Toronto International Film Festival & Anna Biller

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.

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.

$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.

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.

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.

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.

TIFF buyer slate leans on horror, true crime, and sci-fi plays, with ‘The Face Of Horror,’ ‘Inherit,’ and Yeon Sang-ho’s ‘Paradise Lost’ among the acquisition targets.

Toronto-premiering Everybody Wants to F-- Me blends rom-com, thriller and horror as Jonathan Schey sends Taron Egerton into a satire of performative nice-guy dating culture. Studiocanal, Film4, LuckyChap and Parkville Pictures back the feature, which pushes into horror-thriller territory.

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.

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.

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.

Top Film Distribution is steering worldwide sales on 2048 at TIFF Market; Anthony Hopkins boards the post-apocalyptic sci-fi feature, with Los Angeles production planned and casting still underway.

Audio description is widening horror access; accessibility tooling is becoming a bigger exhibition and distribution consideration for fright content.

Summer 2026 grossed a record $4.76 billion domestically, with all four months topping $1 billion; A24’s Backrooms hit $393 million worldwide and Focus Features’ Obsession reached $509 million, turning both into breakout comps for the market.

Hudson Williams is playing both Henry and Logan on Crave/AMC+’s Yaga, the Baba Yaga reimagining from Front Street Pictures and Blink49 Studios; the half-hour thriller debuted first-look footage at San Diego Comic-Con and bows in October.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Simon Barry is in final negotiations to license Warrior Nun’s comic rights for a film-and-TV cinematic universe after Netflix’s cancellation. The move would revive the demon-slaying IP outside the streamer that killed the series.

SXSW-premiered Black Zombie reclaims the zombie’s Haitian Vodou roots; Maya Annik Bedward says Slash boarded as producer and talking head while she traces the monster’s history back to colonial Haiti and Hollywood appropriation. The doc turns the zombie canon into a corrective on race, religion and cultural erasure.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sam Barlow’s Precognition pairs live-action FMV with Brandon Cronenberg’s body-horror sensibility; the sci-fi horror game is targeting Spring 2028 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC.

Konami and 2000 AD are extending Silent Hill into a prequel comic, keeping the franchise active in publishing ahead of a later-month launch.

Crunchyroll sets a January 2027 global rollout for the anime adaptation of Korean webcomic SSS-Class Revival Hunter. Hiroaki Sakurai directs at Studio fu, with Sayuri Oba writing and Takeo Otsuka and Satoshi Hino leading the cast.