A24, Netflix & Amazon MGM

Universal won Curry Barker’s untitled horror package in a rich eight-figure bidding war; he’s also tapped to helm A24’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot and is prepping horror-comedy Anything But Ghosts next year.

Season two order lands for Amazon MGM's Carrie, extending the horror series into another run.

Netflix renewed Haunted Hotel for Season 3 on October 30 and set a 2027 return, with creator Matt Roller already done on scripts before the pickup. The animated horror-comedy’s second season has been a softer performer, but the streamer is still doubling down on the IP.

Cineverse’s 20th anniversary Pan’s Labyrinth run cleared more than $2 million theatrically before the 4K restoration lands on digital Nov. 10; the physical preorder is now the biggest home-entertainment launch in Cineverse history, with Guillermo del Toro overseeing the scan off original 35mm elements.

Resident Evil has grossed $385.2 million worldwide and $154.9 million domestic, making Zach Cregger’s reboot the franchise’s top earner; the title is back in IMAX for Halloween weekend ahead of home release on Nov. 3.

$10.2 million Halloween-weekend gross keeps Clayface just behind A24’s You Can See Everything at No. 2; Warner Bros./DC’s body-horror pic is at $44 million domestic on a reported $40 million budget.

From's first three seasons land in Netflix's U.S. top ten, peaking at No. 2 and widening the audience for MGM+'s horror-thriller ahead of the final season.

Silent Hill is back in HBO Max’s global Top 10, landing No. 10 worldwide and cracking the top seven in more than 10 countries. The 2006 game adaptation grossed about $100 million theatrically against a $50 million budget, giving Sony another reminder that horror titles keep surfacing in streaming discovery.

A new thriller hits No. 1 on Netflix two days after release, a fast streamer-performance breakout for the genre lane.

Charli xcx boards Martin Scorsese’s Apple Original Films Gothic psychological horror What Happens at Night; the Peter Cameron adaptation already stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, with Mads Mikkelsen, Patricia Clarkson and Jared Harris also in the ensemble.

Sony’s R-rated animated Bloodborne feature now has a writer and director in place, with producer Seán McLoughlin saying the project is further along and mapping its Yharnam story. PlayStation Productions, Lyrical Animation and Lyrical Media are still building the adaptation around an original take rather than a straight retelling.

Public Storage's sponsorship is underwriting Puppetcore's Halloween short Patches and helping finish monster feature Frank & Zed; the four-minute short was shot in three days with a five-person crew and zero CGI.

Ethel Cain is locked for Robert Eggers’ Werwulf soundtrack; “Wynter Waxeth” is her first original film song and lands as the album goes up for pre-order ahead of the film’s Dec. 25 U.S. release.

Sony is pulling back on box-office disclosure for Taika Waititi’s Klara and the Sun after the sci-fi adaptation underwhelms; another soft data point for the studio’s 2026 release slate.

FX has renewed American Horror Story for Season 14 before the Season 13 finale, locking in another run for Ryan Murphy’s longest-running horror franchise and ending a long renewal drought.

Prime Video’s eight-episode Carrie modernizes Stephen King’s novel around cyberbullying, fake-Instagram humiliation, and active-shooter drills; Amazon had the title on its priority list before Flanagan boarded. The project extends Flanagan’s King pipeline after Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep.

Singapore’s inaugural Something Strange Festival runs Nov. 13-15 with a 10-film horror-thon, Haunted Backrooms activations, heritage tours, and a 48-hour short-film challenge built around local folklore. The lineup mixes regional genre titles with a midnight-marathon format and in-person audience events.

Hunter Schafer confirms A24’s next horror is a vampire movie from The First Omen’s Arkasha Stevenson, with Ari Aster EPing and a stacked ensemble that includes Josh Hutcherson, Emma Corrin and Sophie Wilde.

Aaron Guzikowski is rewriting Ridley Scott’s next Alien sequel, with Scott back producing as the Prometheus/Covenant follow-up jumps priority over Alien: Romulus and refocuses the franchise on Michael Fassbender’s David.

Yeon Sang-ho’s AI-identity film Paradise Lost cost 500 million won and was pre-sold into 118 countries, with overseas sales already covering the production bill. CJ ENM is using ultra-low budgets and international presales as its new template, while its horror titles and remake pipeline continue to travel.

Jeremy Saulnier said Patrick Stewart swooped into Green Room when the A24 shoot was days from collapsing; Stewart’s attachment unlocked the film and kept Darcy Banker from going uncast.

Robert Eggers’ Werwulf will receive special 35mm screenings in select theaters, with tickets available via the film’s website. Focus Features’ medieval werewolf horror stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp and Willem Dafoe; it opens Dec. 25, 2026.

Netflix retitles Here Comes the Flood to The Take; Daisy Edgar-Jones, Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson and Danai Gurira star in Fernando Meirelles' heist thriller, set for a 2027 streamer bow.