Netflix, Blumhouse & Mike Flanagan

Spyglass has 'Scream 8' in development with Neve Campbell back as Sidney Prescott; Kevin Williamson is shifting to producer while Lilla and Nora Zuckerman write the script. Campbell's return follows her reported $7 million payday on 'Scream 7', which grossed $208 million worldwide against a $45 million budget.

Tips Films and Tips Music have joined Emraan Hashmi’s Rooh, with Kumar Taurani boarding the musical horror project ahead of a 2027 theatrical rollout in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

Blumhouse and Atomic Monster have locked a nine-film 2027 horror slate off the BlumFest stage, headlined by Mike Flanagan's The Exorcist: Martyrs and franchise revivals for Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project.

Peacock has shelved Eli Roth's 'Hostel' TV revival, ending development on the franchise extension after more than a year without movement.

Nearly $400 million worldwide for Sony’s 2026 Resident Evil; PVOD starts Nov. 3, with Netflix Pay 1 likely landing around late January 2027 under the Sony-Netflix output deal.

Netflix has worldwide rights to Joel Coen’s gothic mystery; a fall 2027 theatrical bow will precede streaming debut, keeping it in play as an awards-season title. UTA brokered the sale after a competitive screening process.

A24 has Slayground in theaters Jan. 29, 2027; Jeremy Saulnier’s Halloween-set horror action thriller stars Cory Michael Smith, Chase Sui Wonders and Sophie Wilde, with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on the score.

March 12, 2027 theatrical date locked for The Exorcist: Martyrs; Flanagan is writing, directing and producing, with John Leguizamo calling it "true crime meets The Exorcist" and Scarlett Johansson, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Laurence Fishburne in the cast.

Chelsea Frei is making her feature directing debut with Get Off Your Phone, a horror-comedy starring Maria Bakalova and Jon Rudnitsky; production has wrapped, with Phiphen, Framehound and Doom and Gloom producing.

Fall 2027 London premiere locks Lionsgate’s Housemaid stage expansion; Bekah Brunstetter adapts, Matthew Dunster directs, and the sequel film is already in production for Dec. 17, 2027.

Ron Howard boards the Daniel H. Wilson adaptation as a streamer-shopping limited series, with Akiva Goldsman scripting after Spielberg’s $300M film version collapsed. The shift to episodic form is meant to make the AI-uprising story financeable.

Amazon has greenlit a second Warhammer 40,000 series at Blur Studios; Dave Wilson and John Orloff are aboard, with Henry Cavill executive producing while the live-action version with Mike Flanagan stays in script development.

WTFilms has taken international sales on Canadian horror thriller The Temple and is launching the post-production title at AFM; Elevation handles Canada while the film sits in post after a Canadian shoot.

Resident Evil has crossed a major box-office milestone, putting Zach Cregger’s franchise entry into rare company for horror hits.

$675,000 opening on 1,825 screens and a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score make Christmas at the Kringles a holiday-horror bust for Briarcliff; Kevin Lewis’ latest is already headed for VOD salvage.

Made for $750,000, Obsession has cleared more than $400 million worldwide and lands on Netflix U.S. on Nov. 17 under Universal’s windowing deal. Focus Features paid a reported $14 million to $15 million for the TIFF Midnight Madness breakaway before the film ran theatrical, PVOD and Peacock.

More than $500 million worldwide on a $750,000 budget; Obsession is Focus Features' highest-grossing release ever, and Curry Barker says a 20-minute longer cut exists but has no release date. The film lands on Netflix in the U.S. on Nov. 17 after PVOD, disc and Peacock windows.

Lucky Number is launching AFM sales on Fateme Ahmadi’s debut psychological thriller Daughter of Eden, with a first promo reel and an attached package led by Hiam Abbass, Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Amir Al-Mesry and Lindsay Duncan.

Blue Fox has taken international rights to Games We Play at AFM, while Vertical locks North American rights for a Dec. 4 theatrical/VOD rollout. Rachael Dahl's feature debut stars Casey Cott and Margot Pitts in a psychological thriller package.

193 is launching international sales on A Speck in the Sea at AFM with Josh Brolin and Jeremy Renner headlining Orlando von Einsiedel’s survival thriller; CAA Media Finance and WME Independent are handling North American rights.

Inde Navarrette is headed to Palm Springs for a Rising Star honor after Obsession crossed more than $500 million worldwide, making the Focus Features horror breakout the studio’s biggest release. The stop keeps her squarely in the awards conversation as horror continues to break through with Academy voters.

Lionsgate is partnering with Meta to turn The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping into a 3D VR-glasses play after theatrical, a first-of-its-kind franchise window test. The move extends Lionsgate’s book-to-screen IP ecosystem into hardware-driven distribution and premium format monetization.

Toho is staging IMAX early access screenings for Godzilla Minus Zero three days ahead of the North American release; Godzilla Day also brings a merch push and other tie-ins.

Apocalyptic thriller Plague is now filming in Victoria, with Ronnie Minder self-funding and wearing director, writer, producer, camera and post roles. LA distributors are already sniffing around rights as the microbudget feature heads toward a December wrap.

Finished adaptation of David Cronenberg’s 2014 novel Consumed is waiting on financing; he says indie projects are getting squeezed by streamer chaos and says a fully AI-made film is coming. He also ties the slowdown to The Shrouds’ roughly $15M cost against about $1.3M in box office.

Lionsgate has set Beware Boiúna for Blu-ray/DVD and digital on December 15; Mike P. Nelson's giant-snake horror stars Jessica Rothe, Kiana Madeira and Logan Marshall-Green, with disc extras including a making-of and commentary.

Principal photography has wrapped on The Crime of Felicity Porter, a horror-comedy inspired by Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; the film now heads into post with an early-2027 completion target.

NYCC panel details pushed Godzilla Minus Zero's scale-up: two billion water particles, dam-recorded roars and low-tech Foley to sell the monster mayhem.

Three Witchcraft sequels are moving ahead for the franchise’s 40th anniversary; Jason Paul Collum continues Will Spanner’s storyline.

Trash’s Revenge, originally planned as a Return of the Living Dead sequel, has shifted into a documentary about Linnea Quigley, who played punk icon Trash in the 1985 zombie comedy.