Submissions and Slashers

Which horror movie made you jump the most in 2026? A new study analyzed 42 horror movies from this year, counting major and minor jump scares to determine the 10 jumpiest horror movies of 2026. At number one: INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER, with a massive 30 total jump scares and a 9.8/10 jump-scare score. The Top 10: 1. Insidious: Out of the Further — 30 2. Hokum — 19 3. The Mortuary Assistant — 1...

George A. Romero’s final zombie story has officially finished filming. Principal photography has wrapped on TWILIGHT OF THE DEAD, developed from a story Romero conceived with Paolo Zelati before his death. Kate Beckinsale and Betty Gabriel lead the film, with the Paz Brothers directing and longtime Romero collaborator Greg Nicotero handling special effects. The film is being positioned as the fina...

R.L. Stine is coming for your fear of clowns. A new original horror movie, R.L. Stine’s Afraid of Clowns, is headed to Tubi in 2027. The story follows Frankie after the mysterious Ringmaster Rollo and his clown troupe arrive in Redhaven. Their appearance may be connected to a child who vanished years earlier — and Frankie believes her little brother could be next. Also on today’s Final Cut: 🏪 THE...

Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele are finally making a horror movie together. Dylan Clark’s Portrait of God has moved from Universal to Lionsgate, where it’s officially greenlit for production with Chase Infiniti attached to star. Clark will direct the feature adaptation of his viral horror short, which asks one deeply unsettling question: What does God look like? Raimi and Peele will produce, marking th...

Jim isn’t coming back for another cameo. Danny Boyle says the next 28 Years Later movie will feature “a lot” of Cillian Murphy, with Alex Garland already having completed the script. There’s no production date or release date yet, but after Jim’s brief return in The Bone Temple, it sounds like the next chapter will finally put one of the franchise’s original characters back near the center of the...

Would you take $666 to spend Halloween watching horror movies? CableTV.com is looking for three Halloween “Thrillterns” who will receive $666 plus a $50 Uber Eats gift card to watch scary movies and share their thoughts on horror characters. Applications run through October 11, but only three people will be selected. Also on today’s show: 👻 ANYTHING BUT GHOSTS — Focus Features has set Curry Barke...

Something is still following Jay. David Robert Mitchell’s long-awaited It Follows sequel They Follow continues building its cast, with Landman actor James Jordan joining Maika Monroe, Naomi Ackie, Jackie Earle Haley, Justine Lupe, Michael Gandolfini and more. The sequel takes place roughly a decade after the original, with Mitchell once again writing and directing — but the story and Jordan’s char...

Rocky is coming back. Fede Álvarez says a screenplay for Don’t Breathe 3 is finished, with Jane Levy and Stephen Lang expected to return as Rocky and Norman Nordstrom. Ten years after Rocky escaped the Blind Man’s house, could bringing these two characters back together restore what made the original Don’t Breathe work? Plus, we’re home from Fantastic Fest 2026, and it’s time to put a bow on eight...

Bong Joon Ho has horror on his mind again. The Parasite and The Host filmmaker says he has two or three crime and dark horror ideas he’s considering after completing his animated feature Ally, including the Seoul subway-set horror project he’s previously discussed. We’re also reporting from the second half of Fantastic Fest 2026, where the awards have been announced and one of the films we’ve been...

The Crypt Keeper is back after 30 years. John Kassir is returning as the voice of the horror icon for AMC’s 30th anniversary FearFest celebration, with Greg Nicotero overseeing a newly created Crypt Keeper puppet through KNB EFX. And we’re still live from Fantastic Fest 2026 in Austin, where we’ve reached the halfway point of the festival. Today’s Final Cut looks back at our first-half discoveries...

The Final Cut is officially at Fantastic Fest 2026 in Austin. We’re keeping today’s edition under five minutes because there are movies to watch. Travis gives his first reactions to Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil, the Amazon-set creature feature Beware Boiúna, and the Adams family’s The Glorious Dead after the first night of Fantastic Fest. Plus: • Regal announces its 2026 31 Screams on Screen Octob...

Would you accidentally take your kid to an R-rated slasher? Some parents reportedly have after mistaking Buddy for children’s entertainment. The R-rated horror film deliberately looks like a colorful ‘90s kids show, complete with an orange unicorn mascot, but what’s happening inside It’s Buddy! is anything but family-friendly. Also on today’s The Final Cut — Your Daily Pulse in Horror: • Nick Nolt...

Would you pay $10 million for a slasher from a first-time director? Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Atomic Monster are reportedly closing a deal worth north of $10 million for Joshua Giuliano’s River following its world premiere at TIFF. The feature debut follows three estranged siblings trying to scatter their father’s ashes who become stranded along a rural waterway — with a masked serial kille...

What if Jason Voorhees was never the most interesting person at Crystal Lake? Peacock has released the full trailer for Crystal Lake, the Friday the 13th prequel series starring Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees. Set in 1971, the series explores Jason’s drowning and the events that send his mother down a murderous path. Also on today’s The Final Cut — Your Daily Pulse in Horror: • Lily James and...

Ethan Hawke and Scott Derrickson are officially working on another horror project after Sinister, The Black Phone and Black Phone 2. Also on today’s The Final Cut — Your Daily Pulse in Horror: • Sony and Spyglass are developing a new reimagining of Pulse • Parker Finn is producing through Bad Feeling • Focus Features launches a major Oscar campaign for Obsession • Inde Navarrette will campaign for...

One of 2026’s biggest horror success stories is now facing a legal fight behind the scenes. An executive producer on Obsession has sued Tea Shop Productions and producers James Harris and Mark Lane, alleging she was denied a promised share of the film’s profits. Also on today’s The Final Cut — Your Daily Pulse in Horror: • Josh Duhamel joins psychological horror Speak • Satan’s Slaves: Origin take...

David F. Sandberg is returning to psychological horror with Mommy’s Home, a Lionsgate project about a 24-year-old woman who is unfrozen decades later — only to discover her son is now older than she is. Also on today’s The Final Cut — Your Daily Pulse in Horror: • Isabelle Huppert stars as Elizabeth Báthory in The Blood Countess • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence sets its Octobe...

How strong is your horror knowledge when the clues are real Jeopardy! questions? Today on The Final Cut — Your Daily Pulse in Horror, we’re putting horror fans to the test with actual Jeopardy! clues covering A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Blair Witch Project, Little Shop of Horrors and more. Plus: • Can scary movies actually help kids build resilience? • Australian supernatural horror Effigy wrap...

Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor makes his feature directorial debut with Tap Twice, a supernatural horror film about an isolated estate where the walls record everything — and something learns to speak using its victims’ voices. Plus, Obsession is taking Halloween Horror Nights even further as Nikki roams Universal Studios Hollywood and directly interacts with guests, while Tara Reid and Johnny Pember...

The Donnie Darko universe is expanding. Richard Kelly has written The Philosophy of Time Travel, an approximately 800-page novel continuing the mythology 25 years after his cult classic — and it could be the beginning of a much larger sequel plan. Also on today’s The Final Cut: Your Daily Pulse in Horror: Richard Kelly reveals his plans for the future of Donnie Darko. Nataša Urban explores motherh...

Blumhouse Atomic Monster is coming for another childhood tradition with Sleepover, a new horror film from Insidious: Out of the Further director Jacob Chase. Plus, Thai folklore horror Tame heads to the TIFF market, and The Exorcist, Beetlejuice and Wednesday are getting officially licensed Ouija boards. On today’s show: • Blumhouse sets Sleepover for October 8, 2027 • Thai folklore horror Tame he...

Caroline Kepnes, creator of the You novels, is stepping behind the camera for the psychological horror series The Attentionist. Plus, Tubi sets a September 25 release for the sorority slasher-comedy Buzzkill, starring Siena Agudong, Brec Bassinger and Aliyah’s Interlude, while Cole Sprouse heads into TIFF Midnight Madness with Eugene Kotlyarenko’s Vintage Violence. 🎬 On Today’s Final Cut: • Carol...

Aliens invade Earth — and humanity’s answer might be Satan. Today on The Final Cut — Your Daily Pulse in Horror, Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun sets his next horror film Vampir, the insane Haunting Skies heads toward the big screen, and Obsession breakout Inde Navarrette gets trapped hundreds of feet in the air in Invertigo. 🎬 TODAY: • Vampir — a contract killer hunts a mysterious pagan group in t...

Ron Perlman joins Drew Hancock’s new horror film Seasons, Buddy gets a full survival horror game on a Game Boy Color-compatible cartridge, and Creepshow quietly lands its own video game. Today on The Final Cut — Your Daily Pulse in Horror: • Ron Perlman joins Lily James and Jack Reynor in Seasons, the new Amazon MGM horror film from Companion director Drew Hancock. • Buddy: The Video Game turns Ca...

Nicolas Cage is heading into the wasteland. On today’s The Final Cut: Your Daily Pulse in Horror, Cage takes on cannibals in the post-apocalyptic thriller Parish, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick bring their family-made slasher Family Movie to theaters, and NEON reveals the stacked cast of Alex Ullom’s 4 X 4: The Event. PLUS: Check out Bloodstream, a streaming partner of Horror Movies Uncut and The F...