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Casper Kelly’s horror-comedy Buddy earned an estimated $5,363,827 during its opening weekend from 1,258 theaters, exceeding early projections. The Roadside Attractions and Saban Films release now ranks as the year’s biggest debut for a film playing on fewer than 1,800 screens.
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Rue Morgue has published exclusive photos featuring Laurence R. Harvey, Nicholas Vince and Megan Tremethick from Hex Studios’ anthology feature For We Are Many 2: Lovecraft. The film comprises eight Lovecraft-inspired stories and is currently crowdfunding through Kickstarter.
Hannah Fierman will lead the cast of Byron C. Miller’s upcoming independent werewolf feature Beware the Moon. Conner Marx is also set to star, with a screenplay by Paul Morgan based on a story developed with Miller.
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John Adams and Toby Poser’s latest collaboration follows a sheriff investigating supernatural disruptions in a snow-covered town. Dread Central’s FrightFest review highlights the film’s unusual mystery, graphic violence, memorable creature designs, and deliberately unresolved conclusion.
Christopher Smith’s Spider Island follows a group of influencers whose promotional trip to a tropical resort becomes a fight for survival against native spiders. Dread Central’s review praises the creature mayhem and performances while criticizing the film’s slow buildup and heavy-handed environmental messaging.
New images offer a first look at Ian McKellen as Jacob Marley in Ti West’s Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol. The adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novella stars Johnny Depp as Ebenezer Scrooge and is scheduled to arrive in theaters November 13 via Paramount and Domain Entertainment.
Dread Central’s review describes Adam Wingard’s Onslaught as an inconsistent but entertaining action-horror film set in the same universe as The Guest. The review highlights its John Carpenter influences, graphic violence and political commentary while criticizing its uneven tone and pacing.
Strand Releasing has acquired The Blood Countess, a horror mystery thriller starring Isabelle Huppert as 16th-century aristocrat Elizabeth Báthory. The film, directed by Ulrike Ottinger, is scheduled to reach theaters in spring 2027.
Rue Morgue has unveiled exclusive character posters for EVER AFTER, Laszlo Illes’ horror film about a bachelorette party that encounters violent figures convinced they belong to classic fairy tales. Level 33 Entertainment will release the movie in theaters on September 4, followed by a VOD debut on October 27.
BUDDY, the horror comedy directed by Casper Kelly, reportedly exceeded expectations during its opening weekend in theaters. Fangoria’s report notes that the film achieved the result despite facing stiff competition at the box office.
Freestyle Digital Media has acquired VOD rights to Influence, a psychological horror feature written and directed by Ryan Moore. The film is scheduled to arrive across North American digital HD internet, DVD, cable, and satellite platforms on September 4, 2026.
James Ross II’s Parasomnia will begin streaming on Shudder Friday, September 4. The horror film follows Riley, a young woman whose night terrors intensify after her best friend disappears.
Julio Román’s English-language supernatural horror film centers on a missionary father confronting a spiritual threat within his family. iHorror’s review finds the film sincere and visually ambitious, but argues that its theology and multiple storylines leave limited room for scares or clarity.
Ridley Scott says he has returned to the Alien franchise and is rewriting its next film. The project would continue the unfinished storyline from Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, including Michael Fassbender’s android character, David.
Bonnie Aarons stars as The Witch in Ever After, a new horror feature written and directed by Laszlo Illes. The film will open exclusively in theaters across the United States and Canada on September 4, 2026, through Level 33 Entertainment.
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