Horror News Wire — June 16, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
‘Killer Klowns from Outer Space’ Character Shorty Joins the ‘Horror Babies’ Line from Spirit Halloween!
WLAI take: The Chiodo brothers spent years fighting for their cult classic, and the reward is a plush doll in a diaper.
It was back in 2023 that Spirit Halloween launched their Horror Babies line, officially licensed props that reimagine iconic horror characters as cute and cuddly little babies. The line kicked off with Pennywise, Leatherface, Ghostface, and…
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George A. Romero’s ‘Day of the Dead’ Gets New Life After Search for Long-Lost Film Elements
WLAI take: Forty years in a vault, and the interpositive turns up right on schedule with a boutique label's quarterly release calendar.
“I was told that this couldn’t be found by some people that I worked with, and that just set a fire in me,” Scream Factory producer Jeff Roland says of the newly restored Day of the Dead in 4K from the seemingly long-lost original interposi…
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10 Great EC Comics Stories Not Adapted for ‘Tales from the Crypt’
WLAI take: Thirty years of material and they still left the richest veins untouched, which is either a tragedy or a standing invitation.
Tales from the Crypt has been influential in keeping EC Comics alive in the public conscience, even after going off the air thirty years ago. That classic horror show pulled from multiple stables within the iconic comic publisher, but it al…
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‘Dolly’ Director’s Horror Short ‘Alone Time’ Getting a Feature Film Expansion
WLAI take: Hollywood discovered horror shorts exist, and now we're all going to find out which ones had enough ideas for two minutes but not ninety.
In the wake of Backrooms and Obsession, everyone is prowling YouTube for horror shorts to adapt and horror filmmakers to scoop up, so don’t be surprised to see a whole bunch of upcoming articles about YouTube success stories crossing over i…
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‘Silent Hill’-Inspired ‘Foghorns Drown’ Receives Demo Update for Steam Next Fest
WLAI take: Another fog-drenched town with a troubled protagonist — Silent Hill's shadow apparently stretches far enough to shelter an entire genre.
Just in time for Steam Next Fest, Studio Laaya has pushed a new update for their upcoming psychological thriller, Foghorns Drown. In addition to some subtle graphical improvements, the new demo features more mechanics, more characters, and…
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Duffer Brothers Directing Untitled Event Film for Paramount Theatrical Release in November 2028
WLAI take: Two guys who spent a decade making an homage to 1980s Spielberg are now going to make theatrical movies, presumably also homaging 1980s Spielberg.
We had learned last summer that “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer were setting up shop at Paramount, with the brothers leaving Netflix behind to make theatrical movies for the big screen. The Duffer Brothers had inked an exclu…
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