** ZOMBIE PLANE: When a flight from Sydney to Los Angeles is overrun by zombies, an eclectic band of passengers - led by celebrities-turned-secret agents - must unite to save humanity.
** CAMP: Haunted by a traumatic past, Emily finds solace as a camp counselor while navigating grief, witchcraft, and the power of female friendship. In Theaters June 26th.
** NEVER AFTER DARK: Magnolia Pictures plans to bring the chill this fall with the theatrical release of NEVER AFTER DARK. The Japanese horror movie written and directed by Dave Boyle is officially set for September 25, 2026. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** INHABIT: Melissa Barrera is to take the lead in upcoming feature INHABIT. The film comes from writer/director Adam Alleca and is described as blending "psychological horror with relentless supernatural dread" and offering a "chilling exploration of trauma, motherhood, and the responsibility of unfathomable power."
INHABIT follows a young woman who, following a traumatic life-changing event, moves into a rundown apartment complex in search of a fresh start. When she's terrorized by bizarre occurrences — unhinged neighbors, uncanny stalkers, unprovoked violence — she comes to believe she's being targeted by a possessive force that breaks her understanding of reality. As the synopsis reads: "A force that can only be overcome by confronting the darkest parts of her own nature." (thanks to Variety.com)
** MY ONLY FRIEND'S A CORPSE: Coming to Blu-ray on 9/22 from MVD Entertainment Group.
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** Yeon Sang-ho's COLONY: Gianna Jun stars as Se-jeong, a biotechnology professor attending an industry conference when a rapidly mutating virus is released, plunging the venue into chaos as the infected begin to transform and the authorities seal the building.
The film has gone to Well Go USA in North America, StudioCanal in the U.K., Gaga Corporation in Japan, ARP Sélection in France, and Plaion Pictures in Germany and Italy. Showbox also closed deals for Australia and New Zealand (K-Movie Entertainment UK), Latin America (BF Distribution), Scandinavia (Mis Label), Spain (Energia), the CIS and Baltics (The World Pictures), Poland (Media4Fun), Turkey (Mars), Hong Kong (Edko Films), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Indonesia (PT Primacinema Multimedia), the Philippines (Pioneer Films), India (Multivision Multimedia), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International), Mongolia (Izagur Media) and broader Southeast Asia (Purple Plan).
** A QUIET PLACE PART III: Shooting has begun on the upcoming sequel.
** SANGUINE: Here's the poster for the upcoming French body horror from Marion Le Corroller.
** PENDULUM: Vertical has acquired North American distribution rights to the horror film PENDULUM, the directorial debut of Mark Heyman, the BAFTA-nominated writer of BLACK SWAN.
Produced by Darren Aronofsky for Protozoa, Motel Mojave's Jacob Jaffke, and C2's Dave Caplan, the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor, Norman Reedus, and two-time Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver. Vertical is setting PENDULUM for a wide release on January 1, 2027. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** IN SEARCH OF NOSFERATU: Award-winning actor, writer, and comedian Patton Oswalt has signed on as Executive Producer for IN SEARCH OF NOSFERATU, the next feature documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe. The project - a global archival treasure hunt for decaying prints of F.W. Murnau's seminal vampire classic - began principal photography earlier this month.
The film follows Philippe and British archivist Lauren Newport-Quinn on a personal journey across the globe - from Edinburgh to Mexico City, Seoul to Bratislava - to uncover and examine surviving copies of Murnau's 1922 masterpiece. Rejecting the notion of a single "perfect" version, the project champions the material decay and geographical diversity of the prints as essential to the film's emotional and historical DNA. Leaning on Newport-Quinn's rare form of synesthesia, in which she 'hears' visual distortions, the project will culminate in a reinvention of Nosferatu itself - recut from the diverse prints discovered during production, with a brand-new score informed by her unique sensory experience. All prints will be scanned and made available to the public via a free, accessible online portal, preserving their individual beauty and decay for future generations.
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** NEAR DARK 4K UHD: Coming to 4K UHD in 2027 from Synapse Films. 40th Anniversary 4K Dolby Vision Wworld premiere restoration of Kathryn Bigelow's masterful vampire western, NEAR DARK, from the recently discovered 35mm original camera negative. Loaded with all-new special features and a remastered CD soundtrack by Tangerine Dream!
** HER PRIVATE HELL: Neon has set a July 24th theatrical release for Nicolas Winding Refn's new film HER PRIVATE HELL starring Charles Melton and Sophie Thatcher. The film will premiere at Cannes.
The story begins in a futuristic metropolis where actresses are gathering at a posh hotel where they're set to make a Barbarella-like movie. A heinous killer known as Leather Man is going around the city taking the lives of women. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** PACIFIC: A group of young travelers are stranded on an island in the Pacific where they struggle to escape an evil presence that has been kept hidden from mankind for centuries.
** BLOOD & RUST: When vampires quietly infest a dying Rust Belt town, the manager of a local diner joins forces with a veteran slayer to wipe them out.
** LOVE IS THE MONSTER: Here's the poster for the upcoming film.
** MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE 4K UHD: Coming to 4K UHD in June from Hammer Films.
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** TERRIFIER 4: No space. No Easter bunny. Art's ringing in the New Year!
** PITFALL: Here's a new poster for the upcoming film.
** CYCLOPS: Coming to Blu-ray in August from Visual Vengeance Video.
** THE VOICES OF OUR MOTHER: When a family matriarch falls seriously ill, relatives gather and discover their shared ancestral ties bind them in unexpected ways. Premieres June 19 on Shudder.
** MONKEY'S MAGIC MERRY GO ROUND: Here's the trailer and poster for the upcoming film.
** PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG: Viva Pictures has acquired its latest film, the already viral sensation, PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG for theatrical release in North America July 24, 2026. This slasher horror film is the latest in the Twisted Child Universe.
A chilling reimagining of the familiar fable, Pinocchio Unstrung unfolds inside an elite London prep school. Influenced by a sinister Cricket (Robert Englund) and created by Geppetto (Richard Brake), Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.
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** R.I.P. Koji Suzuki: The author known for horror novels such as RINGU and SPIRAL, passed away on the 8th at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 68.
Born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. He made his debut in 1990 with PARADISE, which won the Excellence Award at the Japan Fantasy Novel Awards. His 1991 novel RINGU was adapted into a film that became a massive hit, helping to spark the "J-Horror boom."
** EXIT 8: Coming to Blu-ray on 8/4 from Decal Releasing.
** CHROMESKULL LAID TO REST 2: Coming to Blu-ray on 6/15 from Last Slate Video.
** THE STRANGER: Coming to Blu-ray on 6/15 from Last Slate Video.
** REANIMATOR ACADEMY: Coming to Blu-ray on 8/25 from Visual Vengeance Video.
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** KRAKEN: In theaters and on digital June 12.
** FIND YOUR FRIENDS: Amber and her four best girlfriends take a trip to escape the L.A. bubble and cut loose in Joshua Tree for the weekend. But upon arrival, they quickly realize the locals don't want them there. Starring Bella Thorne, Chloe Cherry, Helena Howard, Sophia Ali, and Zion Moreno. Streaming June 12 on Shudder.
** PITFALL: After a young man gets separated from his friends while in the woods, he falls into a 10-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through the leg, and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
** CRAWL 4K UHD: Coming to 4K UHD on 7/13 in the UK.
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** THE DEVILS: The new 4K restoration from the original camera negative of Ken Russell's THE DEVILS (1971) will premiere at this years Cannes, provided by Warner Bros. The cut listed on the Cannes website runs at 114 minutes.
The film's sound has been remastered from original English Composite 35mm Mag Film, transferred at 96kHz, plus other original film elements in selected spots as needed. The picture and sound restoration was performed by Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services, Water Tower Color, and Warner Bros. Sound.
** LONGLEGS: Osgood Perkins' next LONGLEGS movie with Nicolas Cage, which was won by Paramount, will be hitting theaters on January 14, 2028, the studio said Monday. The plot of the next LONGLEGS movie is under wraps. Producers on the project are Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Perkins, Chris Ferguson, Dave Caplan and Cage. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** UNDER PARIS 2: Netflix has premiered a new official poster for the upcoming shark-infested Paris-set movie sequel UNDER PARIS 2 which will release on the streamer in 2027. Filming on the new film is currently underway.
Three years after the Paris triathlon disaster, the center of the Capital is submerged. Sophia (Bérénice Bejo) and Adil (Nassim Lyes) reunite for a high-risk mission: to track Lilith, the original predator, in the shark-infested Seine. There, they will discover that the deadly wildlife hides a much more surprising reality. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** PIRANHA PACIFIC NIGHTMARE: Coming soon is a new Japanese version of PIRANHA to be directed by Stens Christensen. IX Film Group Inc. and Red Beans Pictures are behind the upcoming horror film. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PENNY LANE IS DEAD: 17-year-old Penny is celebrating graduation with friends at her family's beach house, but the night goes awry when Penny's troubled cousin Kat decides to crash the party. Coming to Australian cinemas July 23.
** THE LAST CIRCUS: Coming to Blu-ray in August from Chasm Films.
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** EVIL DEAD BURN: After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites—turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell—she comes to discover that the vows she took in life... live on even in death.
** STORY OF RICKY 4K UHD: Coming out on 20th July from 88 Films.
** PASSENGER: Here's a new poster for the upcoming film.
** SIGHT UNSEEN: After the death of their estranged father, three siblings inherit his rural cabin, only to discover that something still lingers there.
** MODELS VS. WEREWOLVES: MVW sees a gang of sexy and self-centered influencers escaping the city for a rural weekend away. But they are NOT alone, as terrifying, bloodthirsty shapeshifting fiends are prowling the countryside and setting their sights on tasty femme-flesh! Beauty is a beast in this wild new chiller, coming summer 2026 to a streaming platform near you!
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** FOLLOW MODE: SMILE producer Temple Hill is teaming up once more with UK sales firm Protagonist, this time on Ben Leonberg's (GOOD BOY) next horror feature FOLLOW MODE, which is due to be shot entirely on drones and aims to tap into the live stream generation.
Leonberg is coming off breakout horror GOOD BOY, which was IFC's second-biggest theatrical opening weekend (second only to Temple Hill's CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD). Protagonist is launching international sales at the upcoming Cannes market. Temple Hill and Verve Ventures are co-repping domestic rights. Script comes from Leonberg and Alex Cannon, who also co-scripted GOOD BOY.
The synopsis reads: "Consumer-grade drones now come with a "hands-free" setting that automatically directs the camera to follow you – in case you're a surfer taking your next wave, a snowboarder back-flipping off a half-pipe, or a serial killer stalking your next victim. When a group of teens knock this drone out of the sky, they discover that it contains home movies of the killer's brutal crimes. Now, they must race to expose the killer before becoming his next victims."
The film is being produced by Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, John Fischer, Hal Sadoff, and Ben Levine for Temple Hill, with Protagonist Pictures' Dave Bishop, James Pugh and George Hamilton serving as executive producers. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** Taka Ichise: QWGmire, the independent production and film financing company founded by Molly C. Quinn, Matthew M. Welty and Elan Gale, has entered into a development and financing pact with Taka Ichise, the famed Japanese producer integral to bringing J-horror to global prominence in the late '90s and early 2000s with titles like RING and THE GRUDGE.
Under the pact, Ichise and QWGmire will develop and finance a new slate of horror films for the U.S. market. Already, they have four projects in development with an eye toward shooting over the next 18 months.
The collaboration marks Ichise's return to the American market for the first time since Nicolas Pesce's reboot of THE GRUDGE for Screen Gems in 2019. Specifics as to projects in development remain under wraps. But the intention is to create a new generation of horror films that draw from the unsettling power, psychological intensity, and cinematic ambition that made J-horror a defining force in global genre filmmaking. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** PITFALL: After a young man gets separated from his friends while in the woods, he falls into a 10-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through the leg, and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident. In Theatres May 29th.
** SMOTHERED: Alif is a micro-painting artist who has an accident and loses part of his memory. After returning home, an old woman appears claiming to be his mother, but Alif doesn't recognize her and is suspicious of her intentions. SMOTHERED premieres May 29 on Shudder.
** NESTING: The upcoming film follows Pénélope (Rose-Marie Perreault), a new mother struggling with postpartum depression and the lingering trauma of her sister's death. As sleep deprivation takes hold, the boundary between dream and reality begins to collapse, pulling her into a paranoid and increasingly dangerous spiral.
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** THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT reboot: The studio has officially confirmed that up-and-coming horror director Dylan Clark has been tapped to helm the new THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT movie. His involvement was actually first reported nearly a month ago. He is also currently rewriting the screenplay, which was originally written by Chris Devlin. Besides the reboot, Clark is also set to direct Universal Pictures' PORTRAIT OF GOD, based on his 2022 viral horror short, which will be produced by Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele.
In addition, it has been announced that original stars from the 1999 movie, Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams, have signed on to the upcoming reboot as executive producers. They will be joining the original filmmakers, Eduardo Sanchez, Daniel Myrick, and Gregg Hale, who have already boarded the reboot as executive producers. According to Lionsgate. (thanks to ComingSoon.com)
** READY OR NOT 2 HERE I COME: The sequel is coming out digitally on May 5th and on Blu-ray in June.
** HATCHET 4K UHD Collection: Coming soon to 4K UHD from Umbrella Entertainment are the four films in the franchise.
** THE LAST HOUSE: The upcoming film centers on a family who are sealed into their home with no way out. If that doesn't sound nightmarish enough, their resources are running thin, and they must work together to survive not only a lack of essentials but also the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped inside. Coming to Netflix August 7, 2026.
** OBSESSION: Here's more posters for the upcoming film.
