** HAPPY DEATH DAY 3: Actress Jessica Rothe gave a brief update on the project recently, revealing that she and writer/director Christopher Landon have "broke the third movie" and are just waiting for money from the studio to move forward. Here's what she had to say: "So, Chris Landon and I have actually broken the whole story, which was really fun," she said. "We went to an undisclosed location — a Le Pain Quotidien in between our houses — and sat there for hours and broke the third movie. And now, we're just waiting for Universal and Blumhouse to [give us] just a little money." (thanks to Deadline.com)
** BLACK SHEEPS: They're baaaack! Here is the official trailer for Jonathan King's new comedy horror, BLACK SHEEPS.
** OTHER MOMMY: There's nothing like a mother's love. Get tickets now. Other Mommy only in theaters October 9.
** GHOST LIGHT: Actress Marion Neal finds herself mired in a lawsuit over the rights to her playhouse. As strange occurrences begin to take place, the hidden truth emerges regarding an intricate web of interwoven conspiracies and villainous agendas.
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** WHALEFALL: Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.
** HALLOWARRIOR: Pumpkin, the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenging the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween. Pumpkin's lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep, led by the fearsome Thalia. Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.
** BUZZKILL: When a masked killer targets her sorority, party girl Nora must get drunk to unlock the memories that reveal the murderer. Premieres September 25.
** INFIRMARY: A rookie security guard named Edward works his first night shift at the crumbling, abandoned Wilshire psychiatric hospital and uncovers terrifying, unexplainable forces.
** THE LAST KISS: After a tragic class trip, a teen gains the ability to see people's deaths through kissing. She races against time to save her classmates from their foreseen demises related to the incident.
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** CRYSTAL LAKE: The upcoming 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 are set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?
** THE EXORICST MARTYRS: The story follows a single-mother cop who, thirteen years after taking down a notorious satanic serial killer, investigates a new series of murders connected to her past. At the same time, her twelve-year-old son becomes the target of a terrifying demonic force. Johansson plays the detective, with John Leguizamo as the infamous satanic serial killer known as Father Sunday.
Chiwetel Ejiofor will play a priest connected to the investigation; Laurence Fishburne is the priest who performs the exorcism, and Diane Lane plays the mother of Johansson's character. Director Mike Flanagan has previously said he's aiming to make the scariest movie he's made and to do something that "had never been done within the franchise… something that honors what came before it but isn't built on nostalgia." (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** STUNG: Filming has reportedly wrapped in Rhode Island on the killer bee movie STUNG, which hails from writer-director Colin Minihan. VMI Worldwide, Verdi Productions and Source M+P produced the project.
The story follows Jess (Iris Apatow), Maya (Odeya Rush) Brooke (Annarah Cymone) and Rachel (Neela Jolene) as their innocent girls' night sleepover spirals into a living nightmare when their home is overtaken by a massive swarm of African killer bees. Under the watchful eye of their pathetic neighbour Derek (Justin Long) not even he can save the girls from their fate. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE MANDELA CATALOGUE: A June 9th 2028 release date has been set for the film adaptation of the YouTube viral sensation THE MANDELA CATALOGUE. In July came the news that United Artists' Scott Stuber, Amblin's Steven Spielberg and Amazon MGM Studios have jointly won a massive eleven-studio bidding war for the screen rights to the property. The deal has been one of the biggest in the wake of the success of BACKROOMS and OBSESSION which saw studios on the hunt for YouTube viral horror sensations.
Launched in 2021, THE MANDELA CATALOGUE has amassed well over 100 million views across its official episodes, which are set in the fictional region of Mandela County, Wisconsin. The region has been invaded by shape-shifting, nearly immortal creatures called Alternates. Creator Alex Kister will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Tyler Clifton. Stuber, Spielberg, Kister, Clifton, Holly Bario, Nick Nesbitt and Aaron B. Koontz will all produce. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR: Coming to Theaters this October! Available On Demand December 1st!
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** CARRIE: If you think you know her story, you're dead wrong. CARRIE, a new series from Mike Flanagan, based on Stephen King's iconic debut novel arrives October 7 on Prime Video.
** THE ONES WHO GRIEVE: At the end of the 19th century, on an isolated farm, Zélie is trapped under the authority of her father, Jacob, a deeply religious man. As a mysterious disease known as the "Black Veil" ravages the surrounding countryside and faith begins to blur with madness, she must fight to preserve her humanity and claim her freedom.
** WHO'S WATCHING: A shy, obsessive office worker's "documentary" spirals into stalking, delusion, and danger as he fixates on a new coworker. Directed by Tim Kasher.
** SCREAM: Watch Sarah Michelle Gellar face the Mystery Caller in this exclusive Angry Orchard x SCREAM collaboration.
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** BACKROOMS 2: Kane Parsons has officially signed on to direct the BACKROOMS for A24. The news is hardly a shock after the first film opened earlier this Summer to massive box-office success, the title ultimately pulling in $394 million from a budget of under $10 million. The title became A24's highest-grossing film to date, the fifth-highest-grossing independent film of all time. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** GLADYS: Filmmaker Zach Cregger has surprisingly revealed that he won't be involved in writing or directing capacities in the upcoming WEAPONS spin-off. Cregger's film was one of the biggest hits of last year, grossing $268 million worldwide on a $38 million budget. Announced shortly after that film's release, GLADYS is set to serve as a prequel focusing on Oscar winner Amy Madigan's Gladys character.
He now indicated in an interview that his only involvement in GLADYS will likely be as a producer and with a potential story credit: "Actually, Zach Shields is writing GLADYS. I was developing the story with him, but he's writing it." (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** RESIDENT EVIL: Here's a new poster for the upcoming film.
** HALLOWEEN The Game: Turn on the lights, lock your doors, and check your closets. The Boogeyman is coming...
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** OBSESSION: Variety confirmed that Inde Navarrette will campaign in the best actress category this coming awards season for her breakout turn in Curry Barker's box office smash OBSESSION, headlining a wide-ranging effort from Focus Features that will seek recognition across nearly every category the film is eligible to enter. (thanks to Variety.com)
** VINCENT MUST DIE remake: AR Content, Vertigo and Blumhouse Atomic Monster are teaming up to remake VINCENT MUST DIE, the acclaimed French Belgian thriller directed by Stéphan Castang that premiered in the Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight sidebar in 2023.
Written and directed by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, the film will be produced by AR Content's Alexander Rodnyansky alongside Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment and Michael Clear for Blumhouse Atomic Monster, along with Michael Kupisk of AR Content. Stuart Manashil will executive produce. The film was optioned by AR Content from Goodfellas, who will also serve as executive producers.
The remake will be written and directed by Johnson-McGoldrick, a veteran screenwriter and producer known for ORPHAN, THE CONJURING LAST RITES and INSIDIOUS OUT OF THE FURTHER. VINCENT MUST DIE marks his directorial debut. (thanks to Variety.com)
** REPLACER: The psycho-sexual horror film REPLACER is set to begin filming in Montreal on September 16. BACKROOMS actor Avan Jogia is directing and co-wrote with Grammy nominee Halsey in her first lead film role. Joining the cast are Karl Glusman (THE NEON DEMON) alongside Juliette Gariépy (LES CHAMBRES ROUGE). Also joining the project is German producer and composer Alex Ridha who will score the film. As we previously revealed, Lily Wachowski is among exec producers.
The synopsis reads: "Stranded in Montreal, Proxy (Halsey), a troubled DJ, meets an alluring artist and his group of friends who run an underground radio station. The station's broadcast becomes warped by a mysterious signal hidden deep beneath the city's subway system. Proxy must escape before the sound turns her, and her new friends, into something raw, primal, and unrecognizable." (thanks to Deadline.com)
** IGNORE IT: Sam Evenson, the YouTube horror star behind the hugely popular Grimoire Horror channel, has teamed up with SMILE producers Temple Hill Entertainment and Anton to adapt his viral horror short IGNORE IT into his feature directorial debut.
The film, which Evenson will write and direct, follows a family who fights to survive living with a terrifying entity known only as 'The Woman,' who will kill you if you acknowledge her. As per the synopsis: "Their one rule for survival: ignore it." (thanks to Variety.com)
** LAST CHANCE MOTEL: Here's the poster for the upcoming film.
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** PULSE remake #2: Sony's Screen Gems and Spyglass are developing a reimagining of the Japanese horror film PULSE, with Dave Boyle attached to direct. Boyle is also set for a pass on a script by Luke Piotrowski. Parker Finn and Jonathan Fass are set to produce for Bad Feeling, the company behind Finn's SMILE films and upcoming Paramount remake the 1981 horror film POSSESSION, alongside Spyglass.
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, PULSE premiered to critical acclaim in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes in 2001. The film is a techno-horror about a group of young people in Tokyo who begin to experience strange phenomena involving missing co-workers and friends, technological breakdown, and a mysterious website. It was remade in 2006 by director Jim Sonzero. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** HOPE: In the remote South Korea village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae are called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village.
** BUZZKILL: The film follows a group of sorority sisters who end up trapped with a murderer. Nora's tipsy memories hold the clues to figuring out who is killing their friends, but she can only remember them when she's drunk.
** RESIDENT EVIL: Here's some new posters for the upcoming film.
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** ITHAQUA: This is Ithaqua, the wind with teeth. A remote 1800s fur-trade outpost is plagued by an ancient evil with an insatiable hunger for flesh. The cold is the least of anyone's problems. Directed by Casey Walker and starring Luke Hemsworth, Leenah Robinson, Kevin Durand, Craig Lauzon and Michael Pitt. This is a haunting folk horror experience where isolation, hunger and myth collide.
** HER PRIVATE HELL: Here's a new poster for the film.
** FALL 2 DEADPOINT: Here's some new posters for the upcoming film.
** THE OTHERKIND: A woman struggles after a mysterious encounter at the lake with friends. A troubled cop spirals out of control. Chaos erupts in a sleepy mountain town when terror surfaces.
** BREEDER: An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he soon learns, there's a catch. BREEDER is coming to theaters October 16.
