Horror News Wire — October 10, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
‘Something Is Killing the Children’ Movie Adds ‘The Hunt’ Director Craig Zobel
WLAI take: Zobel's a competent craftsman, which is either exactly what this adaptation needs or precisely what will sand down its edges.
The filmmaker also delivered the adaptation 'Z for Zachariah.'
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LaKeith Stanfield Joins ‘Other Mommy’ Director’s ‘Molepeople’
WLAI take: Stanfield is consistently the most watchable person in any room, including, apparently, subterranean ones.
Back in 2020, Rob Savage first captured the attention of the internet thanks to a viral short he released in which he tricked friends into thinking he was attacked by something in his attic, which was just a clever edit of a scene from [REC…
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Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Exorcist: Martyrs’ Releases Frightening Full Trailer
WLAI take: Flanagan remixing a fifty-year-old possession franchise after Carrie suggests a man working through the entire horror canon alphabetically.
It’s an exciting week to be a fan of Mike Flanagan. Just a few days ago, his adaptation of Stephen King‘s Carrie landed on Prime Video, which the filmmaker revealed he hopes is just the first of three seasons. The excitement continued with…
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‘Mayfair Witches: Salem Coven’ Season 3 Teaser Conjures Up Winter Premiere Date
WLAI take: Salem has been horror's most reliable ZIP code since 1692, so naturally we end up back there eventually.
The witches are back and heading to Old Salem in the new teaser from Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches: Salem Coven, the third season set to premiere this winter. The new teaser, unveiled this afternoon at New York Comic Con, reveals that the new…
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Blumhouse Adapting ‘Amanda the Adventurer’ Into Live-Action Movie
WLAI take: Blumhouse continues its streak of adapting games nobody over forty has heard of, presumably because the Ouija board IP well ran dry.
One of the biggest video games of any genre of the last decade is Five Nights at Freddy’s, which might appear to be a playful experience for those who only see glimpses of the game’s characters, but after a closer look, it becomes evident t…
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Sweet Tooth Takes Center Stage in New Halloween ‘Twisted Metal’ Web Series
WLAI take: Twisted Metal has done more for the "video game adaptation" reputation in two seasons than the entire 1990s did in a decade, so sure, let Sweet Tooth have his Halloween moment.
Nobody was expecting Peacock’s Twisted Metal series to be one of the most entertaining video game adaptations in recent memory, but the show-running team of Michael Jonathan Smith and David Reed, combined with the comedic talents of Anthony…
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