A Grab Bag of Horror News, 4 to 10 May 2025
A selection of things that caught our attention in the world of horror this week
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- Condolences to family, friends, and fans of makeup artist Greg Cannom. Cannom was well known in the horror genre and had numerous award nominations over his career. He won an Oscar for his work on Bram Stoker’s Dracula in 1993 and a Saturn Award for Hannibal in 2001. RIP.
Horror Book Bits
- In-person and virtual tickets are still available for StokerCon® 2025 (12–15 Jun 2025). Virtual attendees will have access to at least 30 livestreamed panels, 20 recorded on-demand 2025 panels, as well as recorded panels from the past 3 Cons.
- Filmmaker Onur Terkel is publishing his first novel, Run Werewolf Run, on 27 Jun 2025. The novel is adapted from an unproduced script he wrote in 2018 and includes over 100 illustrations.
- Event Horizon: Dark Descent is a 5-issue comic book series that is a prequel to the Event Horizon movie. Issue 1 releases on 20 Aug 2025.
Horror Movie Morsels
- Eli Roth says his next movie, Ice Cream Man, will be his “most terrifying and insane film to date”. Financial backers MCT say they believe the movie “will mark the start of the next great horror franchise with massive commercial potential”.
- Bloody Disgusting, Paramount Scares, and Street Food Cinema have joined up to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Friday the 13th on Friday, 13 Jun 2025. The Autry Museum in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, will air the movie and the event will include “themed photo ops, swag giveaways, spooky marketplace, interactive horror trivia”.
- Netflix is removing interactive horror movie Black Mirror: Bandersnatch on 12 May 2025. Fans have begun a petition, hoping to stop them from removing it.
- Netflix is running a Shadyside High Senior Prom ’88 at various times on 17, 18, and 19 May 2025 at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. Tickets for the immersive experience are free.
- Takashi Yamazaki is writing, directing, and producing the VFX for a brand‑new Godzilla ride attraction for summer 2025.
- Guillermo Del Toro is showing a new black and white extended cut of Nightmare Alley at the Arthur Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs on 11 May 2025.
- James Wan says he would still like to make a Conjuring spinoff about the Crooked Man.
- Slasher horror Creep (2004) is getting a reboot.
- John Carpenter has signed a multi-year appearance deal with Fan Expo HQ, under which he will participate in panels, autograph signings, and photo opportunities.
Horror TV Treats
- Lego® is releasing a Wednesday Addams Black Dahlia Flower set on 1 Aug 2025.
- Danny McBride says there’s currently no momentum on his TV series adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires.
Horror Game Goodies
- Dead by Daylight is adding a Five Nights at Freddy’s crossover, celebrating the game’s 9 year anniversary.
Horror Festival Fare
- Fantasia International Film Festival released its first wave of titles for this year’s event. Horror titles include Hold the Fort (comedy), The Well (post-apocalyptic), Anything that Moves (serial killer), Hellcat (supernatural), Mother of Flies (witch), and A Grand Mockery (psychological).
Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations“What is reading but silent conversation.”
Writing Horror
Sign up for information on casting calls for new reality TV show, America’s Next Great Author. Writers will have one minute to pitch themselves and their story in a number of towns and cities. Finalists will then be put under one roof with 30 days to write a book.
Some places accepting submissions
Dracula Beyond Stoker, Issue 7: Mina Harker
Pays: 5 cents per word
Looking for: Stories exploring who Mina is beneath the surface
Submissions close 20 Jun 2025
It Came From the Trailer Park: Vol 5 (Three Ravens)
Pays: Royalties
Looking for: Creature-feature, horror-comedy with a “Creep Killer Clown” twist
Submissions close: 1 Jul 2025
The First Line, Fall 2025
Pays: $25 – $50 fiction, $10 poetry, $25 non-fiction
First line must be: Her truck took the sharp turns of the mountain road with ease.
Submissions close: 1 Aug 2025
Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North“There are words and words and none mean anything. And then one sentence means everything.”
Trailer Horror
A taste of things to come.
Horror TV Trailers
Squid Game, Season 3. Psychological horror. A failed rebellion, the death of a friend, and a secret betrayal. Netflix, 27 Jun 2025
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Season 3. Zombie apocalypse horror. Daryl and Carol’s journey continues. AMC, AMC+
Horror Movie Trailers
The Conjuring: Last Rites. Supernatural horror. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront. Cinema, 5 Sep 2025
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova. Big monster horror. Godzilla and Kong face off against a cataclysmic threat. Cinema, 26 Mar 2027
The Long Walk. Dystopian horror. A group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest where they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot. Cinema, 12 Sep 2025
Vampire Zombies …From Space! Vampire zombie space comedy horror. From the depths of space, Dracula has devised his most dastardly plan yet: turning the residents of the small town of Marlow into his personal army of vampire zombies. Release date TBA
Horror Game Trailers
Alien: Rogue Incursion – Part 1. Space horror. Upgrade with even deadlier xenomorphs and enhanced visuals. No VR headset needed to play. PS5 & PC, 30 Sep 2025
The Midnight Walk. VR adventure horror. Embark on a journey as the Burnt One, navigating twisted landscapes, outwitting horrifying monsters, and uncovering secrets lurking in the shadows. Available now
Josh Lanyon, The Dickens with Love“The problem with a life spent reading is you know too much.”
A Selection of Horror Books Released this Week
10 horror books this week. Themes: Supernatural, gothic, slasher, body, witch, sci-fi, zombie, and wilderness horror
Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader“The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”
A Selection of Horror Movies Released this Week
9 horror movies this week. Themes: Supernatural, psychological, scarecrow, werewolf, survival, monster, slasher, witch, and cosmic horror
See: A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 4 to 10 May 2025
Alfred Hitchcock“I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.”
A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released this Week
1 horror TV show this week. Theme: Zombie apocalypse horror
See: A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released, 4 to 10 May 2025
W. Somerset Maugham“When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.”
What We Were Thinking About this Week
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S.I. Hayakawa, Language in Thought and Action“It is not true that 'we have only one life to live'; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.”
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Published: 10 May 2025
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