Horror News Wire — September 21, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
‘The Blood Countess’ Review: Isabelle Huppert Leads Droll Camp Oddity [Fantastic Fest 2026]
WLAI take: Huppert as a vampire countess sounds like a casting dare, which may be exactly why it works best as camp.
International treasure Isabelle Huppert is a singular presence. A frequent collaborator with controversial directors like Michael Haneke and Paul Verhoeven, the regal actress often chooses nuanced, complex roles, with nary a weak entry in t…
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‘The Cycle’ Review: A Grisly Mystery Gives Way to Spectacular Practical Creature Feature [Fantastic Fest 2026]
WLAI take: Practical creature effects are the reward patient audiences deserve, and The Cycle seems to understand that.
Patience is greatly rewarded in director Jordan Downey’s The Cycle, a dour crime procedural that transforms into a thrilling practical effects-fueled horror movie. Downey, who co-writes with his cinematographer Kevin Stewart, dedicates quit…
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Bloody Disgusting Database & Community Updates – Better Lists and Easier Browsing
WLAI take: Better lists are always welcome, since horror fans have never met a ranking they could not argue with.
We have some fresh updates this week that should make the Bloody Disgusting Database & Community a little easier to use and give horror fans more ways to engage with each other. We’ve also imported another batch of films, including a whole…
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Hideo Kojima Updates ‘OD’ Development During Tokyo Game Show; Production is “Progressing Smoothly” [Video]
WLAI take: Kojima describing anything as smooth is rare, which may be the most unsettling news about OD yet.
Amidst the recent drama regarding Sony and Hideo Kojima‘s Physint (and Xbox gladly scooping up the game), Kojima has dropped a little update regarding his upcoming horror game, OD. Tacked onto the end of the video shown at the end of Xbox‘s…
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‘Play House’ Review: An Effective Lost Media Chiller [Fantastic Fest 2026]
WLAI take: Lost media horror works because we all remember a tape that may or may not have existed.
Lost media and its close cousin, found footage, fascinate us because of the instant tension between the passive and the actively menacing. There is nothing inherently dangerous about watching a movie, or stumbling upon some half-remembered…
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Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ Smashes Franchise Record With Massive $60 Million Opening
WLAI take: A sixty-million opening suggests Cregger did what no previous Resident Evil filmmaker managed, which was respect the source.
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil brought the popular video game franchise back to the big screen this weekend, and the film is already smashing through franchise records at the box office. Resident Evil debuted in U.S. theaters this weekend wit…
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