Horror News Wire — October 1, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
Michael Dougherty Is Bringing Halloween Icon Sam Back to Life This October!
WLAI take: Seventeen years of cult-status restraint is either discipline or a very long development cycle, but Dougherty has earned the benefit of the doubt on this one.
It’s been seventeen years since Michael Dougherty’s anthology film Trick ‘r Treat arrived on the scene and became an almost instant Halloween classic, but the origins of the beloved Halloween icon Sam actually date back even further. Sam wa…
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Delusion Returns to the Historic Beckett Mansion with ‘Den of the Mosquito’
WLAI take: Fifteen years of returning to the same mansion suggests either brand loyalty or a lease the lawyers keep renewing.
Delusion, the acclaimed interactive horror theater experience created by writer and director Jon Braver, returns this fall to the historic Beckett Mansion, where the series first began in 2011. Presented by Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Gr…
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‘Blair Witch Project’ Co-Creator Teases Collaboration With ‘McPherson Tape’ Director
WLAI take: Two of found footage's founding fathers finally finding each other feels about thirty years overdue.
Eduardo Sánchez is set to team up with Dean Alioto on a future project.
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Neon Developing Their Own SCP Foundation Project After A24 Movie Draws Backlash
WLAI take: When the copyright concerns arrive before production, you know the fandom has learned from every Marvel Phase One licensing disaster before it.
The A24 announcement sparked backlash about copyright protections, which Neon is set to address.
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Guillermo Del Toro Confirms He Gave Up On Video Game Adaptations After “Disastrous” Attempt At ‘BioShock’ Movie
WLAI take: A man who couldn't get Lovecraft greenlit somehow thought the industry would hand him a BioShock budget without a fight.
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has one of the most interesting catalogs of unmade projects in the entire industry. For every award-winning endeavor like last year’s Frankenstein, the director has an ill-fated counterpart like his aban…
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Sam Raimi and ‘Don’t Move’ Directors Adapting ‘Every House Is Haunted’ Into a Movie
WLAI take: Raimi producing a haunted anthology while not directing it is starting to feel like a recurring chapter from that book.
Netflix scored a bit of a hit back in 2024 with Don’t Move, a thriller that took the top spot on their movie charts for two weeks. Directed by Adam Schindler and Brian Netto and produced by Sam Raimi, the movie focused on a woman who had be…
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