Christmas dinner is about to get a lot more dangerous. Shudder has released the official trailer and poster for Unholy Night, a horror comedy in which a long-dead grandmother crashes a traditional Italian family Christmas Eve and starts killing. Directed by debut filmmaker Michael Gabriele and starring Marc Bendavid and Shailene Garnett, the Canadian production won the Gold Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature at Fantasia 2026. It arrives as a Shudder Original on 4 December 2026, and early reviews are split between warm praise for its heart and complaints about its rules.
A zombie classic is facing a very modern kind of horror. Original Return of the Living Dead stars Linnea Quigley and Beverly Randolph have publicly distanced themselves from Return of the Living Dead: Aftermath, a crowdfunded-born sequel released over Halloween weekend that Kotaku describes as almost entirely AI generated. Randolph says she wants her face removed from it, while Quigley says she warned the filmmaker against using AI before pulling out of a scene. With a Linnea Quigley documentary now arriving on 20 November, the fallout is only just beginning.
Vera Farmiga is returning to supernatural horror in Inferno, a chilling new thriller from writer and director Bryan Hill. Best known to horror fans for portraying Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring franchise, Farmiga will play a former Scotland Yard detective drawn back into a secretive division investigating occult crimes. With a serial killer investigation, disturbing paranormal forces and a mysterious organisation known as the Black Branch, Inferno promises a terrifying combination of crime thriller and possession horror.
HBO Max has given Stephen King fans an unexpected Halloween treat with the surprise release of A Story of Derry, a brand-new 30-minute special from IT: Welcome to Derry. Set hundreds of years before Pennywise terrorised the town, the episode explores the ancient evil lurking in the Western Wood, offering another chilling chapter in the mythology of IT while fans await Season 2.
The acclaimed psychological horror game Mouthwashing is officially being adapted into a feature film by Sony Pictures' Screen Gems. Karyn Kusama, director of Jennifer's Body and The Invitation, will direct the adaptation, while Sinister and The Black Phone filmmaker Scott Derrickson joins the production team. Based on the disturbing indie game from developer Wrong Organ, Mouthwashing follows five stranded crew members aboard a doomed space freighter as isolation, paranoia and dwindling supplies push them towards unimaginable horrors. With an experienced creative team assembled, the adaptation
