Haugesund & New Nordic Films

Manifest Film has boarded Nataša Urban’s motherhood horror feature ‘Vagina Dentata’ as co-producer; the project is already 60% financed and heads into Haugesund seeking final co-financiers, sales and festival partners. The Norwegian-led package is pitching on the Nordic Co-Production Market slate with Romanian editor Dana Bunescu attached.

LevelK has boarded Norwegian psycho-thriller ‘Anathema,’ a low-budget $1.7 million co-production now being packaged across Norway, Denmark and Germany. The Haugesund market title is still hunting co-financiers and distributors, giving LevelK an early foothold in a fresh genre slate.

Fox-owned Tubi is boosting its international lineup with major Sony and NBCUniversal titles, including Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Jurassic World.

Fantasia-winning Kyrgyz psychological horror Burning lands an exclusive Sept. 4 streaming premiere on IndiePix Unlimited via Foundry Communications. Radik Ashimov’s grief-driven village mystery adds another genre title to the post-Fantasia pipeline.

Horror still spikes fast on streaming, but the report says the genre keeps hitting a ceiling on long-tail reach after the launch bump fades.

Mavryk acquired worldwide rights to Polaris Banks’ experimental thriller And Her Body Was Never Found ahead of the TIFF market. Banks’ feature directorial debut premiered at SXSW and co-stars Banks and co-writer Mor Cohen as a married couple in crisis.

Dave Boyle’s supernatural thriller Never After Dark exits festivals with SXSW Midnighter Audience Award and Overlook’s Grand Jury Prize for Feature Film; the laurels strengthen its sales profile.

Gaumont has locked international rights to Francois Ozon’s Summer Of Fire and is already taking the film to buyers at Venice and TIFF: The Market. The French release is set for Feb. 10, 2027; the film leans on childhood dread and escalating suspense rather than overt horror.

BloodStream adds 48 daily titles plus 300-plus Severin vault films in September; the rollout leans hard into slashers, giallo, creature features and folk horror ahead of Severin’s 20th anniversary.

A24’s Backrooms hits HBO Max after a theatrical run that made it the studio’s top domestic and global earner; the streaming move keeps the Kane Parsons breakout in rotation.

Smile lands an exclusive free-streaming window on Pluto TV Sept. 1, giving Parker Finn’s 2022 breakout its first no-cost AVOD premiere.

Lionsgate’s R-rated horror-thriller Turning Point is out today on VOD and digital platforms. Written and directed by Joshua Wagner (Mimesis), it follows burglars trapped in a house owned by a mutating flesh-eater.

Warner Bros.’ dinosaur creature feature is headed for a roughly $20M opening against an estimated $80M budget; the analysis frames it as a rare original horror tentpole that’s being undercut by soft marketing.

Breda's BUT festival leans into a 'Simply the Pest' theme, screening Ticks, Slither, The Fly, Night of the Creeps and other cult infestations from Aug. 26-30.

Jason Voorhees gets a Halloween marketing push via limited-edition PBR packaging, retail displays, and watch parties timed to build buzz for Crystal Lake.

Mike Hatton boards Nick Simon’s What Happened to Doris? as Jerry, opposite Heather Graham and Mimi Rogers; the Doris Bither haunting adaptation is set to premiere at Fantastic Fest.

Hulu is expanding its true-crime slate with Welcome To The Family: The Murder of Dan Markel, a four-part docuseries about the murder-for-hire of the Florida attorney and law professor.

Image imprint Ninth Circle is publishing Garth Ennis and John McCrea’s horror one-shot The Snail this November, keeping the publisher’s genre line moving with a new creator pairing.

MGM+ confirms a second season for The Institute and rolls out first-look images; the Stephen King adaptation keeps the streamer active in prestige horror-series development.

Danielle Harris and Scout Taylor-Compton co-direct and share story credit on Last Chance Motel through their own banner; The Horror Collective sets a Digital bow for Oct. 6 after a Panic Fest run.

Brainstorm Media sets Tommy Savas’ AI-horror feature C.O.G. for a Sept. 4 theatrical launch and a Sept. 25 on-demand rollout; the chatbot goes malevolent.