The Wire
5£4.2m UK-Ireland launch gives Sony’s Resident Evil the franchise’s biggest regional opening by a clear margin; the reboot is already within £600k of the series’ local lifetime record.
FilmVarietySep 21
€3 million Nordic genre slate in motion: Scanbox is already on board Johannes Persson’s folk-horror Trespassers, Tobias Forge is directing a V/H/S: Mixtape segment, and Henrik Svensson’s The End is fully financed by private equity.
FilmVarietySep 21
Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide sales on Sean Hogan’s supernatural thriller ahead of its Beyond Fest premiere; the documentary-crew setup turns from true-crime mimicry into full-on horror.
$400.07M worldwide on a $10M budget; A24’s biggest film by a wide margin and its largest opening ever, with Kane Parsons becoming the youngest director to open a film at No. 1 domestically.
Lionsgate is set to release Mike P. Nelson’s creature-feature survival horror Beware Boiúna in theaters on October 2 after its Fantastic Fest world premiere. Nelson says the jungle is the winner here, framing the movie as an erosion-of-survival survival story rather than a beat-the-monster fight.
Deals & Development
3FilmWorld of ReelSep 21
James McAvoy boards Ben Wheatley’s 'Fear the Reaper'; London shoot is next and the horror package is out shopping for a distributor.
IndustryMetro.co.ukSep 21
Mike Flanagan’s eight-episode Carrie TV adaptation, starring Summer H. Howell, premieres on Amazon Prime Video October 7. Its first two episodes screened at TIFF and Fantastic Fest, drawing “masterful” and “brilliant” reviews.
Jennifer Garner exited Ben Affleck’s Netflix thriller after the pair decided the on-screen baggage wasn’t worth it, handing the role to Kerry Washington; Animals is set for select-city play Oct. 9 before the Netflix bow.
Festivals & Markets
3FilmPopHorrorSep 20
World premiere at Fantastic Fest for Josh Tanner’s new horror feature; Sophie Lowe, David Roberts and Doris Younane star, with a clip rolling ahead of the festival debut.
FilmPopHorrorSep 20
Fantastic Fest bow ahead of a Nov. 6 theatrical release for Scott Tinkham and Michael Woloson’s horror feature; the film follows two survivors holed up with an enigmatic caretaker in the English countryside.
FilmiHorrorSep 21
Polish countryside horror ties aging and adolescence to the same fear of losing yourself; Agata Trzebuchowska says the small production ran on rehearsals, improvisation and a go-with-the-flow approach.
Broadcast & Streaming
3Apple TV has reset The Savant for spring 2027 after the thriller sat on the shelf for a year; the new window restores Emmy eligibility and keeps Jessica Chastain’s domestic-extremism series alive.
Netflix is giving The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth a two-week global IMAX run starting Nov. 25 before the film streams Dec. 23, a rare theatrical-window play for the platform.
Hulu’s eight-episode crime thriller Furious is already locked for season 2 after a breakout July launch; Emmy Rossum leads the FBI-vs.-serial-killer series in New York.
Noteworthy
12$75M production budget and a $108.3M worldwide opening give Roy Lee another commercial win; the profile traces how he used Barbarian to steer Resident Evil to Sony after years of spotting breakout IP early.
Netflix locks Oct. 13, 2026 for the six-part German psychological thriller; Constantin Film produces, Isabel Kleefeld adapts Melanie Raabe’s novel, and filming wrapped after shoots in Düsseldorf and Cologne.
FX is front-loading American Horror Story: 13 with a three-episode premiere and six episodes out by the end of week two; the season ends October 29 on a twice-weekly cadence. Hulu carries the U.S. run, Disney+ handles international, and the cast is stacked with multi-role returns from Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, and Evan Peters.
Summer 2028 is locked for Zach Cregger's Spielberg-backed The Flood; the sci-fi thriller carries horror scenes but is being positioned outside pure horror, with Siren Head and a Weapons prequel also in play.
FilmGrimoire of HorrorSep 20
Joseph Scrimshaw’s feature debut rolls out as a theatrical roadshow Sept. 18-Oct. 17 across 10 U.S. cities; haunted-DVD horror-comedy stars James Urbaniak and Joe Lynch exec produces.
IndustryOklahoma City Free PressSep 21
OKC’s Burns Brothers launched fundraising and production for punk-rock horror-comedy Bad Vibes with a Sept. 16 Resonant Head concert and raffle; Leah N.H. Philpott, a Hell Hath No Fury standout, is set to lead.
Netflix lands Sept. 24 for Pablo Larraín's four-part supernatural miniseries 'Mis muertos tristes,' adapted from Mariana Enríquez and fronted by Mercedes Morán and Dolores Fonzi.
Netflix sets Sept. 25 for 'El problema final,' a four-episode thriller adaptation of Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel from Mod Producciones and director Félix Viscarret.
Cregger is keeping Resident Evil locked to the theatrical cut; the trimmed jokes stay out, and he says the movie still needs to play as a horror-first survival story.
TVPhantasmagoriaSep 7
Eight wins on Night 2, including Betty Gilpin's guest actress trophy and key craft prizes; the horror-comedy now sits at 19 nominations and is already renewed for season 2.
IndustryThe BeatSep 21
Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley reunite on The Princess Murders at Image Comics; the campy horror series lands this December.
FilmFangoriaSep 20
Barbara Crampton stars in The Kentucky Goblins, a festive found-footage creature feature currently in development; plot details, co-stars, production partners, and release timing have not been announced.
A24 sets a Sept. 25 nationwide theatrical rollout after the Venice main-comp premiere; Robert Pattinson produces and stars, with the Chris Hansen/To Catch a Predator angle driving the marketing push.
American Horror Story: 13 premieres Sept. 24 on FX/Hulu and Sept. 25 on Disney+ UK. John Waters plays Mr Phibes alongside Jessica Lange; Alex Consani and Avantika join Sarah Paulson’s coven, while Evan Peters reprises Tate Langdon and James Patrick March.