Horror News Wire — August 18, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
Scott Glenn Faces a Serial Killer in Giallo-Inspired Genre Bender ‘Eugene The Marine’
WLAI take: Scott Glenn has played the steady hunter since Silence of the Lambs, so letting him finally face the killer feels overdue.
Bloody Disgusting’s parent company, Cineverse, has acquired genre-bending thriller Eugene the Marine for domestic release later this year, Deadline announced today. Scott Glenn (Emmy nominee The White Lotus, The Keep), Jim Gaffigan (Linoleu…
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Ryan Gosling ‘Ghost Rider’ Movie Dated for Summer 2028 Theatrical Release
WLAI take: Ghost Rider has been tried twice in live action with mixed results; perhaps a quieter actor is exactly the right accelerant.
Ryan Gosling (Project Hail Mary) is officially on board to play Ghost Rider in a solo Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and the film now has a theatrical release date this week. Ghost Rider starring Ryan Gosling will release in theaters July…
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‘The Calamities’ Book Review: Horror Meets ‘Succession’ In Chuck Wendig’s Demonic Epic
WLAI take: Demons running the boardroom is the oldest metaphor in the book, which is precisely why it keeps getting rewritten.
“The world is secretly run by demons” is a potent, if predictable, metaphor to unleash on audiences in 2026, but just like any other concept, it’s all about what you do with it, not the concept itself. With The Calamities, his latest massiv…
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Supernatural Horror ‘Goody Goody’ Delivers a Chilling Take on Childbirth This September
WLAI take: Childbirth horror has a lineage running back through Rosemary's Baby, and the anxiety at its center has never really aged.
Shudder has unveiled a first look at Goody Goody, a supernatural horror film exploring the terror of childbirth, written and directed by Raymond Creamer, making his feature debut. Goody Goody will begin streaming exclusively on Shudder on S…
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Clean Up the Zombie Apocalypse Later This Year in ‘Undead Night Crew’
WLAI take: Somebody always has to mop up after the apocalypse; it is nice to see the janitorial staff finally get top billing.
Developer Dummy Dojo and publisher Galore Interactive have more zombie action for you later this year when their rogue-lite zombie survivors-like Undead Night Crew launches on Steam in Q4 2026. And if you haven’t already, you can check out…
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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Officially Renewed for 1935-Set Second Season at HBO
WLAI take: King built Derry on cycles of twenty-seven years, so a jump back to 1935 is the show keeping strict accounts.
Pennywise will return to HBO in another season of the hit horror series “IT: Welcome to Derry,” with HBO announcing today that the show has officially/finally been renewed for Season 2. This renewal comes as no surprise given the success of…
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