Netflix, Universal Pictures & Brian Duffield

Cineverse is adapting Trevor Henderson’s horror podcast Mayfair Watchers Society into a found-footage anthology feature; Henderson boards to produce and write as the deal extends his studio run after Siren Head and Cartoon Cat.

Tomorrow/Today launches with pre-emptive TV rights to YA horror novel Black Girl, Jump; Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins and Christina Elmore are building the banner around elevated genre material.

Grace Caroline Currey is back for Fall 3; Scott Mann returns to direct and cameras are slated to roll in 2027 after the sequel’s soft domestic run.

George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is being adapted as a vertical microdrama for Room418, a horror-focused mobile app. The classic zombie title is getting a mobile-first serialized rework.

Neon rescued Luca Guadagnino's AI horror picture with a global rights deal after Amazon MGM dumped it; strong festival response is colliding with the studio's AI strategy and the broader talent backlash around likeness and training waivers.

Radial Entertainment orders season 3 of Making a Serial Killer and extends the true-crime franchise across the U.S., Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Austria; the 10-part run is set for a December premiere on TBD platforms. The order caps a MIPCOM rights spree that also saw Forensic Files and A Haunting expansions.

Three seasons of MGM+ horror series FROM hit Netflix U.S. on Oct. 19 in a limited-time licensing window ahead of the 2027 final season; Stephen King’s endorsement adds extra heat to the streamer play.

Parker Posey boards Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Universal’s Sleepover; Jacob Chase directs from a Bryce McGuire script adapted from McGuire’s short story, with Oct. 8, 2027 on the calendar.

Level 33 has taken U.S. and Canadian rights to Derek Sulek's indie slasher Dead of Night for a November 13 theatrical rollout. Dermot Mulroney, Scott Grimes, Jake Busey and Kirrilee Berger star.

Shudder picked up Ryan Glover’s supernatural horror Split Rock for multiple territories; Raven Banner, Just For Laughs and BayView also landed licensing deals out of MIPCOM.

$500M+ theatrical haul turns Obsession into one of horror's biggest hits; JioHotstar streams the uncut version Oct. 30 via The Peacock Hub in India with Hindi dubs.

Universal’s Other Mommy opened to $27.5M domestic, beating forecasts and holding No. 1 despite soft reviews; the weekend frame totaled $85.2M, while Fathom’s Pan’s Labyrinth 20th anniversary bowed to $1.66M.

Sony taps former YouTube exec Fede Goldenberg to run Screen Gems, sharpening the label’s push toward theatrical projects from digital-native creators. The move plugs into a broader horror-IP scramble, with Sony, Blumhouse, A24 and Lionsgate all mining YouTube and short-form creators for franchise-ready genre material.

Netflix layoffs and weaker engagement data headline a broader Hollywood media reset, with Hello Sunshine also in bargain-bin mode. The roundup underscores tightening economics across streamers, debt markets and tax-incentive driven production.

Gersh folds You First Originals into Victoria House and pushes deeper into scripted features and true-crime TV; the slate includes Netflix’s Criminopatía podcast adaptation and new co-pro ambitions out of Spain.

Brad Caleb Kane restages the original Friday the 13th kill setup for Crystal Lake; the prequel keeps Jason off-screen while resetting the franchise mythology.

Whalefall opens Friday with a 4DX theatrical push; Brian Duffield is selling the sperm whale as the good guy and leaning into an immersive release strategy.

$280M Narnia is in reshoots after mixed test screenings; Netflix has pulled in outside editorial help and locked a Feb. 12, 2027 theatrical launch with a 49-day exclusive window.

The Mummy 4 is shooting with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz back as the O’Connells; Universal’s franchise sequel has moved into production with the original leads reunited.

$750K Obsession turned into a $14M Focus Features buy, a $17M North American opening and a $514M worldwide breakout; the TIFF sale and box-office legs make Curry Barker and Inde Navarrette major horror-market names.

Zendaya boards Alex Garland’s untitled A24 sci-fi feature; shooting is set for next year, extending the Garland/A24 run that includes Ex Machina, Civil War and Elden Ring. A24 keeps the star in orbit after The Drama and Be My Baby.

Brian Duffield only punched up the next Alien script over Christmas; he is not writing or directing the 20th Century sequel. The clarification keeps the franchise in development under Steve Asbell and Ridley Scott while Duffield stays focused on Whalefall.

Hammer's Dracula is back in cinemas via a new restoration; the 1958 vampire classic restores censored footage and is rolling out with Q&As tied to the re-release.

Roadside Attractions and Saban Films set Crawlers for an Oct. 16 theatrical bow; the Matilda Lutz horror pic, formerly Arachnid, leans into creature-fear marketing.

New Witchcraft 40th-anniversary trilogy details put the longrunning horror franchise back into active development around a fresh run of films.

Skydance has James Gunn and Peter Safran locked in through April 2027; Gunn says David Ellison already knows the core DCU roadmap, including where the franchise goes after Man of Tomorrow.

Marta’s feature directorial debut joins Raven Banner’s genre slate alongside The Sadness, Deathstalker and Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon.

Bleecker Street sets a Winter 2027 theatrical bow for Elias Witherow’s creepypasta adaptation; first-look trailer is out now.

Paramount+ sets Nov. 20 for Yellowjackets’ final season; Devon Sawa, Molly Ringwald and Eric Stoltz join the ensemble as the show heads into its endgame.

XYZ Films sets Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant for U.S. digital on October 27; the New Zealand body-horror comedy premiered at Sundance and expands THUNDERLIPS’ short into a feature.