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Paramount is developing a new A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot with Wes Craven’s heirs; the project returns to the original film’s events while plot, cast, and release timing stay under wraps.

Obsession is on track to become a historic micro-budget horror breakout, with more than US$400 million worldwide on under US$1 million in costs; Curry Barker's TIFF breakout is now being measured against the best ROI runs in genre history.

Principal photography is underway on Blumhouse’s King Spawn, marking the long-gestating Spawn reboot’s move into production.

Studios are throwing eight-figure money at Gen Z horror creators and online-native IP, with Kane Parsons and Curry Barker at the center of a bidding war that spans Warner Bros., Universal, A24 and HBO. The chase extends to Siren Head and The Mandela Catalogue, underlining how early horror talent now gets priced like franchise infrastructure.

Paramount is leaning on Obsession's $429 million haul from a $750,000 budget to defend its $111 billion Warner Bros. takeover; the company is arguing low-budget horror can still make blockbuster money without the majors.

CHF 10 000 H.R. Giger Narcisse win for Hen makes the South African horror the first African film to take Neuchâtel’s top prize; Nagvlug Films and kykNET keep the title’s export profile rising after a 10-award run.

Netflix lands North American rights to Danny Boyle’s Ink, setting the Venice opener up for a 2026 U.S. launch. Studiocanal keeps international territories while the film positions Boyle back in awards-season mode.

Mike Flanagan’s eight-episode Carrie adaptation for Amazon Prime pushes Stephen King’s story into the modern day, reframing the bullying and psychic-horror angle for a new audience.

Warner Bros. and New Line keep The Conjuring franchise in play with new prequels and spin-offs, plus fresh release-date shuffling that extends the supernatural universe beyond Last Rites.

Kino Lorber sets a Sept. 11 theatrical rollout for Maya Annik Bedward’s zombie-doc Black Zombie after SXSW, Hot Docs, BlackStar and Fantasia plays; Katie Vincent and Usher Morgan’s Plucked opens Nov. 13 in New York, Los Angeles and Rhode Island, then hits digital Feb. 12, 2027. Buffalo 8 dates Accursed for July 24 digital release.

A24 dropped its Redbubble copyright claim after Kane Parsons pushed back, clarifying that the studio does not own the wider Backrooms concept or community-made lore. The fight underscores how murky IP control gets when internet horror is turned into a franchise; Warner Bros. could face the same issue with Siren Head.

Beyond Casual Media sets an August digital bow for The Observance after its AMC theatrical run; the psychological horror-thriller follows a coma patient who wakes into a dangerous identity shift.

Popcorn Frights adds 25 more premieres, anniversary screenings, guests, and an overnight marathon to its 2026 slate; The End of Oak Street, Drag, Hen, and Unholy Night anchor the new wave alongside retro plays of Train to Busan, Scanners, and From Dusk Till Dawn.

A divisive R-rated gothic horror novel is moving into feature development; no buyer, package, or budget details are attached yet.

$17.6 million in Thursday previews puts Universal’s The Odyssey on track for a $117 million domestic opening, with the $250 million Nolan epic also eyeing a roughly $200 million global start. The film is the first feature shot entirely on IMAX cameras, making premium large formats a key driver.

Apple TV+'s Cape Fear update is being shaped as a stripped-down 2020s take on Scorsese's 1991 thriller; Nick Antosca says the series is aiming to honor the original without being boxed in by its narrative.

AFI will confer honorary doctorates on Guillermo del Toro and Aaron Sorkin at its 2026 Conservatory commencement on August 7; del Toro stays in the institutional spotlight as one of genre's marquee auteurs. No project, financing, or distribution move is attached.

Sony Pictures Classics has taken North American, Southeast Asian and airline rights to Florian Zeller’s thriller Bunker, with a late-year qualifying run and early 2027 release planned; FilmNation is handling international sales and Pathé keeps France, Switzerland and West Africa.

TIFF’s Special Presentations slate expands with Alpha Gang, Glaxo, Love of Your Life, The Housewife and Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. The lineup keeps the festival in early awards-positioning mode, with star-driven premieres and no market paper reported yet.

UK digital window locks for shark-horror Chum; the title now has a dated home-platform rollout with no acquisition or financing terms attached.

Netflix's six-episode Bombing of Pan Am 103 lands July 30 with a stacked ensemble and a true-crime angle built around the Lockerbie bombing investigation. The streamer keeps leaning into eventized limited series based on real-world cases.

Netflix is still weighing XO, Kitty renewal options, with Paramount TV Studios extending the streamer’s option and cast availability as execs debate a season 4 or movie finale; Man on Fire sits at 40.4M views but has not been renewed.

Legendary and Warner Bros. staged a Dune: Part Three trailer event in Abu Dhabi; the Liwa Desert shoot ran 31 days and pulled 600 UAE-based workers, reinforcing the franchise's local production footprint.

Herbert West: Reanimator is in production in Alton, Illinois; Joseph Morgan and Katie Cassidy star and executive produce, Michael Grossman directs, and Woodlake Entertainment is financing the Lovecraft reimagining.