Horror News Wire — October 28, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
Ripcord’s Halloween Film Festival – Top 12 Shorts Revealed!
WLAI take: Twelve shorts, two hundred thousand dollars, and the TCL Chinese Theatre — someone finally figured out that short horror deserves more than a festival laurel and a firm handshake.
Ripcord’s Halloween Film Festival has announced a “dirty dozen” of short films that earned their way to the top. The dozen will screen for a live audience at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood this Thursday, October 29th, where the finali…
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Ryan Gosling ‘Ghost Rider’ Movie May Have Found Villain In Connor Storrie
WLAI take: Marvel casting a Joker alum to menace their flaming skeleton biker is either inspired cross-pollination or confirmation that both studios are mining the same depleted villain quarry.
Cue the Heated Rivalry puns: THR reports this afternoon that Connor Storrie (Joker: Folie à Deux, Heated Rivalry) is in talks to take on Ryan Gosling in Ghost Rider for Marvel Studios. Gosling stars as Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider, set for r…
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Project Argonaut Explained: Jason Voorhees’ New Origin in ‘Crystal Lake’ [Spoilers]
WLAI take: Paramount spent decades leaving Jason's origin mercifully vague, so naturally someone handed him a mythology binder.
One of the main downsides of streaming giants choosing to release full seasons of their shows all at once is the fact that viewers run the risk of encountering major spoilers online if they aren’t able to binge-watch the episodes fast enoug…
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‘Serpentine’ – Darren Lynn Bousman Directing Figure Skating Thriller
WLAI take: A Saw franchise architect migrating to figure skating suggests either bold reinvention or the ice rink scene from Blades of Glory traumatized him more than we knew.
Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV, Spiral, Twisted) is back with Serpentine, a new thriller feature that Bousman says will allow him to step a bit outside the horror genre. Deadline reports that Bousman will direct for Dream State Studios and…
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‘Black Widow Killer’ – Melissa Joan Hart Playing Real Life Killer in Lifetime Thriller
WLAI take: Sabrina finally found a spell that sticks, and it turns out it was arsenic.
Real life serial killer Judy Buenoano aka “The Black Widow” is the source of inspiration for Lifetime thriller Black Widow Killer, and THR reports that Melissa Joan Hart will star. And yes, the “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” actress is playing…
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‘Dead Giveaway’ – Ruby Modine & Mikaela Hoover Find a Bloody Corpse in Horror-Comedy Trailer
WLAI take: Two genre-savvy women discover a body and must improvise — an eleven-year development cycle from short to feature suggests either devotion or difficulty.
Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day) and Mikaela Hoover (Superman) uncover a bloody corpse in Dead Giveaway, which is getting a Digital release from Cineverse in November. The horror-comedy hits Digital on November 3, 2026. Writer-director Ian Kim…
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