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Lee Cronin's The Mummy reboot is all wrapped up, just like its titular monster. The filmmaker has revealed that production has concluded on the hotly anticipated Blumhouse movie.

Cronin shared a picture of his director's chair on Instagram yesterday afternoon with the caption, "All wrapped up." While it's tough to surmise, it looks like the image was taken on the set for The Mummy, specifically the tomb where the titular monster might be found by Jack Reynor and Laia Costa's married couple, who reportedly will run afoul of supernaturally sinister forces throughout the reboot. Production on The Mummy began in Ireland and Spain in late March, meaning that the movie had a three-month shoot.

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First announced in December 2024, Cronin directed the new Mummy movie from his own screenplay. The Evil Dead Rise filmmaker teased last year that...

Hunter Doohan (“Wednesday”), Luciane Buchanan (“The Night Agent”), and Tandi Wright (Pearl) are set to star opposite Souheila Yacoub (Dune: Part Two) in Evil Dead Burn, Deadline reports.

The sixth film in the beloved horror franchise will release in theaters on July 24, 2026 via New Line and Warner Bros.

Sébastien Vaniček (Infested) directs from a script he co-wrote with Florent Bernard (Infested).

Plot details have not been released, but Vaniček recently said, “I told the studio that I wanted to make a nasty film, a film that hurts, from which you come away tested. I’m going to put all the horror I have inside, it will be cathartic, and if I haven’t ruined my career and I can continue to make films behind it, I will move on to something other than horror!”

Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi and franchise producer Rob Tapert will produce via their Ghost House Pictures.

More actors have been announced for the next Evil Dead movie. Among those set to face off against the Deadites is Hunter Doohan, who wowed Marvel fans earlier this year in Daredevil: Born Again as the villainous Muse.

Deadline was the first to report that Doohan had joined the cast of the new Evil Dead movie alongwith Luciane Buchanan (The Night Agent) and Tandi Wright (Pearl). Doohan's casting comes amid rumors that Muse will return for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, despite the scene-stealing serial killer's death in the first season. However, it's not yet clear if Doohan will be back in the role, as it's possible that a different character could take over the serial killer's mantle in the new season.

Character details remain under wraps at this time for all confirmed actors. The three actors join the previously announced Souheila Yacoub (Dune: Part Two) in the new Evil Dead movie,...

In the build-up to the release of Evil Dead Rise (read our review right Here) in 2023, Evil Dead franchise rights holders Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Rob Tapert let it be known that they were already looking forward to producing more entries in the series, with Campbell revealing they were hoping to make a new sequel / spin-off every two or three years. Last year, they proved their commitment to this idea by hiring Sébastien Vaniček, who made his feature directorial debut on the French horror film Vermin, a.k.a. Infested, to write and direct a new installment in the franchise. A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that Dune: Part Two‘s Souheila Yacoub, a Swiss former rhythmic gymnast who won the Miss Suisse Romande beauty pageant before getting her acting career started, will be starring in Vaniček’s film, and now Deadline has broken the news that...

Exclusive: Hunter Doohan (Your Honor), Luciane Buchanan (The Night Agent), and Tandi Wright (Pearl) are set to star opposite Souheila Yacoub in the next Evil Dead film, co-financed by New Line and Sony Pictures.

Character details are under wraps. Sébastien Vaniček, the filmmaker behind haunting spider flick Infested, is directing from his script written with Florent Bernard. The film will be produced by franchise veteran Rob Tapert and series creator Sam Raimi. Romel Adam, Jose Canas, and Lee Cronin will exec produce alongside Bruce Campbell, the cult icon known for his starring role as Ash in various Evil Dead projects, beginning with Raimi’s iconic 1981 film The Evil Dead.

New Line will distribute the film domestically through Warner Bros. Pictures on July 24, 2026. Sony will distribute internationally with StudioCanal distributing in the UK and Metropolitan distributing in France.

Best known for starring opposite Bryan Cranston on Showtime’s Your Honor, Doohan...

The Evil Dead have successfully risen and now with they will burn, and filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček wants to make sure audiences really feel the heat when the film hits cinemas. Having already delivered an incredible debut with “Vermines” (“Infested”), he is now ready to get his hands on one of two upcoming movies based on the original “video nasty,” with the intention of putting audiences through a grueling cinematic experience.

It was earlier announced that the film would become the third film in the franchise to be led by a female star, following Fede Alvarez’s remake of the original 1981 movie, and last year’s Evil Dead Rise, with Dune: Part Two actress Souheila Yacoub set to star. For Vaniček, who co-wrote the screenplay with Florent Bernard, he knew exactly who he wanted for this new addition to the Evil Dead legacy. He told Variety:

“I’ve long admired Souheila’s work in France,...

Sébastien Vaniček, the up-and-coming French director who broke through in a major way with his feature debut “Vermines” (“Infested”), is getting ready to start filming the next Evil Dead installment in New Zealand with “Dune: Part Two” star Souheila Yacoub in the lead role.

Produced by longtime franchise producer Rob Tapert and executive produced by series creator and horror icon Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, the “Evil Dead” movie that Vaniček is directing is one of the two sequels in the works. The film will be distributed internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures and Sony, while Studiocanal will be distributing in France and the U.K.

In an interview with Variety, Vaniček, who co-wrote the screenplay with Florent Bernard, spoke about his creative vision for tackling the cult horror franchise and why he’s stoked to have Yacoub play the lead part. “I’ve long admired Souheila’s work in France,...

Boy, do we have some good news to share with you! One of the most beloved and blood-soaked horror franchises is officially returning with a brand-new sequel next year. It's been over two years since the last installment hit theaters, and fans have been eagerly waiting for more of the gruesome mayhem and demonic terror that this franchise is known for. Buckle up, because Evil Dead is back, and it's sure to bring the same level of heart-pounding horror that fans have come to love!

The new sequel is titled Evil Dead Burn, and it's coming from Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. It serves as the sixth movie in the Evil Dead franchise, coming after Evil Dead Rise, which was released in 2023. Sébastien Vaniček and Florent Bernard co-wrote the film's script together. They previously collaborated on the French horror movie Infested, co-writing its screenplay. Besides helping pen the script,...

The next Evil Dead movie is officially a go at Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. The companies have announced that the Evil Dead Rise follow-up will be released in theaters in Summer 2026.

Per Deadline, the next Evil Dead movie is scheduled to hit theaters on July 24, 2026. Additionally, Dune: Part Two actress Souheila Yacoub — who played Shishakli, a Fremen warrior and Chani's friend, in the 2024 movie — has been announced as the star of the horror movie. Yacoub's other film and television credits include the 2019 miniseries Savages, the 2018 horror film Climax, the 2023 drama film Making Of, and the 2024 comedy horror film The Balconettes. While the Dune franchise is set to continue with a third movie, an adaptation of the novel Dune: Messiah, Yacoub is not expected to return as Shishakli, given her character's death in Part Two.

The new Evil Dead movie was first reported to be in development...

Warner Bros has scheduled the releases of The Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt For Gollum to be directed by and star Andy Serkis,M. Night Shyamalan’s supernatural romantic thriller Remain with Jake Gyllenhaal, and a new Evil Dead film.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt For Gollum (working title) will open for Warner Bros and New Line on December 17, 2027 and is conceived as the first of two films.

Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens from The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies are reuniting to produce the two films set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth,...

In the build-up to the release of Evil Dead Rise (read our review right Here) in 2023, Evil Dead franchise rights holders Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Rob Tapert let it be known that they were already looking forward to producing more entries in the series, with Campbell revealing they were hoping to make a new sequel / spin-off every two or three years. Last year, they proved their commitment to this idea by hiring Sébastien Vaniček, who made his feature directorial debut on the French horror film Vermin, a.k.a. Infested, to write and direct a new installment in the franchise. And now the project has a cast member: Deadline reports that Souheila Yacoub, a Swiss former rhythmic gymnast who won the Miss Suisse Romande beauty pageant before getting her acting career started, has signed on to star in the film. We had previously heard that this movie would be...

Warner Bros. has slated some very high-profile new movies. Time to mark your calendars.

First off, a new entry in the “Evil Dead” franchise will arrive on July 24, 2026, from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. This entry hails from director Sébastien Vaniček, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Florent Bernard. Original “Evil Dead” masterminds Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi are on board as producers, with Souheila Yacoub listed as the only cast member (so far).

Additionally, “Remain,” the latest from M. Night Shyamalan, will hit theaters on Oct. 23, 2026, just in time for Halloween. This project is really interesting, because it was created alongside novelist Nicholas Sparks. The novel version of “Remain,” co-authored by Shyamalan, hits bookstores this October, with the movie a full year from then. The movie version was produced by Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan, Marc Bienstock and Theresa Park. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Phoebe Dynevor and Ashley Walters...

The next installment in the Evil Dead franchise is officially titled Evil Dead Burn, and Warner Bros. has dated the film for theatrical release this afternoon. The wait? One more year.

Evil Dead Burn will release in theaters on July 24, 2026!

Souheila Yacoub will star in Evil Dead Burn, which is being directed by Sébastien Vaniček (Infested). It’s one of Two new Evil Dead movies on the way from WB and New Line!

Ghost House Pictures also recently hired Francis Galluppi (The Last Stop in Yuma County) to write and direct yet another brand new Evil Dead movie, which doesn’t yet have a title.

Sébastien Vaniček co-wrote the screenplay for Evil Dead Burn with Florent Bernard.

“I told the studio that I wanted to make a nasty film, a film that hurts, from which you come away tested,” Vaniček told Konbini, speaking about his Evil Dead project. “I’m...

Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema will release the next installment in the Evil Dead franchise domestically on July 24, 2026. Dune: Part Two actress Souheila Yacoub will star.

New Line Cinema and Sony Pictures are co-financing the sequel after the success of Evil Dead Rise.

Souheila Yacoub

Sébastien Vaniček, who co-wrote the screenplay with Florent Bernard, has been tapped to direct, as we were first to report.

Pic will be produced by longtime franchise producer Rob Tapert and series creator and horror icon Sam Raimi. Romel Adam, Jose Canas, and Lee Cronin will executive produce alongside cult legend “Ash” Bruce Campbell.

New Line will distribute the film domestically through Warner Bros. Pictures on July 24, 2026. Sony will distribute internationally with StudioCanal distributing in the UK and Metropolitan distributing in France.

Evil Dead Rise, which was originally destined to go to HBO Max, was pivoted to a theatrical release in 2023, and minted $147 million worldwide,...

Not so groovy news for fans of The Evil Dead. Nearly three years after its release to critical acclaim, Saber Interactive's asymmetrical survival horror title Evil Dead: The Game is being pulled from Steam, Sony, and other digital storefronts with no reason given behind the removal. The developer confirmed the news on Wednesday, thanking supporters and writing, "Anyone who has purchased the game will still be able to play it as we plan to keep our servers online for everyone.” Since the axing of sales, Bruce Campbell, who reprized his role as Ash Williams for the game, has reacted to the adaptation's end, writing, "Dead end."

Evil Dead: The Game was notable for a few reasons. For Campbell, it marked his first time properly stepping back into the shoes of his Deadite-slaying hero since the end of Ash vs Evil Dead in 2018. It wasn't just him, either, as the...

Fede Álvarez's blood-soaked Evil Dead remake will be available to stream for free starting April 1.

Just over 20 years after Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness landed in theaters, Álvarez helped usher in a new era for the iconic horror franchise with his 2013 reboot, Evil Dead. The film, which lands on Tubi next month,tossed aside the more comedic elements of the prior films in favor of a darker and meaner tone but doesn't forget to include tons of blood and gore, which remains a franchise staple. Álvarez's more sinister reboot proved a success as the film earned $97.5 million at the worldwide box office and was generally well-received at the time, having earned a 63% Rotten Tomatoes score.

The film centers around Mia, a drug addict who heads to a remote cabin in the woods with her brother and a group of friends to help rid herself of the habit. However,...

After the popularity of Evil Dead Rise in 2023, another Evil Dead movie is in the works and there are already a ton of exciting updates about Evil Dead Burn. Debuting in 1981 with the release of The Evil Dead, the legendary horror franchise follows various poor souls as they encounter the Necronomicon, the book of the dead which has the power to summon demon-like deadites that possess the bodies of the living. Though the original film was a gritty masterpiece of terror, the sequels became increasingly silly and deftly mixed black humor with horror.

The original trilogy followed Ash Williams, played by horror icon Bruce Campbell, and was very much carried by the B-movie actor's charisma and wit. However, after the release of 1992's Army of Darkness, the franchise went dormant until 2013's eponymous remake, where the franchise's continuity was somewhat rudderless. Then, Evil Dead Rise took the series in a...

The next entry in the Evil Dead franchise has a new title - and a release window.

Per a December 10 Instagram post from director and co-writer Sébastian Vaniček, the next Evil Dead feature film has officially been given the new working title of Evil Dead Burn. The news was announced with an image of the title page of the film's script, co-written by Florent Bernard, along with a simple "2026" caption from Vaniček.

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Vaniček, who was signed on to direct and co-write Evil Dead Burn following the success of his first feature film, the 2023 French creature feature Infested, has previously opened up about his initial...

Evil Dead fans have plenty to look forward to in the coming years as the franchise based on Sam Raimi's original 1981 film continues to evolve.

French director Sébastien Vaniček recently shared an exciting update on the next planned movie in the franchise, which we now know will be titled Evil Dead Burn. The director shared a photo of the screenplay's title page via his social media account, teasing the next chapter. He and Florent Bernard co-wrote the script.

Previously, Lee Cronin wrote and directed the smash hit 2023 movie Evil Dead Rise, starring Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan as sisters who must combat the Deadites after their kids mistakenly summon them via the infamous Necronomicon, unaware of what the book really entails.

Evil Dead Rise performed very well theatrically, earning more than $147 million and receiving praise from critics. In many ways, Cronin's film felt like a fresh reboot of the long-running franchise,...

Sébastian Vanicek has revealed the next 'Evil Dead' film will hit cinemas in 2026.The French director will helm the next spin-off in the horror franchise created by Sam Raimi, and has now shared that the upcoming movie will be called ‘Evil Dead Burn’ and will be released in two years.Taking to Instagram, the ‘Infested’ filmmaker posted a picture of the script - which credited himself and Florent Bernard as writers - and simply captioned it: “2026 (sic).”‘Evil Dead Burn’ will be the sixth entry in the zombie-horror series, which began in 1981 with Raimi’s ‘The Evil Dead’.The movie - which starred Bruce Campbell as Ashley ‘Ash’ J. Williams - spawned two direct sequels: ‘Evil Dead II’ in 1987 and 1992’s ‘Army of Darkness’.After the franchise went on pause, it continued in 2013 with ‘Evil Dead’, a soft reboot of the series which saw Raimi serve as a...

The next Evil Dead film is now officially called Evil Dead Burn, and it’s heading our way in 2026.

The impressive success in cinemas – and on home formats – of last year’s Evil Dead Rise didn’t just resurrect the Evil Dead cinematic franchise, it made a further film a certainty.

And here comes the confirmation of it.

Evil Dead Burn is set to be the next chapter in the saga, and once again we have a new director stepping in to make it. French director Sebastien Vanicek has landed the job, having made his feature directorial debut with the movie Infested. Vanicek has also co-written the script for the new film along with Florent Bernard.

News of the new film was confirmed by the pair on their Instagram accounts, where they posted a picture of the screenplay’s cover. Fittingly, it looked like it’d been typed with a rickety old typewriter.

Last year’s box office hit Evil Dead Rise, set in the world of Sam Raimi's classic Evil Dead franchise, has paved the way for more deadite-infested films coming in the near future. The gory horror franchise is already gearing up for its next installment, as well as planning for another down the line. Of the two new movies, one is being helmed by Sébastien Vaniček, director of Infested, who announced the title and revealed the release window for his Evil Dead movie in a recent Instagram post.

According to Vaniček's recent Instagram post, the film is titled Evil Dead Burn and is set to plague theaters in 2026. The French director co-wrote the screenplay for the film, which is connected to other projects in the franchise, with Florent Bernard. With his debut film, Infested, offering a great example of his horror prowess, Vaniček is getting into the Evil Dead spirit,...

The next Evil Dead movie's title and release year have been revealed by writer and director Sébastien Vaniček, teasing what horrors await. It was confirmed in February 2024 that Vaniček would serve as director and co-writer to a new movie in the franchise, joined by writer Florent Bernard alongside Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert serving as producers. While it's unclear if the film will take place after the end of Evil Dead Rise, the movie will be expanding on the horror universe with a new story from the two creatives new to the franchise.

Now, Vaniček has taken to Instagram alongside Bernard, where they have shared the cover page for Evil Dead Burn, the next installment in the franchise. His image also comes with a caption, where he confirms the release year as 2026, meaning it will still be over a year until the new movie comes out. However, it does confirm...

In the wake of last year’s box office hit Evil Dead Rise, the franchise is getting set to expand with Two new movies, one of which is being directed by Sébastien Vaniček (Infested).

Taking to Instagram this afternoon, Vaniček has announced that his Evil Dead movie is officially titled Evil Dead Burn, and he teases in the photo’s caption that it’ll be unleashed in 2026.

Based on The Evil Dead by Sam Raimi, Evil Dead Burn is being directed by Sébastien Vaniček, who co-wrote the screenplay with Florent Bernard. Check out the script’s cover page below.

French filmmaker Vaniček is fresh off his feature debut Infested (Vermines), which very much feels like Evil Dead Rise… with spiders. It’s no secret why he landed the gig, to say the least!

“I told the studio that I wanted to make a nasty film, a film that hurts, from which you come away tested,...

Monsters of all kinds have fascinated humanity for millennia, oftentimes as an explanation for some of the world's most confounding ills and sources of fear. From sabertooth tigers painted on cave walls to modern horror movies, humans have memorialized the nightmarish bogeymen that have imprinted themselves on history. Contemporary pop culture is now marked by the latest interpretations of vampires, aliens, werewolves, and demons, all of which have proven impervious to the march of time.

As cinema creeps forward with a revamped interest in the horror genre in the 2020s, it's appropriate to look back on the greatest monster movies of all time. While one could consider any non-human entity a "monster", this list is an attempt at representing some of the most well-known and highly-acclaimed monster movies from several of the most popular horror sub-genres. While each horror subgenre could be broken out into its own list, a la...

Bruce Campbell, who portrays Ash in the Evil Dead series, has explained how the next two movies in the horror franchise will fall into its larger timeline. Following the success of 2023's Evil Dead Rise, it was announced in February 2024 that an Evil Dead spinoff was in production, with Sbastien Vaniek attached as director and co-writer alongside Florent Bernard. Then, in April 2024, it was revealed a second spinoff would also be entering development, written and directed by Francis Galluppi. The plots for both upcoming entries are under wraps.

Speaking with Screen Rant, Campbell teased how the new Evil Dead movies will fit into the larger timeline, explaining that it's not as planned out as something like George Lucas' Star Wars movies were. The actor teased that the franchise is beyond the original cabin and Ash, hinting at the upcoming movies feeling more like their own independent stories set in the same universe.

Stephen King praises Infested for being "scary, gross, well made" in a glowing review on X. Infested received overwhelmingly positive reviews for delivering compelling thrills and developing human characters. The spider-centric horror film has a 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Stephen King offers praise for Infested, a new skin-crawling horror movie with a near-perfect 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes from the critics. Directed by Sbastien Vaniek in his feature debut, with a script he co-wrote with Florent Bernard, the French-language horror film (originally titled Vermines) follows the residents of an apartment building as they battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders. The cast includes Tho Christine (Suprmes), Finnegan Oldfield (Final Cut), Jrme Niel (Smoking Causes Coughing), Sofia Lesaffre (Les Misrables), and Lisa Nyarko.

On X, formerly known as Twitter, King shared a glowing review for Infested, calling it "scary, gross" and "well made." Read his full post below:

Infested (Shudder): Spiders,...

Stars: Theo Christine, Sofia Lesaffre, Jerome Niel, Lisa Nyarko, Finnegan Oldfield, Marie-Philomene Nga, Mahamadou Sangare, Abdallah Moundy, Ike Zacsongo-Joseph, Emmanuel Bonami, Xing Xing Cheng, Samir Nait, Malik Amraoui | Written by Sébastien Vanicek, Florent Bernard | Directed by Sébastien Vanicek

Arachnophobes are in for a bit of a rough time, because streaming platforms and cinemas will be positively crawling with spider-based monster movies before you know it. Well, two, anyway. First up is French spider-thriller Infested (out now on Shudder), with Australian creature feature Sting creeping into cinemas on May 31st.

Also known as Vermines, Infested is the feature debut of French director Sebastien Vanicek. Set in present-day Paris, the film centres on hustler Kaleb (Theo Christine), who shares a flat with his sister Manon (Lisa Nyarko) in a run-down apartment building that’s home to several other multicultural tenants.

When exotic animal enthusiast Kaleb brings home an illegal spider, he names...

A humanist approach to horror shines through in Infested, which delves into layers of social commentary and fear beyond spiders. Arachnophobia and claustrophobia work hand in hand, creating a thrilling ride filled with terror-inducing elements. Infested not only presents spiders as monsters but also sheds light on a more sinister evil lurking within humanity itself.

One of the most common fears people have is arguably that of spiders, and Infested the title alone is enough to make anyone's skin crawl takes full advantage of this. Indeed, Shudder's newest film deftly maintains throughout its runtime that all-too-familiar anxiety of feeling like something is crawling up your arm, thrumming with a steady paranoia as the characters duck around web-covered corners. In this way, it essentially operates as a great survival movie that skates into creature-feature territory, while also weaving in psychological and body horror elements. That said, Infested's most remarkable trait is how,...

One of my favorite horror films of the year thus far, Infested pits an eclectic group of apartment tenants against rapidly reproducing spiders. As thought-provoking as it is palpably horrifying, Infested has now skittered onto Shudder, and I had the pleasure of catching up with director/co-writer Sébastien Vaniček in a video interview to discuss his new movie, including the spider-centric research that went into the making of the film's realistic effects, the movie's exploration of socioeconomic divisions, as well as the excellent performances from the cast, and Sébastien also shared his excitement for his upcoming Evil Dead movie!

Synopsis: "Kaleb is about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over an inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a venomous spider in a shop and brings it back to his apartment. It only takes a...

A new Evil Dead film is in the works with director Francis Galluppi. There are no plot details or casting news yet, but Sam Raimi praises Galluppi's storytelling abilities. Director Sebastien Vanicek is eyeing a 2025 release for his Evil Dead spin-off, which is currently in the early stages.

Earlier this year it was announced that acclaimed director Sbastien Vaniek would be directing the new Evil Dead spin-off, and just a couple of months after that announcement, its been revealed that yet another Evil Dead film is in the works, with Francis Galluppi attached to direct. Galluppi is making his feature film debut with The Last Stop in Yuma County, which releases on May 10, 2024. The new project is from an idea by Galluppi that he brought to Sam Raimi and the team at Ghost House Pictures.

According to Deadline, theres no word yet on any plot details, or who might be...

It’s been a while since we’ve gotten a tried and true, serious-in-tone creature feature, or at least one in which the creature in question is a real-world animal and not a fictitious monster. This sub-genre often finds its roots planted firmly in horror comedy or, intentionally or not, camp. So it’s refreshing that Infested (formerly titled Vermin), Sébastien Vaniček‘s feature directorial debut, takes a deathly serious approach to the material. There’s still plenty of fun to be had with these spiders, but there’s nothing funny about them.

30-year-old Kaleb (Théo Christine) is a small-time grifter with a passion for small critters. His hopes of opening a reptile zoo with his friend Jordy (Finnegan Oldfield) were squashed years ago when an argument drove the two friends apart. Kaleb makes up for his lost dream by lining the walls of his room with vivariums filled with creepy-crawlies.

Stars: Théo Christine, Lisa Nykaro, Finnegan Oldfield, Sofia Lesaffre | Written by Sébastien Vanicek, Florent Bernard | Directed by Sébastien Vanicek

It was only a couple of weeks ago that Sting was pitting an oversized spider against the inhabitants of an NYC apartment building. Now we have Infested, which pits the inhabitants of a French housing project against a horde of arachnids. Arachnids that the prologue implies are both deadly and in demand.

One of the people that demand comes from is Kaleb. He’s a young man trying to make a living hustling sneakers and whatever else he can make a quick profit from. It’s not exactly a thriving business, and he’s stuck living with his sister Manon in the rundown apartment they inherited from their mother. Adding to his unhappiness is a falling out with his long time friend Jordy.

To cheer himself up, he decides to make...

In an odd quirk of distribution timing, this month has seen the arrival of no less than two imported, semi-comedic thrillers featuring decrepit apartment building invaded by giant spiders. Already playing U.S. theaters is the Australian “Sting,” which is fun, if formulaic. In a whole other class, however, is French “Infested,” a first feature by director Sebastien Vanicek following several impressive shorts. An instant minor genre classic, it is fun and then some — a conceptually unremarkable but resourceful, energetic, stylish and good-humored creature feature with above-average human character interest.

That achievement has been duly noted: Intended as a streaming premiere, “Vermines” (the original title) pleased its producer such that he apparently insisted on a home-turf theatrical release, despite the long delay that imposes on its launch in other formats under French law. It’s seen big-screen release in numerous nations since late last year, though in the U.S.

Director Sébastien Vaniček has been set to helm the next Evil Dead movie, but up first from the filmmaker is the creepy crawly spider horror movie Infested. An exclusive new clip gives a discomfiting closer look at the spider terror, and it’ll make you intensely afraid of all bathroom drains and fixtures.

Infested will induce a new wave of arachnophobia this week; the spider horror film arrives on Shudder on April 26, 2024.

If you’re brave enough to face your fears, watch the new clip below to get a feel for the unrelenting wave of spiders that the characters (and the audience) will face in the film.

In the film, “An underprivileged suburb has been thrown into chaos following an invasion of venomous spiders. Ordered to be placed in quarantine, the project sees inhabitants living on lockdown alongside terrifying spiders that are becoming bigger and bigger.

“The story revolves around Kaleb,...

For movies about killer spiders, the things that are generally of primary concern are the size and the volume of the spiders. With that in mind, connoisseurs of this horror subgenre should be pleased to find that Sébastien Vaniček’s feature-length debut, Infested, delivers on both of those fronts. While the spiders here, a highly poisonous and aggressive desert species, may initially emerge at a deceptively normal size, they gradually balloon to larger proportions as they overwhelm an apartment block in a French banlieue. They’re also a rapidly reproducing breed, to the point where their offspring and their offspring’s offspring are eventually scampering all over the building’s walls, ceilings, air ducts, and residents.

In expected creature-feature form, Infested is quick to explain how these deadly arachnids made their journey to an unfamiliar urban environment. Following a frenzied opening in a patch of Middle Eastern desert where three...

Sébastien Vaniek says they're still "in the early process of the writing," regarding the Evil Dead spin-off. Consequently, the filmmaker can't say if the upcoming Evil Dead entry will connect to other movies in the horror franchise. Vaniek promises the Evil Dead spin-off will be "a nasty film," which could potentially drop in theaters for Halloween 2025.

Mommy might be with the maggots in Evil Dead Rise, but Sébastien Vaniček won’t deny or confirm if his upcoming Evil Dead spin-off will be connected to any of the other movies in the horror franchise. Certainly, Vaniček could be keeping certain details under wraps to avoid divulging spoilers. But the truth is that he and his collaborator (Florent Bernard) "are in the early process of the writing." So, there's not an answer to that question at this time, according to Vaniček. The filmmaker addressed the inquiry while promoting the premiere of Infested,...

A new Evil Dead movie is currently in the works, but the project, described as a "spinoff," is still shrouded in mystery. It remains unclear how the new film might connect to the previous movies and TV series, and director Sébastien Vaniček has suggested that all of those details are still being sorted out.

Per Screen Rant, Vaniček shared an update on the screenplay that the filmmaker is co-writing with Florent Bernard. He confirmed that the story is still in its early stages, and while there are a lot of ideas being brought to the table, nothing is set in stone at this time. He compared the script's current status to a sandbox, suggesting there's a lot for him to work with creatively but nothing has been established just yet.

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Director Sébastien Vaniek has a cautious response about his new Evil Dead movie connecting to past installments. The most recent movie installments have taken more standalone approaches to the franchise, allowing for fresh stories and characters to shine and expand the universe. Vaniek's best path may be to follow in Evil Dead Rise's footsteps and avoid any direct connections to the previous movies, instead offering subtle Easter eggs and nods to hint at other such characters as Bruce Campbell's Ash.

With the past two movies taking a separate approach to keeping the franchise alive, director Sébastien Vaniček is careful about addressing whether the new Evil Dead movie will connect to previous installments. The French filmmaker, who recently made his feature directorial debut with the spider-focused horror movie Infested (titled Vermins in France), was announced as the next helmer of the Sam Raimi franchise in February 2024, nearly a year after Rise broke multiple records.

Spiders can be scary, but it’s our reaction to them that’s traumatic.

The jolt of panic you feel when a tickle just hits wrong is a hard-wired evolutionary response that’s been explored in horror for decades. Humans developed the “Holy shit, get it off me!” feeling as a protection against the pests we can’t always see. And while hobbyists claim arachnids are misunderstood — playing a critical role opposite insects — the bone-deep distaste we have for spiders has cast as antagonists since the dawn of film. From “Tarantula!” and “Arachnophobia” to “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” if something is on eight legs and in a movie, you know what comes next.

Directed by Sébastien Vaniček, and co-written by the French filmmaker and Florent Bernard, “Infested” premiered to buzzy acclaim at 2023 Venice Film Festival, got more flowers at Fantastic Fest, and screened again at The Overlook...

Before he directs the new Evil Dead spinoff (as previously reported by Deadline), filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček is delivering spider-centric scares to the screen with his new movie Infested, and we have a look at the trailer ahead of its April 26th streaming release on Shudder.

Director: Sébastien Vaniček

Screenwriters: Florent Bernard, Sébastien Vaniček

Cast: Théo Christine, Finnegan Oldfield, Jérôme Niel, Sofia Lesaffre and Lisa Nyarko

Producer: Harry Tordjman

Cinematographer: Alexandre Jamin

Editor: Thomas Fernandez, Nassim Gordji Tehrani

Composer: Xavier Caux, Douglas Cavanna

Languages: French

Country of Origin: France, United States

Running Time: 106 minutes

Synopsis: "Kaleb is about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over an inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a venomous spider in a shop and brings it back to his apartment. It only takes a moment for the spider to escape and reproduce,...

Director Sébastien Vanicek’s debut feature Infested, a spider-filled French thriller that was formerly known as Vermin, won’t be released through the Shudder streaming service until April 26th, but it has already proved to be impressive enough to those who have already seen it (like Sam Raimi) that it landed Vanicek the job of directing the next Evil Dead movie. In anticipation of the Shudder release, a trailer for Infested has made its way online, and you can check it out in the embed above.

Shudder will be streaming the film in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Scripted by Vanicek and Florent Bernard, Infested has the following synopsis: Kaleb is about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over a matter of inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a...

Sébastien Vaniček has been hired to direct the next installment in the Evil Dead film franchise, but first we need to experience the film that landed him the hot directing gig in the first place. It’s a spider horror movie titled Infested (Vermines), and the nightmarish trailer is here.

Look for Infested to hit Shudder on April 26, 2024.

Watch the creepy, crawly trailer for Infested below, which looks a bit like Evil Dead Rise… with spiders. It’s already easy to see why Vaniček was chosen to direct an Evil Dead movie!

In the horror film, “Kaleb is about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over an inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a venomous spider in a shop and brings it back to his apartment. It only takes a moment for the spider to escape and reproduce,...

Director Sébastien Vaniček has been set to helm the next Evil Dead movie, but up first from the filmmaker is the creepy crawly spider horror movie Infested. New images give a closer look at the arachnophobia-inducing terror ahead.

Look for Infested to arrive on Shudder on April 26, 2024.

Check out the new images below, giving a closer look at the characters and the spiders that have laid siege to their building.

In the film, “An underprivileged suburb has been thrown into chaos following an invasion of venomous spiders. Ordered to be placed in quarantine, the project sees inhabitants living on lockdown alongside terrifying spiders that are becoming bigger and bigger.

“The story revolves around Kaleb, who’s about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over a matter of inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend.

“Passionate about exotic animals, he comes home...

In the build-up to the release of Evil Dead Rise (read our review right Here) last year, Evil Dead franchise rights holders Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Rob Tapert let it be known that they were already looking forward to producing more entries in the series, with Campbell revealing they were hoping to make a new sequel / spin-off every two or three years. It looks like they’re on track to do just that, as earlier this week it was announced that Sébastien Vaniček – who just made his feature directorial debut on the French horror film Vermin, a.k.a. Infested – has been hired to direct the next Evil Dead movie. Since Vermin happens to be nominated in two categories at this year’s César Awards, the website Konbini was able to catch up with Vaniček at a nominees’ dinner, and while talking with him they learned that he has...

Following a fully online 2021 event, a hybrid 2022 and last year’s 2023 comeback edition that saw most European distributors still struggling to stay afloat in a barely post-pandemic world, this year’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris was a “typical” market. And in 2024, typical is great.

“We haven’t had a typical market in four years. Everyone was back,” enthused Gilles Renouard, head of cinema for Rendez-Vous organiser Unifrance.

“Buyers are definitely more future-oriented,” he continued. “Last year, they were scared to buy films for theatrical release, but now they are confident in films that can work in their territories...

In his review out of Fantastic Fest last year, Bloody Disgusting’s Trace Thurman raved that Infested (aka Vermines) is “one of the best spider attack movies in years,” noting in his 4-star review that the creature feature uses practical spiders – Real Spiders – as much as possible. The film has been acquired for U.S. release by Shudder, but we don’t yet have a date.

In the meantime, a brand new French teaser trailer for Infested has arrived this week, and trust us when we say it’s as creepy crawly as you’re probably afraid this one is going to be.

Sébastien Vaniček directed the upcoming Infested, which is set in the French projects.

In the film, “An underprivileged suburb has been thrown into chaos following an invasion of venomous spiders. Ordered to be placed in quarantine, the project sees inhabitants living on lockdown alongside terrifying spiders that are becoming bigger and bigger.

Pair of comedies headline TF1-owned company’s 2024 French-language slate

Newen Connect is heading to Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous with two French-language ensemble comedies, Family Therapy and Start Me Up.

Family Therapy is the fourth feature from Arnaud Lemort. and follows a man with severe anxiety whose therapist decides he cannot stand him, kicks him out of his practice and challenges him to find the woman of his dreams Christian Clavier and Baptiste Lecaplain star with Claire Chust, Cristiana Réali and Rayane Bensetti.

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Line-up includes ’Meet The Leroys’ starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and José Garcia.

Newen Connect has added a trio of star-powered French comedies – Meet The Leroys, Here & There and Karaoké – to its slate and the TF1-owned company will kick off sales for the new films at AFM.

Meet The Leroys is written and directed by International Emmy-nominated Florent Bernard (Le Flambeau) and stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and José Garcia in a story of a man facing divorce who attempts to rekindle his wife’s affections by taking her and their teenage children on a road trip down memory lane.

The film is...

Snakes ‘n spiders: the two cornerstone big daddies of zoophobic horror. Sure, sharks are classic and rats have had their cinematic moments, but where would the genre be without eight-legged freaks and their slithering, limbless reptile brethren? People tend to fall into two categories – arachnophobic and ophidiophobic – but even if snakes give you the willies, director Sébastien Vaniček’s debut feature will leave you yearning for their cold-blooded embrace after you meet his army of creepy-crawly web-spinners.

Kaleb (Théo Christine) makes ends meet selling sneakers to the denizens of his low-income apartment block. A lover of reptiles, amphibians, and insects, Kaleb can’t resist when he comes across a mysterious spider for sale in a friend’s shop. After taking his new little friend home and placing her in a shoe box, the spider almost immediately escapes and quickly begins laying eggs in the walls and air vents of the building.