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Warner Bros. wins a five-studio Siren Head auction in a low-seven-figure rights deal; the theatrical-only terms and WB Clockwork handoff show internet-native horror moving from specialty play to tentpole priority.

Dust Bunny and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple lead Fangoria's 2026 Chainsaw Awards with nine nominations each; fan voting runs July 2-15 and the winners air on Shudder Oct. 25.

Spring’s horror box office is broader than Backrooms and Obsession; titles like Hokum, Faces of Death and Lee Cronin’s The Mummy are helping reframe the genre’s theatrical upside.

Netflix and Toho roll out all 8 episodes of Human Vapor globally July 2; Yeon Sang-ho’s reboot turns the 1960 cult sci-fi into a systemic institutional thriller and marks the first Netflix-Toho collaboration.

Netflix takes global original rights to 101 Studios’ completed JonBenét Ramsey limited series after Paramount+ passed; winter release is being targeted, with the deal shadowed by the $750 million Burke Ramsey defamation exposure.

Dario Argento’s next feature is lined up for a September Paris shoot in French, with Isabelle Huppert still attached and Les Films du Camélia producing. Argento is calling the loose remake the bloodiest film of his career.

Tyler Perry and Jason Blum’s Strung opens at No. 1 on Peacock’s U.S. Top 10 movies after its June 26 debut, giving the psychological horror an early streaming-performance win.

Production starts this month, shooting on location in Massachusetts; writer-director Tommy Jay Dwyer is mounting a three-story psychological anthology about love, obsession and loss, produced by Greatest Gram Productions and HollyWoot Film Group, ensemble adds video-game streamer Avori Strib plus Chelsea Brea and Devin Petry and mixes combat-sports talent and a pro wrestler with emerging actors.

Bayview Entertainment has acquired JT Kris’s Grace of God and set a summer streaming rollout; the doomsday-cult psychological thriller lands EST/VOD July 28 and AVOD Sept. 29.

Netflix launches Ghostbusters: Night Shift this fall; Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan built the animated series around the franchise’s untapped 1990s gap, with an animated feature also in development.

AMC is leaning on Netflix licensing to widen Interview With the Vampire and Dark Winds; Dan McDermott is shopping a second window for The Audacity while the network expands Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe and lines up A24’s Cursed docuseries for next year.

BIFAN opens its 30th edition with 321 films from 50 countries and 93 world premieres; the genre fest is leaning into AI storytelling, XR experiences, and a new Asian Genre Films 99 strand.

Sonia Mena boards the next Paranormal Activity opposite Chase Yi; Maya da Costa also joins, keeping the franchise’s new installment in casting mode.

FOUND TV is launching I Hate Found Footage as a global original on July 24; FOUND TV+ gets early access on July 23, then the horror-comedy rolls out free with ads worldwide.

Akira returns to theaters in a new 4K IMAX reissue, extending the title's big-screen life with a premium-format theatrical play.

Hulu’s new The X-Files pilot has wrapped filming, with Himesh Patel confirming he and Danielle Deadwyler are playing “completely new characters.” The Ryan Coogler-produced project has only a pilot order so far, with Amy Madigan, Steve Buscemi, Ben Foster, Devery Jacobs, Lochlyn Munro and Tantoo Cardinal also cast.

Working Title taps Joe Wright to direct Juice, with Abi Morgan scripting Tim Winton's post-apocalyptic thriller adaptation; the feature moves deeper into development.

Prime Video Nordics has set a four-part adaptation of Ulf Kvensler's Sarek, with pre-production underway and principal photography due in July for a 2027 launch. Amazon MGM Studios, Banijay's Jarowskij/Yellow Bird and Filmpool Nord are on board; Emilia Widstrand now runs originals and acquisitions.

Chernin Entertainment snaps up Victoria Aveyard's Tempest for TV; the adult fantasy debut launches a Lyrian Sea adaptation off Red Queen's 8M-copy run.

Rose Glass boards LuckyChap’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation after Yorgos Lanthimos exits; Ottessa Moshfegh’s screenplay remains the base as the adaptation stays in motion.

War Machine closes Netflix's 91-day window at 139.9M views, good for No. 9 on the platform's all-time list; sequel is already greenlit with Patrick Hughes back and Alan Ritchson producing.

Icarus Films and OCN Distribution are pushing Good Manners onto Blu-ray via Vinegar Syndrome preorder, giving the Brazilian werewolf title a long-awaited physical-media release.

Fantasia 2026 drops its final programming wave, locking in more than 125 features and 200-plus shorts for its July 16-Aug. 2 Montreal run; Her Private Hell lands the opening-night slot.

Cho Hye-jung's Focus lands in BIFAN's Buchon Choice Korean feature competition as the festival runs July 2-12 with 321 titles from 50 countries.

Graham Humphreys’ 2026 FrightFest poster is out; the UK genre fest runs Aug. 27-31 at Odeon LUXE Leicester Square and West End, with the lineup due July 16.

Blumhouse Games-backed Grave Seasons slips from Aug. 14 to Fall 2026 and scraps its June demo as Perfect Garbage pushes for a same-day PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch launch. The studio says the delay is about polish; wishlists have topped 600,000 and Xbox Game Pass remains day one.

Bloodwoven’s reveal trailer teases a new immersive adventure from the creators of Blood West, set on the frozen corpse of a forgotten god. Players hunt bloodthirsty predators, climb ice walls, and explore buried depths as they follow a bloody fate under the ice.

Fantasia closes with Freaks Part II as its official closing film; Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein bring the mutant-horror sequel to world premiere after breaking out with Final Destination Bloodlines.

New Europe Film Sales has locked eight more territories for Faraz Shariat’s Berlinale Panorama thriller Prosecution; Plaion opens the film in Germany on Aug. 27, with an exclusive first trailer now live.

Insight Editions and The Horror Section launch a horror-book line in 2027; Eli Roth is folding untold film, TV, game and podcast ideas into collectible print under his media brand.