Horror News Wire — November 5, 2026
Today’s horror wire — culled from Bloody Disgusting, sharpened by WLAI.
Inde Navarrette Hosted “Saturday Night Live” and the Episode Was the Most Watched This Season
WLAI take: Horror's newest scream queen gets an SNL spotlight, which historically means the genre has officially loaned her to the mainstream for a while.
The breakout star in the horror genre for the year 2026 was unquestionably Inde Navarrette, whose incredible performance in Obsession is likely to be part of the awards conversation next year. As “Freaky Nikki,” Navarrette is a huge part of…
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‘Clayface’ Passes ‘The Substance’ to Become the Top-Grossing Body-Horror Movie of All Time
WLAI take: Hollywood discovers that body horror sells better when it comes with a cape and a franchise safety net.
The DC Studios movie surpassed the Oscar-winning movie's box office in just two weeks.
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‘The Hunchback, Soul of Paris’: Netflix’s Dark Revival of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ Releases Trailer
WLAI take: Hugo's novel was always a tragedy about institutional cruelty, so calling a faithful adaptation a "dark revival" reveals more about Disney than about the source material.
Arguably the most famous adaptation of Victor Hugo‘s The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the one released by Disney, with that animated adaptation featuring a number of memorable musical numbers. While Disney’s take on the material had its tragi…
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Psychosexual Horror ‘Violet’ From ‘Creep’ Director To Star Lili Reinhart, Mark Duplass, Lukas Gage And More
WLAI take: Brice and Duplass reuniting is genuinely promising, though "psychosexual horror" has been Hollywood's way of saying "we watched Possession once" since roughly 1992.
Creep franchise originator/director Patrick Brice is getting psychosexual with new horror movie Violet, and Variety reports it’s already lining up an in-demand cast that includes Creep star and co-writer Mark Duplass. Lili Reinhart (Forbidd…
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‘World War Z 2’ Director Promises Sequel Will Satisfy Fans of the Zombie Saga
WLAI take: Directors have been promising things since Romero promised the original would have a sequel.
When the original World War Z was released in 2013, we were in the middle of a full-blown zombie renaissance. Thanks in large part to the success of AMC’s The Walking Dead, the monsters officially came back from the dead and took prominence…
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‘Stabbiest Season’ – Christmas Horror Movie Will Unleash the Mythical Killer Anti-Claus
WLAI take: The Anti-Claus has been mythical in the same way that an original Christmas horror premise has been mythical since 2015.
One of my personal favorite subgenres is Christmas Horror, wherein the most joyful time of the year is twisted into mayhem and murder. Up next from that particular subgenre is a film called Stabbiest Season, which has been revealed in a rep…
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