Horror News Wire — August 12, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ in Real Life – Physical Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Location Opening in NJ Next Year
WLAI take: Chuck E. Cheese has been doing this bit since 1977, but sure, let the indie game kids discover animatronic dread on their own.
While we wait for another update on the next Five Nights at Freddy’s movie, the popular video game and film franchise is now spawning a real-life physical location in New Jersey! Variety reports this week, “New Jersey entertainment and reta…
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‘The Influencer Project’ – Found Footage Movie from ‘Blair Witch Project’ Creators Releasing in October [Poster]
WLAI take: Found footage discovering social media as its horror vehicle roughly twenty-five years after everyone else already did feels appropriately on-brand for a genre that runs on déjà vu.
The Blair Witch Project co-creator Eduardo Sanchez and producer Gregg Hale are returning to their found footage horror roots with The Influencer Project this Halloween. The Influencer Project will release in theaters October 2, 2026. Check…
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Get a Taste of Hell in New Gameplay Footage for ‘Hellraiser: Revival’ [Watch]
WLAI take: Cenobites have endured rubber-suited sequels, a Hulu reboot, and now a video game, so the real horror is how much punishment this franchise can absorb.
Saber Interactive has dropped some new gameplay footage for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival , offering up a glimpse of the gameplay mechanics and environments, including combat and puzzle-solving, culminating in a boss encounter with a f…
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VHS Style ’80s Horror 5-Film SteelBook Set Releasing in October With ‘Elm Street’ and ‘The Shining’
WLAI take: Warner Bros. discovers that slapping a VHS aesthetic on a Blu-ray case is apparently worth more than actually restoring the films inside.
Warner Bros. is celebrating Halloween this year with a tribute to some of the ’80s Horror greats, collecting together five of them for a retro-style SteelBook library case release. It’s called the ‘80s Horror 5-Film SteelBook Library Case S…
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Paramount Sets Summer 2027 Release for Parker Finn’s ‘Possession’ Remake
WLAI take: Finn earns the assignment after Smile's box office run, but Żuławski's original remains one of those films that remakes tend to circle without ever landing.
Smile and Smile 2 director Parker Finn is writing, directing, and producing the new take on Possession, which has received a surprising Summer 2027 theatrical release from Paramount. Possession will open in theaters on June 11, 2027. The or…
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Psychotronic Noir Horror ‘Rough on Rats’ Inspired By Chicago’s Infamous Black Widow Killer Announces Cast
WLAI take: Phillips claiming the "psychotronic noir" lane is ambitious, given Klimek's story has been waiting since 1921 for a filmmaker with the nerve to actually sit in her kitchen.
After giving the giallo a unique rust belt spin with erotic thriller Anything That Moves, writer-director Alex Phillips is tackling serial killer thrillers with “psychtronic noir” horror feature Rough on Rats. Rough on Rats is inspired by t…
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