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Shawn Levy and 21 Laps land a multi-year overall at 20th Television after a long Netflix run; the move keeps Stranger Things offshoots in play while shifting Levy’s TV pipeline to Disney.

Film adaptation development is underway on Keenspot’s supernatural horror comic The Crying Boy; Carter Swan produces, Rona Mark scripts, and the comic’s first issue is already in third printing.

Ben Hardy boards Amazon MGM Studios’ Stillwater series as lead; the horror-drama adaptation was already greenlit in July with Greg Berlanti and Carly Wray steering the comic-book IP.

YouTube is pitching itself as a deeper partner to media companies after Obsession and Backrooms proved creator-led horror can translate theatrically; Pedro Pina used the Madrid summit to push YouTube as a better-monetized pipeline for studios and flag more online-to-cinema crossover ahead.

Mike Flanagan is mapping Carrie as a three-season series, signaling a larger Stephen King adaptation strategy than a one-off limited run.

James Jordan boards Neon’s They Follow, expanding David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows sequel cast as Neon locks worldwide rights and U.S. theatrical release plans. Maika Monroe, Naomi Ackie, and Jackie Earle Haley are already on the call sheet.

Shudder has picked up Canadian horror feature Sundown, adding another acquisition to AMC Networks’ genre slate. The deal keeps the title in the Shudder pipeline for North American genre audiences.

Focus Features won the bidding war for Robert Eggers’ Romeo and Juliet follow-up after A24, Sony and Warner Bros. circled it; the filmmaker also shelved an untitled horror screenplay after Werwulf got too dark.

Prime Video Nordics is leaning harder into psychological thriller and crime as Emilia Widstrand pivots toward a more female-led slate; the banner has Snake Killer, Rinnan, Murder in the Dark and Sarek in play, with book IP and co-pro windows driving the mix.

Lily Gladstone boards western horror The Curse of Silver alongside Kiowa Gordon; casting widens the film’s profile as a Native-led genre play.

Spain’s David Matamoros boards Matías Rojas’ Chilean cult-novel adaptation, pushing the project into final financing for a second-half-2027 shoot in Valdivia; Alfredo Castro stars, with co-producers now spanning Chile, France, Germany and Colombia.

Altered Innocence acquires Fantasia’s Cheval Noir winner No Rest for the Wicked for a 2027 theatrical bow; the gothic supernatural romance stays on the festival circuit in the interim.

Shudder’s Emily Gotto, Nick Lazo and Angel Melanson used Fantastic Fest to map the next horror wave, arguing the genre’s lower budgets and flexibility let filmmakers take bigger swings. Toby Poser also flagged The Glorious Dead as a Shudder acquisition in the mix.

Scream Team Releasing has opened Blu-ray and VHS preorders for The Barn Part III after the indie slasher’s festival run and theatrical bow; the home-video rollout extends the trilogy’s final chapter.

Tubi sets an Oct. 9 free premiere for R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2 and uses NYCC to push its year-round Terror on Tubi horror hub; Jem Garrard directs, Cassandra Peterson boards, and Adam Lewinson sells the slate expansion.

Netflix’s Coben machine keeps printing: 13 shows into the partnership, I Will Find You hit 120M views and Fool Me Once ran at roughly £1.25M-£3M an hour before becoming Netflix’s most-watched show of 2024. The next Bolitar adaptation is written by David E. Kelley and Kyle Long, with Colin Woodell, KJ Apa and Chloe Fineman attached.

Netflix is lining up The Conjuring: Unspoken, an interactive horror game tied to the Conjuring universe; the move extends the franchise into gaming as part of the streamer’s genre slate.

Sitges’ Midnight X-Treme slate picks up David Gordon’s satirical horror Astrolatry, a UFO-meteor delusion pic starring Ethan Daniel Corbett and Milena Abilova. The clip drop is tied to the festival selection, not a release buy or distribution deal.

Brooklyn Horror rolls out its 2026 slate with opening-night vampire pic I Love Paris, centerpiece Species (Sanguine), closing-night Kick On and a stack of New York and East Coast premieres. MUBI and Arrow Video are among the presentational partners across the lineup.

MGM+ schedules the sophomore run for Nov. 8, 2026; King unveiled the date via social media.

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil is moving hardware: RE2 Remake and RE4 sales jumped on PS5 and Steam after the film opened, with Alinea data showing a sharp post-release bump across franchise titles.

A24's 'Backrooms' has become HBO Max's biggest streaming hit after its theatrical run, turning Kane Parsons' creepypasta-derived feature into a low-cost genre breakout and a fresh proof point for internet-IP horror.

Indian rural horror Kaali Kheti lands an Oct. 23 theatrical date; Haris Imtiyaz Khan writes and directs with Jackie Shroff, Sharad Kelkar and Neha Sargam leading BlackCanvas Studio and Zeroland’s production.

The Possessed is now in production in Spain, with Ena Sendijarević rolling cameras on the project. The shoot confirms the title has moved out of development and into active production.

A fully AI-generated Doctor Who episode is already circulating inside BBC circles as Matt Brittin backs guarded AI use; the pitch lands amid a £500M savings drive and possible BBC Three cuts.

Curry Barker said Netflix was among the bidders for Obsession and offered to release the horror film straight on its platform; it ultimately went to theaters, later becoming a major success with Inde Navarette set to host SNL on Oct. 31.

A24's Jeremy Saulnier-helmed Slayground is now on deck for Oct. 19; the teaser confirms the survival-horror setup, with Corey Michael Smith, Chase Sui Wonders and Sophie Wilde leading the cast.

Guilder Cinema Group opens Scott Windhauser’s supernatural horror-thriller You Can’t Leave in theaters Oct. 16. The R-rated 92-minute feature traps Spencer Boldman and Paola Andino in a remote forest prison with shadowy entities.

Shudder sets V/H/S/MIXTAPE for digital launch Oct. 9, 2026 after a Beyond Fest world premiere on Sept. 30; the anthology packs segments from Ernest Dickerson, David Moreau, RZA, Renee Zhan, Flying Lotus and Tobias Forge, with Barbara Crampton, GWAR and a $39.99 standard edition.

Fantastic Fest-premiered creature feature hits Shudder on Oct. 23; Jordan Downey’s The Cycle lands a Stephen King stamp, with Deborah Ann Woll and Jeffrey Donovan leading the cast.