Horror News Wire — June 5, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
Friday, June 5 – These 7 New Horror Movies Released Today
WLAI take: The Wayans brothers returning to parody a franchise that already parodied itself is either a bold creative loop or a franchise cannibalizing its own ghost.
Ghostface is back on the big screen this weekend… well, sort of… with the release of Scary Movie, which marks the Wayans brothers’ return to the horror spoof franchise for the first time since Scary Movie 2 back in the day. It’s likely to b…
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‘Backrooms’, ‘Obsession’, and Horror’s Big Weekend [Halloweenies Podcast]
WLAI take: Found and file another "blockbuster horror weekend" in the cabinet next to the last seventeen ones, all of which were also going to change everything.
Coming Soon & Now Showing is a monthly series on Halloweenies that catches up on the latest horror headlines and round robins capsule reviews of new and old horrors. This month, Michael Roffman and Justin Gerber discuss the blockbuster week…
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‘They Will Kill You’ to Unleash Blood-Drenched Action Chaos on HBO Max Next Week
WLAI take: Die Hard in a Satanic high-rise is essentially the elevator pitch John McTiernan turned down in 1987.
Zazie Beetz must fight her way through a New York City high-rise serving as a temple to Satan in They Will Kill You, and it’s officially set to make its global streaming debut next week. They Will Kill You begins streaming exclusively on HB…
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Action Horror ‘Christmas at the Kringles’ from ‘Willy’s Wonderland’ Director Sets October Release
WLAI take: October release for a Christmas horror — the calendar confusion is doing more heavy lifting than the premise.
Santa is coming to slay early this year; Briarcliff Entertainment has set a Halloween release for action horror comedy Christmas at the Kringles. The genre-bending holiday film is currently in production in Los Angeles, with a planned wide…
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Anthony Head – ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Actor Has Passed Away at 72
WLAI take: The Watcher is gone, and genre television lost one of its rare anchors of genuine gravitas the moment network executives stopped knowing what to do with men like him.
Best known to horror fans for playing Rupert Giles in 121 episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” actor Anthony Head (aka Anthony Stewart Head) has passed away at 72 years old. Daughters Emily and Daisy Head said in a statement to the BBC t…
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11 New Horror Movies Releasing in June 2026
WLAI take: Eleven films in one month sounds generous until you remember that quantity has historically been how the genre buries its best work.
Summer isn’t even in full swing yet but the horror onslaught continues. If you thought May was a massive month for brand new horror movies, June 2026 also comes loaded with a dense slate of new horror releases. Save for one reboot, this mon…
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