Variety calls Crystal Lake ‘thoughtful though overlong’ and picks Episode 7 as best
Variety calls Crystal Lake thoughtful but overlong, while Bloody Disgusting maps the Friday the 13th Easter eggs. Spoiler-heavy galleries are now live.
Rowan Vale
Rowan Vale covers horror movies and horror news for Ecto-Web: new releases, trailers, box office results, franchise developments and recommendations on what to watch. Rowan tracks studio release calendars and festival lineups so that dated items, from a theatrical opening to a streaming premiere, land on the site with the correct date attached. Trailer breakdowns focus on what the footage actually shows rather than guesswork about plot. Box office pieces use reported figures and name where they came from. Franchise coverage, from long-running slashers to newer series, gets the same treatment: what has been confirmed by a studio, what has only been reported, and what remains rumor.
A24 sets Slayground for January 29, 2027, trailer due October 20
A24's Slayground poster riffs on a workplace safety sign, sets a January 29, 2027 release, and the full trailer is due October 20, per Dread Central.
Obsession hits Netflix in the US on November 17 after $400M theatrical run
Netflix confirmed Obsession streams in the US on November 17, after a Peacock run and a record-breaking theatrical haul for Focus Features.
Fan-made Resident Evil movie game recreates barn dog chase, developer’s Instagram shows
A fan developer's Godot prototype recreates the Resident Evil film's barn scene with fixed cameras. It is unofficial and has no release date.
Horror news roundup: the week’s biggest movie and game stories (Oct 18)
Thirteen days out from Halloween, the horror news this week split neatly between things you can play tonight and things you will be waiting on until 2027, so each item below carries a CONFIRMED or RUMOR tag and names its…
Hunter Schafer says her secret A24 project is a vampire movie
Hunter Schafer said at the Academy Museum Gala that her untitled A24 project is a vampire movie. Here is what is confirmed and what is still unofficial.
Eggers’ Werwulf trailer shares Nosferatu’s cast, studio and Christmas Day release slot
Deadline reports the first Werwulf trailer: a cursed family, a 4:3 frame and a werewolf turn. Here is what links Robert Eggers' film to Nosferatu.
Blumhouse horror comics: Purge leads 2027 launch, Happy Death Day 3 still possible
Blumhouse and IDW Dark are making Purge, M3GAN and Happy Death Day comics. The Purge lands in 2027, the others are undated, and none are film sequels.
Other Mommy projected to drop 72% in weekend two after $27.5M opening, per Deadline
Deadline's Saturday projections put Other Mommy at $7.85M, down 72%, after a $27.5M opening. Can it rebound before Halloween? Actuals land Sunday.
Hellraiser: Revival reviews are mixed, but Clive Barker is ‘proud as fuck’
Hellraiser: Revival is out on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and Steam. Clive Barker told Dread Central he is 'proud as fuck' while launch reviews are mixed.