Horror Industry News — Saturday, July 11, 2026

Terror Films is opening a mobile-first distribution lane through Microhouse Films, with exclusive horror titles in launch windows and a vertical, ad-free monetization model that lets filmmakers control pricing and release timing.

Fantasia gives Michael Gabriele’s holiday horror-comedy a world-premiere launch on July 25, putting UNHOLY NIGHT in front of buyers and programmers at one of genre’s key launchpads.

Paul Feig boards horror pic Detention, adding a new genre directing job to a slate already anchored by The Housemaid and The Housemaid’s Secret.

AMC has locked The Terror for season four, extending the prestige horror anthology with another true-story-inspired arc after the third season wrapped last month.

Fantasia’s Cheval Noir Competition books a world premiere for Corpus, with Yellow Veil Pictures handling international sales on Corrin Evans’ feature debut about seduction and terror at a remote manor.

Ariana Grande exits American Horror Story season 13 over scheduling conflicts with her Eternal Sunshine world tour, forcing FX to move on without the planned pop-culture casting boost.

Geena Davis boards HBO's Dorothea as serial killer Dorothea Puente, locking in an Oscar winner to lead the true-crime series. The Sacramento-set drama tracks the landlady who poisoned tenants and buried them around her boardinghouse.