Horror News Wire — August 6, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Review: A Vibrant, Bloody Sexual Awakening
WLAI take: Clover wrote the thesis thirty years ago, and Hollywood is still handing it in as original work.
Oft-cited film professor Carol J. Clover posited that horror films, and slashers in particular, tap into society’s repressed fears of gender in her 1992 book Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. More acutely, Clover…
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John Kassir on ‘Tales from the Crypt’, ‘Reefer Madness’, and Breaking Into Hollywood [Video + Halloweenies Podcast]
WLAI take: Kassir spent decades being the most recognizable voice in horror that nobody could pick out of a lineup without the makeup.
Hello boys and ghouls! For August, the Halloweenies are celebrating the legacy of Tales from the Crypt, now streaming on Shudder and Tubi, with several themed episodes. What better way to kick it off than with the Cryptkeeper himself: John…
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‘Cathedral’ – John Carpenter’s Debut Graphic Novel Now Available!
WLAI take: Carpenter has spent fifty years proving he doesn't need a camera to unsettle you, so a graphic novel feels less like a pivot than a logical expansion of the blueprint.
John Carpenter makes his graphic novel debut with brand new original horror story Cathedral, and we’re excited to let you know that it’s available NOW from Storm King Comics. In addition to the graphic novel, there will be an accompanying s…
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Netflix’s ‘Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital’ Is More Than Just a ‘Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum’ Remake
WLAI take: Congratulations to Netflix for discovering that calling something "more than just a remake" is itself a genre with a longer history than Gonjiam.
Remakes are a touchy subject within the horror community. While we’re all aware that some of the greatest scary movies of all time are based on existing films, with hits like The Thing and The Blob almost completely overshadowing their pred…
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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ – Retro VHS Sleeves and Trading Cards Now Available
WLAI take: Schoenbrun gets the merch machine rolling before the film even opens, which is either confidence or the distributor remembering that Fangoria moved more units than most theater runs.
Jane Schoenbrun’s (I Saw the TV Glow) new movie Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is headed to theaters on August 7, and a killer lineup of merch is now available. Distributor MUBI has joined forces with Mutant for the Teenage Sex and De…
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‘Doctor Caligari’s Cabinet of Wonders’ – Talia Ryder Starring Alongside Michael Shannon
WLAI take: Shannon playing a figure of uncanny authority is essentially typecasting at this point, which is either a comfort or a sign that Hollywood has one idea about what menace looks like.
We had learned earlier this year that horror classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is getting a contemporary reimagining titled Doctor Caligari’s Cabinet of Wonders, with Michael Shannon set to star and John Erick Dowdle (As Above, So Below,…
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