Eli Roth is not slowing down. After launching his genre-focused banner The Horror Section, the filmmaker has been building a horror-first ecosystem spanning film, television, games and podcasts. The company has already stepped into distribution, bringing Joe Begos’s Jimmy and Stiggs to cinemas and following that with the found footage title Dream Eater. Now, according…
The doors to the Stalk and Slash Hall of Killers have opened again and limping in with a stolen student film, a fencing mask, and decades of unresolved professional jealousy is Professor Solomon from Urban Legends: Final Cut. Yes, him. The killer from the sequel. The one that makes horror fans go quiet for a…
Just when you thought the island had been safely abandoned, possibly burned, and then pushed out to sea, it is reopening. Again. Somehow. While an officially licensed new take on The House of the Dead is in development from Paul W. S. Anderson, director Uwe Boll is heading back to his own undead playground with…
This year is a major milestone for horror. Not only is Scream 7 on the horizon, but 2026 also marks the 30th anniversary of the original Scream, the film that dragged the slasher genre into the modern era, handed it a mobile phone, and told it to get self-aware. A newly released featurette puts the…
Another exorcism horror film is heading into production, but Blasphemous is aiming for something far more chaotic than candles, Latin chanting, and concerned priests standing in doorways. This one promises movement, tension, and the kind of escalating panic usually reserved for crime thrillers. Karen Gillan, Josh Hutcherson, and Clive Owen headline the film, which is…
Mike Flanagan’s new entry in The Exorcist universe is shaping up to be one of the most prestige-heavy horror casts in years, with Chiwetel Ejiofor now officially joining the project. The Oscar-nominated actor comes aboard alongside Scarlett Johansson, Jacobi Jupe, and Diane Lane in the upcoming film, which Flanagan is writing and directing. The movie…
Horror’s most infamous dinner guest is heading back to the table, and this time the host is A24. The studio known for prestige genre hits and slow-burn nightmares has officially secured the rights to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, setting in motion a new chapter for one of horror’s most enduring and uncomfortable franchises. Rather…
Today, February 4, 2026, horror fans everywhere are mentally raising a glass of something red and questionably hygienic in honour of the man who taught cinema’s corpses to stop lying down and start causing problems. George A. Romero would have turned 86 today, and his fingerprints are still all over modern horror, even if most…
Every so often, Hollywood stares directly at a cult horror masterpiece and decides it needs a modern update. That moment may have arrived for Possession, Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 psychological horror meltdown, with Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner now rumoured to be circling a remake. Nothing is officially confirmed, but industry chatter has grown loud enough…
The spinach-fuelled sailor is not done terrorising audiences just yet. Following last year’s microbudget slasher Popeye’s Revenge, a sequel titled Popeye Returns is officially in development, confirming that once a childhood icon slips into the public domain, horror filmmakers move fast and without remorse. The new film is being produced as a British independent feature…