Horror News Wire — June 13, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
Steven Spielberg Just Directed the Scariest Scene of His Career in ‘Disclosure Day’
WLAI take: A man who made audiences afraid of water in 1975 is being credited with a career-best scare in 2026, and we're just going to take that on faith.
Steven Spielberg has always been conversant in the cinematic language of the horror genre, despite relatively few credits in the genre. His contributions as a writer and producer on things like Poltergeist are legendary, and films like Duel…
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Friday, June 12 – These 7 New Horror Movies Released Today
WLAI take: Seven releases on one Friday suggests the industry still confuses volume with curation, a lesson Cannon Films failed to teach anyone.
This week’s new releases offer everything from giant monsters to Spielberg aliens to ass-kicking martial artists and even an ash-eating medical student. Do we have your interest? Here’s all the new genre movies that released on Friday, June…
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Demo Now Available for First-Person Action Title ‘Vampire Hunter: Nightrise’, Coming July 14 [Trailer]
WLAI take: Castlevania has been "meets something" for twenty years now, but we will reserve judgment until we see whether the whip actually cracks.
Over the Moon Games has announced that their upcoming first-person title Vampire Hunter: Nightrise will launch on Steam on July 14. You won’t have to wait until Steam Next Fest next week to get a chance to get your vampire slaying fix in, a…
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Your Scream Is Your Doom in Co-Op Horror Game ‘Don’t Panic Together’ [Trailer]
WLAI take: Alien Isolation already punished breathing, so it was only a matter of time before game designers started billing your friends' anxiety disorders as a feature.
Other titles have made use of your mic as a central part of their gameplay, but not many have made your teammate’s mic the crux of your survival. Legions Studio is taking that route with their new co-op “high-stakes silence” psychological h…
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‘Tales from the Crypt’ – Makeup Effects Legend Greg Nicotero Has Redesigned the Classic Crypt Keeper!
WLAI take: Nicotero's résumé earns the assignment, though the original puppet already set a bar most living faces never manage.
Shudder finally brought HBO’s classic series “Tales from the Crypt” to streaming for the very first time back in May, with subsequent seasons of the series being added to the all-horror streaming service with each passing week. As of today,…
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Original ‘Blair Witch Project’ Star Heather Donahue Explains Why She’s Not Part of the New Movie Team
WLAI take: The franchise that made its lead character famous for apologizing on camera has now apologized to her with silence.
When it was recently announced that the original filmmakers and stars of The Blair Witch Project had been invited to join the filmmaking team for the upcoming Blumhouse reboot movie, one name was notably missing from the lineup: Heather Don…
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