also cash in on the horror craze. This included Baywatch spin-off Baywatch Nights (1995–1997) taking on the supernatural in its second (and final) season. After David Hasselhoff‘s character dealt with more grounded criminal matters, he became an investigator of the weird and unexplained. This included a gelatinous sea creature in the episode “The Rig”. It’s not often you see a series take such a hard turn in genre, but in all frankness, that decision was for the best. It’s just too bad we didn’t get more of these horror outings from Mitch Buchannon and his very own Scooby Gang.

The Shark-Human Hybrid from Creature

The sharkman in Creature, a 1998 TV miniseries based on Peter Benchley‘s novel White Shark, wasn’t born from nature. No, this amphibious terror is the work of bad science. While the monster doesn’t show up on screen nearly as much as you would like, and the whole production is a bit overlong, there’s no denying the quality of Stan Winston‘s work. And this wasn’t the only Benchley adaptation to show up on TV; The Beast aired two years earlier, also as a miniseries.

The Mosasaur from Primeval

With the Doctor Who revival doing so well at BBC, ITV came up with its own time-related sci-fi show. Enter Primeval (2007–2011), a drama about displaced dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Time anomalies have randomly opened up around the world, and through them come these ancient beasts. One of which was a mosasaur, a type of marine reptile that you’d never want to meet during a swim. Generally, this series boasted a lot of water-based animals, even those from the future. In the Canadian spin-off, Primeval: New World, a different cast of anomaly hunters battled the Sisiutl, a.k.a. a giant, semi-aquatic snake called the Titanoboa.

Gobblewonker from Gravity Falls

In a cartoon like Gravity Falls (2012–2016), there’s no need to debunk legends like Gobblewonker; the show’s whole premise is built around the idea that the unreal is real. However, you’re led to think this lake monster is bogus, on account of it being a robotic replica piloted by Old Man McGucket. So it would seem that Dipper, Mabel and Soos’ effort to get a cash prize-winning photo of the creature of Gravity Falls Lake was all for nothing. Truth is, they shouldn’t have given up so easily, as the end of this episode reveals the actual Gobblewonker.

The Monster from Cryptid

It all started with a bang in Cryptid (2020)—literally. In the first installment of this Swedish young-adult series, a high schooler spontaneously explodes all over the place (and his peers). This gory incident then sets up a Scandi-story of grief, folk horror, and most importantly, the enigmatic monster residing in a local lake. The town of Odensfors appears peaceful, but something in its history is now causing teens to suddenly die in gruesome fashion.

Champ from Creepshow

Just when it seems like Nessie is the only mythical water monster to get any attention nowadays, the Creepshow series (2019–2023) delivered a solid depiction of Champ (or Champy) of Lake Champlain. At first, that famous American cryptid is only in the background of this ’80s-set, Joe Hill-inspired segment; the monster’s carcass washed ashore, and its human discoverers now fight over it. What they all fail to realize, though, is that these creatures don’t tend to exist alone.

The Sea Hag from Widow’s Bay

Finishing things off is the Sea Hag, that most creepy water entity from the acclaimed series Widow’s Bay (2026–). Yes, she falls more into the spectral category of aquatic frights, but that doesn’t make the Sea Hag any less intimidating. The episode “The Inaugural Swim” is also a stellar example of how to blend comedy and horror, plus it’s just a great vehicle for Matthew Rhys‘ talents as an actor.

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Confirming that we’re still curious about the crimes, The Hollywood Reporter revealed the new series Sickert is in development from Son of Saul director László Nemes. Sickert will focus on influential German-British painter and visual artist Walter Sickert, who some have claimed could have been responsible for the murders.

“My fascination for the first modern serial killer and for the mystery of the gothic world of Victorian London dates back to my childhood,” Nemes shared in a statement. “I have the ambition to tell a story that is both epic and personal, frightening and illuminating, and to immerse today’s viewer in a universe that remains largely uncharted.”

There are a lot of unanswered questions surrounding the crimes of Jack the Ripper, though five victims have officially been attributed to the same individual: Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly. These victims all resided in Whitechapel in impoverished conditions, all were killed by slashes to the throat, and four of them were brutally mutilated after death. However, there were a number of murders in Whitechapel both before and after the murders of the “Canonical Five,” which could have been committed by Jack the Ripper.

The Hollywood Reporter describes the new series, “Set in London in 1888, a city gripped by panic over Jack the Ripper’s brutal murders, Sickert follows the artist as he straddles both the world of art and high society, and that of the marginalized underclass Sickert is drawn to paint, the very people Ripper is claiming as victims. When Sickert becomes a person of interest in Scotland Yard’s murder investigation, the artist’s grip on reality begins to falter and he starts doubting his own innocence and identity.”

Over the years, a number of movie and TV adaptations have been made from the original story, or the crimes have inspired Victorian-set tales of terror. One of the most well-known contemporary takes on the material is the graphic novel From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell , which was adapted into a 2001 movie starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham.

Sickert does not yet have a release date.

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One of the more notable attempts started at Netflix back in 2021, which had Mike Flanagan involved. Even with the creator of The Haunting of Hill House attached, that project stagnated, which allowed Tynion the opportunity to build out the world of his books even more. Last year, Blumhouse confirmed it was stepping in to adapt the project, both as a live-action movie and as an adult animated series.

“What I can say about Blumhouse … is they are not afraid of stories that put children in peril,” Tynion recently shared with Entertainment Weekly. “This time around, I am much more directly involved in the development as it makes the jump into other media, in ways that I can’t fully say yet.”

He added, “Jason Blum himself has been a huge advocate of the series, and I know he feels the potential for what this could be beyond a comic, beyond a novel, beyond all of this. I think Erica Slaughter is a character who has the potential to resonate with people all over the world. She already has in publishing, and I am thrilled that we’re going to have the potential to see her come to life in a whole bunch of different ways.”

Blumhouse could prove to be the perfect partner for Tynion, given that they managed to adapt the lucrative Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise into two live-action movies. On the other hand, Blumhouse has been working on making a live-action Spawn movie for years, with that project languishing in purgatory.

However long a movie or TV series takes, it sounds like these are just the tip of the iceberg, as Tynion notes, “There’s so much more cooking in the Slaughterverse beyond all of that.”

The creator also explained how the delays in the TV series at Netflix ultimately strengthened the mythology of the series.

“We did these series of one-shots — Book of Slaughter, Book of Butcher, Book of Cutter — that laid out a lot of mythology of the series,” Tynion recalled. “Part of the reason I did that is because I was sitting in the first iteration of a writers’ room for SIKTC and realizing that anything I didn’t have nailed down, they were gonna come up with their own answers for. It was before the Archer’s Peak story had even finished, so there was a lot that hadn’t been nailed down yet.”

Stay tuned for updates on the future of the Something Is Killing the Children franchise.

Are you looking forward to an adaptation of the series? Let us know in the comments below!

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Mike Flanagan has developed a new take on Carrie, which premieres on Prime Video this week. Having previously adapted King stories like Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, the filmmaker has already tackled a variety of seminal King sequences, though the prom sequence proved to be the most challenging of his career.

“I knew I was directing the first two episodes of the show, and, for a minute, it looked like that was all I would do. I couldn’t give up the prom. I had to [direct it]. If you’re going to do Carrie, you’ve got to do the prom,” Flanagan shared with Bloody Disgusting. “It’s the most complicated sequence of my career, logistically, by a lot. It’s one of the most difficult sequences in my career to execute, but it was one of the most exciting and rewarding.”

He continued, “And to be able to go into something that is so iconic and say, ‘I want to do a different version of it. I want to see it from angles we’ve never seen. I don’t want to repeat what De Palma did. I don’t want to repeat what they did in the Angela Bettis version, or the Chloë Grace Moretz [version]. I want to try to do our prom,’ that was such a great challenge. And it’s one of those sequences that I’ll be proud of my whole career. I had so much fun doing that.”

Similarly, Samantha Sloyan is taking on the role of Margaret White, who has been brought to life previously by acclaimed actors. Sloyan broke down how this new adaptation was able to highlight unseen elements of the character’s relationship with daughter Carrie.

“So much of it was baked into the script. It was such a fundamental reason of why Mike, his new take on this, was that if we start with Carrie and Margaret as a loving mother-daughter, it really — even though we’re going on the same journey, it gets us there in an entirely different way,” the actor expressed. “And so I just really wanted to focus on making sure that I maintained those wonderful, iconic performances of her still being terrifying and her still being a threat, but doing that through the lens of a loving relationship.”

Given King’s prolific career, there are still elements about his original Carrie novel that stand apart from subsequent stories. From Flanagan’s perspective, “Carrie‘s his first published novel. It’s from a [much] younger Stephen King, although you can see the seeds of everything he’s going to become all in those pages. There’s a remarkable simplicity to it. It’s almost like Greek myth. It is a tragedy where the trajectory of it is so clear.”

He added, “You look at the bookshelf of Stephen King books, these huge tomes, and then you see Carrie. This is this narrow, efficient, straight-like-an-arrow book, but his central theme about how the choice between kindness and cruelty can accumulate into tragedy is a universally true theme that will always be true. While the details change, and while you can approach that story from so many different angles — and we tried very hard to approach it from a very different angle than had ever been done before — I think this is a story that is likely going to remain ripe for reinterpretation and examination probably for another couple decades, if not hundreds of years. It’s that timeless.”

Arguably one of the elements of Carrie is often overlooked is how vulnerable Carrie White is as a character, and so much focus is on the telekinetic powerhouse she becomes by the narrative’s ending. In this Prime Video adaptation, Summer H. Howell embodies the teen.

“I related a lot to her from the start. As soon as I read those scripts and the scenes Mike put her in, and the kind of person she is is the kind of person I want to be,” Howell recalled of what connected her most to Carrie. “It took me time. After high school, I really started figuring out who I want to be, how I want to show up in the world, the people I want to surround myself with. Carrie goes into it all very excited and optimistic, which I admire a lot, and grateful and curious, and so that’s what I really was excited to bring to her.”

She pointed out, “The hardest part … she’s full of emotion and rage, and so am I, but [performing] that for people can be a little intimidating, but I like to use that for my work. It almost feels therapeutic when I can, and channeling that on the day is the hard part.”

Carrie premieres on Prime Video on October 7.

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Since that original movie, most of our unmasked looks at Jason happened when he was an adult and had been subjected to a variety of brutal injuries, or happened after he was resurrected from the dead. Throughout the franchise’s history, there hasn’t been a significant amount of time dedicated to exploring Jason’s life before he drowned, though that’s all about to change with Peacock‘s Crystal Lake.

From showrunner Brad Caleb Kane, the series will follow Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees as she copes with the tragedy of her son Jason’s death, ultimately embracing her murderous rage. This means we’ll get much more time with a younger Jason, with Kane detailing the new show’s approach to the character as he praised Tom Savini‘s work on the original movie.

“Savini killed it,” Kane explained to Entertainment Weekly. “[He] reached right into our brains and pulled out our worst nightmares of what a deformed child might look like. But we’re trying to do something a little bit more grounded and a little bit up-to-date. We’re stepping away from words like ‘freak’ and stepping more into words like ‘outcast’ and ‘other.’”

While the series is set to premiere in just over a week, audiences have been denied a full look at the character, only earning a handful of slight glimpses. Callum Vinson plays Jason in the new series, who shed some insight into what makes this take on the character so different from the adult Jason.

“He’s not a killer,” the actor explained. “He’s just a normal boy and he just wants to fit in with everybody, but since he had this deformation in his head, he got bullied a lot. When I read these scripts, I was honestly really sad. I put myself in the body of Jason to become him. And it was hard, but I really enjoyed playing this character. He’s one of my favorites.”

Peacock describes the series, “A prequel to the Friday the 13th franchise, 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?”

Crystal Lake premieres on Peacock on October 15.

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Another notable distinction is that, while the most iconic image of Jason is of him wearing a hockey mask, Pamela didn’t wear a disguise initially and, in Friday the 13th Part 2, Jason merely wore a burlap sack to hide his identity. It wasn’t until Friday the 13th Part III that Jason acquired his famous hockey mask, which became a defining trait for the character in subsequent appearances.

Peacock‘s Crystal Lake is a prequel series, focusing more on Pamela’s trauma and her path to becoming a murderer. While it seems strange to think of a Friday the 13th story that doesn’t feature Jason in a hockey mask, showrunner Brad Caleb Kane recently explained how his series honors fan expectations.

“There is a mask. It might be a different mask than fans are used to, but it will not be a different mask than fans have seen,” Kane confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. He added, “We show the origin story of the mask and why it’s there specifically … and it all connects.”

The upcoming prequel series marks the first live-action entry in the Friday the 13th franchise since 2009’s reboot, which blended together elements from the first three movies in the series. It’s a bold move for a new chapter in the long-running saga to pivot away from Jason Voorhees, especially given how passionate of a following the character has earned.

The filmmakers behind the series have the unenviable task of trying to tell a new story in the saga that honors what came before it, yet feels distinct on its own. Knowing that the series will honor the iconic mask in some way, yet with a variation that isn’t the hockey mask, while also being established in the franchise, only raises more questions.

It would make the most sense that we get to see the burlap sack mask from Friday the 13th Part 2, but the justification of why Jason will be wearing it is something we’ll have to wait to discover when the series actually premieres.

All eight episodes of Crystal Lake premiere on Peacock on October 15.

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The franchise continues to reinvent itself year after year, as new takes on the concept continue to debut as TV series, specials, and movies. Proving that the brand continues to keep its finger on the pulse of contemporary horrors, the official Scooby-Doo Instagram account shared a batch of parody posters that pay respects to more recent hits in the genre. You can see all the posters below.

In the posters, you can see Scooby-Doo starring in “Snackrooms” (a parody of Backrooms), Velma starring in “Obsessed” (a parody of Obsession), The Hex Girls starring in “The Hex” (a parody of The Craft), the Ghost Clown starring in “TWIT” (a parody of IT), Scooby-Doo and Shaggy in “Wimps” (a parody of Weapons), a poster for “The Van in the Woods” (a parody of The Cabin in the Woods), and Shaggy starring in “The Whining” (a parody of The Shining).

As pointed out by some commenters, while the images themselves are quite delightful in how perfectly they match the character and movie title to the film they are lampooning, it does feel like there are some missed opportunities.

Looking at the live-action cast of 2002’s Scooby-Doo and 2004’s Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed, a number of those actors have iconic roles in the horror realm. Both Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar starred in I Know What You Did Last Summer, with Gellar also starring in The Grudge. Matthew Lillard starred in the original Scream and also recently appeared in both Five Nights at Freddy’s and Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Linda Cardellini might not have too many horror efforts to her credit thus far, though she’s about to be seen in the Friday the 13th prequel Crystal Lake on Peacock.

While it would have been hilarious to see Scooby-Doo pay tribute to any of those films, by avoiding those more obvious connections, it serves as a reminder of just how timeless the franchise is and how iterations of the characters don’t have to be linked to one actor indefinitely.

Which of these posters if your favorite? Let us know in the comments below!

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Murphy told VF, “I’m making a vampire tale called Brides of Blood, so I can pay homage to my grandmother and what she loved—what we loved together. There’s always something for everybody. Maybe American Horror Story is not your cup of tea, but maybe you want to watch something that’s just like a white wine fun show, like All’s Fair. I’ve got something for you.“

Not only do we now know the series’ title, but it gives added context to Murphy’s previous comments that hinted toward the show’s literary inspirations: “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.”

When asked about the genre variety in his work, Murphy said, “When I was a kid, I was very close to my grandmother, and her two favorite genres were musicals and Dracula.” It’s further context, confirming that “Brides of Blood” is exactly what it sounds like: a new series inspired by Dracula’s vampiric brides.

The Brides of Dracula in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel have appeared in numerous adaptations, but have yet to fully receive the solo spotlight. At least not on the small screen. In 2020, ABC ordered a pilot for “The Brides” from “Riverdale” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, centered on the Brides of Dracula, but that did not move forward.

The series begins production this December in Europe, so expect a lot more details soon.

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The new season premieres on November 8, 2026.

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

By season’s end, the surviving teens escaped with The Institute hunting them down.

Season two picks up following Luke and friends’ escape from Dennison as they search for a way to end the Institute for good. Meanwhile, The Director enlists a new ally, tech billionaire Nolan Reeves, to help him rebuild, and Sigsby’s life as a fugitive pushes her to seek a way back “in”.

Returning cast includes Joe Freeman as Luke Ellis, Ben Barnes as Tim Jamieson, Mary-Louise Parker as Ms. Sigsby, Simone Miller as Kalisha, Fionn Laird as Nicky, Arlen So as George, Robert Joy as Dr. Hendricks and Hannah Galway as Wendy.

The trailer below also gives the first extended look at newcomer Alfie Allen, who joins season two as Nolan Reeves, an eccentric European tech billionaire and one of the Institute’s financial backers. It’s safe to assume he may have an agenda of his own.

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.

“The Institute” season two arrives almost exactly one month after the debut of Prime Video’s “Carrie”, marking the second King series centered around preternaturally gifted teens premiering this fall.

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It arguably wasn’t until 2022 that some semblance of normalcy in the industry resumed, only for there to be both writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023 that further caused major industry delays. All this to say, the ways movies and TV shows were both made and consumed in the 2020s has been different from any other period in history.

One example of these unprecedented times is Netflix‘s The Watcher, starring Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale. While the series earned unremarkable reviews, it clearly connected with audiences and it became quite popular on the streamer, resulting in the Ryan Murphy-created series to be renewed for Season 2. As confirmed by Deadline, four years after a Season 2 was ordered, The Watcher is headed into production.

There’s no official word on what has taken so long for a new season, though we can only assume it’s connected to how busy everyone connected to the cast and crew have been since its release. Watts and Cannavale, who are both returning for Season 2, have starred in a variety of projects, while Murphy has also kept himself quite busy. Premiering within weeks of Season 1 of The Watcher was Monster, which similarly became a hit and just released Season 4 earlier this year. The filmmaker also worked on American Horror Story and American Horror Stories, so the delays may have just been related to the complicated schedule.

In the series, Dean (Cannavale) and Nora Brannock (Watts) just purchased their dream home in the idyllic suburb of Westfield, New Jersey, but after putting all of their savings into closing the deal they soon realize the neighborhood is less than welcoming. There’s a kooky older woman named Pearl (Mia Farrow) and her brother Jasper (Terry Kinney), who sneaks into the Brannock’s house and hides in their dumbwaiter.

There’s Karen (Jennifer Coolidge), the realtor and an old acquaintance of Nora’s, who makes them feel like they don’t really belong, and nosy neighbors Mitch (Richard Kind) and Mo (Margo Martindale), who don’t seem to understand property lines. Their icy welcome quickly turns into a full-blown living hell when ominous letters from someone calling themself “The Watcher” start arriving, terrorizing the Brannocks to their breaking point as the neighborhood’s sinister secrets come spilling out.

Stay tuned for details on the release of The Watcher Season 2.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Click here to unlock the complete AMC FearFest 2026 schedule.

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