Horror Industry News — Saturday, June 20, 2026

Rich eight-figure pitch-buy lands Curry Barker a third original horror feature at Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Universal Film Group; Obsession's $300 million global haul sealed the bet.

$90M budget on Jordan Peele’s next Universal horror feature; script is finally locked, but casting and release timing are still months out. Universal has not set a slot, and Monkeypaw is coming off a soft stretch after Him.

Obsession crosses $300M worldwide, extending Curry Barker’s breakout run and cementing Focus Features’ biggest release to date.

Werwulf surfaces with its first official image as Robert Eggers’ 13th-century werewolf pic locks in Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe and Ralph Ineson. Focus Features is set for a Christmas Day 2026 theatrical release after the film’s production run in England.

Raindance has tapped Catherine Corcoran as its first horror ambassador as the London festival launches a dedicated horror slate, including the new Roger Corman Award for Best Horror Feature and an expanded international genre lineup.

James Wan boards Amazon MGM’s RoboCop series as director, giving the streamer a high-profile genre filmmaker for the IP reboot. The move extends Wan’s sci-fi-adjacent TV footprint through Atomic Monster.

91 million views and 166.5 million hours watched push Exterritorial to No. 4 on Netflix’s all-time non-English movie chart; the German thriller reinforces the streamer’s appetite for high-concept international genre titles.

Neon has picked up Leviticus out of Sundance, giving the Australian queer-supernatural horror a distribution path after festival buzz around original indie genre breakouts.

Netflix cancels The Boroughs after less than a month on platform; the Duffer Brothers' supernatural sci-fi series had strong streaming reports, signaling a short leash for original genre launches.

Netflix locks Sam Raimi’s WWII thriller into its slate, keeping the filmmaker on the streamer as the film moves toward release. The headline signals a platform pickup rather than a horror play.

FOUND TV sets a July 24, 2026 global debut for I Hate Found Footage, with FOUND TV+ members getting one-day early access before the title rolls out free with ads worldwide. Michael Rock writes/directs the horror-comedy found-footage feature for Willow Rock Productions and The Horror Dadz.

Radial Entertainment is widening its Most Evil catalogue with World’s Most Evil Women, a 10x60 series from Woodcut Media and a female-led UK creative team. The push expands the company’s factual true-crime slate.

John Carpenter is rolling out CATHEDRAL, an original horror graphic novel with a companion album, through Storm King Comics and Sacred Bones. Midsummer Scream hosts the launch, with Carpenter and Sandy King fronting the signing and the project’s first live push.

Arrow Video launches Toy Robot Video across the U.S., Canada and U.K.; the new label's September slate mixes cult titles with a brand-new slasher, Marshmallow, and horror-fantasy pick Ninja Wars.

Devilworks has wrapped production on Hansel & Gretel’s Halloween, a horror fantasy feature shot in Oklahoma and targeting a 2026 release; Samantha Richardson and Matteo Rolleri are handling international sales after Cannes. Christy Tate leads the cast as Amelia/the Witch, with Griffin Edge and Alexia Berry as Hansel and Gretel.

Brea Grant and Ed Dougherty are pushing horror anthology Grind through the festival circuit after its SXSW world premiere, with Chattanooga Film Festival opening weekend positioning it for genre-audience discovery. The interview keeps the title in play as a fresh festival-floor entry.