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Shudder greenlit production on season two of Hell Motel, subtitled Murder at Red Mountain, with Devon Sawa starring and Aaron Martin and Ian Carpenter returning as showrunners; Shaftesbury produces with Ontario and Canadian tax incentives participating, strengthening Shudder’s anthology franchise and Canadian production pipeline.
Canadian-Hungarian co-pro Controllers boards Cassian Elwes and Veronica Ferres as producers with Telefilm Canada support and Myriad Pictures handling international sales; Adam Azimov makes his feature directing debut on this atmospheric, intimate horror-thriller about sisters isolated after an outbreak who fear infected 'Controllers' capable of manipulating others via touch.
$750K production budget; Focus paid $15M at TIFF to acquire Curry Barker’s Obsession; indie horror surged to beat Michael on Monday with strong Monday legs and an A- CinemaScore, fueling studio interest that led Barker to deals with Paramount and A24 and work with Aaron Paul.
Kane Parsons’ Backrooms has been transformed from internet creepypasta into an A24-produced feature, illustrating studios’ appetite for meme-origin IP and the mining of internet-native horror for mainstream theatrical releases.
Paramount's Passenger, directed by André Øvredal, rolls out a tense clip ahead of its May 22 theatrical debut; studio backing and Øvredal's horror credentials keep the title on buyers' radars for box office and post-The Autopsy momentum.
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival gameplay trailer showcases the Genesis Configuration as a combat-and-puzzle mechanic emphasizing gruesome executions and environment manipulation; the game launches later this year on PS5, Xbox Series and PC, extending the franchise’s transmedia presence.
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