The Wire
4Netflix used its Korea decade fan fest to tease release windows and status updates for Tantara, All of Us Are Dead Season 2, Grand Galaxy Hotel, She, Wolf and Solo Leveling; the streamer also spotlighted local horror pipeline title If Wishes Could Kill.
IndustryHorrorFuelOct 24
Shiver launches worldwide as a horror-first vertical streamer for iOS and Android; 40 hours are live at launch, weekly originals are queued, and the app is built around coin and subscription monetization plus indie submissions.
$24 million to $25 million domestic opening on a reported $44 million budget puts Clayface atop the weekend; Warner Bros. and DC Studios also landed a rare A- CinemaScore for a horror release.
IndustryHorrorFuelOct 24
Made By Us, Image Nation Studios, and Spooky Pictures are launching Made By Spooky, a creator-focused horror label built to package and produce new genre projects.
Deals & Development
3FilmIPDread CentralOct 24
Story Kitchen is developing a film adaptation of Bloodious Games' MADiSON; the first-person psychological horror game’s haunted camera and ritual-driven plot make it a natural fit, with no filmmaker, cast or release date attached yet.
Resident Evil clears $152 million domestically and is tracking to $380 million to $390 million worldwide; the reboot is the first live-action entry in the franchise’s 24-year run to become a real homegrown hit, with China doing heavy lifting on the global total.
TVIPDread CentralOct 24
MGM+’s The Black Tapes adaptation is circling Nikolaj Coster-Waldau for the lead; the supernatural podcast-to-TV project still lacks an official greenlight, character details, or a premiere date.
Market & Business
7Netflix's U.S. pickup of From's first three seasons pushed the horror-thriller to No. 3 on the TV chart; MGM+ still has Season 4 and a 2027 final season is on deck.
Clayface opens with $3.5 million in Thursday previews and is projecting $45 million to $55 million worldwide for the frame; Mike Flanagan’s horror take on DC’s shape-shifter leads the spooky-season weekend against Klara and the Sun and Wildwood.
FilmColliderOct 25
Crawlers is down to 113 theaters after an 89% second-weekend drop; the spider-horror pic opened to just $462,691 and averaged roughly $445 per location.
Evil Dead Burn is the #2 trending film worldwide even as the 2013 Evil Dead reboot exits HBO Max on Nov. 1, splitting the franchise across services again and underscoring the ongoing pull of Sam Raimi’s horror IP.
Season 3 of Wednesday has wrapped production, with Jenna Ortega saying she plans to step away from TV after the series; Netflix has not set a return date.
A24 has slashed Primetime from 2,894 theaters to 321 across North America after a strong opening, as the Robert Pattinson-led true-crime thriller exits wide play.
Other Mommy has banked $78.8 million worldwide, and Netflix is using that heat to roll Jessica Chastain's Shana Feste thriller Heartland onto the service Nov. 13. The new film pairs Chastain with Ross Lynch, Garrett Hedlund, John Hawkes and Jennifer Nettles.
Broadcast & Streaming
4PVOD lands weeks after theatrical for Ridley Scott’s ~$100 million post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, extending his return to the Alien lane with Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin.
War Machine has crossed 139 million views to become Netflix's No. 10 most-watched original movie, and the streamer already has a sequel in development off the sci-fi action-thriller's performance.
Surviving Hurricane Otis hit No. 1 worldwide on Netflix in one day, giving the streamer another fast-starting original and a fresh data point on real-disaster survival dramas.
The Gentlemen has rebounded into Netflix's top 10 and is still awaiting a Season 3 call; Guy Ritchie's TV slate is splitting across Netflix, Paramount+ and Prime Video.
Noteworthy
6A24's Elden Ring is pegged at roughly $200M, with the UK shoot wrapped and a mountain of VFX still ahead; the video-game adaptation is now the studio's costliest swing by far, due March 3, 2028.
IndustryScreenAnarchyOct 24
Morbido's 2026 lineup leans on alumni returnees, Sitges winners and uncut cult titles; the fest also unveiled poster art centered on Mictlantecuhtli, with Mexico City artist Marcos Castro on artwork duty.
Epic Pictures and Dread have pushed Devour to VOD and digital after a festival run that included multiple wins; Scott B. Hansen’s practical-creature vampire/cannibal mashup stars Heidi Shepherd and leans hard into prosthetics over VFX.
Prime Video's eight-episode Carrie is drawing Stephen King's full-throated approval; he also teases Mike Flanagan on a separate project but gives no details.
IndustryPureWowOct 24
Hulu’s Phony stars Connie Britton and Sam Nivola as a mother and son whose bond turns eerie after Sonny survives a car crash and claims his mother has been replaced by an imposter. The twist-filled premiere launches a season-long investigation.
Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day grossed A$30.4 million over its four-day Australian opening, the country’s biggest since 2019 and second-largest ever behind Avengers: Endgame; it also set records for Saturday (A$9.3m) and Sunday (A$8.18m).