Horror Industry News — Sunday, April 12, 2026

Arthouse streamer Mubi lost ~200K subscribers amid a Palestine‑related PR storm but rebounded to a record 1.7M subs in Q1; the company lost $7.3M on ~$200M revenue last year, made several high‑profile acquisitions and struck a multi‑year co‑financing pact with IPR.VC.

Netflix’s Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen (April 2026) is positioned as the streamer’s post-Mike Flanagan flagship horror miniseries, starring Camila Morrone in a bridal-road-trip nightmare that leans into domestic/folk-horror beats and family psychodrama.

Explains the liminal-horror sub-genre powering projects like A24's Backrooms and 2025's Exit 8: it mines online-era liminal-space aesthetics (empty malls, fluorescent offices) and analog/analog-horror tropes to create a nostalgia-tinged unease that’s poised to mainstream in horror filmmaking.

Director/writer Tommy Wirkola's shark disaster thriller Thrash (Netflix) is now streaming; leads Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak and Djimon Hounsou discuss intense water sequences and production challenges — marketing/interviews boosting visibility.

Taiwanese nine-part revenge drama The Resurrected (Netflix) — a dark, suspenseful series about mothers using a forbidden ritual to resurrect a criminal ringleader — has strong international traction across multiple Asian markets and rising English-speaking audience buzz.

Pretty Lethal, directed by Vicky Jewson and written by Kate Freund, world‑premiered in SXSW's Headliner section and began streaming globally on Prime Video March 25; the genre‑bending action‑thriller mixes ballet choreography with visceral survival beats and features Iris Apatow, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds and Uma Thurman.

Recalls Chris Carter's Millennium (1996) as a darker Chris Carter spin‑off of The X‑Files starring Lance Henriksen as profiler Frank Black, describing its end‑times tone, the Millennium Group conspiracy arc, and how the show was reshaped after unexpected renewal.

Don Mancini revealed at Steel City Con he is writing the next Child’s Play feature — a franchise reset that will return Chucky to theaters while keeping a loose connection to the TV series finale, marking a new in‑development phase for the 35+ year IP.

A24 won a competitive fight to acquire adaptation rights to Patrick Radden Keefe’s upcoming book London Falling ahead of its April 7 publication, with Keefe pushing for family consultation and the book already mapped toward a TV series development.

Ahead of CinemaCon, IndieWire gathered exhibitors and distributors to evaluate six proposals — from adding bowling/entertainment to upgrading premium formats — as potential fixes to revive theatrical attendance and diversify exhibitor revenue streams.

Bloody Disgusting reports CloverPit launched its first DLC, 'Unholy Fusion,' on Xbox Series and PC (Steam) alongside a 1.4 update that adds online leaderboards — a live‑service expansion for the roguelite horror slot‑machine game.