Netflix, Blumhouse Atomic Monster & Focus Features

Netflix locks live-action Ravenloft as a gothic horror series; the Dungeons & Dragons IP expands from tabletop to streamer with a built-in fantasy-horror crossover. The move adds another major genre franchise play to Netflix’s originals pipeline.

Karl Glusman and Juliette Gariépy board Replacer ahead of a Sept. 16 Montreal start; Avan Jogia directs and stars with Halsey, while Lilly Wachowski executive produces and Kyle Mann’s Independent Edge leads production.

AR Content, Vertigo Entertainment and Blumhouse Atomic Monster are remaking Stéphan Castang’s horror satire Vincent Must Die, with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick writing and directing. AR Content optioned the rights from Goodfellas; Roy Lee, Michael Clear and Michael Kupisk are on producing duties, with Stuart Manashil executive producing.

Bendita Film Sales has taken international rights to Norma Vila’s psychological horror thriller Carapace ahead of its Sitges Fantàstic premiere. The Basque debut feature was made for €2.5 million ($2.9 million) with support from regional tax incentives and broadcasters EITB and RTVE.

Temple Hill and Anton team with Sam Evenson to turn the viral supernatural short Ignore It into a feature; Lily Collias stars, Evenson writes/directs, and Anton is launching sales in Toronto.

$35M domestic tracking on Resident Evil, with upside to $50M, would deliver a franchise-opening record for Sony/Constantin; the film is already pacing ahead of Alien: Romulus and 28 Years Later comps.

Sweden shoot is underway on Häxan, a fully financed folk-horror feature from Little Walnut Productions; Erika Linder and T’Nia Miller star, Tina Gharavi directs, and Moby exec produces while composing the score.

Apple Films lands The Waffle House Index in a seven-figure acquisition; Inde Navarrette boards to star and executive produce, with Louis Paxton directing from Andrew Nunnelly’s script and Plan B producing.

Badlands acquires Jacob Reiner’s Wildman, a Bigfoot revenge spec out of the Blood and Ink contest; Carson Reeves boards as executive producer.

BBC has pre-bought RTÉ's true-crime drama The Murder of Mr. Moonlight, which adapts Catherine Fegan's book and lines up Malcolm Campbell to script while Banijay Rights handles international distribution.

Universal has secured remake rights to Korean thriller Confession of Murder and tapped Chris MacBride to write; Barnstorm's Glen Powell and Dan Cohen are producing with Winged Tiger aboard as the project moves into active development.

Alex Garfin boards the Billy Zane-led creature feature Wekiwa, which is already shooting in Orange County, Florida; Richard L. Anderson directs his own script with Salomé Breziner and Scott Rosenfelt producing.

Meryl Streep, Colman Domingo, Bill Hader and Tom Waits join Starburns Industries’ Lincoln in the Bardo, with Tom Hanks already set to star as Lincoln; CAA Media Finance and WME Independent are taking the hybrid feature to TIFF: The Market.

Amazon Prime Video’s RoboCop series is moving with Blumhouse Atomic Monster producing and Peter Ocko showrunning; Dan Stevens’ Onslaught campaign doubles as a franchise pipe-cleaner for Wingard’s KPG-verse talk.

$505.6 million worldwide on a $750,000 budget has Focus Features mounting a full awards push for Obsession, with Inde Navarrette at the center and Curry Barker in play across director, screenplay and editing. The campaign is still undecided on Golden Globes placement, with Focus weighing drama versus comedy routes.

Trinity Content Partners maps a September UK digital slate of seven horror and thriller titles; the rollout spans folk terror, sci-fi chills, and home-invasion fare via GrimmVision, Seven Tales, and Miracle Media.

Disney+ and Hulu lock ABC News' first original video podcast, a six-part true-crime extension of the Cassie Stoddart case that premieres Sept. 4 before rolling out on podcast platforms.

Neon opens Na Hong-jin’s creature feature Hope in 1,500 U.S. theaters Sept. 9, its widest Korean-language launch since Parasite; sold-out early access screenings and strong presales signal a major theatrical play.

Lim Soo Jung boards Netflix’s bloody Korean revenge thriller Daughter; Kim Jin Min directs, with filming slated to start in December 2026. The series centers on a mother’s vengeance quest after the loss of her child, putting another dark Korean title on Netflix’s slate.

Paramount+ has ordered a third season of MobLand before season two even premieres on Sept. 18, locking in Tom Hardy’s return. Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios stay on as producers, underscoring the streamer’s commitment to the crime-thriller franchise.

Netflix India lines up Gandhari as a mythic revenge thriller; Kanika Dhillon writes and produces, Devashish Makhija directs, and Taapsee Pannu stars as a mother who turns vigilante after her daughter’s abduction. The original film folds in ancient-lore and shape-shifter elements, giving Netflix a darker India slate play with genre crossover upside.

1,500 North American theaters are booked for HOPE on Sept. 9; Na Hong-jin's SF thriller becomes the biggest Korean wide release in the region since Parasite after a 4.53 million-admission domestic run.

Beyond Fest sets a 12-feature M. Night Shyamalan retrospective for the Egyptian Theatre this fall; the filmmaker appears in person for four curated blocks, including Q&As on The Eastrail 177 Trilogy, Signs/Knock at the Cabin, The Visit/Trap and The Sixth Sense.

Kentucky wrap on Out of the Ashes; Jordan Dykstra is launching worldwide sales out of the upcoming TIFF market via Ignite Pictures while Steven C. Miller's post-apocalyptic thriller heads to buyers.

Tamar AI is using Venice Production Bridge to push TapNow as an AI-native production OS, claiming 3 million daily users across 150 countries and a creator incubation model that doesn’t take copyright. The company is also rolling out Glanze, a new streamer built around AI-native filmmaking and IP incubation.

Quiver Distribution lines up a limited release for Thomas J. Churchill’s creature feature The 3 Killer Pigs this month; Marcel Banks and Kaitlin Lyerly handle the practical creature FX and makeup.

Red Flag Down arrives on Blu-ray Sept. 8 from MVD and Blood Sick.

Investigation Discovery sets a September 30 premiere for Unmasking a Monster: Aileen Wuornos; the multi-part docuseries uses digital replication and VFX to revisit the serial killer’s life, crimes, and capture.

September 2026 horror releases include Fall 2: Deadpoint and AI thriller C.O.G. on Sept. 2, A24’s Onslaught on Sept. 4, plus Resident Evil, Never After Dark, Practical Magic 2 and American Horror Story’s returning stars later in the month.

Hammer Films unveiled the first trailer for supernatural survival horror Ithaqua after its world premiere at FrightFest London. Set in 19th-century Canada, it follows mercenary Cole Franklin leading a famine-stricken trading party toward an Indigenous village plagued by an unknown threat.