Bite-Sized Horror News
Horror Book Bits
- Norman Bogner’s 1978 creature horror novel Snowman is getting a rerelease. Preorders are open now and the new edition includes an introduction by Michael Gingold.
- Fathom Press has more rereleases of out-of-print horror books coming in 2026, including Rip Tide by Donald Cheatham, Joyride by Stephen Crye, Children of the Black Sabbath by Anne Herbert, and The Death of the Führer by Roland Puccetti.
- Simone St. James’ ghost thriller novel The Book of Cold Cases is getting a TV series adaptation.
- Congratulations to the winners and the nominees of the 2025 World Fantasy Awards.
- The 4th official Stranger Things novel,Stranger Things: One Way or Another, written by Caitlin Schneiderhan releases on 2 Dec 2025 and sees Nancy Wheeler and Robin Buckley “hot on the heels of a new mystery”.
Horror Movie Morsels
- The next Godzilla movie will be called Godzilla Minus Zero. No details yet on storyline or release date.
- KPop Demon Hunters 2 will release on Netflix in 2029.
- A 4th Mummy movie will reunite actors Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
- The Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas are running a Movie Party on 14 Nov 2025, that includes an interactive screening of Robert Eggers’ 2019 psychological horror movie The Lighthouse. If you dress up, you might win a collectible prize.
- A long lost collaboration between Lloyd Kaufman and Stan Lee has finally started production. Originally conceived in 1969, the first draft of the script for Night of the Witch was finished in 1971. and Joe Manco’s Little Spark Films has now taken the project on.
- 2010 Spanish horror movie Julia’s Eyes (which was produced by Guillermo del Toro) is getting a South Korean remake called The Eyes.
- The release date for Gremlins 3 has been set as 19 Nov 2027.
- Mattel is rereleasing Monster High’s Grady Twins Skullector dolls in celebration of the 45 year anniversary of The Shining movie.
- You can watch short horror comedy film Frankenbabes from Beyond the Grave! on YouTube.
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair will screen exclusively in cinemas on 5 Dec 2025.
Horror TV Treats
- Netflix officially announced animated spinoff Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 is coming in 2026.
Horror Game Goodies
- The release date of Terminator 2D: NO FATE has moved again, this time to 12 Dec 2025.
Horror Festival Fare
- In 2026, Beyond Fest is expanding into Chicago. Beyond Chicago happens from 2 to 5 Apr 2026.
“That’s the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
Writing Horror
Some places accepting submissions
These Dreaming Hills anthology (Appalachia Book Company)
Pays: 8 cents per word
Looking for: Original stories rooted in central Appalachia dependent upon broadly defined notions of speculative fiction, written by authors with strong ties to the region
Submissions close: 15 Nov 2025
Dracula Beyond Stoker, Issue 8: Van Helsing
Pays: 5 cents per word + contributor’s copies
Theme: Van Helsing: What adventures did he have before the novel? Where did he go after? Are more monster battles in store?
Submissions close: 31 Dec 2025
Crepuscular Magazine
Pays: 10 cents per word
Looking for: Microfiction (up to 250 words) exploring places, characters, and questions buried in the gray areas between this and that, here and there, night and day, alive and dead, evil and good, feminine and masculine, up and down, real and unreal.
Apex MagazinePays: 8 cents per word
Looking for: Original, mind-bending science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
Trailer Horror
A taste of things to come.
Horror TV Trailers
Better Luck Than Chuck. Horror trivia quiz show. Incorporates numerous topics chosen by its contestants that test their horror knowledge. Release date TBA
Horror Movie Trailers
Adorable Humans. Supernatural horror anthology. Hans Christian Andersen as a horror film. As supernatural forces slip through the cracks, four people are forced to confront their demons. Release date TBA
Blood Star. Psychological horror. A petty thief becomes the target of a psychopathic small-town sheriff who views his badge as a license to prey on vulnerable women. VOD, 25 Nov 2025
The Carpenter’s Son, trailer 2. Supernatural horror. A remote village in Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their son Jesus are targeted by supernatural forces. Cinema, 14 Nov 2025
Diabolic. Supernatural horror. A healing ceremony unwittingly unleashes the demonic spirit of a witch, determined to take revenge on all those who have wronged her. Release date TBA
Dropbear. Animal horror. A group of US tourists on a cheap Aussie outback tour discover the scam’s fake dropbear attack has led them into the lair of a real, flesh-hungry koala king and his rabid army. Release date TBA
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, trailer 2. Animatronic horror. One year has passed since the supernatural nightmare at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. When Abby sneaks out to reconnect with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, it sets into motion a terrifying series of events, revealing dark secrets about the true origin of Freddy’s. Cinema, 5 Dec 2025
Guy Fawkes: Blood and Fire. Supernatural horror. An insurance investigator and a psychic medium uncover the terrifying truth of an evil prophecy and must prevent the spirit of Guy Fawkes from opening a gateway to Hell. Release date TBA
Keeper, trailer 3. Cabin in the woods horror. A romantic anniversary trip to a secluded cabin turns sinister when a dark presence reveals itself. Cinema, 14 Nov 2025
Kombucha. Psychological horror. Trapped in a fluorescent-lit cubicle farm, an aspiring musician thinks the free break room kombucha is a perk, until it begins to change him. VOD, 2 Dec 2025
Old Wounds. Found footage horror. An aspiring filmmaker documents a road trip with his girlfriend but discovers he’s not the only one filming them. sRelease date TBA
Savage Hunt. Animal horror. A vengeful tracker hunts a grizzly bear whose escalating attacks on humans coincide with the construction of a new local resort. VOD, 2 Dec 2025
Horror Game Trailers
The Dreaded Hut. Filipino survival horror. Traverse through an eerie village in the Philippines in search of your sister. Tread lightly on the water and don’t awaken what’s below the surface. Release date TBA
I Hate This Place. Supernatural horror. Elena’s fight for survival begins when she and her friend unwittingly summon a malevolent force known as The Horned Man. Releases Jan2026
Sleep Awake. Psychological horror. In the last known city on Earth, people are disappearing in their sleep. Those who remain exist in a crisis of reckless experiments to keep awake. Releases 2 Dec 2025
“Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
A Selection of Horror Books Released this Week
4 horror books this week. Themes: Vampire, werewolf, grief, and small town horror
See: A Selection of Horror Books Released, 2 to 8 Nov 2025
“What are the best things and the worst things in your life, and when are you going to get around to whispering or shouting them?”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
A Selection of Horror Movies Released this Week
9 horror movies this week. Themes: Supernatural, serial killer, sci-fi, comedy, obsession, Frankenstein, alien, western, and body horror
See: A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 2 to 8 Nov 2025
“For the first thing a writer should be is – excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released this Week
No TV shows on our list this week.
“…poetry is compacted metaphor or simile. Such metaphors, like Japanese paper flowers, may expand outward into gigantic shapes.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
What We Were Thinking About this Week
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig (novel)
Doorways to the Deadeye by Eric J. Guignard (novel)
Culling of the House of Boars by Jack Finn (novella)
Weedkiller by Amanda M. Blake (short story, Horrific Scribblings)
This week’s horror book recommendations
Theme: Vampire horror
Dracul by J.D. Barker & Dacre Stoker
“He cannot leave. Most likely, he will never leave.”
The Seven Deaths of Prince Vlad by Jack Finn
“The haunted look in her eyes made it uncomfortable to hold her gaze for too long.”
Midnight Mass by F. Paul Wilson
“The whispers were only partly true. The truth was worse.”
In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson
“He heard laughter, like glass chimes on a summer day.”
Vampires by John Steakley
“Because it really is gonna get worse. That was just the first one.”
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
“We don’t belong here.”
Dust Devils by Jonathan Janz
“He’d come all this way to study them, to learn their tendencies.”
“The ideas will follow me. When they’re off-guard, and ready to be born, I’ll turn around and grab them.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
Horror Fun
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Jayson
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