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Why Bela survives the 2026 Other Mommy film but faces a different fate in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House, and what the post-credits moment means.
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News · Movies
Paranormal Activity now runs on Broadway through February 28, 2027. Here's what its new live-theater ghost story keeps—and changes—from the movies.
Oct 10, 2026News · Games
Blumhouse is developing Amanda the Adventurer with MatPat. Explore the VHS game mystery, the trilogy's settings and what remains unknown about the film.
Oct 10, 2026News · Movies
The Purge gets a new town in IDW Dark's first Blumhouse comic. Here's what is confirmed for M3GAN and Happy Death Day, and why a third film isn't announced.
Oct 10, 2026News · Movies
Molepeople opens August 27, 2027 with LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn. Separate Rob Savage's fictional horror film from New York's real tunnel history.
Oct 10, 2026
News · TV & Streaming
I Let You In takes Talk to Me’s possession ritual into a six-part VR spinoff. Explore the hand, the Ibiza premise and what remains unconfirmed.
Oct 8, 2026
News · Games
The Conjuring: Unspoken pairs Red Lion Inn’s Florrie legend with Vinea. Explore the real Avebury pub, old grimoire name and limits of the haunting claims.
Oct 7, 2026
News · Games
BrokenLore: ASCEND is dated January 7, 2027. Compare its masked tower monster with Toriyama Sekien’s rokurokubi image and Lafcadio Hearn’s detached-head tale.
Oct 7, 2026
News · Movies
The Exorcist: Martyrs follows detective Julie Miller after Father Sunday’s execution. Explore Mike Flanagan’s Legion influence and the Exorcist III parallels.
Oct 7, 2026
News · TV & Streaming
A24’s Crystal Lake tie-in places Jason’s drowning in 1971 at age 11. Compare the original film’s 1957 chronology and the prequel’s new Pamela backstory.
Oct 6, 2026
News · TV & Streaming
Netflix’s Bass X Machina now premieres November 3, replacing October 6. Separate its steampunk fantasy from the documented history of Bass Reeves.
Oct 6, 2026
News · Games
Gears of War: E-Day revisits Emergence Day. Explore its timeline, Marcus and Dom, and The Coalition’s plan to make the Locust frightening again.
Oct 6, 2026
News · Games
Halloween: The Game adds Halloween 5 and 2018 Michael Myers skins on October 27. Why the multiplayer crossover does not merge the film timelines.
Oct 6, 2026
News · Literature
Stephen King and Peter Straub’s final Talisman novel arrives October 6. Explore its authorship history and confirmed Dark Tower connection.
Oct 6, 2026
News · Movies
Pam Miras’ Birdsong follows a former ornithologist searching for a mythical bird and a missing partner. What is confirmed about the Filipino horror project?
Oct 5, 2026
News · Movies
His Monster’s October 5 digital release pairs a predatory creature with Japan’s Shōjō. Explore the sake-loving figure’s history in art and Noh theatre.
Oct 5, 2026
News · Games
Signal Veil’s haunted phone detects and parries spirits, while sanity affects combat. What the developers confirm about the upcoming survival horror game.
Oct 4, 2026
News · Movies
Wounds stars Jack Kilmer and Paris Jackson in a fictional effects-artist nightmare. Its new teaser precedes an October 8 Screamfest premiere.
Oct 3, 2026
News · Movies
Twilight of the Dead has wrapped filming with Kate Beckinsale, the Paz Brothers and Greg Nicotero. Here are the confirmed details and release-date status.
Oct 2, 2026
News · Movies
R.L. Stine’s Afraid of Clowns is coming to Tubi in 2027. Here’s the confirmed cast, Redhaven setting, Jem Garrard’s role and what remains unknown.
Oct 2, 2026
News · Movies
Neon is developing an SCP Foundation anthology movie for a 2027 theatrical release and says the film will use the same Creative Commons ShareAlike model that governs the SCP Wiki. Here's what is confirmed, what the license means, and how the separate A24 project fits in.
Oct 2, 2026
News · Movies
Lionsgate has acquired Dylan Clark's Portrait of God feature adaptation, with Chase Infiniti starring and Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele producing. Here's what is confirmed and what remains unknown.
Oct 2, 2026
News · Movies
Mike P. Nelson will direct the new Saw film for Lionsgate and Blumhouse. James Wan produces, but its final title, cast and release date remain unconfirmed.
Sep 30, 2026
News · Movies
Silt, formerly Lake Vernon, has unveiled its first trailer. Here is what its cosmic-horror campaign confirms about the cast and fall screenings.
Sep 29, 2026
News · Movies
Deathgasm II: Goremageddon plays select Alamo Drafthouse theaters around September 29, 2026, before its October 13 digital release.
Sep 29, 2026
News · Movies
Kristen Stewart will star as a haunted clairvoyant in Olivier Assayas’ supernatural film Spiritual World, with filming planned for February through April 2027.
Sep 29, 2026News · TV & Streaming
Carrie is now streaming on Prime Video, but Mike Flanagan's proposed three-season story is still a creative hope, not a confirmed Prime Video renewal.
Sep 29, 2026
News · TV & Streaming
Ben Hardy has been cast as Daniel West in Prime Video's eight-episode Stillwater adaptation, based on the Skybound horror comic by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez.
Sep 28, 2026
News · Movies
James Jordan has joined NEON's They Follow, the sequel to It Follows. Filming has already wrapped, Maika Monroe returns as Jay, and no release date has been announced.
Sep 28, 2026
News · Games
Fortnitemares 2026 is live. Epic has now confirmed Freddy Krueger's boss role, possessable Five Nights at Freddy's animatronics, new horror weapons and more October crossovers including Slender Man and The Purge.
Sep 28, 2026
News · Games
Konami says Silent Hill: Townfall launched September 24, 2026, on PlayStation 5, Steam and Epic Games Store. Here are the confirmed details.
Sep 26, 2026Go beneath the surface
What the original stories establish, what later versions changed, and what remains interpretation.
Lore & Explained · Movies
Why Bela survives the 2026 Other Mommy film but faces a different fate in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House, and what the post-credits moment means.
Oct 10, 2026
Lore & Explained · Movies
Trace Drew Hancock's Seasons from Matt Query's NoSleep story to Old Country and the 2027 film, with fiction separated from unconfirmed adaptation details.
Oct 10, 2026Lore & Explained · TV & Streaming
Mike Flanagan places Carrie within Stephen King’s Dark Tower cosmology. What his comments confirm, what the finale adds and why no crossover is announced.
Oct 8, 2026Historical traditions and cultural stories, clearly separated from claims about the real world.
Lore & Explained · Paranormal Cases
Did a ghost help convict Edward Shue? The 1897 trial reporting separates Mary Heaster’s claimed visions from the murder evidence and later Greenbrier folklore.
Oct 9, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
What Gerald of Wales recorded about the werewolves of Ossory: the seven-year curse, a priest and communion, and the limits of the medieval evidence.
Oct 8, 2026Official uploads
Trailer · Movies
Watch Shudder's official Hallowarrior trailer, released September 23, 2026, with the confirmed October 16 streaming date and film details.
Sep 28, 2026
Trailer · TV & Streaming
Watch FX Networks' official trailer for American Horror Story: 13, uploaded September 10, 2026, with confirmed U.S. premiere information.
Sep 26, 2026
Trailer · Movies
Watch A24's official Backrooms trailer, first uploaded March 31, 2026, and find context on Kane Parsons' film and the older internet fiction.
Sep 26, 2026Beyond fiction
Lore & Explained · Paranormal Cases
Did a ghost help convict Edward Shue? The 1897 trial reporting separates Mary Heaster’s claimed visions from the murder evidence and later Greenbrier folklore.
Oct 9, 2026Lore & Explained · Folklore
What Gerald of Wales recorded about the werewolves of Ossory: the seven-year curse, a priest and communion, and the limits of the medieval evidence.
Oct 8, 2026
Lore & Explained · Haitian Folklore & Horror History
Trace zombie origins through Haitian and Caribbean traditions, slavery, Vodou, White Zombie and George Romero, with the documentary Black Zombie in context.
Oct 4, 2026
The Index · Science & Horror
ScareScore turns wearable data into a horror score. Explore what heart rate, HRV and movement reveal about bodily reactions—and what they cannot prove.
Oct 3, 2026