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Six new horror movies already released at home this past Tuesday, and they’re being joined by six more today including the theatrical release of hotly anticipated sequel M3GAN 2.0.

Here’s all the new horror that released on Friday, June 27, 2025!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Blumhouse’s modern horror icon M3GAN is back in the action-packed sequel M3GAN 2.0, which promises to be bigger, badder and bloodier. It’s now playing in theaters nationwide.

Director Gerard Johnstone and writer Akela Cooper are back for the follow-up to their 2023 film along with producers James Wan of Atomic Monster and Jason Blum of Blumhouse.

Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Amie Donald, and Jenna Davis star alongside Ivanna Sakhno, Aristotle Athari, Timm Sharp, and Jemaine Clement.

Two years after M3GAN, a marvel of artificial intelligence, went rogue and embarked on...

Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later is now playing in theaters and M3GAN 2.0 is joining it on the big screen this coming Friday, but sandwiched in between those two major studio releases are a handful of new horror movies this week. Beginning with Six of them today alone.

Here’s all the new horror that released on Tuesday, June 24, 2025!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Melding cat-and-mouse horror with medical thrillers, Pins and Needles hit VOD today.

In Pins and Needles, “What should have been an uneventful ride back to campus unexpectedly becomes a nightmare as Max, a diabetic biology grad student, is entrapped in a diabolical new-age wellness experiment. And her insulin supply is dwindling…

“Max is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse where she must escape at all costs or risk becoming the next test subject to extend...

Giancarlo Esposito and Michelle Dockery are having a good old-fashioned stand-off in an exclusive to Collider sneak peek of Please Don’t Feed the Children. Slated for its Tubi premiere on Friday, June 27, the movie serves as Destry Allyn Spielberg’s feature-length directorial debut — and what a nail-biter to ride in on. Set in a dystopian future where adults become the primary victims of a deadly outbreak, a group of surviving orphans race against time to ensure their survival. Along the way, they find themselves seeking shelter in a mansion owned by a mysterious woman (Dockery). After a bit of back and forth, she takes them in, but things quickly take a turn for the sinister when she drugs the kids and holds them hostage.

Our exclusive sneak peek picks up well into the film, when Esposito’s character shows up on the doorstep of Clara’s (Dockery) home. From what we can gather,...

British filmmaker James Bobin (“Percy Jackson and the Olympians”) is in talks to direct the live action adaptation of 80’s video game classic “Dragon’s Lair” for Netflix.

Ryan Reynolds is attached to produce and star as main character Dirk the Daring.

The streamer closed a deal to acquire the rights to the laser game back in 2020. Roy Lee will produce “Dragon’s Lair” via his Vertigo Entertainment banner with Trevor Engelson of Underground Entertainment. The game’s original designer Don Bluth, along with Gary Goldman and Jon Pomeroy are also producing. Reynolds will produce via his Maximum Effort banner.

Screenwriters Dan and Kevin Hageman, who received story credit on “The Lego Movie” and most recently wrote “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” will write the screenplay.

The story centers on Dirk the Daring, a knight of the kingdom, who was entrusted with the rescue of Princess Daphne from the wizard...

Destry Allyn Spielberg, a daughter of Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, has made her feature directorial debut with the horror film Please Don’t Feed the Children, and we recently learned that the Tubi streaming service has picked up the distribution rights to the film in the United States and Canada. Please Don’t Feed the Children is expected to start streaming on June 27th. With that date right around the corner, a trailer for the film has now dropped online, and you can check it out in the embed above.

Scripted by Paul Bertino, the film is set in a not-so-distant future and has the following synopsis: After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life… only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.

The cast includes Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey...

Don’t run. Don’t scream. Don’t break the rules. And, whatever you do, Please Don’t Feed the Children.

The post-apocalyptic horror thriller premieres June 27 on Tubi. Watch the trailer below.

Destry Allyn Spielberg, the daughter of Steven Spielberg, makes her feature directorial debut from a script by Paul Bertino.

Set in a not-so-distant future where society contends with a pervasive virus that afflicts the entire adult population, a group of orphans flees in search of a new life, only to be taken hostage by a woman hiding a sinister secret.

Michelle Dockery (“Downton Abbey”), Zoe Colletti (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), Andrew Liner (“Vampire Academy”), Dean Scott Vazquez (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts), Regan Aliyah, Emma Meisel (“American Horror Story”), Joshuah Melnick (“Saint X”), former NFL tight end Vernon Davis, and Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking Bad”) star.

Please Don’t Feed the Children is produced by is produced by Perry Street Film,...

Scream Factory is releasing limited edition SteelBook 4K Uhd + Blu-ray editions of RoboCop 2, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Prince of Darkness, and Ghosts of Mars exclusively through Amazon.

RoboCop 2 will be released on July 15.

The 1990 sci-fi action sequel is directed by Irvin Kershner (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back) and written by comic book legend Frank Miller (The Dark Knight Returns) and Walon Green (Eraser).

Peter Weller returns to star with Nancy Allen, Dan O’Herlihy, Tom Noonan, Belinda Bauer, and Gabriel Damon.

Disc 1 – 4K Uhd:

4K Scan From The Original Camera Negative In Dolby Vision (Hdr-10 Compatible) Audio: DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1 Surround & 2.0 Stereo Audio Commentary With Author/CG Supervisor Paul M. Sammon Audio Commentary With The Makers Of “RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop” Documentary – Gary Smart, Chris Griffiths And Eastwood Allen

Disc 2 – Blu-ray:

4K Scan From The Original Camera Negative Audio: DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1 Surround & 2.0 Stereo Audio...

Destry Allyn Spielberg makes her feature directorial debut later this month with Please Don’t Feed The Children, a post-apocalyptic horror thriller set to premiere exclusively on Tubi from 27 June. Led by Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery in a chilling departure from her usual roles, the film places a grim lens on survival, morality and the dangers that arise in a lawless world where grown-ups have all but vanished.

Set in a near-future United States ravaged by a viral outbreak that has decimated the adult population, Please Don’t Feed The Children follows a group of orphaned children who journey southward in search of safety. What they find instead is a secluded house and a woman whose initial kindness belies a terrifying agenda. Dockery plays the adult in question, a woman with her own secrets, whose hospitality soon warps into a deadly standoff. As the young survivors navigate their new surroundings, tensions...

Destry Allyn Spielberg, a daughter of Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, has made her feature directorial debut with the horror film Please Don’t Feed the Children, and Deadline reports that the Tubi streaming service has picked up the distribution rights to the film in the United States and Canada! Please Don’t Feed the Children is expected to start streaming on June 27th.

Scripted by Paul Bertino, the film is set in a not-so-distant future and has the following synopsis: After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life… only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.

The cast includes Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Zoe Colletti (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Vernon Davis (The Ritual Killer), Regan Aliyah (Xo Kitty), Joshuah Melnick (Saint X), Emma Meisel...

Destry Allyn Spielberg, the daughter of Steven Spielberg, makes her feature directorial debut with post-apocalyptic horror movie Please Don’t Feed the Children, and Deadline reports this morning that the upcoming movie has been acquired for release by streamer Tubi.

Please Don’t Feed the Children will launch June 27 exclusively on Tubi.

“We cannot wait to premiere Please Don’t Feed The Children on Tubi and introduce viewers to Destry’s incredible work as a first-time filmmaker,” said Tubi SVP, Content Acquisitions & Partnerships Samuel Harowitz. “Featuring a captivating young cast, relentless suspense and Michelle Dockery as a sinister antagonist, horror-thriller fans are in for a chilling experience. We’re grateful that Destry and Paul [Bertino] chose Tubi as the best home to showcase this unique film, and we are excited to bring their vision to Tubi audiences.”

In Please Don’t Feed the Children, “after a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a...

Exclusive: Tim Rozon (Schitt’s Creek), Colton Gobbo (Ginny & Georgia), and Jim Belushi (According to Jim) are set to topline Karate Ghost, a new martial arts comedy from director James Mark that has just recently entered production in Toronto.

Set in a town ruled by absurd karate law, the film watches as a lonely teen forms an unlikely bond with the ghost of his late father’s favorite action hero. What begins as a haunted mentorship quickly escalates into a fight for identity, legacy, and redemption. Rozon leads the cast as Johnny Maim, a washed-up ’90s action star who died tragically mid-stunt now trapped in the afterlife and hungry for one last shot at glory, with Gobbo playing grieving 15-year-old Bobby Brody.

The film is the latest for mark on the heels of films including sci-fi actioner Fight Another Day, sci-fi thriller Control, sci-fi actioner Enhanced, actioner On the Ropes, and sci-fi actioner Kill Order.

Melding cat-and-mouse horror with medical thrillers, Pins and Needles arrives on VOD June 24 from Filmhub.

Check out the trailer for the Canadian film below.

What should have been an uneventful ride back to campus unexpectedly becomes a nightmare as Max, a diabetic biology grad student, is entrapped in a diabolical new-age wellness experiment. With her insulin supply dwindling, Max is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse where she must escape at all costs or risk becoming the next test subject to extend the lives of the rich and privileged.

Vicious Fun writer James Villeneuve makes his feature directorial debut from his own script.

Chelsea Clark (“Ginnie & Georgia”), Ryan McDonald (“Fringe”), Kate Corbett (“Fargo”), Daniel Gravelle (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), and Damian Romeo (Fear Street: Prom Queen) star.

Vortex Media produces in association with Super Channel, which debuted the film on its Fuse network in Canada last November.

Guillermo del Toro is known for creating some of the best and unique works of dark fantasy we've ever seen, and he's at it again with a new Netflix series that's based on a collection of "little stories" he wrote with author Chuck Hogan. Known as The Boy in the Iron Box, there are six novellas in total in the saga, which were published through Amazon's Original Stories initiative last year, and have now been optioned by Netflix.

Per What's on Netflix, the streaming giant is hoping to bring del Toro and Hogan's work to life, as the duo have found success with other shows such as FX's The Strain, which was based on a series of books they previously collaborated on. Everything is still in the very early stages of development, so no promises are being made at this point, but we do know that The Boy...

2025 is already shaping up to be yet another big year for Stephen King fans. With Osgood Perkins' "The Monkey" having come out back in February, the remaining months are paved with big screen adaptations of "The Life of Chuck" and "The Running Man," in addition to a television series based on "The Institute." In case that wasn't enough, it seems especially fitting that "The Long Walk, one of King's bleakest stories, is finally set to hit theaters in September from director Francis Lawrence and "Strange Darling" screenwriter Jt Mollner. Marathons will never be seen the same way again.

The harrowing premise of "The Long Walk" envisions a dystopian future in which a group of young boys volunteer for the titular event in which the winner gets to make a wish of their choosing from an ominous figure known as the Major (Mark Hamill). All they have to do is walk,...

After spending years (and years) in development hell, one of Stephen King's earliest and most brutal novels is finally coming to the big screen — and we have proof! Lionsgate has released the first trailer for "The Long Walk," which hits theaters this fall. While King isn't one to pull punches, this is one of his most unflinchingly brutal works, with young men walking to their deaths while the last one standing wins a prize in a post-apocalyptic, grim vision of the future. Check it out for yourself above.

"The Long Walk" is very much akin to King's "Hunger Games," albeit without any YA flair. This is nitty, gritty, and very much R-rated. It perhaps makes sense that Francis Lawrence, known best for his work on "The Hunger Games" movies, is in the director's chair for this one. Lionsgate isn't giving us much by way of the plot, with the...

Cooper Hoffman is getting his thriller film debut thanks to two Hollywood staples, Stephen King and Francis Lawrence. “Licorice Pizza” breakout star Hoffman leads the long-awaited film adaptation of King’s first-written novel “The Long Walk,” which he published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Lawrence of “The Hunger Games” fame directs the feature.

The film centers on a contest in a dystopian America where 100 young men have to walk without stopping; if they pause for too long to rest, they’re killed on the spot. David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, and Josh Hamilton play Hoffman’s fellow contestants. Judy Greer and Mark Hamill co-star.

Jt Mollner adapted King’s book, which was originally written in 1979. The film adaptation for “The Long Walk” has been in the works for more than 40 years: George Romero first tried to bring the...

Released back on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One way back in 2018, Bendy and the Ink Machine will be getting a current-gen update from Joey Drew Studios and Silver Lining Interactive. The horror will arrive later this year digitally for both consoles, with an additional physical release for the PlayStation 5 that you can pre-order now.

Arriving Q2 2025, the current-gen version provides newcomers (and returning players) a chance to return to the atmospheric puzzle action horror title, as you explore the abandoned animation workshop of Joey Drew Studios. Once the lead animator during the studio’s golden age, Henry thought his days drawing cartoons were long behind him. However, decades later, a cryptic invitation pulls him back to the studio, and into a twisted world of living ink, broken memories, and something that should’ve stayed forgotten.

As for the physical release for the PlayStation 5, it includes a download code for the...

There’s nothing worse than inheriting an old farmhouse and realizing that there’s a hidden secret awaiting your arrival: a living scarecrow. At least that’s the scenario in the upcoming killer scarecrow movie Field Of Screams, written and directed by Alix Moad and Evan Runkle.

In the film:

Following the death of his grandfather, Allen Crowe inherits an old farmhouse. When he and his friends arrive, they expect to find time-worn tchotchkes and family memories. What they don’t expect to find is a living scarecrow named Billy.

It’s exciting to get another entry in the limited killer scarecrow pantheon. Other classics in the subgenre include Dark Night of the Scarecrow, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, and Night of the Scarecrow. Plus there’s that one scene from Pearl…

J. Jordan Parsons, Jared Chandler, Randy Rochford, Savanna Steinhoff, Calvin T. Shepherd, Charlize Delenn, Justin Heinz,...

The highly-anticipated reboot of Resident Evil from Barbarian director Zach Cregger may have its lead actor, and he's already well-versed in the realm of zombies and horror. Deadline reports that Austin Abrams is in early talks to join the Resident Evil cast. No word on what role he'll be playing, if it will be an established character in the franchise or a new invention from Cregger and co-screenwriter Shay Hatten.

In addition to appearing in Wolfs with Brad Pitt and George Clooney and starring in Euphoria as Ethan Lewis, Abrams played Ron Anderson in nine episodes of The Walking Dead's fifth and sixth seasons. The complex young character became an antagonist for Rick Grimes and his gang during their time in the Alexandria Safe Zone. Abrams also appeared in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, so his horror credits are already robust.

Plot details surrounding the new Resident Evil movie,...

Zach Cregger is planning to start shooting his Resident Evil reboot this summer in Europe, and he’s considering Austin Abrams of Euphoria as a potential star. The actor is said to be in early talks to lead the reboot, and this would be something of a reunion as Abrams is part of the cast of Weapons, Cregger’s highly anticipated follow-up to Barbarian.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is said to have “elements of a wilderness survival thriller.” Cregger co-wrote the script with Shay Hatten (John Wick: Chapter 4). In a statement, Cregger said, “I’ve been a rabid fan of these games for decades and to be able to bring this amazing title to life is a true honor.” The Resident Evil reboot has already been slated for a September 18, 2026 release.

In addition to Euphoria, Abrams is known for his work on The Walking Dead,...

Resident Evil is getting rebooted by Barbarian helmer Zach Cregger. With no connection to the previous movies (and Netflix series), the new reboot is set to hit theaters next year.

Per THR, the first cast member for the movie may have been found. Austin Abrams is reportedly eyed to star in the movie, which would reunite him with Cregger. Abrams is one of the stars of the upcoming film Weapons, Cregger's follow-up to the acclaimed horror movie Barbarian. Abrams has yet to officially sign on, so it's not a lock just yet.

Abrams recently appeared in the Apple TV movie Wolfs with George Clooney and Brad Pitt. To fans of The Walking Dead, he can be recognized for his role as Ron Anderson, the character who shoots Carl (Chandler Riggs) in the eye in Season 6 before he gets devoured by zombies. Abrams is also known for his role as Ethan Daley...

In 2010, I was probably really sad. I’m okay now (promise), but as a closeted kid firmly in the throes of high school, life wasn’t easy. Luckily, I’d started working and had enough month-to-month to support not only my physical Netflix subscription, but the new, fancy streaming option, too. It’s easy to forget, but 2010 Netflix streaming wasn’t anything like it is now. Options were scarce, though in terms of finding myself in horror, there was enough between the two subscriptions to introduce me to an entirely new world of genre voices I’d never encountered before.

I certainly hope your 2010 was better, but whether it was good, bad, or a bonafide nightmare, here are some of the best of what 2010 horror had to offer you’ve likely forgotten about. Even better? They’re all currently streaming online.

Trollhunter (dir. Andre Øvredal)

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Horror fans undoubtedly know André Øvredal.

On March 15, a horror film is leaving Netflix that fright fans should scramble to see — just not alone, as Stephen King warns. The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a highly unusual shocker about a mysterious corpse that causes problems for a pair of father-son coroners. Their postmortem produces baffling clues to her origins that they will have to make sense of before her curse can take over their lives.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter director André Øvredal tackled this startlingly original story that Stephen King compared favorably with Alien and the early work of body horror king David Cronenberg. The gruesome autopsy triggers a series of supernatural events, while also provoking a painful dissection of the coroners' personal history. Excellent FX complements equally great performances, the best of which is delivered by the eerily lively Jane Doe herself.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe Gives New Meaning to the Term...

Thar she blows! Spontaneous and No One Will Save You director Brian Duffield is dropping anchor on Whalefall, a unique undersea thriller with Wolfs actor Austin Abrams in the lead role. After scouring the depths of the audition pool for the right actor to dive into the tale, Abrams emerged as the top choice to topline the film based on the Daniel Krauss novel. The ambitious project lands with 20th Century, with Duffield co-writing the script alongside Krauss.

Deadline describes Whalefall as The Martian meets 127 Hours. The scientifically-accurate story focuses on a scuba diver searching for his deceased father’s remains, only to get swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale with only one hour to escape before oxygen runs out. While struggling to survive, the young diver discovers a new reason to live in the most unlikely place.

Here’s a synopsis for Krauss’s novel courtesy of Amazon:...

Armed with one of the wildest concepts we’ve come across in recent years, Daniel Kraus’ novel Whalefall is sure to make for one hell of a must-watch movie, and Deadline reports today that the movie adaptation has found its lead star in Austin Abrams (Wolfs).

Brian Duffield (Love and Monsters, No One Will Save You) is directing the 20th Century Studios movie adaptation of Kraus’ novel, with Duffield and Kraus co-writing the script.

The book is described as The Martian meets 127 Hours.

The storyline follows “a scuba diver in search of his deceased father’s remains who gets swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. It’s a tale about a young man who has given up on life — only to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places.”

Brian Grazer,...

Exclusive: Stars Collective and Thailand’s Film Odyssey Co. Ltd will finance and produce an untitled Muay Thai action film trilogy (currently referred to as Muay Thai Trilogy) which will feature Thai martial arts star Tony Jaa. Jaa has appeared in Furious 7 (playing the role of Kiet), Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy and Triple Threat.

Stars Collective will finance and produce the trilogy as a China-Thailand co-production, with the films shooting in Thailand and China.

Yuthlert Sippapak (Friday Killer) will direct all three of the “Muay Thai Trilogy” movies. Sippapak is the founder of production outfit Film Odyssey and will produce the movies alongside Stars Collective founder Peter Luo and co-ceo Nancy Xu. Luo was the producer of Malignant and Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark, among others. Jaa is also attached as an executive producer.

Incorporating Thai history and culture, the trilogy of films follows a...

Stars: Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Chris Walley, Jon Jon Briones, Stefan Kapicic, Martin Furulund, Nikolai Nikolaeff, Javier Botet | Written by Bragi F. Schut, Zak Olkewicz | Directed by André Øvredal

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a chilling horror film that delivers a uniquely atmospheric take on the classic Dracula mythos. Directed by André Øvredal, the movie adapts a single chapter from Bram Stoker’s Dracula—the doomed voyage of the Demeter, a Russian schooner transporting a mysterious cargo from Carpathia to England. This narrative decision to focus on a small portion of the novel allows the film to dive deep into the slow-building dread and claustrophobia of being trapped at sea with an unspeakable horror.

The film begins with the Demeter’s crew discovering that they have been tasked with transporting a set of crates, each filled with soil from Transylvania. They are unaware that...

Over the last 15 years, director André Øvredal has brought us the likes of Troll Hunter, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Mortal, and The Last Voyage of the Demeter. He missed out on the Stephen King / Richard Bachman adaptation The Long Walk and has said that not making that movie is one of the big regrets of his life… but he’s not letting that missed opportunity slow him down. Deadline reports that Øvredal is teaming up with Paramount and Walter Hamada’s 18hz on a new horror project – and while we don’t know the title yet, we do know that the the film’s cast includes Oscar winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys: Ride or Die), and Lou Llobell (Foundation)!

Melissa Leo, Jacob Scipio & Lou Llobell Join André Øvredal's Paramount Horror Pic https://t.co/AOC6qqn5Sl

— Deadline...

The cast is shaping up for Paramount’s untitled horror movie from The Autopsy of Jane Doe director André Øvredal.

Deadline reports that Oscar winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys for Life), and Lou Llobell (“Foundation”) have boarded the project.

The screenplay is written by Zachary Donohue (The Den) and T.W. Burgess (Mister Howl), but plot details are being kept under wraps.

Former Warner Bros production executive Walter Hamada, who steered the Conjuring and It franchises, is producing via his 18hz as part of his first-look deal with Paramount. It screenwriter Gary Dauberman is also producing via Coin Operated.

Øvredal earned intentional attention with his Norwegian found footage mockumentary Trollhunter before making his English-language debut with The Autopsy of Jane Doe. He has since helmed the likes of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and The Last Voyage of the Demeter.

Following the untitled Paramount project,...

Exclusive: Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Jacob Scipio and Lou Llobell are boarding André Øvredal’s untitled horror movie for Paramount and Walter Hamada’s 18hz.

Former Warner Bros production executive Hamada is producing the pic via his production company as part of his first-look deal with Paramount, alongside It screenwriter Gary Dauberman via Coin Operated. The screenplay is written by Zachary Donohue and T.W. Burgess; the plot, of course, is under wraps. Nathan Samdahl of 18hz will executive produce. Hamada is also producing Primate, which is in post-production, at Paramount.

Leo won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2011 for Paramount’s David O. Russell-directed The Fighter. She’s starred in such movies as Frozen River, on which she received an Oscar nom for Best Actress, and Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners, The Equalizer franchise, Oliver Stone’s Snowden and the HBO series I Know This Much Is True. She is repped by Gersh.

While we wait for Orphan 3, which was officially announced last November, franchise star Isabelle Fuhrman has set up her next project. Fuhrman will star in the thriller Die by Night.

Variety details this afternoon that Ben Hardy and Scoot McNairy will also star in the dystopian movie.

The outlet also reports, “The feature is being launched by Protagonist Pictures ahead of the upcoming EFM in Berlin. Protagonist is handling international sales while UTA Independent Film Group is representing North American rights.”

Die by Night is set over the course of one night in a world where “the only way to survive to see a new day is to trust each other and stay in the light until you make it to The Wall.”

Creatures known as The Horde hunt down surviving humans in the dark in the film’s post-apocalyptic world, where long stretches of darkness plunge the world into chaos.

Netflix has revealed new details for Guillermo del Toro's next film, Frankenstein, including a brand-new photo that gives us a first look at the mad scientist himself, played by Oscar Isaac. The image, which can be viewed below, depicts the doctor standing before an assembly of some kind while holding out a vial. Isaac has a crazed look in his eyes in the new image, evoking the character's one-track mind toward progress and discovery that he finds himself at the beginning of the story, leading up to the creation of the creature at the center of the book.

At the Next on Netflix event on Wednesday, it was revealed that Frankenstein would be released in November, and del Toro talked about how much this project has meant to him over the years. In fact, he would go so far as to say that the film is one he has...

Since his directorial debut over two decades ago, André Øvredal has steadily built an impressive filmography, mostly working within the horror genre. After his first feature film, Future Murder, in 2000, the Norwegian filmmaker built a name for himself over a decade later, eventually directing popular films like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and The Last Voyage of the Demeter, with the latter hoping to find a place among the best Dracula movies of all time.

Despite working his way up to Hollywood productions, Øvredal is not yet a household name, but the signs of him becoming one are there, especially with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2 in the works. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is by far his most famous film, earning over $104 million worldwide when it was released in 2019 (via Box Office Mojo), and the sequel has the potential to earn even more.

Ten years ago, writer/director Jason Krawczyk brought the world the horror comedy He Never Died, which introduced viewers to a badass immortal character named Jack (played by Henry Rollins), who had been around for thousands of years. The follow-ups planned for that film haven’t made it into production, but now, Krawczyk is back with the action comedy Don’t Mess with Grandma (which was filmed under the title Sunset Superman), starring Michael Jai White. I had the chance to watch the movie several months ago and had a lot of fun with it (you can read my 8/10 review at This Link), and a larger audience will have the opportunity to enjoy it when it reaches the free streaming service Tubi on January 24th!

Don’t Mess with Grandma shows us what happens when a drunk Army ranger must fight off the vicious robbers who plan to loot the cabin belonging to his sweet,...

An underrated gem of a horror movie from producer Guillermo del Toro and director André Øvredal will be leaving Netflix by December 31, 2024, and it's definitely worth watching. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark premiered August 9, 2019, and became a worldwide hit, earning nearly $105 million from a $21 million budget.

The film is based on the classic children's series of horror anthology books of the same name by author Alvin Schwartz. Del Toro and Øvredal (Troll Hunter) delivered an instant classic that follows teenager Stella (Zoe Colletti) and her friends after they enter the haunted Bellows family home. The unsuspecting residents of Mill Valley must contend with the terror that's been unleashed.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a respectable 78% critical and 72% audience rating. It also did well enough at the box office to receive a theatrical re-release that October to capitalize on Halloween.

Undoubtedly, the '90s were the peak era of YA horror books, with scary kid lit for children and teens flooding the market and terrorizing '90s kids forever. Many of the best-loved classic kids' books of the '90s were coming-of-age tales, but plenty of others were pulpy thrillers and horror stories that dove into the dark side of human nature and the supernatural. The 1980s through 1990s saw a glut of horror books aimed at teen readers, but scary books for kids also exploded in popularity, driving a horror boom in books that had previously been reserved for adults.

Unlike today, most material aimed at children didn't pull punches out of fear of traumatizing children, and that included books. Much has been made of '80s kids' movies being incredibly dark, but while the new PG-13 rating put an end to it in that same decade, books continued to deliver horror,...

Joey Draw Studios is keeping Bendy and the Ink Machine rolling with another new title in Bendy: Lone Wolf. Launching in 2025 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series, the Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam and mobile, Lone Wolf will have players testing their ability to survive against ever-increasing odds as Boris the wolf.

Details on the story for Bendy: Lone Wolf are still forthcoming, but the game is purportedly a rebrand title of Boris and the Dark Survival, which was available on Steam back in 2020. This new game sees Boris, the cartoon companion of Bendy, delve further into the abandoned Joey Drew Studios and beyond in search of supplies, weapons, and the dark truths that await him.

It won’t be easy for Boris, as he’ll have to deal with the cartoon creeps of the Dark Puddles. You must battle them back with well-timed attacks and the clever use of traps,...

Exclusive: Peter Luo’s Stars Collective has teamed with the LA-based tech agency HashMatrix to build a slate of AI-generated projects alongside a new AI film festival set to launch in 2025.

Under the terms of the partnership, Stars Collective and HashMatrix will use artificial intelligence to develop and produce twelve short-form dramas based on Stars Collective’s existing intellectual property.

The AI Film Festival will take place in Los Angeles. Organizers told us the event will “showcase groundbreaking AI applications in film, and foster collaboration between the two industries.”

Stars Collective will oversee the festival and handle brand licensing alongside outreach to the film industry with a specific interest in Hollywood. HashMatrix has said it will engage AI companies, secure collaborations, and contribute resources from the AI industry.

Based in LA, HashMatrix has collaborated on projects with companies such as Ant Group, Alibaba, KlingAI, Minimax, and 01Ai. During Sf TechWeek,...

When one thinks about horror novel adaptations, the obvious first name that probably comes to mind is Stephen King. The legendary author has dozens upon dozens of adaptations that have made the jump from page to screen, including It, Carrie, The Life of Chuck, and Misery, so it’s incredibly understandable why one’s mind would wander there. But, for so many of us who used his books as a gateway to horror, the crossover telling of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was an absolute delight to see celebrate its grand debut in theaters. The film, helmed by André Øvredal (The Last Voyage of the Demeter), first scared its way into cinemas in 2019, delighting fans across varying generations who remember the haunting words of Schwartz and illustrations by Stephen Gammell. Now, Netflix subscribers only have a few weeks left to stream the film before it...

Concept artist Vincent Proce shares some of his concept art of the entity from Smile 2 on Twitter/X, and it is terrifying to witness.

Smile 2, which hit theaters in October of this year, is a psychological horror film starring Naomi Scott as a pop star who experiences a string of strange and disturbing occurrences before she is set to go on tour. This film also features Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Dylan Gelula, and Raúl Castillo, with Kyle Gallner, who reprises his role from the first film. The title says it all; the film's unique appeal is the eerie smiles that the victims take on and which haunt the star of the show. In both films, the curse is passed down through trauma, when one character witnesses death at the hands of one with the smiling curse. The film, like the first, was...

One year after being released on Blu-ray by Universal, André Øvredal’s Dracula horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter is returning to physical media with a brand new 4K Ultra HD release from Scream Factory.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter sails onto 4K Ultra HD on January 21, 2025.

This terrifying new addition to the Dracula legend, based on the chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic novel, chronicles the journey of a merchant ship ferrying 50 mysterious wooden crates to London. As they set sail, the crew soon discovers they are not alone…

At night, they are stalked by a hidden passenger whose monstrous thirst for blood turns the trip into a harrowing nightmare of tension, terror, and unfathomable evil.

One of the Brand New bonus features put together for this release is an audio commentary track with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro, we’re excited to let you know!

The hit indie video game Bendy and the Ink Machine is heading to the big screen, and the Official Bendy® has announced today that the movie adaptation has found its director in André Øvredal.

Initially released in 2017 from developer Joey Drew Stories, Bendy and the Ink Machine “is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.”

The premise of the game has it set in 1966, where an elderly animator named Henry, who upon an invitation from his old friend Joey Drew, returns to his old animation studio. Once there, Henry discovers that the studio has been overrun by nightmarish cartoon characters that have been created by the titular Ink Machine. As Henry navigates his former workplace, trying to put a stop to things, he will be forced to fight the characters based on his drawings, as well as avoiding Bendy, the studio’s mascot,...

Exclusive: After creating and writing the first many seasons of the long-running animated series Ninjago for The Lego Group, brothers Kevin and Dan Hageman have been enlisted to script a new live-action film in the Lego Ninjago franchise for Universal Pictures.

News of the new Ninjago comes following word that Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins and Joe Cornish are on board to direct live-action Lego movies for Universal. Details as to the plot of the Hagemans’ film are under wraps.

Jill Wilfert and Ryan Christians will produce for The Lego Group. Universal’s Executive Vice President of Production Development Matt Reilly and Director of Production Development Jacqueline Garell will oversee the project for the studio.

Ninjago was introduced in 2011 as a line of ninja-themed construction toys before evolving into a major multimedia property. The story surrounding it follows a group of young ninja warriors who protect their world, known as Ninjago,...

Teens are one of the most integral aspects of the horror genre's audience and there's certainly no shortage of the best scary movies for teens. The horror genre branches out into many different sub-genres, with one of the most popular being teen horror. Teen horror movies tend to feature young protagonists in the fight for their lives against a menacing serial killer, monster, ghost, or any other typical horror-movie fiend. Many are targeted specifically to a teen audience while still having universal appeal.

Adults are usually equipped to deal with pressures in life. Teens are not, and when their regular school and social lives are upended by a slasher killer or zombie outbreak, they are the last people anyone would expect to handle it. Horror movies based on teens are not always highly critically acclaimed. However, the best teen horror movies tend to hold a place in the hearts of...

Nightmare Soup, the children’s horror anthology novel series written by Jake Tri and illustrated by Andy Sciazko that’s currently being adapted into the Bloody FM podcast of the same name, is releasing the ultimate feast – a deluxe hardcover collection.

“As quintessential ’90s kids, Andy and I loved books like Goosebumps, Bruce Coville’s Book of Nightmares, and especially Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. And since it had been 25 years (at the time) since a new Scary Stories book had come out, we figured we’d try and do it ourselves,” Tri and Sciazko say on their Kickstarter for the new collection.

The first novel, Nightmare Soup: Tales That Will Turn Your Stomach, released in 2016 with 30 short stories and 30 illustrations, followed by Nightmare Soup II: The Second Helping in 2017, and Nightmare Soup III: Midnight Snack in 2022. In early 2024, they published a rewritten and punched up second edition...

In a sense, Netflix really is the new Blockbuster Video (or Hollywood Video or whatever rental chain my fellow old people preferred to frequent). Once you marched past the rows stacked with endless copies of the latest release at your local Blockbuster, you could uncover films and TV shows that either flew under the radar or were deemed too scandalous for mainstream tastes. (Stumbling upon and being mildly traumatized by the grotesque cover artwork for horror B-movies was practically a rite of passage for folks of a certain age.) You don't get anywhere near the same range of choices on Netflix -- especially now that its library is increasingly composed of the service's originals -- but it does similarly allow certain older, somewhat forgotten titles to gain a new lease on life, however fleeting it may be.

Admittedly, it's easier to understand why certain movies or series abruptly crack Netflix's...

At the start of last year, former DC Films boss Walter Hamada signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures, the idea being that he would become, as Deadline put it, “the architect of Paramount’s mainstream horror genre pod, with the mission to release several low- to mid-budget films per year across theatrical and streaming.” Recently, there have been casting announcements for a movie called Primate, which is being directed by genre regular Johannes Roberts and is part of Hamada’s horror-minded efforts at Paramount. Now, Deadline has broken the news that another Hamada horror project that’s moving forward at Paramount has gotten another genre regular, Andre Ovredal, to sign on as director.

Ovredal will be directing this other film from a screenplay written by Zachary Donohue and T.W. Burgess. Donohue previously directed and co-wrote the 2013 found footage horror film The Den and wrote and directed the TV series The Unknowable.

Director André Øvredal has set up his next horror project, with Deadline reporting that Øvredal has signed on to direct an untitled horror movie for Walter Hamada’s 18hz Productions.

Deadline details in this week’s exclusive report, “Zachary Donohue and T.W. Burgess penned the script for the new project, which has a logline that’s being kept secret.”

Gary Dauberman (Salem’s Lot) will also produce the untitled horror movie.

Via 18hz Productions, Hamada is slated to produce several mid-budget horror films for Paramount Pictures per year. Other projects in the works include Primate and Familiar.

Hamada, who recently left WB/DC, has a ton of horror cred from his time at New Line, producing countless horror movies including the Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street remakes as well as The Conjuring and its various spinoffs and the 2017 adaptation of It.

Stay tuned for more info on...

Dracula-adjacent horror The Last Voyage Of The Demeter is only just getting a cinema screening in the UK, over a year after it screened into in the US. A look at its mysterious absence from our screens:

Update: Two months after we published this feature about The Last Voyage Of The Demeter never making it to UK screens, the film is now available to watch at home! It appears that you can currently only buy the film on digital retailers, but a rent option often appears after a few weeks.

Coincidentally, Salem’s Lot is also being released in cinemas this week, so if you like vampire films, you’re having a great week, I bet.

prepare yourselves: #Dracula is making his way to the UK...

The upcoming post-apocalyptic horror movie Please Don’t Feed the Children will mark the feature directorial debut from Destry Allyn Spielberg, the daughter of Steven Spielberg. First-look images have arrived ahead of the film’s world premiere at Sitges this week, introducing Michelle Dockery’s psychotic character.

In Don’t Feed the Children, “after a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.”

The new images highlight Dockery’s character, who looks a bit sinister and untrustworthy.

The film stars Michelle Dockery, Giancarlo Esposito (MaXXXine, Abigail), and an ensemble cast that includes Zoe Colletti (Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark), Dean Scott Vazquez (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts), Vernon Davis (Chariot, A Day To Die), Emma Meisel (“American Horror Story: 1984”), Andrew Liner...