Horror News Wire — October 23, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
Charli xcx To Cameo In Martin Scorsese’s Gothic Horror Movie ‘What Happens at Night’
WLAI take: Scorsese casting a brat-era pop star in gothic horror is either visionary stunt work or proof that even auteurs check the streaming algorithm.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence star in Martin Scorsese’s gothic horror movie What Happens at Night, and Variety reports that pop star Charli xcx will join in a cameo role. Described as a Gothic psychological horror film, What Happe…
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‘Alien’ Actor Tom Skerritt Has Passed Away At 93 Years Old
WLAI take: Dallas never made it off the Nostromo, but Skerritt — 93 years, natural causes — managed the longer voyage.
Bloody Disgusting is deeply saddened to learn that actor Tom Skerritt, best known among horror fans as Captain Dallas of the Nostromo in Ridley Scott’s Alien, has passed away of natural causes at the age of 93. Thomas Roy Skerritt was born…
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‘Halloweentown 5’ in Early Development at Disney
WLAI take: Disney rediscovering a franchise it benched for twenty years suggests someone finally checked the streaming engagement numbers from October.
The Disney Channel Original Movie Halloweentown launched a franchise when it premiered back in 1998, with that original family-friendly Halloween movie being followed by Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge in 2001, Halloweentown High in 200…
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Art the Clown Is Ready to Burn Survivors in New ‘Dead by Daylight’ Reveal
WLAI take: Terrifier's mime of mayhem finally gets the asymmetrical multiplayer treatment, which is either the franchise's apex or proof that every slasher eventually becomes a licensed skin.
Halloween is in full swing for Dead by Daylight, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, with the return of its annual Haunted by Daylight event. Today brings a new look at horror icon Art the Clown, set to join the game on October 27.
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‘Halloween: The Game’ Takes You Back to 2018 With New Michael Myers Skin [Video]
WLAI take: Collectors of slightly-different jumpsuit variants, your season has arrived.
After revealing Michael’s look from Halloween 5 earlier this week, IllFonic and Gun Interactive have at last given Halloween: The Game players a glimpse at Michael’s second DLC skin, this one inspired by Halloween 2018. No sign of what this…
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‘The Carvers’ – A Killer Family Is Hard to Find in New Comic Series from BOOM! Studios [Exclusive]
WLAI take: BOOM! Studios has been trying to make killer-family horror their thing for years, so at least this one leans into the dark comedy instead of pretending it invented the concept.
Writer and filmmaker Breyden Boyd is getting set to unleash his debut comic series The Carvers, and Bloody Disgusting has the exclusive scoop from BOOM! Studios this week. Releasing in February of next year, this darkly humorous new horror…
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— The WLAI Late-Night Desk
