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Hammer is now folded into John Gore Studios after Gore’s late-2023 acquisition; KFilm and Silver Salt Restoration give the outfit distribution and remastering muscle, with a 4K 'Dracula' rollout and new classic remakes in the pipeline.

Nick Simon inks with IAG after Fantastic Fest bow What Happened to Doris?; Heather Graham stars in the supernatural horror pic, with Roy Lee and Steven Schneider producing from Thomas Fenton’s script.

FX/Hulu creator Ryan Murphy is mounting a vampire series titled Brides of Blood; production is slated to begin in Europe this December.

WME signs Paolo Strippoli after Venice/TIFF buzz on psychological horror The Spiral; the film still lacks North American rights, and his next project is already in development.

Straight-to-series Hulu thriller deal is nearing the finish line; Kylie Jenner boards as star and EP in 'Bachelorette Weekend,' adapted by Lauren Oliver from Flora Collins' unpublished novel and packaged through Kapital Entertainment and 20th Television. Kim Kardashian is also EPing, giving Hulu a Kardashian-Jenner genre play.

Amazon MGM Studios is developing Brynn Kelly's Audible Original A Murder to Remember as a feature thriller; Michael Sucsy directs from his own script, with Audible and Windlight packaged on the adaptation.

Sony is developing a new live-action Ghostbusters entry under the working title 'Ghostbusters: Nightmare on 34th Street'; Josh Miller is scripting and no continuity call or greenlight is set.

Chernin Entertainment has locked film and TV adaptation rights to Nexon and Embark Studios’ ARC Raiders and The Finals after winning a competitive process. ARC Raiders’ 16 million-copy run gives the transmedia push immediate scale.

Dylen Postnikoff joins Room418, bolstering the horror vertical’s editorial and audience-growth push.

Amazon MGM Studios is ditching its centralized business affairs shop for a genre-based model; Diana Bernstein, Chris Carter and Matt Rea are coming over from Netflix as dealmaking gets embedded inside TV, film and international originals.

Bloody FM launches The Backrooms: Silverfish, a new horror fiction podcast built on Backrooms mythology and focused on the people trapped inside it. The rollout adds fresh genre IP from Bloody Disgusting’s audio arm.

Scatena & Rosner Films sets a North American VOD and digital launch for Marrow on Nov. 3, giving the horror thriller a release path anchored by Danielle Harris and Michael Ironside. The film leans into true-crime obsession and influencer-culture dread, with Mitch McLeod directing from a script with Jessica Dawn Willis.

Breaking Glass Pictures sets Camp Night for an Oct. 13, 2026 digital bow on Amazon and Fandango, with a Tubi window following Dec. 10; Isaiah Russell's woods-set slasher-survival feature leans on workplace-campout tension and a deadly local legend.

Ethereal Horror Fest returns to Austin Oct. 16-18 for its seventh year, and the lineup adds the festival's first live pitch competition with six filmmakers presenting original horror concepts.

Pan’s Labyrinth returns to theaters Oct. 9 in a 20th-anniversary 4K and 3D re-release via Cineverse and Fathom Entertainment. The event-cinema push adds a fresh theatrical window for Guillermo del Toro’s genre classic.

BayView Entertainment moves Pay to Die from VOD to free streaming on Tubi Oct. 7; Amazon Prime Video and Fandango at Home carry buy/rent windows.

Spanish cinemas get Biblia negra on Oct. 9, with Moon Entertainment handling the rollout on Rubén Arnaiz’s supernatural horror feature. The Hispano-Mexican coproduction follows an ancient book, a cult and an apocalyptic ritual.

Canadian genre premiere at Tribeca: Sam Scott’s debut Turn It Up! centers on a cursed riff that opens a portal to another dimension; Gwenlyn Cumyn, Justine Nelson and Julian Richings star.

World premiere lands at Sitges this October for Black Sheeps; Jonathan King returns to the genetically modified-animal horror-comedy franchise with new bloody sequel footage.

Split Rock locks a Sitges world premiere and Brooklyn Horror North American premiere; Ryan Glover’s magnetic-stone horror stars Clark Backo, Drew Ray Tanner and Olivia Luccardi.

Screen Producers Australia is pressing Canberra for meaningful consent, compensation and transparency in AI copyright rules; the submission argues producers need control over how their IP is ingested and used by models.

BUDDY has already raced past $26 million, giving Roadside Attractions and Saban Films the year's biggest indie-horror breakout on fewer than 1,800 screens. The Sundance acquisition is now the top earner in Saban's history and a top-three title ever for Roadside.

Blumhouse lines up Insidious: Out of the Further for digital on Oct. 6, with Blu-ray and DVD on Dec. 1; Jacob Chase directs the latest Further-set entry, starring Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea and Lin Shaye.

Emily Blunt is back for a third 'Sicario' with Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro; Padraic McKinley is directing from Steven Knight's script as the package heads toward an early-next-year start.

Mike Flanagan says The Dark Tower is still stuck in legal limbo, but scripts are ready and he and Stephen King are pushing for a formal greenlight. Amazon previously passed on an earlier pilot, leaving the series in development with no start date.

Philip Clyde-Smith’s A Hand to Hold lands a Bushwick Film Festival screening in Brooklyn, giving the Jersey filmmaker an international showcase for his horror-comedy short about grief, rot and a husband whose hand won’t let go.

Skydance named James Gunn and Peter Safran co-chairmen of DC Studios as the Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery tie-up closes; David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz also rolled out the merged company’s top content and news leadership slate.

Shudder’s V/H/S/MIXTAPE hits Oct. 9 after a Beyond Fest world premiere; Ernest Dickerson’s segment follows a film student probing a reclusive musician, with Flying Lotus, Tobias Forge, RZA and David Moreau in the mix.

Dark Sky Films sets Matt Stuertz’s single-location splatter pic for select theaters and digital on Oct. 23 after a FrightFest run; Jackie Kelly stars with David Neiss scripting and David Christopher Pitt producing.

MGM+ sets The Institute season 2 for November 8; Alfie Allen boards as tech billionaire Nolan Reeves, widening the Stephen King adaptation’s backer conspiracy.