Resident Evil, Zach Cregger & Netflix

Resident Evil reboot tears up the opening weekend and resets the franchise's commercial ceiling; Zach Cregger keeps his post-Barbarian box-office heat intact.

Wrapped filming on They Follow; Maika Monroe returns as Jay, with David Robert Mitchell back to write-direct and Neon producing alongside Good Fear and the original backers. Naomi Ackie and Jackie Earle Haley join the sequel, with Disasterpeace returning for the score.

$10M+ TIFF sale lands Joshua Giuliano’s River with Universal / Blumhouse; the Midnight Madness slasher pairs Jessica Rothe and Jane Levy as siblings trapped on a river with Dane DiLiegro as the masked killer.

$60 million domestic opening gives Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil reboot the franchise’s biggest launch, with the film drawing the best reviews and the strongest commercial start in the series. Abrams also tees up Whalefall for Oct. 16 as Cregger keeps turning horror momentum into studio-scale leverage.

Dragami Games teams with Orange Chariot, Ambitious Entertainment, Nada Holdings and Non Stop TV on a live-action Lollipop Chainsaw adaptation; the cult zombie IP is being reworked as a prequel.

Apple TV+ has ordered Guilty Creatures, a true-crime thriller adaptation of Mikita Brottman's nonfiction book; Julia Garner boards to star and EP, with Craig Gillespie directing and Stuart Zicherman running the series. Tomorrow Studios produces and Sarah DeLappe is adapting the book for TV.

Netflix adds Chanel Cresswell to The Lords’ Day, the Damson Idris-led Michael Dobbs adaptation from Bad Wolf. The British political siege thriller is filling out its ensemble ahead of production.

Nicolas Curcio's Play House won Fantastic Fest's inaugural Fantastic Pitches, unlocking $100,000 in production funding plus a guaranteed premiere slot next year; Alamo Drafthouse is also lining up a theatrical run. The project from Chroma turns the festival into a launchpad for scrappy horror financing with exhibition baked in.

January 15, 2027 theatrical slot is being eyed for River after its TIFF premiere; Universal Pictures and Blumhouse are closing in on the slasher, with Jane Levy and Jessica Rothe facing a faceless killer from Joshua Giuliano.

Post-production is underway on Paraguay-set gothic horror The Narrow House; Janus Media, Zuma Productions, Chaco Films and Black Mandala Films back a late-2026 festival run ahead of a regional theatrical rollout.

American Genre Film Archive is restoring and re-releasing Hell House on Blu-ray and in theaters for its 25th anniversary; George Ratliff's 2001 Trinity Church doc is getting fresh exposure as counterprogramming. The push recasts a cult evangelical horror doc as newly timely distribution inventory.

Life rights came from Doris’s son, and the script cycled through multiple versions before landing on a family-first haunt story. Heather Graham stars in What Happened to Doris, which reframes the case around the mother and her kids rather than the entity, with Fantastic Fest positioning the film as empathy-forward horror.

Prime Video sets an Oct. 30 exclusive launch for Apocalypse Z: New World after a Sitges bow; the Manel Loureiro adaptation follows the streamer’s most-watched international Original movie and rolls out in 240-plus territories.

Ripcord is launching a Halloween genre festival with $200,000 in prizes for emerging filmmakers, opening a new pipeline for horror, sci-fi and fantasy submissions. The move adds another cash-backed outlet for indie genre titles seeking discovery and launch traction.

AMC’s 2026 FearFest lineup leans on the Crypt Keeper host package and a monthlong horror marathon strategy built around franchise titles and seasonal comfort-watch staples. The schedule continues to position AMC as a major annual horror programming destination.

Folk-horror title Her Will Be Done locks a New York theatrical run with guests plus a VOD date; another indie genre rollout moves from fest circuit to release window.

Boat Rocker Studios has taken international distribution rights to Muse Entertainment’s Canadian true-crime doc series Doula: A True Crime and will launch it at MIPCOM Cannes ahead of CBC’s October 7 premiere.

Mayhem Film Festival's 22nd edition lines up 16 short films across two showcase programs at Broadway Nottingham; the slate includes one world premiere, one international premiere, and five UK premieres. The lineup keeps the horror short pipeline moving with Nottingham Horror Collective again curating alongside the fest team.

Full release set for October 8, 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S; Saber Interactive is developing Hellraiser: Revival with Boss Team Games and Mad Head Games, and a Steam demo is live now. The game’s trailer reveals the Scarlet Church cult, with Pinhead and the Cenobites fronting the horror IP’s first major game adaptation.

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story topped Netflix in the U.S. and 49 countries over opening weekend; Ian Brennan says Ryan Murphy is mapping a 10-season runway for the anthology while pushing it deeper into darkly comic female-rage territory.

Amicus Productions is back in horror after more than 40 years, launching In the Grip of Terror as its first new genre feature since the studio’s heyday. The comeback is being positioned as a theatrical return for the British banner, with the trailer now out.

Icon Film Distribution sets The Influencer Project for UK and Irish cinemas Oct. 16, then DVD, Blu-ray and digital on Nov. 30; Eduardo Sánchez and Gregg Hale return on a modern social-media stalker hook.

The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is effectively greenlit after a state settlement; the terms force annual film quotas, U.S. production minimums and anti-AI guardrails for the combined studio.

Wrap-gift storyboards confirm Cregger boarded the entire Resident Evil movie shot-for-shot; the package also teases practical puppetry and creature-heavy set pieces with Austin Abrams reacting to effects and placeholders.

Cauldron Films lines up a limited-edition 4K UHD for Jess Franco’s Jack the Ripper on its 50th anniversary; new restoration and bonus features target horror collectors.

Brad Bird’s $150M-plus animated sci-fi noir lands on Netflix Dec. 18 with a one-week qualifying theatrical run; Skydance Animation and Netflix split the financing after Warner Bros. and Disney passed. Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits lead the voice cast.

Netflix sets Sept. 24 global premiere for Balaraw: Blood Island, its first Filipino Original to stream worldwide; Rae Red's horror mystery centers on folklore, family trauma and a woman searching for her vanished mother.

A new Silent Hill film take is being lined up as a fresh-start reboot, with the franchise reportedly gearing up for a bold new big-screen approach after the latest adaptation cycle. No creative package or buyer is locked, but the IP is moving again.

Shay Hatten boards as co-writer on Zach Cregger’s new Resident Evil movie; the interview confirms the script split on the game adaptation and adds another credited voice to the project.