** COLD PREY Trilogy: Coming to Blu-ray on 7/6 from Second Sight Films.
** New Extremity Collection Volume 3: Coming to Blu-ray on 9/23 from Umbrella Entertainment. Featuring; IRREVERSIBLE, TROUBLE EVERY DAY, CAGED and RAW. All movies completely uncut and uncensored with a 100-page book with essays by Jack Sargeant, Tom Augustine, Imran Khan and Kat Ellinger, plus more.
** TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: A new kind of horror remake, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. In theaters starting August 7 in the US, Canada, UK, Latin America, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Australia and more. A MUBI Release.
----- May 27, 2026 -----
** R.I.P. Yoshihiro Nishimura: The Japanese film director, special effects artist, and screenwriter who has worked predominantly in the horror genre has sadly passed away earlier this week.
** TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
** EVIL DEAD BURN: Here's the French poster for the upcoming sequel.
----- May 26, 2026 -----
** Dario Argento: Italian filmmaker Dario Argento presented his new horror thriller trilogy at the Marché du Film's Fantastic Pavilion in Cannes, where he was also honored with the genre hub's Keys to the Pavilion award.
The famed maestro of giallo cinema, who is attending the festival for the Cannes Classics screening of Giuseppe Patroni Griffi's 1968 drama LOVE CIRCLE, which he co-penned, presented the three new projects with director Gabriele Altobelli and producer Giovanni Di Gianfrancesco of Rome-based Mattia's Film.
The event screened the first footage of FLESH OF MY FLESH (CARNE DELLA MIA CARNE), which Altobelli is currently shooting near Rome. It tells the story of three mothers investigating the disappearance of a teenage girl, described as "a realistic and unsparing portrait of evil in its most unsettling form: everyday, unsuspected, the evil next door" and a "deliberate departure from Argento's signature atmospheric horror" that "marks a new register for the maestro's storytelling."
The second screenplay, THE GIRL WITH CRYSTAL ETES (LA BAMBINA DAGLI OCCHI DI CRISTALLO), follows the encounter between a charming businessman and a mysterious woman whose passion drags him into a spiral of tragic murders. Production is set to begin in autumn 2026, with Argento overseeing artistic supervision of the project.
The third film, THE BLACK VELVET MASK (LA MASCGERA DU VELLUTO NERO), scheduled for production in 2027, explores the minds of three young women from different social backgrounds and origins, united by the same nightmare: a man in a black velvet mask assaults them and throws them from a balcony. The victims manage to unmask him — but when they wake, they cannot remember his face.
The trilogy will will be produced across several European countries in Italian, English and Spanish. Born from the collaboration between Argento and producer Di Gianfrancesco, the three-film slate is produced by Argento and Mattia's Film with Neo Art handling international sales. (thanks to Variety.com)
** EXIT 8: Coming to Blu-ray on 6/29 from Visions Home Video.
** Dead by Daylight: The mask is on. The machete is dripping. The massacre has begun. 06. 16. 26.
** Clive Barker's Hellraiser Revival: Wield the Genesis Configuration's dark gifts into the depths of the underworld to rescue your love from the depraved clutches of the Cenobites. Clive Barker's Hellraiser Revival will release in 2026.
----- May 25, 2026 -----
** RESIDENT EVIL: Zach Cregger talks survival horror and his vision for RESIDENT EVIL. From the mind behind WEAPONS and BARBARIAN, RESIDENT EVIL is in theatres 9.18. Filmed for IMAX.
** MANIAC COP remake: THE NEON DEMON filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is finally getting around to directing and producing a new version of the cult 1988 feature MANIAC COP. Mubi is reportedly providing full financing and a wide theatrical release commitment across multiple territories for the film. Shooting is set to begin in Los Angeles in January 2027, with cast and key crew members yet to be announced.
Refn acquired the rights over a decade ago and has spent many years trying to do a remake of the property. He came close back in 2017 when an Ed Brubaker-penned version was in the works. Of the newest attempt, Refn says:
"The concept has always appealed to me. In today's political and social climate, the iconography of MANIAC COP alone provokes an immediate, uneasy reaction. I've been watching it all unfold while constructing this project in the shadows... waiting. Now, that moment has finally arrived. The time has come to unveil a radical new vision where there is no protection, no safety net, only mayhem..." (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** VICTORIAN PSYCHO: Set in Victorian England, VICTORIAN PSYCHO sees an eccentric governess arrive at a remote gothic manor, where strange happenings stir suspicion that she's not what she seems.
** THE BLACK DEMON ATLANTIS: This sequel follows undercover DEA agent Jerry Simms who teams up with his cellmate, Chato, in a maximum-security prison stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, to dismantle a massive drug operation run by the notorious crime boss Diego Nunez.
Their mission quickly becomes one of survival when the legendary creature, 'The Black Demon,' tears through the prison, which sits atop a decaying desalination plant polluting the ocean. In a desperate move to protect his empire, Diego unleashes his own giant sea predators to take down the beast. What follows is an epic clash of monsters, where only the strongest will prevail.
----- May 22, 2026 -----
** Giovanni Frezza returns: Giovanni Frezza returns to the genre in RUN!. Directed by Ricky Glore, the film's synopsis is as follows: The film follows Run, the "first-ever masked slasher," through the eras of his career, from the gritty 70s homestead killings to the neon-soaked, merchandising-heavy 80s, and into the quippy, self-aware 90s. Follow the life of a pioneering masked slasher who has become a relic of the past. As the style of "horror" shifts in pop culture, Run decides that you might not be able to "teach an old dog new tricks," but that there might be "more than one way to skin a cat!" Hopefully metaphorically. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** CHUM: A dream destination wedding in Malta explodes into chaos when a bloodthirsty shark attacks and a sinister fisherman with a hidden agenda turns the celebration into a deadly trap. Forced between open water and a relentless human predator, the wedding party must fight for survival as secrets surface and loyalties shatter. As the newlyweds are pushed to their limits, they're forced to confront the cracks in their relationship to determine who lives, who dies and who stays married.
** STRUNG: From director Malcolm D. Lee, a talented violinist takes a prestigious job as a music tutor for the gifted daughter of an influential and enigmatic family. As she becomes entangled in their opulent world, unsettling secrets begin to surface, forcing her to question her safety, her dreams, and even her sanity.
** AMITYVILLE SHARK: Deep within the infamous Amityville house of horror, an even more terrifying evil is rising to the surface. After Richard discovers an ominous shark idol hidden beneath the decaying floorboards, he unknowingly awakens an ancient and savage force. As the entity begins to merge with him, a quiet coastal town descends into chaos, transforming into a blood-soaked nightmare. With each victim claimed, the monstrous predator grows stronger, fueling a cult's belief that their dark god has been reborn. Now, the race is on to stop the carnage before evil consumes everything in its path.
----- May 21, 2026 -----
** R.I.P. George Eastman: Legendary Italian actor and screenwriter, Luigi Montefiori, passed away May 20th at the age of 83.
** HER PRIVATE HELL: When a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive entity, a troubled young woman searches for her father. Her quest collides with an American GI on a harrowing odyssey to rescue his daughter from Hell.
** THE SUMMONING: A babysitting gig becomes a nightmare of urban legend when three teens summon Baby Blue. Survival depends on uncovering the past to escape a mother's wrath from beyond the grave.
** THE CURSE: Yara came to Paris to build a new life. Instead, she found something waiting for her.
** CAMP: Here's a new poster for the upcoming film.
----- May 20, 2026 -----
** FLESH OF THE GODS: Filming has reportedly begun on A24's 1980s Los Angeles-set vampire thriller FLESH OF THE GOD which hails from MANDY filmmaker Panos Cosmatos and SE7EN scribe Andrew Kevin Walker. Shooting is underway in the Canary Islands and Cologne, Germany.
Kristen Stewart, Wagner Moura, Esmé Creed-Miles, Roland Møller and Alba Baptista co-star in the film about a married couple who cross paths with the mysterious and enigmatic Nameless and her hard-partying crew – being seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills, and violence. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** BACKROOMS: A film by Kane Parsons, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell. BACKROOMS – In theaters May 29.
** SHARK TRASH: A small and touristy beachside town is hit by a storm the size of which nobody could have predicted. A family who just arrived tries to escape, but gets stuck in the quickly rising waters. They try to figure a way out with the help of some locals, but any progress is shut down when the sharks make their way onto the flooded streets. The family and locals must now find a way to survive as the waters rise.
** THE DEAD PLACE: Troubled High School Senior Isaac (Idris Veliu) is plagued by visions of the dead. This causes friction in his family and makes him an outcast at school. His only friend Katharine (Lexi Graves) is obsessed with the paranormal and tries desperately to help him, but a "New Kid" (David Howard Thornton) pushes him to give in to the demon trying to burrow its way inside him (Bill Oberst Jr). Consumed by the evil feeding off the dead souls that haunt him, Katharine is the only one that stands between Isaac and his darker impulses. To satisfy the bloodlust of the demon that dwells within him.
** THE GRIM RAPPER: Rap icon D.A. Mann is murdered at the height of his fame and returns from the dead three decades later after forging a dark pact with an Aztec blood demon. Driven by vengeance and the desperate hope of seeing his true love one final time, he rises to confront the people who betrayed him and deliver their souls to the demon. When Hathorne Slim a ruthless record label executive attempts to cash in by releasing D.A. Mann's unreleased albums, the resurrected rapper unleashes a wave of supernatural retribution that threatens the executive and everyone in his path.
----- May 19, 2026 -----
** TWILIGHT OF THE DEAD: UNDERWORLD star Kate Beckinsale has been set to lead TWILIGHT OF THE DEAD, the long gestating "final chapter" of George A. Romero's classic zombie saga. The horror project, which has buy-in from the Romero estate, has recently undergone a facelift with new cast, director and financiers. Beckinsale takes over from Milla Jovovich. Additional casting is in process.
The film will be "set on a decimated earth where the last vestiges of humanity are trapped between warring factions and an evolving undead threat". The Paz Brothers, Doron and Yoav Paz, whose movies include THE GOLEM and PLAN A, have been tapped to direct the movie, taking over from Brad Anderson. Stunts vet Ho Sung Pak (BULLET TRAIN) is aboard to direct stunt and action sequences. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** AMERICAN PSYCHO remake: Helen Lee-Kim, Lionsgate President of International, has confirmed that Luca Guadagnino's reimagining of the infamous novel AMERICAN PSYCHO is still chugging along: "We'll hopefully have a script for that later in the year." Scott Z. Burns will write the screenplay for the reimagining. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** FIND YOUR FRIENDS: Here's the poster for the upcoming film.
** KRAKEN: Here's a new poster for the upcoming film.
** PACIFIC: Here's a new poster for the upcoming film.
----- May 18, 2026 -----
** Peter Jackson's horror films on 4K: Alex Ritman on Twitter: "Peter Jackson tells me there's something new coming from the world of his 1992 splatter masterpiece BRAINDEAD and the details are going to be revealed soon. Also, he's remastered his trio of splatter films - BAD TASTE, MEET THE FEEBLES and BRAINDEAD."
** MAGIC remake: Sam Raimi has settled on his next directing effort. As his follow-up to SEND HELP, his twisty survival thriller released by 20th Century/Disney earlier this year, Raimi will direct MAGIC, Lionsgate's modern take on a William Goldman novel that was previously turned into a 1978 cult horror classic that featured Anthony Hopkins as a mentally unstable ventriloquist.
Raimi was already on board to produce the update, having set it at his eponymous production company last year. Also producing are Roy Lee as well as Chris Hammond and Tim Sullivan, the latter two who long championed the project and guided its development by tracking down the original rights.
Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, who wrote SEND HELP for Raimi and who previously penned FREDDY VS. JASON and the remake of FRIDAY THE 13th, wrote the script for MAGIC, which will be an updated take on the 1976 novel by William Goldman. (Goldman also wrote the script for the original adaptation.)
MAGIC starred Hopkins as Corky, a magician who reaches fame alongside his ventriloquist's dummy, the obnoxious and wisecracking Fats. Faced with the prospect of signing a network deal for his own show but afraid of revealing his fragile mental state, the magician takes off for the Catskills, where he tries to reconnect with a high school love, even as Fats begins to murderously take control of the situation. (thanks to HollywoodReporter.com)
** FERINE: Andrea Corsini's FERINE, a complex, thrilling fable about the never-ending struggle between the rational and animal sides of human nature, debuts its first teaser poster. The film's striking first-look artwork is designed by Advista Studio.
A tragic event shatters a rich art collector's life, awakening her primal nature. She destroys her privileged existence to build a new concept of family, leading her on a path of destruction and animalistic transformation.
** WHITE: Kate Beckinsale will star in the upcoming shark survival flick from director Jake West, alongside Katherine McNamara. The script is written by Dan Schaffer, the writer and illustrator of the cult comic book series, Dogwitch. Beckinsale will also executive produce the feature.
It follows Willa Harba, a struggling actress trying to catch her big break, who is traveling overseas for a shoot with a self-obsessed star when their private jet crashes into the Pacific. Now the sole survivor, she's stranded on a fractured wing with nothing but ocean around her. Her only lifeline is a satellite phone salvaged from the wreck, but when she calls for rescue, her demanding studio boss, Barbara (Beckinsale), brushes her off. Instead, her signal is picked up by marine biologist Sam Swatek (McNamara). She delivers chilling news: Willa has crashed into the infamous White Shark Café, a stretch of ocean where great whites gather to feed. (thanks to HollywoodReporter.com)
** THE ISLAND 4K UHD: Coming to 4K UHD on 7/14 from Kino Lorber.
----- May 15, 2026 -----
** ZOMBIE PLANE: When a flight from Sydney to Los Angeles is overrun by zombies, an eclectic band of passengers - led by celebrities-turned-secret agents - must unite to save humanity.
** CAMP: Haunted by a traumatic past, Emily finds solace as a camp counselor while navigating grief, witchcraft, and the power of female friendship. In Theaters June 26th.
** NEVER AFTER DARK: Magnolia Pictures plans to bring the chill this fall with the theatrical release of NEVER AFTER DARK. The Japanese horror movie written and directed by Dave Boyle is officially set for September 25, 2026. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** INHABIT: Melissa Barrera is to take the lead in upcoming feature INHABIT. The film comes from writer/director Adam Alleca and is described as blending "psychological horror with relentless supernatural dread" and offering a "chilling exploration of trauma, motherhood, and the responsibility of unfathomable power."
INHABIT follows a young woman who, following a traumatic life-changing event, moves into a rundown apartment complex in search of a fresh start. When she's terrorized by bizarre occurrences — unhinged neighbors, uncanny stalkers, unprovoked violence — she comes to believe she's being targeted by a possessive force that breaks her understanding of reality. As the synopsis reads: "A force that can only be overcome by confronting the darkest parts of her own nature." (thanks to Variety.com)
** MY ONLY FRIEND'S A CORPSE: Coming to Blu-ray on 9/22 from MVD Entertainment Group.
----- May 14, 2026 -----
** Yeon Sang-ho's COLONY: Gianna Jun stars as Se-jeong, a biotechnology professor attending an industry conference when a rapidly mutating virus is released, plunging the venue into chaos as the infected begin to transform and the authorities seal the building.
The film has gone to Well Go USA in North America, StudioCanal in the U.K., Gaga Corporation in Japan, ARP Sélection in France, and Plaion Pictures in Germany and Italy. Showbox also closed deals for Australia and New Zealand (K-Movie Entertainment UK), Latin America (BF Distribution), Scandinavia (Mis Label), Spain (Energia), the CIS and Baltics (The World Pictures), Poland (Media4Fun), Turkey (Mars), Hong Kong (Edko Films), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Indonesia (PT Primacinema Multimedia), the Philippines (Pioneer Films), India (Multivision Multimedia), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International), Mongolia (Izagur Media) and broader Southeast Asia (Purple Plan).
** A QUIET PLACE PART III: Shooting has begun on the upcoming sequel.
** SANGUINE: Here's the poster for the upcoming French body horror from Marion Le Corroller.
** PENDULUM: Vertical has acquired North American distribution rights to the horror film PENDULUM, the directorial debut of Mark Heyman, the BAFTA-nominated writer of BLACK SWAN.
Produced by Darren Aronofsky for Protozoa, Motel Mojave's Jacob Jaffke, and C2's Dave Caplan, the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor, Norman Reedus, and two-time Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver. Vertical is setting PENDULUM for a wide release on January 1, 2027. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** IN SEARCH OF NOSFERATU: Award-winning actor, writer, and comedian Patton Oswalt has signed on as Executive Producer for IN SEARCH OF NOSFERATU, the next feature documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe. The project - a global archival treasure hunt for decaying prints of F.W. Murnau's seminal vampire classic - began principal photography earlier this month.
The film follows Philippe and British archivist Lauren Newport-Quinn on a personal journey across the globe - from Edinburgh to Mexico City, Seoul to Bratislava - to uncover and examine surviving copies of Murnau's 1922 masterpiece. Rejecting the notion of a single "perfect" version, the project champions the material decay and geographical diversity of the prints as essential to the film's emotional and historical DNA. Leaning on Newport-Quinn's rare form of synesthesia, in which she 'hears' visual distortions, the project will culminate in a reinvention of Nosferatu itself - recut from the diverse prints discovered during production, with a brand-new score informed by her unique sensory experience. All prints will be scanned and made available to the public via a free, accessible online portal, preserving their individual beauty and decay for future generations.
----- May 13, 2026 -----
** NEAR DARK 4K UHD: Coming to 4K UHD in 2027 from Synapse Films. 40th Anniversary 4K Dolby Vision Wworld premiere restoration of Kathryn Bigelow's masterful vampire western, NEAR DARK, from the recently discovered 35mm original camera negative. Loaded with all-new special features and a remastered CD soundtrack by Tangerine Dream!
** HER PRIVATE HELL: Neon has set a July 24th theatrical release for Nicolas Winding Refn's new film HER PRIVATE HELL starring Charles Melton and Sophie Thatcher. The film will premiere at Cannes.
The story begins in a futuristic metropolis where actresses are gathering at a posh hotel where they're set to make a Barbarella-like movie. A heinous killer known as Leather Man is going around the city taking the lives of women. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** PACIFIC: A group of young travelers are stranded on an island in the Pacific where they struggle to escape an evil presence that has been kept hidden from mankind for centuries.
** BLOOD & RUST: When vampires quietly infest a dying Rust Belt town, the manager of a local diner joins forces with a veteran slayer to wipe them out.
** LOVE IS THE MONSTER: Here's the poster for the upcoming film.
** MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE 4K UHD: Coming to 4K UHD in June from Hammer Films.
----- May 12, 2026 -----
** TERRIFIER 4: No space. No Easter bunny. Art's ringing in the New Year!
** PITFALL: Here's a new poster for the upcoming film.
** CYCLOPS: Coming to Blu-ray in August from Visual Vengeance Video.
** THE VOICES OF OUR MOTHER: When a family matriarch falls seriously ill, relatives gather and discover their shared ancestral ties bind them in unexpected ways. Premieres June 19 on Shudder.
** MONKEY'S MAGIC MERRY GO ROUND: Here's the trailer and poster for the upcoming film.
** PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG: Viva Pictures has acquired its latest film, the already viral sensation, PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG for theatrical release in North America July 24, 2026. This slasher horror film is the latest in the Twisted Child Universe.
A chilling reimagining of the familiar fable, Pinocchio Unstrung unfolds inside an elite London prep school. Influenced by a sinister Cricket (Robert Englund) and created by Geppetto (Richard Brake), Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.
----- May 11, 2026 -----
** R.I.P. Koji Suzuki: The author known for horror novels such as RINGU and SPIRAL, passed away on the 8th at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 68.
Born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. He made his debut in 1990 with PARADISE, which won the Excellence Award at the Japan Fantasy Novel Awards. His 1991 novel RINGU was adapted into a film that became a massive hit, helping to spark the "J-Horror boom."
** EXIT 8: Coming to Blu-ray on 8/4 from Decal Releasing.
** CHROMESKULL LAID TO REST 2: Coming to Blu-ray on 6/15 from Last Slate Video.
** THE STRANGER: Coming to Blu-ray on 6/15 from Last Slate Video.
** REANIMATOR ACADEMY: Coming to Blu-ray on 8/25 from Visual Vengeance Video.
----- May 8, 2026 -----
** KRAKEN: In theaters and on digital June 12.
** FIND YOUR FRIENDS: Amber and her four best girlfriends take a trip to escape the L.A. bubble and cut loose in Joshua Tree for the weekend. But upon arrival, they quickly realize the locals don't want them there. Starring Bella Thorne, Chloe Cherry, Helena Howard, Sophia Ali, and Zion Moreno. Streaming June 12 on Shudder.
** PITFALL: After a young man gets separated from his friends while in the woods, he falls into a 10-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through the leg, and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
** CRAWL 4K UHD: Coming to 4K UHD on 7/13 in the UK.
----- May 7, 2026 -----
** THE DEVILS: The new 4K restoration from the original camera negative of Ken Russell's THE DEVILS (1971) will premiere at this years Cannes, provided by Warner Bros. The cut listed on the Cannes website runs at 114 minutes.
The film's sound has been remastered from original English Composite 35mm Mag Film, transferred at 96kHz, plus other original film elements in selected spots as needed. The picture and sound restoration was performed by Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services, Water Tower Color, and Warner Bros. Sound.
** LONGLEGS: Osgood Perkins' next LONGLEGS movie with Nicolas Cage, which was won by Paramount, will be hitting theaters on January 14, 2028, the studio said Monday. The plot of the next LONGLEGS movie is under wraps. Producers on the project are Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Perkins, Chris Ferguson, Dave Caplan and Cage. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** UNDER PARIS 2: Netflix has premiered a new official poster for the upcoming shark-infested Paris-set movie sequel UNDER PARIS 2 which will release on the streamer in 2027. Filming on the new film is currently underway.
Three years after the Paris triathlon disaster, the center of the Capital is submerged. Sophia (Bérénice Bejo) and Adil (Nassim Lyes) reunite for a high-risk mission: to track Lilith, the original predator, in the shark-infested Seine. There, they will discover that the deadly wildlife hides a much more surprising reality. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** PIRANHA PACIFIC NIGHTMARE: Coming soon is a new Japanese version of PIRANHA to be directed by Stens Christensen. IX Film Group Inc. and Red Beans Pictures are behind the upcoming horror film. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PENNY LANE IS DEAD: 17-year-old Penny is celebrating graduation with friends at her family's beach house, but the night goes awry when Penny's troubled cousin Kat decides to crash the party. Coming to Australian cinemas July 23.
** THE LAST CIRCUS: Coming to Blu-ray in August from Chasm Films.
----- May 6, 2026 -----
** EVIL DEAD BURN: After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites—turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell—she comes to discover that the vows she took in life... live on even in death.
** STORY OF RICKY 4K UHD: Coming out on 20th July from 88 Films.
** PASSENGER: Here's a new poster for the upcoming film.
** SIGHT UNSEEN: After the death of their estranged father, three siblings inherit his rural cabin, only to discover that something still lingers there.
** MODELS VS. WEREWOLVES: MVW sees a gang of sexy and self-centered influencers escaping the city for a rural weekend away. But they are NOT alone, as terrifying, bloodthirsty shapeshifting fiends are prowling the countryside and setting their sights on tasty femme-flesh! Beauty is a beast in this wild new chiller, coming summer 2026 to a streaming platform near you!
----- May 5, 2026 -----
** FOLLOW MODE: SMILE producer Temple Hill is teaming up once more with UK sales firm Protagonist, this time on Ben Leonberg's (GOOD BOY) next horror feature FOLLOW MODE, which is due to be shot entirely on drones and aims to tap into the live stream generation.
Leonberg is coming off breakout horror GOOD BOY, which was IFC's second-biggest theatrical opening weekend (second only to Temple Hill's CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD). Protagonist is launching international sales at the upcoming Cannes market. Temple Hill and Verve Ventures are co-repping domestic rights. Script comes from Leonberg and Alex Cannon, who also co-scripted GOOD BOY.
The synopsis reads: "Consumer-grade drones now come with a "hands-free" setting that automatically directs the camera to follow you – in case you're a surfer taking your next wave, a snowboarder back-flipping off a half-pipe, or a serial killer stalking your next victim. When a group of teens knock this drone out of the sky, they discover that it contains home movies of the killer's brutal crimes. Now, they must race to expose the killer before becoming his next victims."
The film is being produced by Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, John Fischer, Hal Sadoff, and Ben Levine for Temple Hill, with Protagonist Pictures' Dave Bishop, James Pugh and George Hamilton serving as executive producers. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** Taka Ichise: QWGmire, the independent production and film financing company founded by Molly C. Quinn, Matthew M. Welty and Elan Gale, has entered into a development and financing pact with Taka Ichise, the famed Japanese producer integral to bringing J-horror to global prominence in the late '90s and early 2000s with titles like RING and THE GRUDGE.
Under the pact, Ichise and QWGmire will develop and finance a new slate of horror films for the U.S. market. Already, they have four projects in development with an eye toward shooting over the next 18 months.
The collaboration marks Ichise's return to the American market for the first time since Nicolas Pesce's reboot of THE GRUDGE for Screen Gems in 2019. Specifics as to projects in development remain under wraps. But the intention is to create a new generation of horror films that draw from the unsettling power, psychological intensity, and cinematic ambition that made J-horror a defining force in global genre filmmaking. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** PITFALL: After a young man gets separated from his friends while in the woods, he falls into a 10-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through the leg, and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident. In Theatres May 29th.
** SMOTHERED: Alif is a micro-painting artist who has an accident and loses part of his memory. After returning home, an old woman appears claiming to be his mother, but Alif doesn't recognize her and is suspicious of her intentions. SMOTHERED premieres May 29 on Shudder.
** NESTING: The upcoming film follows Pénélope (Rose-Marie Perreault), a new mother struggling with postpartum depression and the lingering trauma of her sister's death. As sleep deprivation takes hold, the boundary between dream and reality begins to collapse, pulling her into a paranoid and increasingly dangerous spiral.
----- May 4, 2026 -----
** THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT reboot: The studio has officially confirmed that up-and-coming horror director Dylan Clark has been tapped to helm the new THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT movie. His involvement was actually first reported nearly a month ago. He is also currently rewriting the screenplay, which was originally written by Chris Devlin. Besides the reboot, Clark is also set to direct Universal Pictures' PORTRAIT OF GOD, based on his 2022 viral horror short, which will be produced by Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele.
In addition, it has been announced that original stars from the 1999 movie, Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams, have signed on to the upcoming reboot as executive producers. They will be joining the original filmmakers, Eduardo Sanchez, Daniel Myrick, and Gregg Hale, who have already boarded the reboot as executive producers. According to Lionsgate. (thanks to ComingSoon.com)
** READY OR NOT 2 HERE I COME: The sequel is coming out digitally on May 5th and on Blu-ray in June.
** HATCHET 4K UHD Collection: Coming soon to 4K UHD from Umbrella Entertainment are the four films in the franchise.
** THE LAST HOUSE: The upcoming film centers on a family who are sealed into their home with no way out. If that doesn't sound nightmarish enough, their resources are running thin, and they must work together to survive not only a lack of essentials but also the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped inside. Coming to Netflix August 7, 2026.
** OBSESSION: Here's more posters for the upcoming film.
