Horror News Wire — June 27, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
Friday, June 26 – These 4 New Horror Movies Released at Home Today
WLAI take: Four in one day suggests either a golden age or a landfill situation, and genre history offers sobering odds on which.
This week kicked off with the release of hippo horror movie Hungry at home, and four more horror movies have arrived for at-home viewing as we head into the final weekend of June. Here are the new horror movies that released on Friday, June…
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 3’ Update – Gary Dauberman Writing the Script
WLAI take: Dauberman swapping Pennywise for animatronics is either a step sideways or proof that haunted-clown money has a longer half-life than anyone expected.
The Five Nights at Freddy’s film franchise will continue with the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s 3, and a brand new writer has boarded the franchise for the next installment. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the news that Gary Dauberman (I…
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‘Cut Your Teeth’ – Riley Dandy Starring in Engagement Party-Gone-Wrong Horror Movie
WLAI take: Dandy earned that shot after carrying Christmas Bloody Christmas, and Moorhead producing suggests this will be weirder than the premise implies.
Samuel Goodwin will make his directorial debut with the upcoming indie horror movie Cut Your Teeth, and Deadline reports that Riley Dandy (Christmas Bloody Christmas) will star. Aaron Moorhead (Spring, The Endless, Synchronic) will be produ…
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‘The Substance’ Getting a Scratch-and-Sniff Theatrical Experience in Chicago This Summer
WLAI take: John Waters cracked this code in 1981, so calling it a "unique" experience requires the kind of revisionist history we usually reserve for sequels nobody asked for.
What if you could SMELL The Substance? That’s the hook for a unique upcoming screening of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, which has been dubbed the “Odorama Screening.” Taking a page out of the William Castle and John Waters playbook, the…
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‘Scary Movie’ Hits $200 Million Worldwide While the Franchise Crosses $1 Billion Landmark
WLAI take: Audiences have now spent a billion dollars confirming they remember what Scream looked like, which is either a cultural milestone or a cry for help.
Earlier this month, the new Scary Movie broke a franchise record with a $105 million worldwide opening weekend, and the horror-comedy spoof has now passed $200 million. The current domestic total for Scary Movie as we head into another week…
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‘Becky’ and ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Stars to Topline Sci-Fi Horror ‘Do Not Open’
WLAI take: Lulu Wilson has been dying on screen since she was nine, so at least the casting department knows what they are buying.
Filming is underway in Texas on sci-fi horror movie Do Not Open, and Deadline reports that Freddy Carter (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2) and Lulu Wilson (The Last Temptation of Becky) will star. They’ll be joined by Mark McKenna (The Tourist),…
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