Horror News Wire — October 24, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
Ridley Scott Reteams With ‘Raised By Wolves’ Creator On New ‘Alien’ Movie
WLAI take: Guzikowski's robots-and-theology aesthetic should mesh nicely with a franchise that has been answering the wrong questions about its own mythology for fifteen years.
A mysterious new Alien movie is in the works for 20th Century Studios and Ridley Scott, and THR reports that “Raised by Wolves” series creator Aaron Guzikowski has been hired to write it. Details remain under wraps at this time, but the new…
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‘Crystal Lake’ Showrunner Debunks Theory That Jason Voorhees Has Cockroach DNA
WLAI take: Replacing one ridiculous origin myth with a different ridiculous origin myth is the Friday the 13th franchise's most reliable tradition.
Peacock’s Crystal Lake traces the murderous origins of Pamela Voorhees (Linda Cardellini) in the wake of losing her young son, Jason Voorhees (Callum Vinson), infusing it with lore brand new to the IP. That includes attributing Jason’s unki…
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R. L. Stine’s Gateway Horror ‘The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It’ Deserves a Halloween Rewatch
WLAI take: The bar for "gateway horror" keeps lowering until someone will earnestly argue a Scholastic Book Fair display deserves a retrospective.
After the classic Goosebumps show went off the air, and after a Tim Burton-produced movie was off the table, there was another attempt to keep R. L. Stine’s name on television. Two, if you count the stand-alone pilot for Ghosts of Fear Stre…
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‘Connected’ – Debut Novel from Bloody Disgusting Contributor Jason Jenkins Now Available
WLAI take: Phantom Limbs built a readership, so Jenkins arrives with more goodwill than most debut horror novelists get.
Bloody Disgusting contributor Jason Jenkins is the man behind the popular Phantom Limbs column (and the same-titled book based on the column), and we’re excited to let you know on the road to Halloween that Jason’s debut novel, titled Conne…
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8 New Horror Movies Released This Week – Friday, October 23
WLAI take: Hollywood discovers October exists, again, right on schedule.
We are now just one short week away from Halloween, and as you might imagine, the new horror releases are going to be coming along at a steady clip from now through next weekend. This week? EIGHT brand new horror movies have arrived to keep…
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15 Halloween Horror Movies to Stream This Weekend
WLAI take: Fifteen recommendations, and we guarantee eight of them are films you already own on VHS.
Halloween is just over a week away, which means it’s crunch time for cramming in all the remaining Halloween festivities and celebrations possible. Naturally, this includes watching more seasonal, Halloween-themed horror. By late October, c…
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