Fantastic Fest & Blumhouse Atomic Monster

Nov. 12, 2027 wide theatrical date set for Drew Hancock’s horror-suspense feature Seasons; Lily James, Jack Reynor, Ron Perlman, Elizabeth McGovern, Wes Studi and Dane DiLiegro star. Adapted from Matt and Harrison Query’s viral Old Country; 21 Laps, Blumhouse Atomic Monster and 12:01 Films produce for Amazon MGM.

$10 million creature feature Pacific is selling territory by territory ahead of its Sitges bow, with deals already set across Asia, Europe and Russia/CIS. Cinemex has Mexico theatrical and the film is being positioned as a big VFX-heavy Spanish-language sci-fi horror play.

Ripcord launches as a direct-to-fan indie genre platform alongside its inaugural Halloween Film Festival, offering 50 shorts and a $200,000 prize pool. Charlie Cleveland is building the service around filmmaker-fan commerce; Vanessa Meyer, John Hegeman and Stacy Jorgensen are steering the launch.

Prime Video's Carrie lands Oct. 7, with Stephen King publicly backing Mike Flanagan's eight-episode remake and calling its social-media angle “brilliant.” Summer H. Howell leads the cast alongside Samantha Sloyan, Amber Midthunder and Matthew Lillard.

Austin Abrams is locked as Bryan while Zach Cregger says Resident Evil was greenlit during Weapons post; Prague shoot details and stunt close-calls underline Sony's September launch.

Under-$10M medieval horror shot in the Czech Republic on 35mm over 34 days; TIFF Midnight Madness is next, with Embankment selling internationally and WME handling North America.

Woodlake Entertainment has Herbert West: Reanimator in post after an Alton, Illinois wrap, with Joseph Morgan and Katie Cassidy leading Michael Grossman's Lovecraft adaptation. Jeff Lewis is financing, and the film is targeting 2027.

Hulu has greenlit Victoria, a Christy Hall erotic thriller limited series set in San Francisco’s elite venture-capital circuit; Li Jun Li stars as con artist Maxine Tao. Geeta Vasant Patel directs the pilot, with Onyx Collective and Counterpart Studios producing.

New Zealand’s Black Mandala acquired worldwide sales rights to J.M. Stelly’s horror trio “Within Madness,” “Vessel” and “The Thirteenth Gate.” Stelly wrote and directed all three, producing with Johnny Stassi through Anatomica Films.

Cleopatra Venom sets Magick Mtn. for digital video on Oct. 13; Hana Mae Lee and Hal Satin’s occult rock-and-roll fairytale already played Fantastic Fest, Susquehanna and Molins.

Shudder Original world-premieres at TIFF Midnight Madness before a Fantastic Fest U.S. bow; Independent Film Company is handling the theatrical rollout on Joshua Giuliano’s feature debut.

Eight-part Crave Original SNOOKI: THE PARANORMAL ROOKIE launches Oct. 2; Buck Productions and My Entertainment produce, with Bell Media leaning on the Canadian tax credit and Sphere Abacus handling international sales.

Tubi sets an exclusive September 25 rollout for Buzzkill, its new horror-comedy about a sorority trapped with a killer; Siena Agudong, Brec Bassinger and Aliyah’s Interlude star, with Suzanne Keilly scripting and Jem Garrard directing.

$3.5M-$4M in Thursday previews positions Warner Bros./Alcon’s Practical Magic 2 for a $30M-$35M domestic opening; Alcon financed 50% of the $70M net sequel. Neon’s Hope added $1.1M in its opening day and is tracking to the mid-single digits after a $36M-plus run in South Korea.

Rhonda Shear launches The Up All Night Network on Roku with 24-hour cult and horror programming, a bi-monthly reboot series, and a $3.99 monthly price point.

Beyond Fest books the U.S. premiere of Casey Walker’s survival horror ITHAQUA at the Los Feliz 3 on Sept. 27; Luke Hemsworth, Kevin Durand, Michael Pitt, Leenah Robinson and Craig Lauzon star in the 110-minute Canadian wilderness thriller.

HorrorHound Weekend Cincinnati books Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp and a raft of Elm Street alums; the convention adds Q&As, screenings, filmmaker workshops and the world premiere of The Devil You Know.

Colin Minihan's killer bee horror pic Stung wraps production with Justin Long, Iris Apatow, Odeya Rush, Annarah Cymone and Neela Jolene aboard; the suburban paranoia thriller expands the cast package on the finished feature.

Blumhouse Atomic Monster’s teen slasher The Last Kiss hits digital retail Sept. 15, 2026 via Universal Pictures Home Entertainment; Yoko Okumura directs Mckenna Grace in a curse-and-killer setup.

Legendary briefly negotiated a third Godzilla x Kong with Adam Wingard before he bowed out to make Onslaught; Grant Sputore ultimately inherited Supernova after Wingard asked for a gap film and got a no.

Pan’s Labyrinth is headed back to U.S. and Canadian theaters Oct. 9-15 for a 20th-anniversary 4K run with RealD 3D and premium HDR options; Guillermo del Toro personally oversaw the re-release.

Black Sheeps wraps a five-week New Zealand shoot and heads to a Sitges world premiere this October; Jonathan King is back in genetically modified-animal horror and is teasing a theatrical run.

Hammer pushes Ithaqua toward an early 2027 release via Kaleidoscope after FrightFest and Beyond Fest playdates; the winter-set folk-horror sells the studio’s first new monster in decades.

Netflix sets Oct. 8, 2026 for Below, a six-episode sea-creature horror series from creator Jesse McKeown starring Josh Hartnett, Charlie Heaton and Mackenzie Davis.

World premiere set for Fantastic Fest on Sept. 17; Rocko Zevenbergen's Flapjax blends body horror and horror-comedy around a fast-food manager unknowingly serving an alien race's deadly menu item.

FX sets American Horror Story: 13 for Sept. 24 with John Waters aboard as Mr. Phibes, alongside returning regulars Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Emma Roberts and Jessica Lange. The trailer also confirms a slate of new and returning cast members for the season.

John Langridge’s fairground slasher Charlie Shaw’s Revenge lands on Prime Video in the U.S. on Oct. 2, with a London screening set for Oct. 6 and a UK digital date still pending.

20th Century’s Whalefall heads to theaters Oct. 16; Brian Duffield co-wrote and directs the Daniel Kraus adaptation, which Imagine boarded after a 2023 bidding war. The survival-thriller was mounted largely inside a whale-stomach production build, with Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin leading the cast.