** JENNIFER'S BODY sequel: More than 15 years later, JENNIFER'S BODY continues to pack a punch for its intended audience, and director Karyn Kusama is grateful for the film's cult status.
After writer Diablo Cody expressed interest in making a sequel, the Deadline web site spoke with Kusama about the "fun and crazy" idea for the follow-up and reminisced about making the original 2009 comedy horror ahead of her reunion with star Megan Fox at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' screening and Q&A on Saturday, as part of its "monstrous feminine" Halloween-themed programming.
"I know she's working on it right now, and I'm very excited to hear what comes of it," said Kusama of Cody's sequel. "I know some of the bones of it, so I'm not going to give anything away, but it sounds fun and crazy like the first film. And I have no doubt that Diablo will do something absolutely incredible with it." (thanks to Deadline.com)
** VIOLENCE: The Coven, sales agent of TERRIFIER 3, has secured worldwide sales rights to VIOLENCE, starring HALLOWEEN ENDS actor Rohan Campbell, MALIGANT actress Maddie Hasson and Sarah Grey. VIOLENCE will play Brooklyn Horror Film Festival next week and will be on sale for The Coven ahead of this year's AFM in Los Angeles. Genre vet Steven Schneider executive-produces.
The synopsis reads: "Henry Violence, an anti-hero in an alternate 1980s world, becomes entangled in a brutal drug war as rival cartels battle for supremacy, forcing him to make difficult choices to navigate the treacherous landscape." Connor Marsden directs. Grammy-nominated metalcore band Code Orange delivers both the film's score and original music, while also cameoing in the film. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** THE HERETIKS: Bleiberg Entertainment has teamed up with director Gregg Bishop to produce THE HERETIKS, the latest feature from writers Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, whose credits include Hulu's HELLRAISER remake and Searchlight's THE NIGHT HOUSE.
The project is described as a supernatural home invasion horror-thriller about a disaffected teenage girl who must team up with a renegade witch to protect her little sister from a murderous coven hellbent on using her as a human sacrifice in an apocalyptic ritual on Halloween night. (thanks to Deadline.com)
----- October 22, 2025 -----
** IT FOLLOWS sequel: Maika Monroe has finally opened up about the IT FOLLOWS sequel, revealing the current status of the highly anticipated sequel to 2014's cult classic horror movie. In the first installment, Monroe played the role of a carefree college student named Jay pursued by a shape-shifting entity that she can only see.
During a recent interview with Discussing Film, Monroe confirmed that she has already read the latest script, teasing that the story for the IT FOLLOWS sequel will be "very different" from the first installment. In addition, she also shared new details about the sequel's plot and potential production start date.
"I was sent the script and I thought it was incredible. It's also very different from the original. I felt the original was a litle more heightened and dramatic, and this I think is really quite grounded," Monroe said. She continued, "(The sequel) follows the story of these two women that are just mentally dealing with a lot. I thought it was a really interesting take on it. Fingers crossed it happens, next year is the rumor." (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** THE STRANGERS CHAPTER 3: The terror comes full circle as Maya faces the masked intruders one last time—uncovering chilling secrets that turn survival into a reckoning.
** THE YOUNG PEOPLE: A Bad Trip from Osgood Perkins. Starring Lola Tung and Nico Parker. Coming soon.
** SCREAMBOAT sequel: The comedy-horror film which stars a murderous take on Steamboat Willie, is set to have a sequel, the director of the first film announced. SCREAMBOAT which was released earlier this year, was announced when the Disney precursor to Mickey Mouse entered the public domain in 2024.
"I'm thrilled to announce the sequel to our bloody horror comedy," director Steven LaMorte said in a statement. "We had so much fun bringing these iconic characters to life with a bloody twist, and I look forward to returning to the world of SCREAMBOAT to create even more miniature murder and mayhem." (thanks to Variety.com)
----- October 20, 2025 -----
** SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT remake: A young boy witnesses the murder of his parents at the hands of a man dressed as Santa, only to grow up and become a killer himself. Haunted by trauma and fuelled by a twisted sense of justice, he dons the red suit, turning the advent calendar into a series of nights of terror. As Christmas Eve approaches, a small town becomes his latest hunting ground, where the naughty and bad pay the ultimate price.
** PRIMAL: A group of friends' tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival. Only in theatres January 9.
** DECIBEL: She's not just listening...
** EVIL DEAD BURN: Warner Bros. Pictures has updated the official EVIL DEAD film account with a brief video from the set of EVIL DEAD BURN, which has just wrapped production. Sébastien Vanicek directs the film opening next Summer. Souheila Yacoub, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Tandi Wright, George Pullar, and Erroll Shand lead the cast of the film.
----- October 16, 2025 -----
** ALPHA: Julia Ducournau's anticipated new film ALPHA is coming to UK & Ireland cinemas on 14 November.
** KEEPER: If only you were dead. In theaters November 14.
** THE VELOCIPASTOR 2: Doug (Gregory James Cohan) and Carol (Alyssa Kempinski) travel to the port city of Milan, where they have to solve a series of murders committed by a Sex Maniac Killer at an Italian Fertility Festival.
----- October 15, 2025 -----
** Bela Lugosi: Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions is teaming with Universal Pictures to develop a biopic about legendary Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi. Lugosi originated the iconic role of Dracula both on Broadway adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel and in the classic 1931 Universal horror film.
The script is by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the writers of Tim Burton's 1994 film ED WOOD which featured Lugosi as a character and won actor Martin Landau an Oscar for his work in the role. The new film will focus on a younger Lugosi, capturing his rise to become one of black-and-white cinema's most enduring and recognizable figures. It will also deal with his precipitous fall after declining the role of Frankenstein, which went to his rival Boris Karloff. Lugosi never truly escaped the role of Dracula. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE ELIXIR: In Wanirejo Village, a zombie outbreak leaves a dysfunctional family with no choice but to fight for survival together. Starring Mikha Tambayong, Eva Celia, Marthino Lio, Dimas Anggara, Varen Arianda Calief, Ardit Erwandha, and Claresta Taufan. Coming October 23, only on Netflix.
** THIS IS NOT A TEST: Independent Film Company and Shudder have announced that they have acquired the rights to writer-director Adam MacDonald's zombie outbreak horror THIS IS NOT A TEST, marking his fourth collaboration with IFC Entertainment Group following his previous releases BACKCOUNTRY, PYEWACKET, and OUT COME THE WOLVES. The film is adapted from the popular YA novel of the same name by New York Times best-selling author Courtney Summers, and stars Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Luke MacFarlane, Corteon Moore, Chloe Avakian, and Carson MacCormac. The deal includes rights in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Independent Film Company and Shudder will release THIS IS NOT A TEST in theaters in 2026.
** KEEPER: Here's a new poster for the upcoming film.
----- October 14, 2025 -----
** FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2: Universal Pictures and Blumhouse have released another poster for the FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S sequel, and announced some key new casting for the film, which is hitting cinemas on December 5th 2025.
Megan Fox has joined the cast as the voice of Toy Chica, MatPat will be the voice of Toy Bonnie and Kellen Goff is the voice of Toy Freddy. The first film adapted the famed video game series from Scott Cawthon and received generally negative reviews, but was a major hit – grossing $295 million to become Blumhouse's highest-grossing film. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** PITFALL: After a young man is separated from his friends in the woods, he falls into a ten-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through his leg and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
** THEY WILL KILL YOU: New Line Cinema has set a March 27th 2026 release date for the Zazie Beetz-led and Kirill Sokolov-directed horror thriller THEY WILL KILL YOU:. Patricia Arquette, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, and Myha'la co-star. Sokolov and Alex Litvak co-wrote the script.
Beetz plays a woman who accepts a housekeeping job in a mysterious New York high-rise. She discovers that the building's residents hide a disturbing history of disappearances tied to a potential Satanic cult. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE REVENGE OF LA LLORONA: A sequel to THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA has begun production. Jay Hernandez, Monica Raymund, and Raymond Cruz co-star in the film which is shooting in Buffalo, New York. Edy Ganem, Martín Fajardo, Acston Luca Porto and Avie Porto also star.
The story sees the vengeful spirit La Llorona returning, forcing a fractured family to confront their past and join forces with their estranged curandero grandfather to battle ancient evils, before the Weeping Woman claims their children forever. Santiago Menghini directs from a script by Sean Tretta. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
----- October 10, 2025 -----
** ALPHA: Here's the UK poster for Julia Ducournau's new film.
** BATTLE ROYALE: Iconic Events Releasing, a company specializing in distributing limited-engagement theatrical events to movie theaters, in partnership with Lionsgate, celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the acclaimed Japanese horror-thriller BATTLE ROYALE with a special series of 4K theatrical-cut screenings set for October across North America. A rare interview with Kenta Fukasaku, BATTLE ROYALE screenwriter and the son of the movie's director Kinji Fukasaku, will also be presented. For the 25th anniversary, BATTLE ROYALE will be presented in its original Japanese with English subtitles, with a crisp new 4K restoration that delivers all the onscreen action with stunning updated resolution.
** SMILE: From silent terrors to sinister hauntings, IDW Publishing's innovative horror imprint IDW Dark is expanding with more new comic book series that are guaranteed to slither under your skin and give you nightmares. Unleashing psychological supernatural scares in comic shops next February is SMILE: FOR THE CAMERA #1. From acclaimed horror writer Hannah Rose May (Rogues' Gallery, THE EXORCISM AT 1600 PENN) and rising star artist Miriana Puglia, the frightening tale brings readers back to the year 2005 to follow a group of international models as they kick off Fashion Month in New York. They're dying to smile for the camera, but paranoia quickly creeps in as the mysterious Smile Entity begins to stalk the group.
** TERROIR: A young wine critic returns to a French vineyard one year after giving it a bad review. There, she and her friends become the target of a masked killer.
----- October 8, 2025 -----
** FRIDAY THE 13th: Producer Robert Barsamian has revealed what he's got in the works. He told SFX magazine, "We are actively working on a new movie – which will be the 13th in the franchise – as well as a new video game." He added that Jason Voorhees will "return in other unexpected ways" beyond the new film and game, as we saw with the unexpected Sweet Revenge.
Horror Inc. CMO Sheri Conn also commented on the controversial redesign of Jason's hockey mask: "We reimagined the eyes on his mask to make Jason look even more menacing and paid homage to the franchise with the 13 holes in the mask. The new design (of the mask and the character) will be used across the board, with some slight differences in interpretation to fit the specific context of each project."
When asked about continuity between upcoming projects and the films we already have, Barsamian simply said, "We're exploring a variety of opportunities, but consistently staying focused on authenticity." (thanks to Joblo.com)
** In Search Of Darkness 1995-1999: Celebrate and explore '90s horror with In Search of Darkness!
** YOUR HOST: Four friends become unwilling contestants in a sadistic game show, forced to outwit a twisted serial killer as the clock ticks down. Each decision brings them closer to escape—or a gruesome fate.
** THE RITUAL HOUSE: Two Friends' attempt to rescue the home from financial ruin by renting out rooms which turns into a nightmare as the guests uncover the house's dark, ritual-filled past. Directed by Crystal J. Huang.
----- October 7, 2025 -----
** THE INVISIBLE MAN sequel: At the start of the year, filmmaker Leigh Whannell revealed that Universal Pictures had no plans for a follow-up to 2020's THE INVISIBLE MAN adaptation which he directed. The film garnered rave reviews and performed strongly at the box office, transforming the classic story into a domestic abuse thriller with sci-fi overtones. Promoting his WOLF MAN take in January, he said any possibility of THE INVISIBLE MAN sequel is pretty much over, as the ending of the first is so definitive and artistically satisfying.
Now, while speaking to Screen Rant, the film's star Elizabeth Moss revealed that she still wants to make a sequel and is open to it being made one day, so long as the script comes together:
"It was out for two weeks before COVID and made hundreds of millions of dollars. We could have easily just churned out a sequel and thrown it up on streaming and called it a day, and I think some people would've made money off of that. I am so grateful to Universal and Blum for not doing that and for having a standard that's unusual in these circumstances and really wanting it to be worth doing. So it's an unusual thing, but that doesn't usually happen.
But I feel like it's important. We love that movie so much. The people who made it – we're so proud of it. We really want to make sure [that] if we do a sequel, it's worthy and it's going to have to be as good if not better. So that's been kind of what's slowed us down. But I don't think that's a bad thing. I think if we're going to do it, it's got to be right. But we still want to do it. We're still working on it. We just have to get the right script together."
The film was shot for just $7 million and ended up generating $144.5 million at the box-office, but its theatrical release in late February 2020 was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** MUERTAS VIVAS: Here's the poster for the Chilean splatter horror flick.
** LOVE IS A MONSTER: A couple, Ana and Justin, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer's midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn.
** EVIL NUN: When a Catholic youth ministry is invited to spend the night in a vacant Mexican church, they're suddenly trapped by the ghostly apparition of a vengeful nun. Now their only hope is to break the curse before she claims them all, one deadly sin at a time.
----- October 6, 2025 -----
** FINAL DESTINATION 7: Belgian filmmaker Michiel Blanchart (NIGHT CALL) is the lead choice to direct the. follow-up to FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES at New Line Cinema. Blanchart, who will be making his English-language debut with the feature, rose to the top of the list of candidates this week after an intense search. No formal offer has been handed out yet. FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES opened back in May to the top of the box-office globally, and achieved the best opening weekend in the six-film series (not adjusted for inflation). (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** RESIDENT EVIL reboot: SEVERANCE breakout Zach Cherry, TRUE DECTIVE NIGHT COUNTRY co-star Kali Reis and TWISTED METAL actor Johnno Wilson have all joined the cast of Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL reboot at Sony Pictures and Constantin Film.
Austin Abrams (WEAPONS) leads the feature that is standalone and veers away from the previous adaptations. The project aims to be a love letter to the original Capcom video games, while using brand new characters and not adapting any particular entry. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** KEEPER: Here's two new posters for the upcoming film.
** MONSTER THE ED GEIN STORY: Here's some new posters from the Netflix series.
----- October 3rd, 2025 -----
** SCREAM 7: Here's the official logo for the upcoming sequel.
** BLACK PHONE 2: Discover the secret behind the mask. Only in theaters October 17.
** WE BURY THE DEAD: After a catastrophic military disaster, the dead don't just rise - they hunt. Ava (Daisy Ridley) searches for her missing husband, but what she finds is far more terrifying. January 2, 2026.
** R.L. Stine's PUMPKINHEAD: When his brother disappears and everyone forgets he existed, Sam must unravel the mystery before Finn is gone forever.
----- October 2nd, 2025 -----
** RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD: Devon Saw will star for writer-director Steve Wolsh alongside new cast members Casimere "Cash" Jollette, Kynlee Heiman and Alexander Ward, the latter of whom will play the movie's iconic Tarman.
Wolsh's Living Dead Media confirmed that the project isn't a reboot of the original but rather a new installment in the beloved horror-comedy franchise. It's set in a small Pennsylvania town in Christmas 1985, 18 months after the events of the original film directed by Dan O'Bannon. That film followed the unfortunate events that ensued after two bumbling employees at the Uneeda Medical Supply warehouse accidentally released a deadly gas into the air, which led the dead to rise as zombies, infecting the entire town and inadvertently sealing its fate. (thanks to Variety.com)
** THE CARPENTER'S SON: In theaters November 14.
** FRANKENSTEIN: Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, FRANKENSTEIN is on Netflix November 7. Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, with Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz.
** PSYCHO KILLER: Enter the Mind of a Psycho Killer. Only in theaters February 20, 2026.
----- October 1st, 2025 -----
** THE CARPENTER'S SON: Here's a poster for the upcoming film.
** FRANKENSTEIN: Here's a new poster for the upcoming film.
** THE HOLY BOY: Shudder announced that they have acquired the North American, UK, and Irish rights to Paolo Strippoli's menacing horror fable THE HOLY BOY. The film celebrated its world premiere at the 2025 Venice Film Festival before making its North American bow at Fantastic Fest, where it earned both the Next Wave Best Director Award and the coveted Audience Award. The film stars Michele Riondino alongside standout first-time actor Giulio Feltri, and is produced by Laura Paolucci, Domenico Procacci, Stefano Sardo, and Ines Vasiljevic. Shudder will debut THE HOLY BOY in 2026.
THE HOLY BOY follows Sergio, a teacher tormented by his past who is transferred to Remis, a secluded village known as the happiest town in Italy. But Sergio soon discovers that behind the town's joyful facade lies a disturbing secret: Each week, the villagers gather to hug Matteo, an introverted fifteen-year-old whose embrace can free one of all pain and sorrow. As Sergio uncovers that the village's devotion to Matteo is far from benevolent, his attempt to rescue the boy known as the Angel of Remis ignites the community's vengeful nature.
** HALLOWEEN: Witness the unstoppable power of Michael Myers with a first look at gameplay for HALLOWEEN. Become the Boogeyman or save the citizens of Haddonfield when HALLOWEEN launches on PlayStation 5 on September 8, 2026.
