Horror News Wire — August 21, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
‘Insidious: Out Of The Further’ Review: New Demons, Same Haunted House Formula
WLAI take: Six films in, the Further has become less a realm of the dead than a well-furnished franchise waiting room.
When one Red Door closes, another opens. Insidious: Out of the Further, the sixth installment of this film series, picks up mere weeks after the Lambert saga finally reached its end to introduce a new family and demonic threat. The latest e…
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‘Insidious’ Franchise Recap – Lin Shaye Recaps the First Five ‘Insidious’ Movies [Video]
WLAI take: Lin Shaye explaining the timeline is the most reliable thing in a series that keeps rearranging its own afterlife.
Even sixteen years later, the Insidious franchise continues to be one of the most consistently entertaining series of scary movies out there. While the saga has seen copious amounts of prequels and sequels over the years (some of which were…
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‘The Headlands House’ – Colman Domingo Starring in Netflix Thriller Series
WLAI take: Domingo can make a quiet room feel dangerous, which is most of what a house-centered thriller ever really needs.
Colman Domingo (Disclosure Day) leads the cast of the upcoming thriller limited series “The Headlands House,” and The Wrap reports today that the project has landed at Netflix. The series comes from writer and executive producer Cameron B.
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Ron Perlman Joins the Cast of Horror Movie ‘Seasons’ from ‘Companion’ Director
WLAI take: Perlman joining any horror cast instantly improves its odds of at least one memorable scene.
Drew Hancock (Companion) is back in the director’s chair for the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios horror movie Seasons, and Ron Perlman (“Cape Fear”) has joined the cast this week. Deadline first reported the casting news this afternoon. Jack Re…
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‘Halloween: The Game’ Gets an Official Michael Myers Comic Book Series
WLAI take: Licensed comics have been feeding Haddonfield lore for decades, usually with more continuity sense than the films themselves.
We are now just weeks away from the release of Halloween: The Game, a brand new video game based on John Carpenter’s original classic that releases digitally on September 8. While you wait, Halloween: The Game is taking a new shape with a c…
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‘Buddy: The Video Game’ Turns The Upcoming Horror Film Into A Retro Survival Horror Nightmare
WLAI take: Retro survival horror demakes are the genre's way of admitting the old fixed camera angles still did the job.
Now you can play with Buddy, too. Today, ModRetro has officially announced a new Chromatic title, Buddy: The Video Game, a survival horror title based on the film that lets players discover the unicorn mascot’s bad side for themselves. Whil…
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