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Evil Dead Burn is heading home just in time for Halloween season. New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that director Sébastien Vaniček’s Evil Dead movie will make its global streaming debut exclusively on HBO Max on October 2. The film will then have its HBO linear premiere on October 3 at 8:00 p.m. ET, following special showings of Evil Dead (2013) at 4:45 p.m. ET and Evil Dead Rise at 6:20 p.m. ET.

The streaming release comes shortly after the movie’s September 22 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release, giving Evil Dead fans multiple ways to revisit the latest Deadite nightmare this Halloween season.

What is Evil Dead Burn about?

The official synopsis reads:

Evil Dead Burn unleashes the franchise’s most savage and terrifying ride to date with an all-new chapter of carnage and demonic mayhem. After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites—turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell—she comes to discover that the vows she took in life… live on even in death.

The film stars Souheila Yacoub as Alice, alongside Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand, Maude Davey and George Pullar.

Vaniček made his feature directorial debut with the 2023 French creature feature Vermin (also known as Infested).

The movie is produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, with Bruce Campbell, Romel Adam, Sarah Spurway, Jose Cañas, and Lee Cronin serving as executive producers.

Evil Dead Burn isn’t the end of the franchise

Fans won’t have to worry about Evil Dead Burn being the last trip into the world of Deadites. Another movie, Evil Dead Wrath, is already on the way. That film comes from The Last Stop in Yuma County director Francis Galluppi, who was hired to write and direct his own Evil Dead movie after Vaniček came aboard Evil Dead Burn.

An animated follow-up to the Ash vs. Evil Dead TV series has also been in development.

For now, though, Evil Dead Burn is getting ready to invade HBO Max just in time for Halloween. If you’ve been waiting to see Sébastien Vaniček’s take on the franchise, October 2 is the date to mark on your calendar.

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The trailer for Crystal Lake recently sent Friday the 13th fans into full speculation mode, particularly when it teased what appeared to be a mysterious facility and raised questions about what the Peacock prequel series might reveal about Jason Voorhees. Now, creator, writer, and showrunner Brad Caleb Kane is responding to some of the wilder theories while teasing that the show will indeed provide answers about Jason’s origins.

In a new interview with Deadline, Kane acknowledged that he has been watching the theories surrounding Crystal Lake and found it difficult not to respond. One particularly popular theory suggested that the series could reveal Jason to be the result of a government experiment, turning the Friday the 13th mythology into something closer to Stranger Things. According to Kane, that isn’t what Crystal Lake is doing.

Brad Caleb Kane says Crystal Lake isn’t making Jason a government super soldier

Kane specifically addressed speculation that the mysterious elements seen in the trailer could connect Jason to a government program.

“It’s hard for me to look at the theories that are bandied about, like, ‘There’s a strange yellow door. Are they making Jason a government super soldier? Is that the route they’re going down?’”

Kane went on to say that he had been advised by his wife not to engage with the theories and simply let viewers speculate until they have seen the show. He did, however, want to make one thing clear: Crystal Lake isn’t turning Jason into an Stranger Things-style superpowered experiment.

“I don’t want people watching, thinking that we’re doing some sort of Stranger Things, Eleven, government super soldier. It’s not that, it’s its own thing.”

That doesn’t mean Crystal Lake won’t offer an explanation for Jason. In fact, Kane is teasing the opposite. He says the series will give “certain explanations” for elements of the Friday the 13th mythology, but those explanations are intended to be grounded in reality rather than science fiction.

“It’s grounded in more reality. It’s grounded in things that were going on in the 60s and 70s that sort of intersect with the theme of mistrusting our institutions.”

Kane stopped short of explaining exactly what that means, because doing so would spoil what happens in the series.

Does Crystal Lake explain why Jason is different?

This is one of the biggest questions surrounding Crystal Lake, especially after the show’s trailer and the early episodes screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Chris Bumbray’s Crystal Lake review notes that the first two episodes introduce Jason as a kind, intelligent young boy who is bullied because of his appearance. The series also hints at something more mysterious surrounding Jason’s condition.

Bumbray wrote that the show appears to be setting up a storyline involving a shadowy, CIA-adjacent company, although he emphasized that the exact nature of that storyline has not yet been revealed.

Kane’s comments make it clear that viewers shouldn’t assume the show is going down the Stranger Things route. He also previously took to social media to joke about the speculation, telling fans:

“It’s not the CIA. He’s not a gov’t super soldier or an Eleven.”

He added that Jason is “probably just a Chud. Or at worst a Trog,” before teasing that “all will be known Oct. 15.”

So while Crystal Lake appears to have some kind of explanation for Jason’s unusual nature in store, Kane is deliberately keeping the details under wraps.

Crystal Lake is exploring Jason and Pamela Voorhees before Friday the 13th

The first season of Crystal Lake is set in the early 1970s, years before the events of the original Friday the 13th. Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees, while Callum Vinson plays young Jason.

The series is primarily concerned with Pamela and her relationship with her son. As the story begins, Jason is still a child, and Pamela is trying to give him a normal life while working as the cook at Camp Crystal Lake.

The series is also using its early-1970s setting to explore a period when distrust of American institutions was growing, including the aftermath of Vietnam and Watergate and the era’s real-world government experimentation. Kane has previously described the series as a “mixtape” of the cultural influences surrounding the period, suggesting that the setting is important to the story rather than an excuse for period costumes and music.

Crystal Lake still has plenty of classic Friday the 13th DNA

Although the show is expanding the mythology, Kane has repeatedly promised that Crystal Lake won’t forget what audiences actually come to a Friday the 13th story for. That includes bloody kills, practical effects, sex, drugs, familiar characters, and plenty of connections to the original movies.

The first two episodes already feature gore, and Bumbray noted that each episode screened at TIFF contains a significant moment of violence. The series was also filmed in Blairstown, New Jersey, the location used for much of the original Friday the 13th.

Familiar characters including Crazy Ralph, Officer Dorf, and Trudy are also returning, while original composer Harry Manfredini has contributed new music for the show’s title sequence.

And yes, Jason Voorhees will appear beyond his drowning. Kane previously confirmed that viewers won’t see the familiar hockey mask in the first season, since the story takes place long before Jason becomes the masked killer of the later movies. However, he also teased that fans will see Jason “potentially very clearly.” Exactly what that means is still being kept secret.

When does Crystal Lake premiere?

All eight episodes of Crystal Lake season 1 will premiere on Peacock on October 15, 2026.

For longtime Friday the 13th fans, the biggest question may now be less about whether Crystal Lake has an explanation for Jason and more about what that explanation actually is. Kane says it’s grounded in reality. We’ll find out exactly what that means when Crystal Lake premieres. Are you looking forward to this explanation? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Sydney Sweeney has found her Brom Bones. Belmont Cameli, who recently starred in Prime Video’s Off Campus, has joined Sweeney in Sony Pictures’ upcoming Sleepy Hollow reimagining Hollow, according to Deadline.

Cameli will play Brom Bones in the film, which is based on filmmaker Lindsey Anderson Beer’s forthcoming novel Hollow. Beer is writing and directing the movie, while LuckyChap, Beer’s Lab Brew banner, and Sweeney’s Honey Trap banner are producing.

The movie still needs to find its Ichabod Crane, but the casting of Cameli means two corners of the story’s central supernatural love triangle are now in place. Sweeney is set to portray Katrina Van Tassel.

Belmont Cameli Joins Sydney Sweeney in Hollow

Cameli is coming off his breakout role in the Prime Video series Off Campus, which Deadline reports drew 36 million viewers in its first 12 days of streaming. His recent film credits also include Until Dawn and The Alto Knights.

Sweeney most recently starred opposite Amanda Seyfried in The Housemaid, the Lionsgate adaptation that became a major box office success and led to an upcoming sequel, The Housemaid’s Secret. She also stars in Christy, playing boxer Christy Martin in the David Michôd-directed film, which Sweeney also produced.

What Is This Sleepy Hollow Reimagining About?

Hollow originated as filmmaker Lindsey Anderson Beer’s attempt to bring a new perspective to Washington Irving’s classic 1820 short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. We’ve known for several years that Beer intended to make a feature film based on the story. When the movie was taking longer than expected to get into production, Beer turned her idea into a novel, which she sold to Putnam, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The novel is scheduled to be published in fall 2027.

Beer’s Hollow is told from the perspective of Katrina Van Tassel. Rather than treating Van Tassel as the romantic prize in the story, the novel makes her the central figure in a dangerous mystery and seductive supernatural love triangle. The story blends gothic atmosphere, psychological intrigue, and erotic thriller elements into a contemporary, high-concept reinvention of the classic tale.

Sony Is Behind the New Sleepy Hollow Movie

The novel helped put the feature adaptation on the fast track. Deadline previously reported that Sony Pictures came in quickly to acquire the project in a competitive situation, with the studio moving to assemble the cast around Sweeney.

Hollow will be the first film produced by Sweeney’s Honey Trap banner.

Lindsey Anderson Beer Returns to the Director’s Chair

Beer previously made her feature directorial debut with Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, the Stephen King adaptation that premiered at Fantastic Fest and broke Paramount+ viewership records. She also wrote and executive produced the Cyrano de Bergerac-inspired Netflix movie Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, which debuted at No. 1 globally and spawned the chart-topping original song “Sunflower,” which Beer co-wrote.

Now, Beer is returning to the horror genre with a new take on one of the most famous supernatural stories in American literature. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has already been adapted numerous times, including Disney’s classic animated film, the Fox television series Sleepy Hollow, and Tim Burton’s 1999 movie Sleepy Hollow. Beer’s Hollow intends to approach the material from a very different perspective.

What do you think of Sydney Sweeney and Belmont Cameli joining Lindsey Anderson Beer’s Sleepy Hollow reimagining? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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The new Saw movie has found its director. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Mike P. Nelson, who directed 2021’s Wrong Turn and the 2025 remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night, has signed on to direct the latest installment in the long-running horror franchise. James Wan, who directed the original Saw and co-created the franchise with Leigh Whannell, will produce and serve as a key creative voice on the project. The film is coming from Lionsgate and Blumhouse Atomic Monster.

This is a major development for the Saw franchise, which has been looking for a way forward since the previously announced Saw XI was scrapped. The new movie will be based on a script by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock, writers whose credits include Dune: Prophecy. Wan and Whannell will produce alongside Blumhouse founder Jason Blum.

Nelson is already working with Lionsgate, as the studio is set to release his upcoming film Beware Boiúna in theaters on October 2. Lionsgate film boss Adam Fogelson expressed confidence in the filmmaker, saying:

“He has a singular vision for this film, and we’re incredibly confident in what he’ll deliver.”

This will be the first Saw movie in years to have Wan back in a major creative role. Wan directed the original 2004 Saw, which he made with writer and star Whannell, and he remained involved with the franchise through Saw III. He has largely been removed from the series since then, although he has given his blessing to the subsequent films. Wan previously said that returning to Saw was something he was approaching with the intention of honoring what made the original movie work while taking the franchise in a new direction:

“Making the original Saw was a defining experience for me, so it was essential to find a director who would honor that world. Mike has a raw, distinctive filmmaking voice with an inventive approach to the genre, and I believe he’ll bring something truly unique and special to the franchise.”

Nelson is clearly excited about getting the chance to play in the Saw sandbox, particularly with Wan involved. He said:

“Greg and Geoff and James have crafted such a wild script that brings the mystery of the original while exploring new insane bloody ideas that meld so well with the brutal moral compass of the franchise. Let the games begin!”

The new film follows Saw X, which returned the series to the story of John Kramer and earned $112.8 million worldwide in 2023. That movie was directed by Kevin Greutert, who had also been attached to return for the abandoned Saw XI.

Blumhouse’s involvement dates back to 2025, when the company acquired the portion of the Saw franchise rights previously held by Twisted Pictures. Lionsgate remains involved with the franchise, while the deal also brought Saw closer to Wan through his Atomic Monster production company.

There is no word yet on a release date or casting for the new Saw movie. But with Mike P. Nelson behind the camera and James Wan back in the creative fold, the franchise is officially moving forward again.

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Sender, the psychological thriller starring Severance’s Britt Lower alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, David Dastmalchian, Rhea Seehorn, and Anna Baryshnikov, has found a U.S. distributor. Deadline reports that Dark Sky Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film and will release Sender nationwide in theatres in spring 2027.

The feature debut of writer/director Russell Goldman, Sender premiered at SXSW earlier this year in the Narrative Feature Competition. The film has since played the San Francisco International Film Festival, where it was selected as a Marquee Presentation, and won jury prizes for Best Feature at both the Sidewalk Film Festival and Chattanooga Film Festival. The Dark Sky Films deal comes ahead of the film’s Los Angeles premiere at Beyond Fest and its European premiere at the 59th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival.

What is Sender about?

The official synopsis reads:

“In Sender, Lower stars as Julia, “a recently sober and unemployed woman attempting to rebuild her life in a new suburban rental, one online order at a time. When unmarked packages she never purchased begin arriving at her home, their eerie specificity starts to feel like a message from someone who knows exactly who she used to be. As Julia becomes increasingly consumed with discovering who is behind the deliveries, she turns to delivery driver Charlie (David Dastmalchian), her sister Tatiana (Anna Baryshnikov), and Whitney (Rhea Seehorn), a woman from her recovery group, for help. Her search eventually leads her to Lisa Barr (Jamie Lee Curtis), who has been receiving disturbingly familiar packages of her own.”

The cast also includes Utkarsh Ambudkar. Curtis produces the film alongside Molly Hallam and Jake Katofsky, with Goldman, Lower, Akshay Shah, Thomas Grabinski, Paris Jones, and Andre Ray serving as executive producers.

Goldman’s screenplay first appeared on the 2023 Black List of unproduced screenplays.

What did JoBlo think of Sender?

Sender already has a review from JoBlo’s Chris Bumbray, who caught the film at SXSW. In his review, Bumbray praised Lower’s lead performance while taking issue with the film’s handling of its recovery drama and thriller elements. He wrote that Lower makes for a compelling protagonist and described her as an actor with “real star quality,” while ultimately giving the movie a 5/10, or Below Average rating.

What the filmmakers are saying

“The dream of any filmmaker is finding a distributor that understands your film and wants to put it in front of as many eyeballs as possible,” said Goldman. “Sender isn’t the kind of film that fits neatly into a box, which makes it especially meaningful that the entire MPI and Dark Sky team has a real vision for its nationwide theatrical release. I’m grateful to JLC, Britt, Jake, Molly, Thomas and the entire cast and crew, and proud our film will be at the home as some of the most exciting films of the decade. To use one of JLC’s favorite phrases, “Let’s f–king go.””

“What drew us to Sender was how confidently Russell takes a familiar anxiety and turns it into something completely unexpected,” said Greg Newman, Executive Vice President of Dark Sky Films. “It’s smart, unsettling and darkly funny, with an incredible cast that keeps you invested at every turn.”

“Russell has made the kind of bold, original thriller that immediately gets under your skin and stays there,” added Justin DiPietro, Executive Vice President of MPI Media Group. “With an extraordinary cast, Sender is exactly the kind of distinctive filmmaking we want to champion at Dark Sky. We believe this is a film audiences will want to experience together in a theater, and we’re excited to give it our biggest theatrical push yet.”

Are you looking forward to seeing Sender when Dark Sky brings it to theatres across the U.S. in spring 2027? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn have been cast as Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander in Sky’s upcoming TV adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The eight-part series is being produced by Sony Pictures Television and Left Bank Pictures, and will bring the story into the present day.

Oyelowo, whose credits include Silo and Lawmen: Bass Reeves, will play journalist Mikael Blomkvist, while Prettejohn, who played the young Princess Elizabeth in The Crown, will take on the role of hacker Lisbeth Salander. Prettejohn was specifically cast in The Crown because of her resemblance to Claire Foy, who played Queen Elizabeth in the show’s first two seasons. Foy played Lisbeth Salander in 2018’s The Girl in the Spider’s Web, making Prettejohn’s casting an interesting connection between the Dragon Tattoo franchise and The Crown.

Oyelowo is also executive producing the series.

The casting comes about 15 years after David Fincher’s English-language The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which starred Rooney Mara as Salander and Daniel Craig as Blomkvist. The story was previously adapted into a Swedish film starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist.

What is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo TV series about?

The Sky series will bring Larsson’s first Millennium novel into the present day while expanding the story beyond the previous film adaptations. The series follows Blomkvist, a disgraced journalist, and Salander, an uncompromising hacker, as they investigate the disappearance of Harriet Vanger. Harriet vanished more than three decades earlier from the secluded island home of one of Sweden’s most powerful industrial families. As Blomkvist and Salander dig deeper into the Vanger family’s buried past, their investigation brings them closer to a chilling threat that is unfolding in the present.

Deadline reports that more casting is on the way, with the TV adaptation expected to include the wider Vanger family and explore the family in greater depth than the previous movies.

Amanda Coe, Steve Lightfoot, and Angela LaManna wrote and executive produce the series. Reinaldo Marcus Green is directing and executive producing, with Andrea Harkin and Amy Neil also directing. Filming is scheduled to begin in Lithuania next month.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo‘s long road to TV

This Sky series has been in development for several years. Amazon was previously developing a Girl with the Dragon Tattoo TV series, with the intention of taking Lisbeth Salander into the present day with a new setting, new characters, and a new story rather than directly adapting one of Larsson’s books.

The project eventually moved from Amazon to Sky. Sky announced earlier this year that it was moving forward with an eight-part series that would be a contemporary reimagining of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, while remaining grounded in the characters and investigative DNA of Larsson’s Millennium novels. Left Bank Pictures, which also produced The Crown and Dept. Q, is behind the project.

Sky scripted originals boss Meghan Lyvers said:

“two of modern fiction’s most iconic and compelling characters, and we’re thrilled to have Viola and David bringing them to life for a new generation.”

Left Bank boss Charlotte Moore added:

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an iconic story with themes of power, corruption, justice and violence against women that feel even more timely today. In Viola Prettejohn and David Oyelowo, we have two extraordinary actors at the heart of this adaptation and really look forward to audiences enjoying their take on these compelling and complex characters.”

Sony Pictures Television, which owns Left Bank Pictures, is handling international sales and will bring the series to MIPCOM next month while seeking a U.S. buyer. The series is being produced in association with Banijay-owned Jarowskij/Yellow Bird. A rights dispute involving Banijay and Sony was reportedly resolved amicably. Scott Rudin and Amy Pascal, who produced Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, are also executive producing the TV series alongside Charlotte Moore, John Phillips, and Sam Hoyle.

There is currently no announced premiere date for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. What do you think of the concept being turned into a TV series with David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn in the lead roles? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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The trailer has arrived for Hallowarrior, a post-apocalyptic horror thriller with a Halloween twist starring Hereditary and Hysteria! actress Milly Shapiro, Shannyn Sossamon, Ajani Russell, and AJ Bowen. The feature debut of writer/director Ben Sottak, Hallowarrior will begin streaming on Shudder on October 16.

Hallowarrior follows Pumpkin, the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, as she scavenges the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween. Her lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by the fearsome Thalia. Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit, and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.

The film is based on Sottak’s proof-of-concept short film Scavenger. Sottak also produced the feature with Emmajane Hoffman, Gabriel Rosenstein, Danielle Benedict, and Jake Casey. Shannyn Sossamon, Alec Ring, Max Pirkis, and Calum Gray serve as executive producers.

Sottak previously described Hallowarrior as a throwback to the crowd-pleasing genre movies he grew up watching every Halloween, promising nostalgic fall atmosphere, “cheer-inducing kills,” and a lovable final girl in Shapiro’s Pumpkin. He hopes the movie will become part of horror fans’ annual October viewing traditions.

The movie has already picked up some positive early reactions. Dread Central called Hallowarrior “equal parts coming-of-age story, post-apocalyptic thriller, and home invasion film” that effectively captures the spirit of Halloween, while ScreenAnarchy described it as “a wildly entertaining ride.”

Sottak makes his feature debut as both writer and director with The Hallowarrior. His previous commercial work includes campaigns for Warheads, Sweethearts, and the PGA Tour, while his narrative projects have screened at festivals including Tribeca, Fantasia, FrightFest, Telluride Horror Show, and the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival.

Shapiro is best known to horror fans for playing Charlie Graham in Ari Aster’s Hereditary. She also recently starred in the Peacock horror-comedy series Hysteria! Sossamon is known for movies like A Knight’s Tale and The Rules of Attraction, while Russell appeared in Betty and Bowen has become a familiar face in modern horror through movies like The House of the Devil and You’re Next.

Are you interested in Hallowarrior? Take a look at the trailer, then let us know in the comments.

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