Horror Industry News — Thursday, August 13, 2026

Artlist has locked cast on Terrarium, a hybrid horror feature now in production from producer Steven Schneider and AI studio Secret Level. Jason Zada writes and directs, positioning the project as an early AI-driven genre production with real-time industry implications.

Paramount locks June 11, 2027 for Parker Finn's Possession remake; the studio is betting adult horror can counterprogram Universal's How to Train Your Dragon 2, with Smile's nearly $300 million franchise haul underwriting the summer play.

Neon is staging a 36-hour “Endless Screening” at Metro Private Cinema in Chelsea to juice the launch of Alex Ullom’s It Ends; four-person teams can win up to $540 per person plus a $500 finish bonus and $250 in concessions credit. The film opens Aug. 21 in New York and L.A. before expanding nationwide Aug. 28.

Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum are developing a feature adaptation of Z & K Games' viral horror title Scary Teacher with writers Cory Todd Hughes and Adrian Speckert; the package is being framed as a faithful, elevated horror take with suspense, dark humor, and coming-of-age emotion.

Blumhouse Games’ codenamed Project C resurfaces as Precognition under Kinetic Publishing; Sam Barlow and Brandon Cronenberg board the live-action sci-fi horror game for a Spring 2028 rollout across PC and consoles.

Epic Pictures and Dread set Padraig Reynolds' Gator Face for a Sept. 11 theatrical release, with digital on Sept. 15; the swamp-set creature pic leans into practical effects and southern-folklore horror.

Tongal is teaming with TikTok creator Savanah Moss on a Jeff the Killer creepypasta feature, extending Hollywood’s rush into viral horror IP after Backrooms. The creator-led package opens a community concept campaign with cash prizes while Mark Korshak and Michael McKay board as producers.

Anson Funds is pressing Lionsgate to get more aggressive on AI after the studio’s shares slid to a four-month low and the company renewed its Runway partnership, hired Kathleen Grace as chief AI officer and said AI could save tens of millions a year. The pressure adds to takeover speculation around a post-Starz Lionsgate that still owns 20,000 titles and is shopping strategic options.

Underground is getting a release push as EO Contents Group keeps its K-horror IP pipeline moving; another sign Korean genre brands are being built out as repeatable assets.

Danish horror anthology Adorable Humans lands a worldwide streaming rollout at month’s end, with iTunes/Apple TV, Prime Video and Google TV among the launch platforms; the four-tale set reworks Hans Christian Andersen in a darker modern frame.

Warner Bros. Clockwork and the BFI are setting a global theatrical rollout for Ken Russell’s restored The Devils director’s cut this October; the first-ever remaster lands as an NC-17 release after decades off the big screen.

Black Zombie opens Sept. 11 at Quad Cinema and Laemmle's Nuart before widening nationwide; Yellow Eyes lands on Screambox Aug. 18, while MVD sets A Cold Season for Nov. 10, 2026.

Saban Films rolls out Feed on digital and VOD August 14; Marco van Belle’s Irish vampire tale centers on the Dearg-Due, with Grace Collender, Clinton Liberty and Daisy Jelley in the cast.

Privately backed psychological thriller sets a Kentucky shoot next month; Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk and Karlos Ways produce, with Aaron Mirtes directing and additional casting still underway.

New Mexico shoot set for later this year; Josh Sternfeld directs from a script by Patricia A. Beninati, Michael K. Anderson and Jeff Knight, with Centerboro Productions and Convoke Media producing.

Hollywood hasn’t lined up financing for Lilly Wachowski’s $10 million dystopian political thriller The Hunted, which centers a wall-to-wall trans cast. Wachowski is now exploring alternate paths, including a live table read, to keep the project moving with producers Lawrence Mattis, Sarah Marie Flores and Natasha Lyonne.

Disney has picked up Miye Lee's The Dallergut Dream Department Store and tapped Patrick Ness to adapt; the live-action fantasy is early in development with no casting or production timetable yet.

Croatia production runs through late September; no U.S. studio is attached to the underwater thriller, centered on a covert Ukrainian diving team.

1-2 Special has taken U.S. rights to Michał Marczak’s Sundance doc Closure and will open it in theaters Oct. 28. The purchase extends the film’s festival run after award wins and positions the grief-driven true-crime thriller as a theatrical play.

Greenwich Entertainment has taken North American rights to NB Mager's Sundance dramedy Run Amok and is targeting a theatrical launch early next year.

Panorama Studios takes a stake in Rocket Reels to fuel the mobile vertical platform’s next growth phase and tech buildout. The app already spans thrillers, horror, crime, mystery and sci-fi across 10 countries.

Indie Rights lands worldwide distribution on Sean Hinds’ Brooklyn-set crime thriller Neon Affair; the indie was shot in 22 days across nine NYC neighborhoods and stars Caitlyn Joi and Marcus R. Smith.

Netflix's Aug. 6 add pushed D-War to No. 2 in France, Germany, and Italy and No. 6 globally on FlixPatrol's movie chart; the late-stage surge is reviving overseas interest in Shim Hyung-rae's Korean monster title. The bump underscores how library genre fare can re-break on Netflix when it hits the right European algorithmic pocket.

Asia Argento boards a Gia Carangi documentary as executive producer while also fronting Jorge Thielen Armand’s postcolonial thriller Death Has No Master at Locarno. She says the film skewed darker and more paranormal than the script initially suggested, with rehearsal-heavy prep in Venezuela.

Paramount is developing a feature adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s The Final Girl Support Group, with Christopher Landon writing and directing. Andy and Barbara Muschietti remain producers via Double Dream; Hendrix is executive producing.

Lionsgate is packaging Rob Zombie’s Firefly Trilogy as an eight-disc 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital collector’s set for Oct. 13, with House of 1000 Corpses making its 4K debut. The release leans hard into catalog exploitation and collector value, with posters, art cards, a photography book and legacy docs.

Warner Bros.’ The End of Oak Street is tracking a $20 million to $30 million launch on an $80 million-plus budget; Spider-Man: Brand New Day still owns the weekend as summer box office clears $4 billion.

The Blair Witch Project co-creator Eduardo Sánchez and producer Gregg Hale are reuniting for The Influencer Project, a found-footage horror film shifting the duo’s format from Maryland woods to social media’s hyper-curated world.

FX locks in a 13-episode run for American Horror Story: 13, with Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett and Emma Roberts back in the mix. The season bows Sept. 24 on FX and Hulu, with the premiere week rolling out three episodes.

Amazon MGM is rolling Verity into US theaters Oct. 2, with Sony Pictures Releasing handling the UK bow on the Colleen Hoover adaptation. The trailer positions Michael Showalter’s film as a glossy psychological thriller with Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett in a winter-cabin triangle.