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Dark Sky Films has taken U.S. rights to John Valley’s horror thriller and is lining up a January 2027 theatrical run; Vortex Media already closed Canada as Blue Finch shops the title at AFM.

$25,000 horror short grant launched by Sam Raimi and Decentralized Pictures; winner gets mentorship, P&A support and DCP+ distribution, with submissions open through Dec. 31.

FilmNation is taking psychosexual horror Violet to AFM with Lili Reinhart, Mark Duplass, Danny Ramirez, Suki Waterhouse and Lukas Gage attached; Patrick Brice directs from Nick Antosca and Alana B. Lytle’s adaptation of Ghostfish, with SK Global and Generator financing for a spring 2027 shoot.

Godzilla Minus Zero is tracking a $30-35 million domestic opening and could become only the fourth non-English film to top the U.S. box office; Toho and Imax are leaning hard into the sequel’s breakout momentum after Minus One.

DC has tapped Francis Galluppi to write a John Constantine movie, putting a fresh Hellblazer feature into very early development. The move follows his studio breakout off Evil Dead Wrath and extends Galluppi’s leap from Fantastic Fest favorite to franchise player.

Voltage Pictures has taken global rights to Sarah Bolger’s psychological horror thriller Nervous, with Abner Pastoll directing a South Korea-UK co-production that already has FrightFest and Screamfest accolades.

Prime Video has already greenlit a second season of Carrie, with Stephen King directly shaping major changes to the adaptation and Mike Flanagan steering the expansion. The series is proving strong enough for the streamer to extend the property beyond the initial run.

Daisy Ridley, Sosie Bacon and Simon Rex board pregnancy horror Get Rid of It, with Ry Russo-Young directing and David Lancaster producing. Upgrade, CAA Media Finance and Range Select are shopping the package to buyers ahead of a 2027 start.

A24's $3.5B valuation and $200M Elden Ring swing are fueling fresh sale chatter as Backrooms and You Can See Everything push the studio past $500M domestic.

AMC+ trims back the bundled Shudder and Sundance Now catalogs on Nov. 18, pushing the full libraries back to the standalone services while annual subscribers keep Shudder through their current term; the app overhaul also adds profiles and a new player ahead of The Walking Dead’s January arrival.

Final Destination: Bloodlines is No. 3 worldwide on Netflix after a $51 million domestic opening and $318 million global haul; the 2025 sequel now has the franchise's best Rotten Tomatoes scores.

WTFilms boards The Dregs for an AFM sales launch; the Italian Alps-set comedy-thriller is in post after wrapping in British Columbia and will roll out a promo reel. Connor Martin wrote and directs; his folk-horror feature Father Figure recently won Chroma/Fantastic Fest’s Pitch Lab, including a $100,000 financing award.

Ari Aster's Scapegoat has started shooting in New York; Scarlett Johansson, Jacob Elordi and Jude Law headline the A24 ensemble, with Darius Khondji shooting and Bobby Krlic back on score. The film is now in production for a 2027 release window.

Principal photography is wrapped on WHISPERS: REAWAKENING, with Enigma Movie Productions now taking the supernatural horror sequel into post ahead of a Q4 2027 target. Ines Angelova leads the cast, with Debora Zhecheva and Kristi Kirilova among the new additions.

Unrated director’s cut of Scott Spiegel’s 1989 supermarket slasher Intruder is headed back to theaters with restored KNB EFX gore; the cult title is getting a fresh theatrical window.

Q1 2027 UK shoot is lined up for Sara Colangelo’s adaptation of Ilaria Bernardini’s novel, with Gillian Anderson and Rebecca Hall set to lead the package. WME Independent and UTA independent Film Group are taking domestic rights to AFM as Rocket Science handles international sales.

Nicholas Galitzine is in talks for Ichabod Crane in Sony’s Hollow, Lindsey Anderson Beer’s gothic Sleepy Hollow reimagining; Belmont Cameli is already onboard as Brom Bones and Sydney Sweeney produces via Honey Trap.

Chinghiale is rolling in Tuscany with Richard Armitage, Britt Robertson and Quelin Sepulveda aboard; Jordan Tragash directs his sophomore feature. The thriller centers on a remote Italian village, a family estate and a hunter hiding a deadly secret.

Mika Abdalla joins the mystery-horror ensemble.

Digital hits Nov. 3, with 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on Dec. 29; Zach Cregger's Resident Evil rollout includes commentary and featurettes on the creatures, reshoots and set pieces. Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis and Paul Walter Hauser star.

Narrative Global Sales and Chroma are taking holiday horror Stabbiest Season to AFM; Jack McDermott writes, directs and produces the Anti-Claus bloodbath. Production is targeted for 2027.

Narrative Global Sales is shopping death-cult horror Father Figure through Chroma at AFM; Connor Martin writes and directs, with Josh Farnsworth producing. The elopement-to-resurrection setup is aimed at production next year.

Clayface has overtaken The Substance in just two weeks, becoming the top-grossing body-horror title ever; DC Studios now has a new horror benchmark on its hands.

Scream Factory has located the original negative and is prepping a new 4K restoration for the 1983 slasher. The label is promising the upgrade soon, a meaningful preservation win for a cult horror title.

Edward Berger boards Paramount’s long-stalled World War Z sequel; he’s eyeing a bigger-scale zombie blockbuster, but the script still has to land before the project moves.

Willem Dafoe stars as the Old Hunter in Werwulf, a folk horror film directed by Robert Eggers; the project’s plot, production details and release plans have not been specified.

Jamie Langlands is back to direct and co-write the sequel to The R.I.P. Man with producer Rhys Thompson; the follow-up builds on the 2025 indie slasher's global success and awards run.

Frog Lab LLC is assembling The Church of Chaos as a cosmic-horror anthology with Zack Parker, Trey Lindsay, Eric Anderson and Kyle Hendrick directing segments; Fractured Atlas fundraising is helping underwrite production and the touring exhibition concept.