Bite-Sized Horror News
Horror Book Bits
- Teddy by John Gault, the novelization of 1981 psychological horror movie The Pit, will be reissued on 19 Nov 2025. Such a sweet little boy. Such a dear teddy. Why is everyone so afraid?
- Philip K. Dick’s dystopian novel The World Jones Made is getting a TV series adaptation.
- Weird Tales is Kickstarting a “graphic novel of bizarre & unusual stories”.
- Bit Bot Media is Kickstarting a Rocky Horror Show: Bride of Rocky Horror graphic novel.
- Upcoming comic series Crownsville is inspired by a real psychiatric hospital in Maryland that closed in 2004.
Horror Movie Morsels
- Registration is open for the 48hr Sparks Film Competition. Beginning at 6pm on 7 Nov 2025, each team has just 48 hours to write, shoot, and edit a short film based on a unique prompt they’re given.
- Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night releases in cinemas on 12 Dec 2025, but Bloody Disgusting is presenting a free double-feature screening of Terrifier 3 and Silent Night, Deadly Night in Hollywood on 2 Nov 2025, and a free screening of Silent Night, Deadly Night in Chicago on 5 Nov 2025.
- Even though The Conjuring: Last Rites was supposed to be the last movie in the franchise, rumour is that there may yet be a prequel movie.
- Experimental film The Run is screening in London through to the end of 2025, but the experience will not be the same for every screening. The audience will vote, using physical glowsticks, choosing from 20 unique deaths to 1 of 5 or so possible endings.
- Despite rumors, the reimagined American Psycho movie will not be gender-swapped.
- Actor David Howard Thornton, of Art the Clown fame, is playing another sadistic clown, Long Nail Nellie, in horror movie Hollywoods.
- The Horror Show is an immersive exhibition that will be on display from 20 Sep 2026 to 25 Jul 2027 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. The exhibition “recognizes horror as one of the most emotionally resonant and innovative types of filmmaking, and celebrates its radical creativity and artists”.
Horror TV Treats
- A Talk to Me 3D spinoff series of 6 half-hour episodes will be available exclusively on Meta headsets.
- In 2026, Screambox will screen an all original horror conversation series of 6 half-hour episodes hosted by Ted Raimi. The series is in pre-production but is untitled at the moment.
- Filming has finished on Mike Flanagan’s Carrie series.
- Woody Harrelson says a reunion with Matthew McConaughey for another series of True Detective is not happening. The two played the detectives in Season 1.
- The cast has been confirmed for American Horror Story, Season 13, and includes Jessica Lange who previously said she would not be back.
Horror Podcast Pieces
- The 6th season of Glenn McQuaid’s and Larry Fessenden’s scary audio dramas Tales Beyond the Pale begins on 13 Nov 2025. New entries will be released every 2 weeks.
Horror Game Goodies
- The 4th annual Horror Game Awards will happen in-person in London and will broadcast live on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and IGN on Sat, 13 Dec 2025. The public vote will open on 28 Nov when nominees are announced.
- Survival horror game Finding Frankie is getting a movie adaptation.
- Dark fantasy horror comic series Dark Souls: Mother of Mourning is set in the Dark Souls video game universe.
Horror Music Moments
- In the lead up to their 4th album, Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death, Creeper released a short vampire film called Death Swallowed By Death which includes a gory homage to the Lucio Fulci’s 1979 movie Zombie.
- The 1962 song Monster Mash is getting an animated movie adaptation.
“Fear isn’t so difficult to understand. After all, weren’t we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf.”
― Alfred Hitchcock
Writing Horror
Joe Mynhardt’s Shadows & Ink Vol. 3: The Psychology of Horror Fiction is available now.
Some places accepting submissions
Haven Speculative
Pays: 8 cents per word
Looking for: Stories that are subtle in their telling and stick with us long after we’ve finished
Submissions close: 30 Nov 2025
More Alternative Liberties anthology (B Cubed Press)
Pays: 10 cents per word plus royalties
Looking for: Stories, poems, and essays about the potential consequences of the 2024 Presidential election told in current, near future or even similar situations where such a leader is in power
Submissions close: 20 Dec 2025
Upcoming submission calls
The Deadlands (Psychopomp)
Pays: 10 cents per word
Looking for: Fiction that concerns itself with death, but also everything death may involve.
Submissions open 1 Dec and close 31 Dec 2025
“I am the shadow on the moon at night/Filling your dreams to the brim with fright.”
― Tim Burton
Trailer Horror
A taste of things to come.
Horror TV Trailers
The Creep Tapes, Season 2. Serial killer horror. The collection of video tapes from the secret vault of the world’s deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer continue to be exposed. Shudder, 14 Nov 2025
Stranger Things, Season 5. Paranormal horror. With Hawkins under lockdown, El in hiding and danger lurking at every turn, the entire party unites with a single goal: to hunt and kill Vecna. Netflix, 26 Nov 2025
Horror Movie Trailers
The Convent. Spanish supernatural horror. Two young women join a convent and face supernatural horrors as the Mother Superior attempts to summon evil forces. Release date TBA
Devour. Creature horror. While on tour, a struggling all female metal band’s van breaks down, and they come across a town full of cannibals led by an infamous Warlock. Release date TBA
Fan of Mine. Obsession horror. A singer becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her female fans, blurring the line between admiration and control. Tubi, 7 Nov 2025
Frankenstein, final trailer. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein horror. A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. Netflix, 7 Nov 2025
Frenzy Moon. Werewolf horror. Six grad students spending a weekend in a remote cabin take in a mysterious hunter who warns them they’re in danger from werewolves. VOD, 11 Nov 2025
Man Finds Tape. Found footage horror. After finding mysterious video clips, siblings investigate the strange recordings and uncover a disturbing secret spreading through their Texas town. VOD, 5 Dec 2025
Scream 7. Slasher horror. When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Cinema, 27 Feb 2026
Subjugation. Japanese sci-fi horror. Beneath the glossy exterior of Japanese society, rich powerful men can transform into monsters at will and brainwash others. More and more women are stalked and murdered until Tokyo’s streets reek of death. Release date TBA
Horror Game Trailers
Darkwood 2. Survival horror. Explore a dying sea to secure resources and establish a safe shelter while waiting for morning light. Release date TBA
Don’t! Fret. Mascot horror. Play as a guitar named Fret to solve puzzles, escape from foes, and uncover the mystery behind Harmonic Heights. Release date TBA
Haunted Paws. Haunted house horror. Two puppies are on a mission to save their human friend from a haunted mansion. Release date TBA
Maja Island. Survival horror. Sail through a mysterious open-world island in your trusty boat, scavenge for resources to upgrade it, and face off against Maja. Release date TBA
Terrifier: The Artcade Game. Slasher horror. Hack, slash, and shut down movie sets recreating your crimes, by any means necessary. Releases 21 Nov 2025
“What is fright by night is curiosity by day.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
A Selection of Horror Books Released this Week
12 horror books this week. Themes: Supernatural, psychological, creature, vampire, Frankenstein, apocalypse, and comedy horror
See: A Selection of Horror Books Released, 26 Oct to 1 Nov 2025
“Terror was the key, of course, for there’s a fine line between paralyzing dread and galvanizing fright.”
― James Herbert, Creed
A Selection of Horror Movies Released this Week
9 horror movies this week. Themes: Supernatural, psychological, sci-fi, and folk horror
See: A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 26 Oct to 1 Nov 2025
“When you cross over into the weird stuff, there’s no going back.”
― A. Lee Martinez, Gil’s All Fright Diner
A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released this Week
4 horror TV shows this week. Themes: Supernatural, dark fantasy, and animated horror
See: A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released, 26 Oct to 1 Nov 2025
“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
What We Were Thinking About this Week
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig (novel)
TerrorTome by Garth Marenghi (novel)
Doorways to the Deadeye by Eric J. Guignard (novel)
A Body Haunted by Yaika Sabat (article about how living with chronic illnesses is like a horror movie, Frivolous Comma)
This week’s horror book recommendations
Theme: Halloween horror
October Dreams by Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish
“The pumpkins were creepy, but the man who carved them was far stranger than his creations.”
Dark Harvest by Normal Partridge
“The thing they call October Boy drops to the ground.”
The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories by Stephen Jones (editor)
“Halloween wasn’t until tomorrow – were people partying early?”
War on Halloween by Robbie Dorman
“She opened her eyes, and then she saw something. Something impossible.”
The End of Summer by J. Tonzelli
“Perdition, Stingy Jack. Where might I find Perdition?”
12 Hours of Halloween by Edward Trimnell
“I whirl around, my heart suddenly beating rapidly. The head collector, I think.”
Mischief Night by James Kaine
“Jack remembered the first time he me Ba’al. He was living on the streets of Chicago.”
“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula
Horror Fun
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