Horror News Wire — July 24, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
‘Ebenezer’ Official Trailer – Ti West Turns Johnny Depp into ‘A Christmas Carol’ Icon Scrooge
WLAI take: (WLAI desk unreachable — full piece at link)
Ti West (X, Pearl, MaXXXine) is back with the upcoming Ebenezer starring Johnny Depp, a fresh new take on the classic tale of A Christmas Carol from Charles Dickens. Johnny Depp will play Ebenezer Scrooge in Ti West’s Ebenezer, and Paramoun…
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‘Tha Rae: The Exorcist’ Review: Gory Thai Possession Horror Faithfully Adheres to the Tropes [NYAFF 2026]
WLAI take: (WLAI desk unreachable — full piece at link)
Possession films are an exceedingly common subgenre in horror to the point that far too many of them feel far too familiar. This is a generalization, obviously, but it too often seems that someone is possessed, a representative from the are…
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‘Wildwood’ Official Poster – LAIKA’s Latest Dark Fantasy Takes Flight This October
WLAI take: (WLAI desk unreachable — full piece at link)
From LAIKA (Coraline, ParaNorman), the stop-motion fantasy adventure Wildwood opens in theaters on October 23 via Fathom Entertainment, and a new poster has arrived. Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings, Masters of the Universe) directs…
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Chucky Kills WWE’s Liv Morgan All Over Again With New Action Figure 2-Pack from Mattel
WLAI take: (WLAI desk unreachable — full piece at link)
It was back in 2022 that WWE superstar Liv Morgan fulfilled a lifelong dream of being killed by Chucky in Don Mancini’s “Chucky” television series, and that bloody moment is now being immortalized in the form of an action figure two-pack fr…
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Shogun Horror – New Toy Line from NECA Turns Horror Icons into Samurai Warriors
WLAI take: (WLAI desk unreachable — full piece at link)
NECA is on hand at San Diego Comic-Con with all kinds of new reveals, and we’ll be covering it all here on Bloody Disgusting in the days to come. Be sure to bookmark the “NECA” tag! On that note, NECA has debuted a highly unique new horror…
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Replicants Rule the World in First Images from Prime Video’s ‘Blade Runner 2099’ TV Series
WLAI take: (WLAI desk unreachable — full piece at link)
Blade Runner is headed to the small screen in Prime Video’s upcoming Blade Runner 2099, set 50 years after Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, in a world where replicants have emerged on top after an uprising. Humans are no longer in powe…
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