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Lionsgate sets Sept. 24, 2027 for the rebooted Blair Witch Project; Dylan Clark directs, Chris Thomas Devlin writes, and Blumhouse Atomic Monster returns to produce the found-footage relaunch.

Netflix drops Unhinged on June 30 as an immersive horror game that turns the phone into the controller. Night School Studio built the transmedia title in 18 months, with Zoë Kravitz, Sadie Sink and Troy Baker voicing the cast.

BloodStream is betting on vertical horror with Nightmarish, its first serialized phone-first original; the June 28 premiere pushes the streamer beyond shorts into bingeable, anthology-style series work.

Amazon MGM drops Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI feature Artificial after its $50 billion OpenAI tie, and CAA Media Finance is now shopping the completed film; the analysis underscores how tech relationships are reshaping distributor risk tolerance and streamer-first economics.

Millie Brady and Pilou Asbaek board Legendary’s untitled Monsterverse series at Apple TV; JD Dillard is set to direct the pilot and Joby Harold is showrunning as the streamer widens its monster slate.

Fantasia world premiere slots this horror-comedy in Septentrion Shadows; Michael Gabriele writes and directs the Christmas Eve bloodbath, with Marc Bendavid, Shailene Garnett and Jacqueline Robbins leading the ensemble.

Connor Storrie has quietly been building a horror calling card on YouTube with two shorts under the Sin Monger banner, while his sci-fi debut feature Transaction Planet is now in post. The actor also turned his genre cred into a horror-themed Verizon spot directed by Nia DaCosta.

Dan Trachtenberg lines up an animated slasher aimed at family audiences, pushing his horror run into a broader four-quadrant lane.

Script work has finally started on the long-gestating What We Do in the Shadows follow-up, with Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement writing the werewolf spin-off and eyeing a 2027 screenplay finish; the original film was made for $1 million and the FX series wrapped in 2024.

OuiDo! Productions launches adult-animation venture Everybody on Board with Mars Express producers Didier Creste and Joé Baudot, unveiling Prudence as the company’s first title and billing it as France’s first fully French-produced animated horror feature; Tandem will release in France.

South Australian Film Corporation splits $75,000 in Diversity Development Grant funding across five projects, including First Nations comedy horror Blacks Landing and adult animation Human Exchange Student. The slate also backs feature thriller A Silent Escape, family feature The Runner, and documentary Lesbian Death Squad.

Go Min Si joins Um Tae Hwa’s horror feature A Good Place to Live opposite Hwang Jung Min; NEW is financing and distributing, with Barunson E&A producing.

BiFan marks its 30th edition with an 11-day genre slate spanning horror, sci-fi and fantasy; highlights include Obsession, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Leviticus and a growing AI-filmmaking section.

Shudder lines up Exit 8 for July 17 and Saccharine for July 24, while AMC+ takes Chum on July 24, giving AMC three genre titles a summer streaming window.

Dark Star has put Marco Dutra's apocalyptic horror adaptation Bury Your Dead on digital and VOD; the Brazil-set title arrives after festival stops at Sitges, BFI London, and Tokyo.

100M monthly active users; July slate spans Originals, series and genre blocks. Horror lane adds American Psycho, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Insidious 1-3, The Witch, Lamb, plus originals The Carpenter’s Son and Man Finds Tape.

Netflix used Annecy to unveil its 2026-plus animation slate; "Ghostbusters: Night Shift" is a YA supernatural series, "The One Piece" heads for a Feb. 2027 global launch, and Brad Bird’s "Ray Gunn" gets a Dec. 18 release date.

Craig Gillespie boards Glen Powell AI erotic thriller Homewreckers; the major-studio greenlight is being shopped, with the film pitched as Unfaithful meets Ex Machina.

Netflix has locked a 2026 release date for a long-gestating sci-fi detective thriller, giving the project a firm window after years in development. The date set adds another genre title to the streamer’s 2026 slate.

GrimmVision sets a 29 June UK digital bow for Joe Fria’s queer supernatural-horror feature after its Raindance premiere; Bryan Bellomo and John Brodsky headline a cabin-bound story where buried trauma turns physical.

Buffalo 8 sets supernatural horror feature Accursed for digital on July 24, with preorders opening July 10. Danny Trejo leads the indie genre play from co-directors Humberto Rosa and Frank Visciglia.

Brainstorm Media lines up a July VOD launch for Phil Volken’s shark survival horror The Bay; Francesca Eastwood leads a cast stranded in tiger-shark territory.