Horror News Wire — June 17, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
‘Hell House LLC’ – Skip the Sequels, Savor the Original [Halloweenies Podcast]
WLAI take: Cognetti got it right the first time, which makes the franchise's diminishing returns a textbook case in how quickly found footage lightning stops cooperating in a bottle.
The Halloweenies hitch a ride out to the small town of Abaddon in Upstate New York to check out this totally killer haunted house that’s opening: Hell House LLC. Join Michael Roffman, Justin Gerber, and Rachel Reeves as they discuss directo…
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‘Black Diamond’ – Ernest Dickerson Directing Folk Horror Movie for Fangoria Studios
WLAI take: Demon Knight remains underrated, so at minimum Dickerson knows what a genre audience actually wants.
Fangoria Studios and Panick Studios are turning horror comic Black Diamond into a film, and Variety reports that Ernest Dickerson (Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight) will direct. Black Diamond comic book creator Brendan Columbus will write…
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‘The Death of Robin Hood’ Director Michael Sarnoski on Brutal Violence and Reinventing the Legend
WLAI take: Sarnoski trading post-apocalyptic silence for medieval grime is either inspired casting or the most A24 thing imaginable, and honestly both.
Michael Sarnoski (A Quiet Place: Day One, Pig) gives a darker spin on a classic ballad in The Death of Robin Hood, which sees a legendary outlaw confront his own violent legacy. A24 releases the dark reimagining of the classic folk tale in…
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Immerse Yourself in Mystery with Narrative-Driven Folk Horror Title ‘The Polar Darkness’ [Trailer]
WLAI take: Finnish folk horror was doing just fine before the word "narrative-driven" arrived to explain it to everyone.
Independent developer Horsefly Games has announced their own brand of folk horror with The Polar Darkness, a narrative-driven mystery inspired by Finnish folklore, classic investigative adventures, and cosmic horror. Accompanying the announ…
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Souls-like RPG ‘The Relic: First Guardian’ Launches July 31 for PC, PS5 [Trailer]
WLAI take: Another month, another Souls-like draped in fog and despair, arriving just in time to remind us the genre peaked somewhere around 2011.
Project Cloud Games and Perp Games have announced the official launch date of July 31 for their upcoming dark fantasy Souls-like The Relic: First Guardian. Arriving on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, versions for the Xbox Series and Nintend…
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IDW Dark and Paramount Announce New ‘Smile’ and ‘A Quiet Place’ Comic Book Tales
WLAI take: Nothing extends a franchise's mythology quite like the medium that invented the Smile and Quiet Place concepts in the first place — oh, wait.
IDW Dark and Paramount recently joined forces to launch limited comic book tales set in the worlds of Smile and A Quiet Place, and we’ve learned today that they’ll continue hanging around in those franchise universes with two brand new limi…
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