** DON'T GO IN THAT HOUSE B*TCH!: Snoop Dogg will star in and produce Eli Roth's upcoming horror feature DON'T GO IN THAT HOUSE B*TCH!. Roth himself confirmed Dogg's onscreen role in the film on Thursday to Variety. Roth says he finished the script over the holidays, and no other cast has signed on as yet.
Shooting is expected to kick off in June, with budgeting now underway and an application being submitted for a California tax credit in an effort to get the film to shoot in Los Angeles. Talking about the aim of the film, Roth says:
"I said we need to make the ultimate haunted house movie, like the craziest one, something that mixes HOUSE, HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY, HAUSU and FRIDAY THE 13th like something so insane people can't believe it exists. And we gave to call it, DON'T GO IN THAT HOUSE B*TCH! And he [Dogg] is going to star in it.
People keep going in the house. People don't listen. What are you doing, b*tch? Don't go in that house. People just keep going in. Like, what are you doing? You're not going to come out of there. Don't do it. Turn around. Leave! It's basically everything that we yell at the screen during horror movies. You put those as characters in the movie like a Greek chorus." (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE LIVING DEAD GIRL 4K UHD: Coming soon to 4K UHD from Indicator. A toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.
** THE GRAPES OF DEATH 4K UHD: Coming soon from Indicator. A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into killer zombies.
** THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT: During her first overnight shift at the morgue, newly hired mortician Rebecca Owens falls victim to possession from a demonic entity. Only In Theaters February 13.
** THE ARBORIST: A grief-stricken arborist and her son awaken a haunting when they begin felling trees at the estate of a mysterious recluse.
----- January 20, 2026 -----
** PRIMATE: Coming soon to Blu-ray from Paramount.
** STREET TRASH 4K UHD: Coming soon to 4K UHD from Synapse Films. New 4K scan from the original camera negative + Dolby Vision. When a liquor store owner finds a case of "Viper" in his cellar, he decides to sell it to the local hobos at one dollar a bottle, unaware of its true properties. The drinks causes its consumers to melt, very messily. Two homeless lads find themselves up against the effects of the toxic brew, as well as going head to head with "Bronson" a Vietnam vet with sociopathic tendencies, and the owner of the junkyard they live in.
** JUST BEFORE DAWN 4K UHD: Coming soon to 4K UHD from Synapse Films. Five young people venture into the backwoods of Oregon to claim a property, and find themselves being stalked by a hulking, machete-wielding psychopath.
** THE CREEP TAPES Season 2: Coming to Blu-ray on 4/28 from Shudder. A serial killer lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life; as the tape rolls, the killer's questionable intensions surface with his increasingly odd behavior.
** DIABOLIC: A woman must return to the fundamentalist compound where she was raised after she is haunted by the vengeful spirit of a cursed witch. In Theaters & On Demand February 20th.
----- January 19, 2026 -----
** THE CONJURING FIRST COMMUNION: Warner Bros. Pictures has announced the upcoming film which will open on September 10th 2027. Rodrigue Huart will direct from a script by Richard Naing and Ian Goldberg. James Wan and Peter Safran will also be attached to produce the project, which is believed to be a prequel. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE EXORCIST: Mike Flanagan's new THE EXORCIST film, starring Scarlett Johansson and Jacobi Jupe, has locked down a March 12th 2027 release date. DOCTOR SLEEP director Flanagan wrote the script and is directing and producing the new feature.
Following the failure of THE EXORCIST BELIEVER in 2023, which opened to bad reviews and soft box-office, Universal opted to give Flanagan essentially carte blanche to a story set in the universe but not a reboot, remake or sequel. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: Blumhouse-Atomic Monster planned new sequel in the found-footage PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise has also locked down a May 21st 2027 release date.
Currently without a title, it marks the eighth overall film in a series that has grossed over $900 million at the worldwide box office. Ian Tuason is directing the project with no specific details available. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE DREADFUL: Here's the poster for the upcoming film.
----- January 16, 2026 -----
** MARSHMALLOW sequel: Indie horror festival hit Marshmallow has a sequel in the works, with director Daniel DelPurgatorio and writer Andy Greskoviak heading back to camp for an as-of-now unannounced release date.Lawrence returns for the sequel from Hemlock Circle Productions, alongside co-stars Kai Cech, Dylan Friedman, and Max Malas, with an official MARSHMALLOW sequel (title TBD!) logline reading as follows:
Set years after the events of the first film, the sequel follows the lingering damage left behind – not just to the world, but to those who survived it. The story descends into far darker territory, expanding the mythology while erasing any remaining sense of safety as the consequences finally come due. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** TWISTED: A con artist's real estate scam unravels into a nightmare when she's captured by a surgeon who has a terrifying plan.
** THE DREADFUL: Set in medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all. In Theaters and On Demand and On Digital on February 20. Starring Sophie Turner, Kit Harington, and Marcia Gay Harden, Laurence O'Fuarain.
** THE BRIDE!: From Maggie Gyllenhaal (Academy Award-nominated writer/director) and starring Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley and Academy Award winner Christian Bale comes THE BRIDE! A bold, iconoclastic take on one of the world's most compelling stories.
A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (five-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!
----- January 15, 2026 -----
** SCREAM 7: Only in theatres February 27, 2026.
** THIS IS NOT A TEST: Sloane and a small group of her classmates take cover in their high school to escape their suddenly apocalyptic hometown. As danger relentlessly pounds on the doors, Sloane begins to see the world through the eyes of people who actually want to live and takes matters into her own hands. Opening in Theaters February 20.
** VAMPIRE ZOMBIES... FROM SPACE!: In 1957, the small town of Marlow is under attack by...
----- January 14, 2026 -----
** SCREAM 7: Every phone call. Every killer. Has led to this.
** THE MUMMY: What happened to Katie? Lee Cronin's THE MUMMY is only in theaters April 17th.
** MARROW: The true-crime inspired horror thriller MARROW, starring genre icons Danielle Harris and Michael Ironside, has wrapped post-production and is eying a 2026 release date.
----- January 9, 2026 -----
** HONEY BUNCH: Diana's husband is taking her to an experimental trauma facility deep in the wilderness, but she can't remember why... As her memories begin to creep back in so do some unwelcome sinister truths about her marriage. HONEY BUNCH premieres February 13 on Shudder.
** PIRANHA 4K UHD: Coming to 4K UHD Steelbook on 3/3 from Scream Factory.
** THE RUINS 4K UHD: Coming soon to 4K UHD. Contains both the Theatrical and Unrated cuts of the film. A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
** THE CARPENTER'S SON: Coming to Blu-ray on 2/17 from from Magnolia Pictures. A boy, known only as 'The Boy', is driven to doubt by another mysterious child and rebels against his guardian, 'The Carpenter', revealing inherent powers and a fate beyond his comprehension. As he exercises his own power, the Boy and his family become the target of horrors, natural and divine.
----- January 8, 2026 -----
** UNDERTONE: From writer/director Ian Tuason and starring Nina Kiri, Kris Holden-Ried, Michèle Duquet, Keana Lyn Bastidasand, Sarah Beaudin, Seled Calderon and Adam DiMarco. UNDERTONE – In Theaters March 13.
** Universal Horror Monsters And Curiosities: From the silent shadows to the atomic age, Universal Pictures defined the cinematic language of horror. This collection brings together the studio's wildest, rarely-seen cult treasures in a wild ride through Universal's strangest, scariest, and most surprisingly curious creations featuring 45 films!
** SAURIANS: Coming to Blu-ray on 4/7 from Visual Vengeance.
** VAMPIRE TIME TRAVELERS: Coming to Blu-ray on 4/21 from Visual Vengeance.
----- January 7, 2026 -----
** WHISTLE: Opening in Theaters February 6. A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.
** THE STRANGERS CHAPTER 3: See how it ends, in theaters February 6, 2026. Starring Madelaine Petsch, Gabe Basso, and Ema Horvath.
** ARTICHOKE for Dario Argento's granddaughter: Anna Lou Castoldi, granddaughter of Giallo legend Dario Argento, is exec-producing and narrating giallo-inspired ARTICHOKE. Alyson Gorske stars as "a young woman trapped in a macabre fever dream, ruthlessly exploring the cages we create for ourselves and others in complex human relationships". She will be joined onscreen by genre vet Thomas Dekker.
Amir Moini, a former comms manager at Netflix, Chief Marketing Officer at Fangoria and current Tubi Director of Executive Communications, is directing the short, his second after Screamfest film SLASHR. Writer is Adam Van Dyke of Skull Globe Productions. Bria O'Brien and Sam Van Dyke will produce for Skull Globe Productions. Prince Chenoa will serve as executive producer for Galore. Production is due to begin in early 2026 in Castroville, California, known for its large artichokes. (thanks to Deadline.com)
** THE EYE: Grief led her back. The island may never let her leave. After the sudden death of her husband, Diana returns to a remote Greek island only to find herself entangled in whispers of an ancient curse: a soul for a soul. As reality blurs and secrets unravel, Diana faces an impossible choice between life, death, and the darkness in between. THE EYE is a haunting psychological thriller rooted in mythology, loss, and the fragility of the mind.
----- January 6, 2026 -----
** THEY WILL KILL YOU: A woman takes a job as a housekeeper in a NYC high-rise, unaware of the building's history of disappearances. She soon realizes the community is shrouded in mystery, causing her to survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult's mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair, before becoming their next offering. In theaters on March 27.
** DOOBA DOOBA: In-home security cameras watch as an awkward 16-year-old girl terrorizes her well-meaning babysitter.
** THE BEAUTY: One shot makes you hot. Premieres January 21.
