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A24 is sending Backrooms back to theaters July 3 with 15 minutes of bonus footage after the liminal-horror breakout crossed more than $307 million worldwide on under a $10 million budget. The re-release extends the film’s record-setting run as A24’s biggest title ever and keeps the creator-led horror surge in theaters.
Backrooms opened to $38M domestic Friday and is headed for an $85M-$90M weekend, shattering A24’s previous opening record. The viral-IP horror from Kane Parsons is co-financed by Chernin Entertainment and produced by James Wan, Shawn Levy and Osgood Perkins.
Netflix drops Night School Studio’s interactive horror title Unhinged on June 30; Zoë Kravitz, Sadie Sink, and Troy Baker voice the storm-bound survival scenario, extending the streamer’s playable genre push.
Fantasia bows Los Vampires next month; the mystery horror reframes the making of the Spanish Dracula and leans into Universal Monsters lore.
Christmas Day 2026 theatrical slot set for The Pools, a liminal-space creature horror feature debut from veteran producers Galen Christy and Sasha Yelaun; Rebel Raider Media and Grytt Picture Shows produce.
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Rudy Pankow will star in Thud as a Grim Reaper and the Devil who fall into a meet-cute at a three-day destination wedding; Mali Elfman directs from Noga Pnueli’s script, with Radio Silence’s Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin exec producing.
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