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Dark Sky Films and Fathom are rolling Texas Chain Saw Day back into theaters for a one-night national event on Aug. 18, while Dark Sky and Exurbia Films unveil the first look at the rotoscoped Texas Chain Saw Massacre, now in production for 2027. The package also adds a CREEPY podcast prologue and live Q&As in Los Angeles and Austin.
Netflix shuts Night School Studio and Moonloot while narrowing its games business around kids, party and story-driven titles; the cull lands six weeks after interactive horror title Unhinged launched and follows prior cuts at Spry Fox, Boss Fight and Team Blue.
Grimmfest unveils its full 2026 Manchester lineup, with world, UK, and regional premieres across horror, folk-horror, and thriller lanes; Hammer's Ithaqua, Quarxx's The Ones Who Grieve, and a Spanish-language strand headline the slate, with Adrienne Barbeau set for a lifetime achievement honor.
Skeet Ulrich boards indie psychological horror Deify as a cult leader on trial for mass burnings; Neal McDonough also joins as the prosecuting attorney. Brothers Carmelo and Nicholas Chimera are mounting the Chicago shoot with Jordan Gianeschi, Jacob Rice and Mike Manning producing.
Seth Kearsley joins Marvel Zombies Season 2 as the animated horror team expands; the writer-director says the Disney+ run is aiming for “no holds barred martial arts and gore.”
Paramount Primal has picked up Tower Defense, a medieval supernatural spin on Assault on Precinct 13. The package leans on John Carpenter and Howard Hawks DNA as it moves into studio development.
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