SXSW, Adam Sigal & Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage boards Adam Sigal’s post-apocalyptic horror Parish; the feature is set to roll in Minnesota this fall with Cage leading the cast.

Shudder’s fall rollout spans Parasomnia, Mārama, The Creep Tapes season 3, Goody Goody, Bloody Tennis, Infirmary and V/H/S/Mixtape, plus a live Halloween special and awards-night programming. The streamer is using the campaign to own the seasonal horror conversation from early September through year-end.

Variance locks North American theatrical release for the SXSW slasher Family Movie, with April 23, 2027 on the calendar and a full theatrical window planned. Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick direct, produce and star; Neon International handles foreign sales.

Christian Kang Bachini is adapting his own indie horror novel into a feature via Via Mantra Productions; Natasha Halevi and Emily Ashby star, Christopher Young scores, and the package launches with a 30-minute proof-of-concept.

Jacksepticeye fully finances principal photography on creator-led horror feature Godmother after studio pushback; Alanah Pearce co-writes, John Veron directs, and the finished film is heading into festivals.

Peacock and A24 are taking Crystal Lake to NYCC with an exclusive first-look screening and panel ahead of the Oct. 15 premiere; Brad Caleb Kane is pitching the Friday the 13th prequel as a paranoid ’70s thriller with slasher DNA.

Aussie action-horror Kick On lands a Midnight Madness berth at TIFF; no sales attached yet, just a genre-fest launch slot.

Nick Lyon’s possession horror feature Do You Want to Play? bows at FrightFest London on Aug. 30. World premiere status only; no distribution buyer or sales activity is attached yet.

Fantastic Fest 2026 adds Red Snow to its lineup, a Finnish horror-comedy about a vampire posing as Santa Claus. The title plants another genre-world premiere in Austin’s annual discovery lane.

Black Fawn Distribution fronts HY3NA with new poster art and first-look stills ahead of its world premiere at Tubi FrightFest London on Aug. 31. Matthew Ninaber writes and directs the femme-fatale thriller, with Kristen Kaster, Storm Steenson, Jeremy Ninaber and Ninaber starring.

Insurgence rolls out Steven M. Smith’s horror sequel Simon Says 2 across Tubi, Amazon, Apple TV, BloodStream, Fandango and Fawesome. The TV-MA board-game survival thriller returns with a new cast of paranormal investigators and a fresh set of deadly rules.

Brainstorm Media rolls out Adam O’Brien’s contained demonic horror Bury the Devil in select theaters and on demand Aug. 21. The real-time, single-shot feature traps a nurse and dementia patient inside an isolated home as a demonic presence closes in.

New Zealand cannibal horror-comedy The Weed Eaters lands on Letterboxd Video Store’s Unreleased Gem shelf Aug. 26-Sep. 25; rentals open next week. The window gives the indie genre title a fresh digital outlet without a wider platform pickup.

Netflix locks U.S. first-window SVOD rights to LifeHack for a Sept. 23 debut; the SXSW screenlife heist thriller launched theatrically through The Avenue and Paramount Pictures and hit digital VOD Aug. 4.

Eight-name ensemble locks on Alex Ullom’s Neon horror follow-up; Sophia Lillis, Dylan Minnette, Jaden Smith and Jacob Tremblay board the illegal livestream kill-or-be-killed setup. Principal photography is already wrapped; Spooky Pictures, Image Nation Studios, Divide/Conquer and Phobos co-produce, with Neon holding worldwide rights.

Daniel Peddle has signed on to adapt Michael Sledge’s debut novel Cold Moon Rising, a Southern crime thriller built around a home invasion, kidnapping and murder chain. The feature is being developed in close collaboration with Sledge and extends Peddle’s Southern Gothic lane.

SRHP Films’ supernatural horror-crime thriller Holy Father is stacking festival wins while the team shops domestic and international distribution for a Halloween 2026 release window. Eric Roberts leads the cast; Shravan Tiwari directs, writes and edits, with Sandip Patel producing.

Hulu greenlights a Lorena Bobbitt-centered second installment of Good American Family, turning the Natalia Grace anthology into a true-crime franchise. Katie Robbins and Ellen Pompeo stay attached as EPs; the first season has already logged 140M hours streamed globally.

Jeff Hiller jumps from guest to series regular for Widow’s Bay Season 2 on Apple TV; the haunted-island horror-comedy is already in the writers’ room with Katie Dippold and sits on 19 Emmy nominations.

Channel 4 has acquired Complicit, a six-part murder mystery from Tall Story Pictures and Metropolitan Pictures, with ITV Studios handling international distribution. The Irish-UK coproduction comes bundled with Virgin Media Television Ireland, Screen Ireland and Sound & Vision Fund backing.

Chad McClamon’s debut psychological horror thriller lands on major digital platforms September 15 via The Horror Collective after the title’s spring acquisition.