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Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK‑Ireland and Australia‑New Zealand theatrical rights to Ian Tuason’s paranormal horror Undertone (A24 handling North American/world sales); UK release set for April 10 (AU/NZ April 9); film premiered at Fantasia and played Sundance Midnight.

Shudder has ended The Last Drive‑In with Joe Bob Briggs after seven seasons; the regular series concluded but four specials have been announced to run quarterly through the end of 2026 as Joe Bob hints this is a 'see you later.'

Scream 7 opened to a franchise‑best roughly $64.1M domestic / $97M global; Radio Silence (Bettinelli‑Olpin & Gillett) say their early, unused idea for Scream 7 would have been darker and more escalatory than Kevin Williamson’s final Sidney‑centric film.

Radial Entertainment (the Oaktree-formed combine of Shout! Studios and FilmRise) inked a multi-year enterprise deal with Parrot Analytics to integrate audience-demand analytics into content valuation, catalog pricing, FAST/AVOD programming and international expansion strategy.

Sam Raimi’s survival horror Send Help has grossed $90.2M worldwide ($61.5M domestic, $28.7M international) on an estimated $40M budget and sits roughly $10M shy of a reported $100M break‑even target.

Samara Weaving — pregnant and riding a wave of genre momentum — is premiering two horror films at SXSW (Ready or Not 2: Here I Come and Over Your Dead Body), discusses her evolving 'scream queen' status and working with talents like Jason Segel and David Cronenberg on the fest titles.

Young actor Woody Norman has signed with UTA; the BAFTA-nominated performer — whose credits include A24’s C’mon C’mon, The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Cobweb — recently wrapped The Uprising and will next appear in Sukkwan Island.

Tampere Film Festival awarded Mariam Khatchvani’s Inherited Silence the International Grand Prix; genre attention: Jocelyn Charles’ animated existential horror God Is Shy won Best Genre Film in the Generation XYZ competition.

The MPSE Golden Reel Awards honored genre titles across film and TV — notable winners include Frankenstein (Netflix), Sinners (Warner Bros.) and Sirât (NEON) in film categories, Adolescence and Love, Death + Robots in TV; Kathleen Kennedy received the Filmmaker Award and Mark Mangini the Career Achievement Award.

Australian filmmaker Richard E. Williams will world‑premiere his new horror feature Dead Eyes in SXSW’s Visions section on March 12, 2026, marking the film’s festival launch in Austin.

Courteney Cox says she’d be open to returning for a potential Scream 8 but cautions that timing and logistics could prevent her participation, underscoring Gale Weathers’ value as the franchise’s only consistently recurring character.

Giallo-inspired revenge slasher Death Cycle, directed by Gabriel Carrer and written by Dave McLeod, is hitting digital on March 10 via Uncork’d Entertainment, positioning it for VOD discovery among genre fans.

Renny Harlin’s shark thriller Deep Water, marketed as killer-shark action, is set for a May 1 theatrical release via Magenta Light Studios and follows survivors of a plane crash facing sharks at sea.

Belgium’s René du Cinéma Awards honored Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys’ We Believe You with eight prizes including Best Film, while genre-adjacent wins included Fabrice Du Welz’s Maldoror being part of the competitive field and Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s Reflection in a Dead Diamond claiming cinematography, set design and costume awards.

Cinematographer Lawrence Sher details visual choices on Maggie Gyllenhaal’s THE BRIDE—anachronistic lighting, IMAX-format decisions and inventive use of an LED wall as a drive‑in screen drove the film’s distinctive imagery.

Actor Corey Parker, known to horror fans for Pete Linley in Friday the 13th Part V and appearances in horror documentary Crystal Lake Memories, has died at 60 after a cancer diagnosis.

MoffettNathanson analysis argues YouTube became the world's largest media company in 2025 after estimated revenue of about $62B (Alphabet disclosed >$60B), with the platform paying creators over $100B cumulatively and doubling down on AI tools to scale creator production.

Netflix acquired Ben Affleck‑backed InterPositive — an AI post‑production tools startup — to integrate filmmaker‑trained models for fixes and editorial workflows (not text‑to‑video), strengthening Netflix’s production tooling amid industry AI anxieties.

Writers Guild awards: The WGA East ceremony proceeded while WGA West was canceled amid staff-union picketing; The Pitt swept Drama Series and New Series, Sinners won Original Screenplay, and Atsuko Okatsuka headlined a fundraiser supporting the Writers Guild Staff Union.

Steve Downes (voice of Master Chief) publicly demanded the White House remove a pro-war video that repurposed his Master Chief audio without consent; other talent including Ben Stiller similarly objected to unauthorized uses of clips in the post.

Bruce Campbell says he’s stepping back from hands‑on development on upcoming franchise entries—Evil Dead Burn (Sébastien Vaniček) and Evil Dead Wrath (Francis Galluppi)—to focus on his own film Ernie & Emma and due to discomfort with studio development; Campbell is also undergoing cancer treatment.

Deadline reports that Mike Flanagan’s untitled The Exorcist reboot has added 11 recurring collaborators—including Carla Gugino, Rahul Kohli, Hamish Linklater, Kate Siegel and John Gallagher Jr.—expanding the director’s ensemble roster for the Blumhouse/Universal production.

Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly discussed reprising roles in Predator, Commando 2, and a new Conan the Barbarian at the Arnold Sports Festival, with a Predator installment linked to director Dan Trachtenberg according to reports.

Erik Barmack’s Wild Sheep Content has boarded Where Is She?, a six-part Brazilian YA mystery-thriller from Fabricio Bittar (creator of Netflix hit Unexplainable); Globoplay boarded pre‑principal photography, the series adapts Victor Bonini’s Quando Ela Desaparecer and stars Klara Castanho and Nanda Costa.

XPRIZE and Google launched the Future Vision XPRIZE with $3.5M in announced rewards to fund optimistic sci‑fi storytelling — the grand prize includes $2.5M in production funding plus $100K cash, and four finalists get $100K each; submissions run Mar 9–Aug 15 and finalists present at Moonshot Gathering Sept 25.

Writer Josh Stolberg says official news on a Sorority Row sequel is coming “very, very soon,” indicating a greenlight or imminent announcement for a remake sequel tied to The House on Sorority Row IP with potential returning cast.

Faible Media acquired rights to Marc Stiegler’s sci‑fi short “The Gentle Seduction” and will use its Trans‑Creation Engine and AI-driven production tools to create simultaneously localized feature adaptations across six markets, marking the platform’s first production use.

Glen Powell's Barnstorm banner is developing a remake of Korean thriller Confession of Murder and a feature adaptation of the sci-fi game The Alters, while Barnstorm is also attached to a Texas Chain Saw Massacre TV series.

BFI reports UK film and high-end TV production spend rose to £6.8bn in 2025 (22% YoY), with £4bn for HETV and a record £2.8bn for film largely driven by inward investment (£5.8bn of total); data highlights continued reliance on US studios and streamers (Netflix, Apple TV) and cites government tax measures as a factor.

Console ports of SCP-themed horror Go Home Annie from Misfit Village are launching March 31 for PS5 and Xbox Series after a 2024 PC release, expanding the IP’s reach and signaling continued commercial momentum for SCP-adjacent indie horror games.

Shiver: Slaying All Night — a holiday slasher written and directed by Robert Resto — released a teaser showing a monstrous killer at a remote New Hampshire ski resort; the film is currently in production.

Catalyst Studios and Seismic Releasing debuted an exclusive trailer for Joanne Mitchell’s psychological horror Broken Bird, which bowed at FrightFest 2024 and opens theatrically in the U.S. on April 24, 2026 starring Rebecca Calder; producers include Zoe Stewart and Holly Levow and the film has a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score from 15 reviews.

Tea Dunk Games opened a single-player playtest for Frankenstein's Monster on Steam ahead of its later-this-year release, letting players sample the single-player competitive/creation elements.

Epic Pictures Group posted the trailer for dystopian AI action Winter: Battleground—starring Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone—slated for VOD in April, pitching guerrilla warfare against AI soldiers and surveillance satellites.