Wednesday, July 29, 2026

FX/Hulu’s American Horror Story season 13 is a 13-episode crossover of the entire anthology; Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange, Evan Peters, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd and Angela Bassett are back for a Sept. 24 launch.

A24 is developing a Texas Chainsaw Massacre TV series, extending the slasher franchise onto series television. Glen Powell is producing, with JT Mollner attached to the project as well.

Mike Flanagan has already turned in Warhammer 40K story outlines and is moving into script on Amazon MGM/Vertigo's live-action adaptation; Henry Cavill remains attached as star/EP. Games Workshop also flags a greenlit Deathwatch animated series and a near-complete Age of Sigmar Secret Level episode, keeping the franchise in multi-format expansion.

Evil Dead Burn hits digital in the U.S. and Canada next week, then rolls to physical media in September; the franchise’s latest is already moving into its home-entertainment window after its theatrical run.

Dark Sky Films confirms a Sept. 18 U.S. digital-and-theatrical rollout for Who's Watching, pairing the release with a nationwide preview tour of advance screenings, acoustic sets, and Q&As.

Popcorn Frights 2026 has locked 72 short films, including 13 world premieres, across seven curated programs for its 11-day South Florida run Aug. 6-16; the hybrid fest will screen in theaters and on its virtual platform.

Gladys is in active development as Zach Cregger and Zach Shields keep scripting a Weapons prequel that backfills Aunt Gladys' origin; the project is dated Sept. 8, 2028. Warner Bros.' Weapons already grossed about $270 million worldwide against a reported $38 million budget.

Toho and Toei are pivoting from Japan-first licensing to near-simultaneous U.S. releases, using streaming-era visibility to rebuild their American footprint. The shift could change how Japanese genre titles are launched and monetized stateside.

World premiere in Locarno’s international competition Aug. 5–15; feature debut from Matheus Farias and Enock Carvalho following their Sundance short Inabitável; Matheus Farias is a Platino-winning editor on Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Oscar-nominated film; stars Caique Copque and Ítalo Martins and features Robério Diógenes, Kaiony Venâncio and Carlos Francisco; set in Recife’s mangrove nightscape.

Devilworks says it fully financed and exec produced Hansel & Gretel’s Halloween in-house; the Grimm riff rolls out via premium TVOD on Aug. 1, then wider digital and AVOD windows through Halloween season.

Screaming Room returns to Midsummer Scream Aug. 7-9 with year-round short-film curation and block programming built from submissions; the fest remains a showcase lane for emerging horror filmmakers.

Popcorn Frights loads up its biggest lineup yet for Aug. 6 in Fort Lauderdale, headlined by an early special presentation of The End of Oak Street and a strong homegrown Florida horror showcase.

Marc Price boards Witchcraft: The Lanterne of Light, marking a horror return for the Trick or Treat and Family Ties veteran.

A24’s Onslaught folds into Adam Wingard’s The Guest universe, with the filmmaker calling it a spiritual sequel set in the same town. The horror-thriller opens in U.S. theaters September 4.

Netflix’s Harlan Coben pact keeps paying off; I Will Find You hit 101.9M views and cracked the streamer’s Most Popular English Series list at No. 10, marking Netflix’s biggest original scripted debut of 2026.

Fantasia spotlights Canadian genre titles Black Zombie and Insectasy in its honors slate; another signal the Montreal fest is still a key launchpad for homegrown horror.

MGM+ locks Embassy as the U.S. home for the six-part action thriller starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Heughan, and J.K. Simmons; AGC International already has Prime Video, ZDF, and other territory deals in place. The series shot in Cologne and London and adds another premium thriller to MGM+’s slate.

Netflix has locked a Sept. 25 global release for Unabomber, the R-rated true-crime thriller shot in Montreal over summer 2025; Janus Metz directs Jacob Tremblay, Russell Crowe and Shailene Woodley.

R-rated for some bloody violence and language; Rob Savage's Josh Malerman adaptation is locked for a Halloween theatrical rollout with Jessica Chastain fronting the cast.

Jeff Wadlow says he’d jump at the chance to direct Paramount’s next A Nightmare on Elm Street, but no attachment is in place yet. He’s currently promoting The Devil’s Mouth ahead of its Prime Video drop.

South Korea’s box office jumped 41.9% in H1 2026 to $396.6M, powered by The King’s Warden, Yeon Sang-ho’s zombie thriller Colony, and low-budget horror Salmokji: Whispering Water; Showbox led distributors with a 48.6% share.

Midsummer Scream leans into horror-comedy musicals this year, with Final Girl: The Musical, Stephen King's IT: A Musical Parody, Scream'd, Monsterville, and The Shining! The Musical! on the bill.

FrightFest sets the world premiere for Signature Entertainment’s survival thriller Zip Wire next month; MyAnna Buring stars as a pharma researcher forced to outrun hostiles in a zipline escape trap.

A24's Backrooms takes No. 1 on DEG's digital transactions chart in its premium VOD debut week; Universal's Obsession lands at No. 2, underscoring strong post-theatrical demand for horror titles.

Paramount+ will premiere Dexter: Resurrection season 2 later this year, with Michael C. Hall back as Dexter Morgan caught between the Five Borough Killer (Dan Stevens) and the New York Ripper (Brian Cox) while facing a “midlife crisis.” Harrison (Jack Alcott) also returns.

Shudder has Nightborn lined up for Friday; Rupert Grint frames the body-horror baby story as a deeply personal fear project, while Hanna Bergholm leans into motherhood, myth, and practical creature work.

Location shoot is underway in Mahopac as Netflix's mystery-thriller The God of the Woods turns Carmel Town Hall into a State Police barracks; antique patrol cars, crew and cast were on set July 28.

Quiver Distribution is putting Derek Diorio's AI-car survival horror Evel on VOD in August after debuting the trailer; the indie traps a young woman inside a self-driving EV on a remote highway.

Brainstorm Media sets an Aug. 21 theatrical and on-demand rollout for single-shot demonic horror pic Bury the Devil. Adam O’Brien directs from John Petrizzi and Brad Hodson’s script, with Dawn Ford, Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez and Bill Rowat starring.

Netflix’s six-part monster thriller Below stars Josh Hartnett as Calvin Penney, a stubborn fisherman in a Newfoundland town who teams with a visiting marine researcher to face an unidentified sea creature; Charlie Heaton plays his son. It streams October 8.