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Deadline has dropped our first official look at a contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s iconic short story, Herbert West: Reanimator. Currently filming in Alton, Illinois. The project promises to prove once and for all that conquering death is the ultimate sin against life. And it is an excellent way to get yourself violently dismembered. The Dynamic Duo of Mad Science Taking over the iconic role played by Jeffrey Combs in Stuart Gordon’s 1985 cult classic is Joseph Morgan (The Originals). Morgan stars as the brilliant, secretive, and deeply unhinged surgeon Herbert West, a man obsessed with perfecting a corpse-reviving serum. Every mad scientist needs a co-conspirator who ignores basic lab safety protocols, and that’s where Katie Cassidy (Arrow) comes in. Cassidy plays Kate Locke, a pathologist with a troubled past who gets drawn into West’s creepy orbit. Instead of filing a human resources complaint when he shows her reanimated severed tissue in his basement, she does the logical thing: moves
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Get your hex bags ready and your escape vehicles gassed up. The bayou is about to host one hell of a dangerous heist. The Southern Gothic horror-comedy The Hoodoos is officially gearing up for its red-carpet film premiere. Where? At the Historic Manship Theatre inside the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 14, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Based on the pulse-pounding novel of the same name, this feature is from filmmaker Sean-Michael Argo (Sineater). He blends heist action with dark, regional folklore. Audiences can catch their first glimpse of the bayou-born nightmare by viewing the newly released official trailer below. Confederate Gold and Clout-Chasing Clerics The story follows a crew of career criminals recruited by a shadow-dwelling crime lord known only as “The Captain.” The gig? A heist deep in the murky Teche bayou. Their objective seems simple enough: breach a crumbling, long-abandoned plantation house and escape with a fortune in hidden Confederate gold coins.
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If you think losing a game of Uno destroys friendships, wait until you see what happens when the deck plays back. Floating Rock Productions has officially unleashed the final trailer for its highly anticipated indie horror-thriller, Last Look. Pitching itself as a wicked, claustrophobic hybrid of “Jumanji meets Paranormal Activity,” the found-footage film drags the cozy, aesthetic world of cafe culture straight into a reality-bending tabletop nightmare. The Lore: A Livestream from Hell The movie centers on Jason (known to his digital followers as “Java”), a popular social media influencer and coffee shop owner who makes the ultimate mistake for online validation. Looking to spice up a livestream, Jason unboxes a mysterious, vintage tabletop card game. What starts as innocent unboxing content quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival. Trapped inside his own shuttered cafe, Jason realizes that the game’s five sinister cards impose cursed, literal “gifts” on the player. Every single card drawn summons terrifying, hyper-realistic creatures directly
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Thirty years ago, Scream didn’t just rewrite the slasher playbook—it completely ripped it up and threw it at us. But while Ghostface was busy asking callers about their favorite scary movies, composer Marco Beltrami was busy inventing what a modern horror movie sounds like. To celebrate three decades of meta-terror, Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings are resurrecting Beltrami’s landmark score with a massive 30th-anniversary reissue. Dropping on August 28, 2026, the release includes a collectible, “blood-soaked” 1-LP vinyl edition featuring an iconic image of Drew Barrymore’s ill-fated Casey Becker, alongside a staggering 40-cue Deluxe “Extended Cut” CD for the ultimate completionist. The Ultimate Retail Scavenger Hunt Because a classic slasher franchise loves a high body count, Varèse Sarabande is releasing enough limited-edition colored vinyl variants to make collectors feel like they’re running for their lives. Pick your poison across major retailers: Vinyl Variant Retailer Exclusivity “Woodsboro Bloodbath” (Classic Red) Wide Release “Knife’s Edge” (Silver with Poster) Target “Surprise, Sidney” (Metallic
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If you missed its theatrical run at AMC Theatres earlier this year, you’re in luck. Beyond Casual Media’s psychological horror-thriller, The Observance, is finally coming home this August. What Is ‘The Observance’ About? The film is a nightmare scenario. A woman wakes up from a five-year coma following a car crash. However, she quickly realizes her entire life has been stolen. An enigmatic religious leader has moved into her home and brainwashed her family. She discovers the rot goes deeper than her own household. The entire town is under the thumb of an insidious cult that will stop at nothing to keep its secrets hidden. The film boasts an impressive genre cast, led by beloved character actor Ted Raimi (The Spider-Man trilogy, The Quarry), as well as Beyond Casual regulars Kate Dailey and Alec James. An Award-Winning Pedigree Directed by Rob Hollocks and co-written by Amy Rhinehart Bailey, The Observance has been a massive hit on the festival circuit. It
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If you honestly believed The Conjuring: Last Rites was going to wrap up the franchise for good, you must be new to horror. Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema aren’t about to let their multibillion-dollar cash cow rest in peace. Instead, they are actively conjuring up a whole new era of supernatural hauntings, calendar shuffles, and corporate line-blurring. The Warrens Return, But Aren’t the Stars We Know First up on the docket is a trip down memory lane. A prequel, titled The Conjuring: First Communion, is officially set to haunt theaters on September 10, 2027. The film has just locked down its leads. Garrett Wareing and Amanda Fix have been cast to play the wide-eyed, youthful versions of our favorite demonologists, Ed and Lorraine Warren. Presumably, the film will explore how the two fell in love while dealing with localized property devaluation via poltergeists. If that isn’t enough to fill your spooky cup, a companion streaming series set within the
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If you thought the most agonizing part of a destination wedding was the price of a plane ticket. Well, Independent Film Company is here to offer some brutal perspective with CHUM. The survival thriller CHUM has now announced its UK release for August 17, 2026. It is a sun-drenched nightmare in which “something blue” refers entirely to the blood-soaked depths of the Mediterranean Sea. Till Death Do Us Part Imagine a pristine, high-end destination wedding on the breathtaking coast of Malta. The champagne is flowing. Vows are being eagerly exchanged, and the newlyweds are trying to put on a happy face. Then, a massive, bloodthirsty shark crashes the post-nuptial festivities. As if avoiding an apex predator in open water wasn’t bad enough, the wedding party is “rescued” by Roy (Jim Klock), a deeply unhinged local fisherman. Roy isn’t interested in being a Good Samaritan. He’s a psychopathic vigilante who has decided the wedding party makes for excellent live bait to
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The hype for the showdown with Vecna is reaching a fever pitch. As previously announced, Stranger Things fans will soon be able to step directly into the nightmare with a terrifying, immersive haunted house inspired by the fifth and final season of the smash-hit Netflix series. The attraction is set to anchor Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights at both Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood. But surviving the Upside Down is only half the battle—you also need to look the part. Universal has just unveiled a massive new wave of exclusive merchandise tied to the final season, letting fans wear their fandom on their sleeves. Channel Your Inner Hawkins Hero This year’syear’spar beyond standard event tees. Die-hard fans can get their hands on detailed apparel and high-end accessories that meticulously recreate iconic screen looks from the upcoming season, including Will’sWWill’sWill’sture jacket and Holly’sHolly’sal necklace. If you want to keep it a bit more casual while dodging Demogorgons, the collection
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Home invasion movies usually follow a pretty standard script: bad guys break in, innocent family fights back, chaos ensues. But Lionsgate’s upcoming horror-thriller Turning Point is ready to completely flip the genre on its head by asking a much worse question: What if the house you just broke into belongs to a flesh-eating monster? Written and directed by Joshua Wagner (Mimesis), the film has earned an R rating for “violent content, gore, language, and some drug use.” A Home Invasion Gone Very Wrong The nightmare centers on Margot and her partner in crime, a duo of thieves looking for a quick, easy score. Unfortunately for them, they are entirely oblivious to the baseline rules of horror cinema. The two break into a seemingly normal residence. However, they quickly realize they are trapped inside a zombie’s home mid-transition. With the exits blocked and their mutating host rapidly losing his humanity, the criminals become the prey. Their only prayer for survival relies
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Get ready for some deep-rooted, atmospheric dread, because the British countryside is about to get a whole lot meaner. Genre powerhouse Black Mandala has officially unveiled The Shug, an award-winning, haunting new folk-horror film from director Martin J. Pickering (The Only One). Blending supernatural terror with grounded emotional realism, the movie plunges viewers into a chilling modern mythos set against the fractured, bleak landscape of post-Brexit Britain. The most unsettling part? It’s not entirely fiction. The project draws its inspiration from alleged real-life sightings and a recorded interview with a woman who claims to have encountered the legendary “Shug Monkey”—a bizarre cryptid fixture of English folklore. Cryptids, Coors, and Deeply Buried Trauma The Shug delivers on the monster front. However, it uses its creature feature elements to dig into heavy thematic territory, exploring alcoholism, generational trauma, and family breakdown. The film stars Nicholas Clarke, Alice Henley, Mae Sutton, and Dean Kilby. Jack Armstrong, Jason Hall, and Funso Foluso-Henry round out
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Deadline has dropped our first official look at a contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s iconic short story, Herbert West: Reanimator. Currently filming in Alton, Illinois. The project promises to prove once and for all that conquering death is the ultimate sin against life. And it is an excellent way to get yourself violently dismembered. The Dynamic Duo of Mad Science Taking over the iconic role played by Jeffrey Combs in Stuart Gordon’s 1985 cult classic is Joseph Morgan (The Originals). Morgan stars as the brilliant, secretive, and deeply unhinged surgeon Herbert West, a man obsessed with perfecting a corpse-reviving serum. Every mad scientist needs a co-conspirator who ignores basic lab safety protocols, and that’s where Katie Cassidy (Arrow) comes in. Cassidy plays Kate Locke, a pathologist with a troubled past who gets drawn into West’s creepy orbit. Instead of filing a human resources complaint when he shows her reanimated severed tissue in his basement, she does the logical thing: moves
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Get your hex bags ready and your escape vehicles gassed up. The bayou is about to host one hell of a dangerous heist. The Southern Gothic horror-comedy The Hoodoos is officially gearing up for its red-carpet film premiere. Where? At the Historic Manship Theatre inside the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 14, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Based on the pulse-pounding novel of the same name, this feature is from filmmaker Sean-Michael Argo (Sineater). He blends heist action with dark, regional folklore. Audiences can catch their first glimpse of the bayou-born nightmare by viewing the newly released official trailer below. Confederate Gold and Clout-Chasing Clerics The story follows a crew of career criminals recruited by a shadow-dwelling crime lord known only as “The Captain.” The gig? A heist deep in the murky Teche bayou. Their objective seems simple enough: breach a crumbling, long-abandoned plantation house and escape with a fortune in hidden Confederate gold coins.
Continue reading →
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If you think losing a game of Uno destroys friendships, wait until you see what happens when the deck plays back. Floating Rock Productions has officially unleashed the final trailer for its highly anticipated indie horror-thriller, Last Look. Pitching itself as a wicked, claustrophobic hybrid of “Jumanji meets Paranormal Activity,” the found-footage film drags the cozy, aesthetic world of cafe culture straight into a reality-bending tabletop nightmare. The Lore: A Livestream from Hell The movie centers on Jason (known to his digital followers as “Java”), a popular social media influencer and coffee shop owner who makes the ultimate mistake for online validation. Looking to spice up a livestream, Jason unboxes a mysterious, vintage tabletop card game. What starts as innocent unboxing content quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival. Trapped inside his own shuttered cafe, Jason realizes that the game’s five sinister cards impose cursed, literal “gifts” on the player. Every single card drawn summons terrifying, hyper-realistic creatures directly
Continue reading →
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Thirty years ago, Scream didn’t just rewrite the slasher playbook—it completely ripped it up and threw it at us. But while Ghostface was busy asking callers about their favorite scary movies, composer Marco Beltrami was busy inventing what a modern horror movie sounds like. To celebrate three decades of meta-terror, Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings are resurrecting Beltrami’s landmark score with a massive 30th-anniversary reissue. Dropping on August 28, 2026, the release includes a collectible, “blood-soaked” 1-LP vinyl edition featuring an iconic image of Drew Barrymore’s ill-fated Casey Becker, alongside a staggering 40-cue Deluxe “Extended Cut” CD for the ultimate completionist. The Ultimate Retail Scavenger Hunt Because a classic slasher franchise loves a high body count, Varèse Sarabande is releasing enough limited-edition colored vinyl variants to make collectors feel like they’re running for their lives. Pick your poison across major retailers: Vinyl Variant Retailer Exclusivity “Woodsboro Bloodbath” (Classic Red) Wide Release “Knife’s Edge” (Silver with Poster) Target “Surprise, Sidney” (Metallic
Continue reading →
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If you missed its theatrical run at AMC Theatres earlier this year, you’re in luck. Beyond Casual Media’s psychological horror-thriller, The Observance, is finally coming home this August. What Is ‘The Observance’ About? The film is a nightmare scenario. A woman wakes up from a five-year coma following a car crash. However, she quickly realizes her entire life has been stolen. An enigmatic religious leader has moved into her home and brainwashed her family. She discovers the rot goes deeper than her own household. The entire town is under the thumb of an insidious cult that will stop at nothing to keep its secrets hidden. The film boasts an impressive genre cast, led by beloved character actor Ted Raimi (The Spider-Man trilogy, The Quarry), as well as Beyond Casual regulars Kate Dailey and Alec James. An Award-Winning Pedigree Directed by Rob Hollocks and co-written by Amy Rhinehart Bailey, The Observance has been a massive hit on the festival circuit. It
Continue reading →
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If you honestly believed The Conjuring: Last Rites was going to wrap up the franchise for good, you must be new to horror. Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema aren’t about to let their multibillion-dollar cash cow rest in peace. Instead, they are actively conjuring up a whole new era of supernatural hauntings, calendar shuffles, and corporate line-blurring. The Warrens Return, But Aren’t the Stars We Know First up on the docket is a trip down memory lane. A prequel, titled The Conjuring: First Communion, is officially set to haunt theaters on September 10, 2027. The film has just locked down its leads. Garrett Wareing and Amanda Fix have been cast to play the wide-eyed, youthful versions of our favorite demonologists, Ed and Lorraine Warren. Presumably, the film will explore how the two fell in love while dealing with localized property devaluation via poltergeists. If that isn’t enough to fill your spooky cup, a companion streaming series set within the
Continue reading →
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If you thought the most agonizing part of a destination wedding was the price of a plane ticket. Well, Independent Film Company is here to offer some brutal perspective with CHUM. The survival thriller CHUM has now announced its UK release for August 17, 2026. It is a sun-drenched nightmare in which “something blue” refers entirely to the blood-soaked depths of the Mediterranean Sea. Till Death Do Us Part Imagine a pristine, high-end destination wedding on the breathtaking coast of Malta. The champagne is flowing. Vows are being eagerly exchanged, and the newlyweds are trying to put on a happy face. Then, a massive, bloodthirsty shark crashes the post-nuptial festivities. As if avoiding an apex predator in open water wasn’t bad enough, the wedding party is “rescued” by Roy (Jim Klock), a deeply unhinged local fisherman. Roy isn’t interested in being a Good Samaritan. He’s a psychopathic vigilante who has decided the wedding party makes for excellent live bait to
Continue reading →
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The hype for the showdown with Vecna is reaching a fever pitch. As previously announced, Stranger Things fans will soon be able to step directly into the nightmare with a terrifying, immersive haunted house inspired by the fifth and final season of the smash-hit Netflix series. The attraction is set to anchor Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights at both Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood. But surviving the Upside Down is only half the battle—you also need to look the part. Universal has just unveiled a massive new wave of exclusive merchandise tied to the final season, letting fans wear their fandom on their sleeves. Channel Your Inner Hawkins Hero This year’syear’spar beyond standard event tees. Die-hard fans can get their hands on detailed apparel and high-end accessories that meticulously recreate iconic screen looks from the upcoming season, including Will’sWWill’sWill’sture jacket and Holly’sHolly’sal necklace. If you want to keep it a bit more casual while dodging Demogorgons, the collection
Continue reading →
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Home invasion movies usually follow a pretty standard script: bad guys break in, innocent family fights back, chaos ensues. But Lionsgate’s upcoming horror-thriller Turning Point is ready to completely flip the genre on its head by asking a much worse question: What if the house you just broke into belongs to a flesh-eating monster? Written and directed by Joshua Wagner (Mimesis), the film has earned an R rating for “violent content, gore, language, and some drug use.” A Home Invasion Gone Very Wrong The nightmare centers on Margot and her partner in crime, a duo of thieves looking for a quick, easy score. Unfortunately for them, they are entirely oblivious to the baseline rules of horror cinema. The two break into a seemingly normal residence. However, they quickly realize they are trapped inside a zombie’s home mid-transition. With the exits blocked and their mutating host rapidly losing his humanity, the criminals become the prey. Their only prayer for survival relies
Continue reading →
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Get ready for some deep-rooted, atmospheric dread, because the British countryside is about to get a whole lot meaner. Genre powerhouse Black Mandala has officially unveiled The Shug, an award-winning, haunting new folk-horror film from director Martin J. Pickering (The Only One). Blending supernatural terror with grounded emotional realism, the movie plunges viewers into a chilling modern mythos set against the fractured, bleak landscape of post-Brexit Britain. The most unsettling part? It’s not entirely fiction. The project draws its inspiration from alleged real-life sightings and a recorded interview with a woman who claims to have encountered the legendary “Shug Monkey”—a bizarre cryptid fixture of English folklore. Cryptids, Coors, and Deeply Buried Trauma The Shug delivers on the monster front. However, it uses its creature feature elements to dig into heavy thematic territory, exploring alcoholism, generational trauma, and family breakdown. The film stars Nicholas Clarke, Alice Henley, Mae Sutton, and Dean Kilby. Jack Armstrong, Jason Hall, and Funso Foluso-Henry round out
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