Horror Industry News — Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Paul Dano boards Paramount’s Possession remake opposite Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley; Parker Finn is directing from his script, with Bad Feeling, Vertigo and Robert Pattinson on the producing side.

Starz has taken "Bone Parish" into development as a supernatural crime-horror series, with Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Diane Ademu-John and Declan de Barra among the attached EPs/showrunners. The project adapts BOOM! Studios' Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf graphic novel as Starz keeps building out fully owned genre IP.

Kiraco signs BT Meza after Affection's run through Screamfest, FrightFest London and Overlook; the filmmaker is already developing a follow-up script in the genre space. The move extends Kiraco's indie-horror roster with a director working squarely in body horror, sci-fi and psychological dread.

Hulu locks a launch date for a female-led serial killer thriller built around an FBI cat-and-mouse chase; the streamer is positioning the series as a psychological binge play.

Cameras roll next month in Paris; Simu Liu is joining Allison Williams (M3GAN) and Michelle Randolph (Scream 7) on the sci‑fi survival thriller Homewrecker; logline centers on three Americans forced to cooperate after a devastating domestic revelation triggers an unexplained global crisis.

Robert Mukes boards Redhead II: Deadhead as the revenge sequel pushes Autumn Blacksmith into Hell; the indie leans on practical FX and brutal set pieces, with Johnna Hodge, Dave Van Dusen and Karen Druley also in cast.

Amazon MGM's horror play casts Kevin Bacon as exorcist Jefferson Haddock; Jeremy Slater writes and directs, with filming set to start this fall around a witness-protection property overrun by a demon.

Paramount and Blumhouse Atomic Monster lock Sonia Mena opposite Chase Yi in the next Paranormal Activity, set for a May 21, 2027 release; Oren Peli, James Wan and Jason Blum are producing the franchise return.

38 new features and 21 world premieres headline EIFF 2026, with body horror noir Bodyhackers, the UK premiere of Faces of Death and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell in the mix. The revamped festival also expands its industry programme and stacks conversations with BFI, Screen Scotland and key talent around the lineup.

Fantasia opens its 30th edition with nine world premieres and a genre-heavy first wave led by Jenn Wexler's The Last Temptation of Becky, Michael Gabriele's Unholy Night and Harrison Houde's first feature Tight Lettuce. The Montreal fest keeps its grip as North America's key launchpad for horror, sci-fi and fantasy titles.

$370 million-plus worldwide breakout 'Obsession' hits PVOD on Prime Video and Apple TV, with a DVD/Blu-ray/4K rollout set for July 14 and Peacock streaming next in window.

July 29 Prime Video launch for Jeff Wadlow's aquatic horror lands Kathryn Newton, Lana Condor and ensemble teens inside Thailand caves where a surviving predator turns survival into a slaughter run.

Shudder sets a U.S./Canada exclusive streaming premiere for Addison Heimann’s psychosexual sci-fi horror-comedy on July 3; the film arrives with Sundance, SXSW, and Fantasia pedigree.

Mahal Empire sets sci-fi thriller Alien Storm for a July debut; preorders are now live on Apple TV ahead of release.

Hammer Presents lines up release activity for Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? and Murders in the Rue Morgue, extending the company’s catalog exploitation play. The update is a modest distribution signal around two classic titles.

Malaysian sci-fi fantasy debut 'Mimpi Kita: Castle in the Air' is heading to Bucheon with a prebuilt audience-data pitch; the team is seeking co-producers, sales agents and distribution partners at NAFF.

Season 2 of 'A Shop for Killers' lands July 22 on Disney+ internationally and Hulu in the U.S.; the eight-episode return brings back Lee Dongwook and Kim Hyejun as the Korean revenge thriller expands its Babylon war.

Scorsese is trying to cool Art Directors Guild backlash after his FLUX storyboard demo drew accusations that AI will sideline illustrators and storyboard artists; follow-up talks with ADG president Dina Lipton have stalled.

Eli Roth's ICE CREAM MAN lands a US theatrical rollout through The Horror Section, with UK and Irish cinemas set for 7 August 2026. Snoop Dogg contributes original music while Nas exec produces via Mass Appeal.

The Rocky Horror Show sets a Studio 54 house record with a $1.215M weekly gross and 97% seat fill; Broadway’s total receipts dip 6% week over week even as the horror-brand production surges.

Netflix lands a TV adaptation of a hit psychological thriller novel, pushing another bestseller into the streamer’s genre-adjacent scripted pipeline. The project is in development with the author’s IP driving the package.

Dark Star Pictures and Uncork'd Entertainment co-release Evan Showalter's creature horror The Leaching on digital and on demand July 7; the film centers on an undead leech monster, a haunted forest property and a supernatural scheme.

Focus Features’ Werwulf is locked for Christmas 2026; Robert Eggers says the medieval werewolf film reunites Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe and Sjón for a Middle English, 35mm beast pic. Eggers is stripping out classic silver-bullet mythology in favor of a brutal folk-horror take.

Midnight Pulp is using Ronin to launch into original publishing, with Oscar Brady's post-apocalyptic pulp novel now open for preorder. The move gives the genre brand a fresh IP pipeline beyond streaming.

Netflix-owned Night School Studio drops "Unhinged," a survival horror game built in secret with David Fincher and Zach Cregger; subscribers play it on TVs or computers with a phone as the controller. The launch follows Netflix’s 2021 acquisition of Night School and pushes the streamer deeper into interactive genre IP.

Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics team with Universal Products & Experiences on Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives, a new four-issue series from Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis. The launch extends Universal’s monster IP into comics with a Halloween-week debut on October 28, 2026.

Well Go USA is lining up Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony for an August U.S. theatrical rollout after its Cannes Midnight premiere; the zombie thriller centers on a mutating virus outbreak inside a biotech conference lockdown.

Game Theory Films is launching Unholy Night in Canadian theaters this holiday season off its Fantasia world premiere while shopping the feature abroad. Michael Gabriele’s debut stars Marc Bendavid and Shailene Garnett.

Brainstorm Media has set Big Baby for an August release after its Screamfest bow; Spider One’s meta slasher follows a horror screenwriter whose baby-mask killer nightmares spill into reality.