Horror Industry News — Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Netflix’s Bad Bridgets adds Colin Farrell, Steve Coogan, Charlie Heaton, Domhnall Gleeson, Himesh Patel, Niamh Algar and Simone Kirby ahead of a July Northern Ireland shoot. Rich Peppiatt’s period thriller is adapted from Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick’s Bad Bridget book and moves with LuckyChap and Coup d’Etat producing.

Focus Features rolls Obsession onto digital June 30 after the supernatural horror breakout surged to $371 million worldwide on a $750,000 budget. The TIFF pickup, acquired for $14 million to $15 million, is now Focus’s highest-grossing title worldwide and the top-grossing festival acquisition ever.

A24 and AMC Theatres are sending Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition back into theaters July 3 with 16 minutes of bonus footage after its record-breaking run. Kane Parsons is turning the reissue into a theatrically exclusive post-credit event.

Chase Yi boards Paramount and Blumhouse’s next Paranormal Activity as Ian Tuason directs the franchise’s eighth feature for a May 21, 2027 theatrical release.

Netflix renews Nemesis for Season 2 after the crime thriller hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts and spent five weeks in the global English-language top 10. Courtney A. Kemp and Tani Marole are back, with the first season’s eight-episode run pulling 832 million minutes in its debut week and 1.31 billion minutes the following week.

Blumhouse Atomic Monster taps Gary Dauberman to script Five Nights at Freddy’s 3; Scott Cawthon steps back from writing duties but stays on as executive producer. The switch keeps the game-to-film franchise in franchise-horror hands after two box-office hits.

Columbia Pictures and Constantin Film set Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil for Sept. 18, 2026; Austin Abrams leads the courier-centered reboot with Zach Cherry, Kali Reis and Paul Walter Hauser in the cast.

Dark Star Pictures has set YOU’RE DEAD TO ME for digital and on-demand on July 7 after its FrightFest 2025 world premiere. The Gen Z slasher riffs on Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, with Denise Richards, Siena Agudong, and Jessica Belkin in the cast.

William Stuart is using American Afterlife as proof-of-concept IP, turning Pedro Hoffmeister’s novel into a dramatic audio podcast designed to sell a future TV series or feature. The pitch now leans on audience traction, Scarlett Estevez’s voice cast, and a packaged asset he can take to financiers, studios, and streamers.

Farbod Ardebili’s debut feature The American Winner wraps with Troy Kotsur and Flula Borg leading a contained horror-satire set entirely inside a Silicon Valley billionaire’s bathroom. The indie from Bad Grey and Plain Text blends body-horror energy with American Psycho-style tech commentary.

Netflix has slated A Toxic Love Story, a true-crime documentary from Curious Films.

Alex Noyer shot Love Is the Monster in Canada to get the Finnish-folklore horror feature across the line; the relocation helped unlock the greenlight. The film blends couples-retreat drama with supernatural horror rooted in Lempo and Nordic mythology.

Disasterpeace boards a new score for They Follow as David Robert Mitchell pulls Maika Monroe and multiple original creative collaborators back into the It Follows sequel. The package keeps the follow-up anchored to the original film’s core team.

Bad Bridgets goes into production in Ireland and Northern Ireland in mid-July for Netflix. Rich Peppiatt writes, directs and produces the period feature with Colin Farrell, Alison Oliver, Domhnall Gleeson, Simone Kirby, Charlie Heaton, Steve Coogan and Himesh Patel aboard; Northern Ireland Screen backs the shoot.

Netflix renews Nemesis for Season 2 after the crime drama spent five weeks in the global top 10 and hit No. 1 in week two. Courtney A. Kemp and Tani Marole are doubling down on a streamer-tested series with clear audience pull.

Netflix is developing a live-action Persona series, extending the game franchise into a new TV adaptation lane. No writer, cast, or production timetable is attached yet.

Severin Films takes North American handling on Peter Hengl’s gothic short The Fated Hour as the Kier-La Janisse EP heads into a summer festival run.

July 1 exclusive on Screamify; Casey Jackson’s Deadlocked: Dad of the Dead is a zombie horror-comedy that traps an accountant and his daughter in a public restroom during an outbreak. Derek Theler leads the cast alongside Eric Roberts, Hayley Law, Melissa Peterman and John Omohundro.

Contained supernatural horror pic locks Beth Broderick as a retired FBI special ops agent; Ryan Kelly directs and co-writes with David Landau, while Michael Alden produces and Cecelia Hall consults. Ensemble also includes Jared P-Smith, Sarah Baskin, Vandit Bhatt, Taylor Selé and Andrew Ximenes.

Hungary shoot is underway on György Mór Kárpáti’s third feature, Bubo Bubo, with Proton Cinema steering the production and Orsolya Bukovszky plus Gergely Váradi leading the cast.

Robert Henrysson exits as Supermassive Games CEO, leaving the Dark Pictures and Little Nightmares studio amid a reshuffle at Nordisk Games.

Del Toro’s Frankenstein earned nine Oscar nominations and won three (costume design, production design, makeup and hairstyling); del Toro also sits on the Academy’s Board of Governors; veteran producer Gale Anne Hurd’s credits include Aliens, The Abyss, Armageddon and Terminator 2.

Anything But Ghosts is in post as Curry Barker lines up a Blumhouse-backed follow-up that Focus Features will release; Cooper Tomlinson confirms the film plays as a buddy-comedy setup that turns into a supernatural scare machine. The project expands the Obsession universe while keeping Barker’s next feature in motion.

47 Ronin director Carl Erik Rinsch was sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding Netflix out of $11 million tied to an unmade sci-fi series, White Horse; he was also ordered to pay $11 million restitution and serve 3 years’ supervised release.

Big Spooky House lands its lead cast with Ben Bishop as Seth O. Spooky and Angela Aiello as Luna, giving Jerry S. Gonzalez’s feature debut a key indie horror-comedy package. The Candy House Productions title leans on practical puppetry and Halloween nostalgia as production builds in Chicago.

Krysten Ritter is back as guest star in Dexter: Resurrection season 2 as filming gears up; Michael C. Hall, Brian Cox, Dan Stevens, Bokeem Woodbine and Uma Thurman anchor Clyde Phillips' Paramount Television Studios/Counterpart Studios series.

Quiver Distribution has taken worldwide sales on Uwe Boll’s Citizen Vigilante, excluding the U.K., German-speaking territories, South Korea and Taiwan, after already handling North America and releasing it domestically June 19. Armie Hammer stars as a vigilante; Boll says Citizen Vigilante 2 is set for 2027.

Digital rollout is live; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment sets Obsession for 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on July 14, 2026. Curry Barker’s Focus Features breakout keeps riding its theatrical run after an A CinemaScore and certified-fresh heat.

Cineverse and Fathom lock a nationwide Oct. 9 theatrical re-release for Pan's Labyrinth in 4K, with 3D and HDR presentations overseen by Guillermo del Toro.

NEON sets Her Private Hell for theaters July 24, pairing Sophie Thatcher with Nicolas Winding Refn’s sci-fi-giallo blend and a futuristic mist mystery.