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As we shamble towards the 25th anniversary of Bloody Disgusting next year – more on that very soon! – we are planning on pumping up our con presence in the coming months, and the first stop is the Flashback Weekend horror convention in Chicago, Illinois this weekend!

Taking place at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago from August 1 – 3, 2025, Flashback Weekend will play host to everyone from Robert Englund to the stars and creators of the Terrifier franchise, and we’re excited to announce that Bloody Disgusting will also be there!

You can come say hi to Team Bloody Disgusting at our own booth on the convention floor, where we’ll be handing out Bd stickers and even selling a limited batch of Bd t-shirts.

Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention celebrates its 24th year with an extraordinary celebrity guest line-up including the legendary Robert Englund, a series of themed reunions paying tribute to...

Put some skin in the game when Stream releases on Blu-ray and DVD tomorrow, July 31, via Fuzz on the Lens Productions.

From the producers of the Terrifer franchise, the slasher is directed by Michael Leavy (Leprechaun Revenge) and features gory special effects by Terrifier mastermind Damien Leone.

Its star-studded cast includes Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator), Danielle Harris (Halloween), David Howard Thornton (Terrifier), Dee Wallace (E.T.), Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Terry Alexander (Day of the Dead), Dave Sheridan (Scary Movie), Tim Reid (It), Mark Holton (Leprechaun), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night), Terry Kiser (Friday the 13th Part VII). Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Tony Todd (Candyman), and Tim Curry (It).

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When Roy and Elaine Keenan realize their family is drifting apart, they seize the opportunity to recreate a vacation from their past. A peaceful stay in a quaint hotel is just what they need,...

Hot on the heels of their initial lineup announcement, Popcorn Frights is back to announce an additional 25 film premieres, epic events, and special guests getting ready to take over South Florida from August 7 to August 17!

Tina Romero, daughter of zombie godfather George A. Romero, will be in attendance for the Southeast US premiere of her undead drag spectacle Queens of the Dead. This night of the living glam will be paired with a fabulous live drag performance that’s guaranteed to slay and leave audiences gagging… for more brains! Romero will also present a special 40th Anniversary 4K Restoration of her father’s seminal zombie classic Day of the Dead, bringing the zombies back to Florida soil where it was originally shot. Check out the rest of the feature announcements below!

Speaking of horror icons, the legendary Dee Wallace is crashing the party for a triple-bill, appearing in person to...

Our friends at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival just announced the second wave of programming for their 11th edition, which will be held in South Florida, U.S., from August 7-17. Some 25 film premieres have been added, along with special guests to enhance the in-person experience, notably Tina Romero, presenting her "undead drag spectacle" Queens of the Dead, as well as her late father George A. Romero's Day of the Dead, to be showcased in its new 40th Anniversary 4K Restoration. The great Dee Wallace will also be joining the fun, appearing to introduce three horror classics in which she stars: Cujo (Stephen King by way of director Lewis Teague), The Hills Have Eyes (Wes Craven all the way), and The Howling (a great movie...

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A film festival that is truly a blood-splattered love letter to horror's past, present, and future, Popcorn Frights is an infectiously fun celebration of not just the scares on the big screen, but also the people who put their hearts and souls into creating them. This August, that celebratory cinematic spirit will haunt South Florida when Popcorn Frights returns for its eleventh edition from August 7th–17th with an in-theater and virtual lineup that is brimming with legendary special guests, retrospective screenings, immersive theatrical experiences, and must-see movies from emerging filmmakers with their own killer styles.

Following a frightfully fun first wave reveal, Popcorn Frights is doubling down on a killer time at the cinema with their second wave announcement that includes a Dee Wallace triple feature of Cujo, The Hills Have Eyes, and The Howling, as well as Tina Romero's Queens of the Dead, John Carpenter's The Fog presented in "Fog-o-Vision,...

The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is back with its eleventh this year, both in-person and virtually, from August 7-17. The Southeast’s largest genre celebration announces its second wave of programming this morning, from new premieres to repertory screening classics.

The second wave highlights include a screening of Tina Romero’s Queens of the Dead. The filmmaker is also presenting a special 40th Anniversary 4K Restoration of her father’s seminal zombie classic Day of the Dead, bringing the zombies back to Florida soil where it was originally shot.

Horror legend Dee Wallace joins the party for a howl-worthy triple-bill, appearing in-person to introduce three of her all-time cult classics hits: Stephen King’s Cujo, Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes, and Joe Dante’s The Howling, newly restored in 4K. She joins previously announced guests Barbara Crampton, Lloyd Kaufman, and Linnea Quigley.

As if that’s not enough,...

Two of the stars of Wes Craven’s original horror classic The Hills Have Eyes, Michael Berryman and Dee Wallace will reunite in Water Rites, and we’ve got an exclusive first look.

From Collective Imagination Productions, the indie film Water Rites stars Katy Bentz and Dean Jacobs along with genre icons Dee Wallace, Michael Berryman, and Lynn Lowry.

The story follows James and Katie, a young couple taking a break from their lives in Los Angeles by spending the summer at a secluded lakefront community nestled high in the San Bernadino mountains. However, after unwittingly uncovering some of the locals’ secrets, the couple’s idyllic retreat quickly turns into something neither of them can return from.

Water Rites is Dean Jacobs’ sophomore effort as writer and director. His first feature, The Trip, was one of Terror Films most successful releases of 2024 and is available for streaming on multiple platforms such as Amazon Prime,...

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If you are a horror fan, then there is a big chance that you might have heard about the horror streaming service Shudder, and if you have its subscription, you might be wondering what’s in store for you in July 2025. Don’t worry. There is a host of new and old horror movies coming to the service in the upcoming month, and we have listed the 10 best movies coming to Shudder in July 2025.

Crawl (July 1) Credit – Paramount Pictures

Crawl is a natural horror film directed by Alexandre Aja from a screenplay co-written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen. The 2019 film is set in Florida as a Category 5 hurricane hits the state, and it follows a father and daughter as they get trapped in a crawl space where they are hunted by alligators. Crawl stars Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper.

A Stephen King cult classic movie from the ‘80s is getting a new streaming home, as development continues on its Netflix remake. The Life of Chuck is the latest movie based on a King book to hit theaters, debuting June 13 to great critical fanfare, but relatively modest box office. No matter how the Mike Flanagan-directed movie ultimately fares financially, Hollywood’s hunger for films adapted from King’s books is unlikely to abate.

Studios’ appetite for King adaptations has indeed long been ravenous. The '80s saw best-selling books The Shining, The Dead Zone, Christine and many others being translated from page to screen. When new King stories aren't available, Hollywood has no problem double-dipping on some of these classics, though remakes like Firestarter and Pet Sematary have tended to be disappointing. Despite the mixed track record of King remakes, another classic from the author's catalog is getting a new version,...

Among all the horror films of 2024 that garnered a lot of attention, there was one hidden gem that flew under the radar despite having a 95% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Titled Stream, it marked the first appearance of Tim Curry on the big screen in 14 years, and was one of the last movies to star Tony Todd before his untimely death. Now, it's getting a sequel thanks to Fuzz on the Lens Productions, the same team who had a hand in the two most recent Terrifier films.

Per Bloody Disgusting, Stream 2 will "build on its predecessor's all-too-real technology-driven storyline while still maintaining the feel of a classic slasher." Fans who have seen it will recall that Stream's plot centered around a vacationing family who were the unwitting participants in a live-streamed game that featured four serial killers competing to see which one of them could score the most creative kills.

Sherwood Schwartz's 1969 sitcom "The Brady Bunch" was progressive and retrogressive at the same time. On the one hand, it vaunted the virtues of remarrying and finding new families, showing that step-siblings and second spouses could produce as harmonious a domestic unit as more traditional nuclear families. On the other hand, the characters were clean-cut and virtuous to a cartoonish degree, only expressing the blandest sorts of domestic turmoil. It's easy to be harmonious when every member of the family is scrupulous and clean. The show was more about mild, silly pet peeves than about legitimately hard-hitting clashes of character. 

Of course, "hard-hitting" was not Schwartz's métier. He was a writer of high-concept, light-hearted comedies. This was, after all, the "Gilligan's Island" guy. He wasn't about to skew into Neil Labute family dramas with "The Brady Bunch." 

And "The Brady Bunch" was huge. It lasted a gangbusters 117 episodes over its five seasons,...

The difference between a monster and a wild animal is just a matter of perspective. Polar bears may seem cute and cuddly when seen from a distance, but you’d be screaming your lungs out if you were ever close enough to notice the dried specks of blood on their snow-white fur. Fortunately, even the deadliest predators tend to avoid human beings when given the chance, which is why genre films sometimes pair animals with equally predatory humans in order to make them seem even more dangerous.

Case in point: Sean Byrne’s latest thriller Dangerous Animals, which hits theaters this Friday, follows a surfer as she attempts to flee from a deranged man hell-bent on feeding her to his pet sharks. So, in anticipatipn, we’ve decided to come up with a list highlighting six homicidal pets in horror movies! After all, no machete can compete with a weapon...

Dark Sky Selects has released The House of the Devil on SteelBook Blu-ray. Limited to 1,500, it costs $29.98.

The 2009 supernatural horror film is written and directed by genre favorite Ti West.

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Audio Commentary with Writer-Director Ti West and Actress Jocelin Donahue Audio Commentary with Ti West, Producers and Crew Constructing The House of the Devil (new) The Gallery of the Devil (new) Blood for the Devil (new) Channel 13 News Segments (new) In The House of the Devil Behind The House of the Devil Deleted Scenes Trailer

Desperate for quick cash, college sophomore Samantha Hughes takes a babysitting job in the isolated mansion of the creepy Ulman family. Ignoring the warnings from her best friend, Samantha has no idea that a nightmare of unspeakable fear and torment awaits her within these walls. At midnight, in the shadow of a full lunar eclipse, the ultimate evil will be unleashed.

Jocelin...

That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Movie: "Researched over the course of seven years, That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Movie explores the cyclical rise and fall of the cinematic witch in American culture and her relationship to feminist movements over time.

Through historical analysis and dozens of case studies, Payton McCarty-Simas analyzes how the witch came to be understood as the ultimate cultural bogeywoman on the one hand and a classic feminist symbol of empowerment on the other.

It traces the representation of “demonic women” in the past decade back to older horror cycles and through the “New Age” section of your local bookstore, investigating the (counter)cultural shifts along the way.

The book is a deep dive that demonstrates how changes in cinematic portrayals of the witch over time reflect major shifts in how feminism is perceived politically and interpreted culturally in America.

Let’s be honest, when someone mentions Michael J. Fox, your brain probably jumps straight to Back to the Future. The red vest, the DeLorean, that wild “Great Scott!” energy… it’s iconic, and so is he. Marty McFly basically defined a generation. But here’s the thing: Michael J. Fox didn’t stop being awesome after time travel.

He’s been out here delivering underrated bangers, low-key gems, and performances that hit way harder than you’d expect. Comedy? Drama? Even animated voice work? He’s done it all, and chances are, you’ve missed a few of his best roles just because they didn’t involve a flux capacitor.

So if you’ve only seen him skateboarding through Hill Valley, buckle up, we’re about to dive into some seriously good Michael J. Fox movies that deserve their own moment in the spotlight. Trust us, there’s way...

Horror Obsessive founder Andrew Grevas will publish Horror in Haddonfield: The Untold Stories of Halloween in paperback and e-book on October 7 via Tucker DS Press.

The 250-page book unmasks the secrets behind all 13 Halloween films. Combining essays and interviews with the casts and creative teams, Grevas uncomplicates complicated timelines, dishes on unmade films, and reveals never-heard-before stories about the making of the movies.

Halloween franchise actors Danielle Harris, Scout Taylor-Compton, Ellie Cornell, Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Marianne Hagan, Lance Guest, Dee Wallace, Kathleen Kinmont, Jefferson Hall, Sandy Johnson, Daniel Roebuk, Chris Durand, and Brad Loree are among the interview subjects.

The book also features insight from directors Dwight Little and Dominique Othenin-Girard, writers Alan McElroy, Shem Bitterman, Daniel Farrands, Robert Zappia, and Paul Brad Logan, cinematographers Dean Cundey, David Geddes, and Phil Parmet, and more.

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Stephen King's 1981 novel "Cujo" is about a Saint Bernard dog that contract rabies from a bat and goes on a killing spree. The dog, Cujo, belonged to an abusive mechanic, so it was already seemingly predisposed to violence. It mauls several people throughout the course of the story. The novel climaxes with a local mom named Donna Trenton and her young son Tad becoming trapped in a Ford Pinto on a hot day as Cujo stalks them from outside. There comes a moment when Donna has to choose to stay in the car and risk dying of heat stroke ... or exiting the car and facing the killer dog.

In the book, Donna successfully fights off Cujo with a baseball bat, beating the dog and stabbing it to death with a shard when the bat breaks. Tad, sadly, does not survive the ordeal, dying of heatstroke in the Pinto.

"Cujo...

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Jules is a sci-fi comedy-drama film directed by Marc Turtletaub from a screenplay by Gavin Steckler. The 2023 film follows Milton Robinson, an elderly man whose peaceful life is interrupted when a UFO crashes in his backyard. He soon befriends the alien, but things go awry when his neighbors and the government learn about the alien. Jules stars Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Zoë Winters, Jade Quon, and Jane Curtin. So, if you loved the entertaining story and likable characters in Jules, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Universal Pictures

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a sci-fi adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Melissa Mathison. The 1982 film follows Elliott, a young boy who comes across an alien and names him E.T.

“Roswell Delirium” is a new live-action science fiction drama feature, written and directed by Richard Blakewell, starring Anthony Michael Hall, with Kayden Tokarski, Georgia MacPhail, Romyn Smith, Dee Wallace, Reginald VelJohnson, Lisa Whelchel and Sam Jones, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV:

“…in an alternate 1980’s America ravaged by nuclear fallout, young ‘Mayday Malone’ intercepts an intergalactic distress signal on her ham radio, leading her to ‘’—a mysterious site near ‘Area 51’.

“Exposed to lethal radiation, Mayday’s health deteriorates rapidly. Desperate, her mother returns to Spacerock, hoping an ‘alien’ intervention can save her daughter…”

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If Dee Wallace didn’t stand up to Steven Spielberg, E.T. could’ve wanted to do more than just go home.

In a recent appearance on the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast, Wallace, who played Elliot’s mother Mary in the immortal 1982 classic, said there was an axed side plot in the film for a romance between her character and the titular alien.

“There’s a whole B story in ‘E.T.’ about E.T. having a love affair with Mary, a love crush on Mary,” she said. “And there’s little bits of it left in there.”

She continued, “There was a scene where he came in to put Reese’s Pieces down on my bedside table as I’m asleep. Well, Spielberg wanted the sheet a little lower than I was comfortable with.”

Wallce explained that she took her grievances up with Spielberg directly, arguing to maintain the family-friendly tone of the film.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has long been one of movie history's most celebrated sci-fi films, widely considered to be among the very best from director Steven Spielberg. 43 years after the film's release, star Dee Wallace reflected on the iconic movie, recalling how she pushed back to make one of her scenes a tad less racy.

Wallace was one of the stars of E.T. with her role as Marty Taylor, a divorced single mother of three children whose son, Elliott (Henry Thomas), befriends the titular space alien. In a conversation with Steve Kmetko for the Still Here Hollywood podcast (per EW), Wallace shared how a subplot about E.T. having a "crush" on Mary would have been more heavily played up in the original version of the film, though "little bits of it" made it to the final cut. She went on to describe how one moment planned would have shown...

Dee Wallace is one of the icons from the 1980s who shot to stardom by starring in cult horror movies like The Hills Have Eyes and The Howling. However, it was her role in Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial that gave her the opportunity to prove she wasn't just a horror actor. She became Mary, Elliot's mom, a lonely woman who helps her children survive a broken home but also helps the alien creature return home in the film's final act. But as innocent and family-friendly as the movie is, it turns out that the original plans included an unexpected take on E.T. and Mary's relationship. Luckily, Wallace was there to stop Spielberg's original vision.

Dee Wallace appeared on the Still Here Hollywood podcast, where she spoke about her most important roles. Wallace, 76, is now a Hollywood legend with hundreds of film and TV appearances to her name.

Steven Spielberg’s E.T. went on to become an immediate success in theaters in 1982 and became the highest-grossing film of all time. The crowded theaters were definitely a result of the appeal the film had among the family audiences. However, Spielberg almost included a raunchy scene in the film that would’ve been inappropriate for a family audience.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial actress Dee Wallace recently opened up about the filming experience, where she was asked to film a rather sexy scene. Wallace shared her concern that it wouldn’t be right for a children’s film, and she was luckily backed by the film’s producers. Spielberg eventually compromised on the scene, which was a good move if you look back at its success.

Dee Wallace didn’t agree with Steven Spielberg to film a raunchy scene in E.T. Dee Wallace as Mary Taylor in E.T.

Stephen King is one of the most prolific authors, and many of his works have been adapted into films and television shows. The horror author has been very vocal about his thoughts on his adaptations, but one of them even got a letter of thanks for changing one of the endings.

In 1983, Lewis Teague directed the adaptation of Cujo, based on King's 1981 novel of the same name. The story follows a mother and son who are trapped inside trying to escape their dog, who gets wild after being bitten by a bat. In a new appearance on Steve Kmetko's podcast Still Here Hollywood, lead actress Dee Wallace detailed King's reaction to the film changing the ending, per Entertainment Weekly.

Around the 18:15 mark, Wallace opened up about Cujo. "Cujo is my favorite movie of mine," the actress revealed. "The movie is very different from the book. In the movie,...

When you think about Stephen King movies from the 1980s, there are a few classics that immediately come to mind. The Shining, Stand By Me, The Dead Zone, and, of course, 1983's Cujo. Directed by Lewis Teague, who can forget the horrifying tale of a rabid St. Bernard terrorizing a mother and her son trapped in a Ford Pinto on a blistering-hot summer day? Both the book and the movie managed to strike a chord with audiences, not only because of the subject matter, but also because of the way each one ended. Now, star Dee Wallace has revealed King's reaction to the film's conclusion, which was noticeably different from his novel.

Appearing on Still Here Hollywood with Steve Kmetko, Wallace spoke at length about her incredible career, which has included appearances in Steven Spielberg's E.T., The Howling, Rob Zombie's Halloween, and Cujo. Wallace played Donna Trenton in the King film,...

On April 3, 2024, the world celebrated the 100th birthday of Marlon Brando, one of Hollywood’s most legendary actors and a passionate advocate for human rights, animal welfare and environmental justice.

In honor of this monumental milestone, Mercy For Animals has produced a special short film, Voices of Hope ~ Words of Wisdom by Marlon Brando, released on April 22 in celebration of Earth Day and to commemorate Brando’s lasting influence as an advocate for a better world.

The film features a collection of Brando’s inspiring quotes recited by Marlon Brando himself, alongside an ensemble of more than 20 prominent global figures, underscoring Brando’s unwavering commitment to social justice, animal welfare and environmental sustainability — encouraging people everywhere to carry forward his legacy. The list of influential narrators include:

Erin Brockovich

Martin Luther King III

Arndrea Waters King

Ellen Burstyn

James Cromwell

Marianne Williamson

Stephanie Corneliussen

Ed Begley Jr.

June Squibb

Frances Fisher...

Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive first look at the theatrical poster for indie slasher The Boy from Below designed by Andrew Kern.

The sleepy New England town of Carpenter Falls is known for being the hometown of silver screen legend Marilyn Leigh Miller. As Halloween season arrives, an obsessed psychopath looks to pay tribute to the late B-movie scream queen by living out his own horror movie fantasies.

Caught in the madness is local video store clerk Quinn Curtis and her gang of movie-loving friends, whose knowledge of the genre may be their key to survival.

Spooky Madison (Phantom Fun-World), Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Leah Voysey (Terrifier 2), Chaney Morrow (Haunt), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Jack Norman (The Funhouse Massacre), and filmmaker Tommy Lee Wallace star.

Tory Jones directs from a script he co-wrote with Jerron Spencer (Phantom Fun-World). Cody Ruch handled the practical special effects.

“This film pays...

When Gary Brandner finally cast the monster from his mind, and then onto paper, he gave it a familiar form. By that time, werewolves weren’t uncommon to see in Brandner’s industry, however, the late fiction author wanted to break the monotony. So rather than having a single werewolf pop up in a small town, 1977’s The Howling featured a whole community of werewolves. This small twist on the growing genre helped make Brandner’s first horror novel a success as well as attract the attention of Hollywood. Now, sure enough, creative license is part of the deal in these page-to-screen adaptations, yet Joe Dante’s ‘81 rendering is so distinct from its basis that it’s practically a different beast.

The Howling is a far cry from 1933’s The Werewolf of Paris, the Guy Endore-penned novel that many consider to be the Dracula of werewolf literature. Brandner’s...

Not all of the classic Universal Monsters were based on classic stories. While Frankenstein and Dracula came from the minds of Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker, The Wolfman, and previously Werewolf of London, was based on folklore dating back centuries rather than fiction. While the character has had a hard time coming back into the limelight with the disappointing Wolfman from 2010 and even more disappointing Wolf Man from 2025, the myth has done well for itself even while not being as in the public favor as the Zombie or Vampire. Those original films may not be based on books but that didn’t stop writers from creating their own stories or studios from adapting them. This includes the likes of Hammer Studios Curse of the Werewolf being adapted from The Werewolf of Paris and The Wolfen getting turned into the 1981 movie Wolfen. Speaking of 1981, there were two other rather small werewolf...

As my tastes change and I get a chance to watch more and more movies, largely due to wonderful companies like Severin, Vinegar Syndrome, and Synapse putting out forgotten or lost movies, this also changes what I’m willing to call a Black Sheep. The Howling series is kind of a Black Sheep series in horror. It has 8 films over a 30-year span from 1981 to 2011 and while the first one is typically held in high esteem because of its pedigree, and, well, because its good, there’s a lot to watch and unpack here. You can look at which movie is the black sheep of the series but let’s get even more granular with it. Let’s look at which of the two Howling movies directed by Phillipe Mora deserves the moniker. While the third one has that specific Ozploitation flair to it that admittedly I am an easy mark for,...

Netflix picked up the rights to Stephen King's 1981 novel Cujo and is currently developing a new adaptation. Now, The Hollywood Reporter says acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky—best known for Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, Mother!, and The Whale—is circling the project.

The 1983 version directed by Lewis Teague was a modest box office success despite garnering mixed reviews. In the decades since, Cujo has become a cult classic, with many praising the central performance from Dee Wallace who plays a desperate mother trying to protect her son from Cujo's wrath.

The poor St. Bernard starts out as your typical happy-go-lucky dog until he gets bitten by a rabid bat and turns feral. One of the film's most famous scenes is the climactic car showdown toward the end, when Cujo is frantically trying to break into Donna's (Wallace) vehicle as she hides inside it with her son. As...

Darren Aronofsky is circling to direct Netflix’s Cujo film, based on the novel by Stephen King.

Deadline first reported the news of the film adaptation , with Roy Lee attached to produce in the deal made last week.

The 1981 novel was originally adapted into a thriller film in 1983 starring Dee Wallace as a mother protecting her sone from a 200-pound St. Bernard that turned rabid after being bit by a bat. The formerly friendly hound transformed into one of cold calculation that left a trail of bodies in its wake.

The climactic scene in that film took place when Wallace’s mother and her son face the difficult decision of battling heatstroke in a car that won’t start or confronting the big, rabid dog waiting for them outside the small vehicle.

Aronofsky’s more recent projects include Postcard from Earth (2023) and The Whale (2022) starring Brendan Fraser...

We found out last week that a new take on Stephen King's killer dog novel, Cujo, is in the works for Netflix, and the project may have nabbed a somewhat surprising director.

According to Jeff Sneider in his latest newsletter (and since backed up by THR), Darren Aronofsky is in negotiations to helm the movie.

Though some would consider this the filmmaker's first foray into the horror genre, that's certainly debatable. Aronofsky has included horror elements in a number of his previous films, and many would view the likes of Mother!, Black Swan, and even Requiem for a Dream to be full-on horror movies.

King's novel focuses on a mother and her young seizer-prone son being terrorized by a huge St. Bernard who becomes a rabid killing machine after being bitten by a bat. 

Cujo was previously adapted for the big screen back in 1983, with Lewis Teague directing from...

It was reported last week that Netflix closed a deal with producer Roy Lee to bring a new adaptation of Stephen King's 1981 novel Cujo to life, and now it appears as if a director not named Mike Flanagan is close to signing a deal to helm the project. Cujo is, of course, the beloved survival horror novel about a rabid St. Bernard that goes on a terror through the town of Castle Rock, focusing mainly on a woman and her son who are trapped in a car under the blazing hot sun.

Per The InSneider, Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky is in negotiations to close a deal that will see him direct the new Netflix adaptation of Cuju. Aronosfky's previous work not only includes the aforementioned psychological drama, but the Academy Award-winning films Black Swan and The Whale, as well as the sci-fi romance The Fountain, and 2008's The Wrestler,...

Stephen King’s killer dog classic Cujo is headed back to the screen with a new adaptation in the works from Netflix, we learned last week, and the film’s director may have been found.

The Hollywood Reporter confirms a scoop from Jeff Sneider this week, reporting that Oscar-nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is in talks to direct Stephen King’s Cujo for Netflix.

THR notes in their report this afternoon, “The feature project was only revealed last week but it’s clearly further along than known or moving on the fast track.”

Stay tuned for more as we learn it.

Roy Lee (It) is producing the new adaptation of Cujo for the streamer.

Stephen King’s horror novel Cujo was originally published in 1981, with director Lewis Teague’s classic horror movie adaptation being unleashed just two years later in 1983. Dee Wallace, Ed Lauter, Daniel Hugh Kelly, and Danny Pintauro starred...

Darren Aronofsky is circling Netflix’s “Cujo,” a remake of Stephen King’s horror novel about a bloodthirsty St. Bernard.

“Cujo” remains in early stages of development and Aronofsky has yet to have a creative meeting with Netflix, according to sources familiar with the project. Should the deal close, the film would mark Aronofsky’s first feature for a streaming service.

Although occasionally courted by Hollywood (he was an early contender to reboot “Batman” before Christopher Nolan took over), Aronofsky has mostly stayed true to his indie roots. The filmmaker has directed such films as psychological drama “Requiem for a Dream,” psychological thriller “Black Swan,” psychological horror allegory “Mother!” and psychological case study “The Whale.” He’s currently putting the finishing touches on Sony’s “Caught Stealing,” a crime drama with Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz that opens in theaters this August.

Roy Lee (“Barbarian”) will produce the “Cujo” reboot,...

Netflix is aiming high for its take on Cujo. An Oscar-nominated filmmaker is reportedly in negotiations to direct the upcoming film adaptation of the Stephen King classic.

According to trusted insider Jeff Sneider via his TheInSneider newsletter, Darren Aronofsky is in talks to direct Cujo for Netflix, which would mark his first movie for a streaming service. Aronofsky is an acclaimed filmmaker who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for his work on the 2010 psychological drama Black Swan. His other notable directorial credits include his debut feature Pi (1998), the psychological drama Requiem for a Dream (2000), the sports drama The Wrestler (2008), the biblical epic Noah (2014), and the drama The Whale (2022), the latter of which earned Brendan Fraser a long-awaited comeback in Hollywood as well as an Oscar for Best Actor.

Published in 1981 by Viking Press, Cujo is a horror novel following a mother and son who are trapped...

There have been rumblings of a remake of the classic Stephen King adaptation Cujo for a long time – in fact, one was officially announced way back in 2013. In 2015, we heard that the remake had taken an unexpected turn, reimagining the name Cujo as an acronym that stood for Canine Unit Joint Operations. That project seemed to be scrapped when King got the rights to the story back in 2017… But last week, we learned that the Cujo remake has found a new home: the Netflix streaming service. And now, industry scooper Jeff Sneider of The InSneider reports that a director might be close to signing on to the project, as Darren Aronofsky is said to be in negotiations to take the helm.

Aronofsky’s previous directorial efforts include Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, Noah, mother!, and The Whale.

As we heard last week, Netflix secured...

Exclusive: Cast for indie horror pic If it Bleeds has rounded out, and we have a first-look shot from the set, which you can see above.

Nadia Teichmann (Ice Nine Kills Presents: Welcome to Horrorwood), Russell Todd (Chopping Mall), LeeAnna Vamp (Ghosted), Jose Mangin (Ice Nine Kills: A Work of Art), Elle Fox (Little Bites) and Derek ‘Flash Garments’ Shaw (Lord Have Mercy II) have joined Matthew Hersh’s directorial debut.

The film follows follows genre actor Catherine Corcoran as a young and ambitious news reporter Diane Winters and her cameraman (Justin Miles), who uncover a mysterious series of gruesome murders that unfold throughout the course of a chaotic and violent day, and become players in the sinister situation along the way. Each segment showcases one of the crime scenes and explores horror subgenres along the way.

The “anthology-style” thriller already features the likes of Corcoran, Miles, Doug Jones, Dee Wallace,...

Killer dog tale Cujo, by Stephen King, is getting a new telling, backed by Netflix money. More on the story here.

There’s an old maxim that suggests that there’s always at least three Robin Hood films in development at the same time. Given the never-ending glut of Stephen King adaptations that are pumped out, it would probably be more accurate these days to replace Sherwood Forest’s rogueish outlaw with the prolific novelist who always seems to have a take on his work in cinemas, or just around the corner.

Case in point: while Osgood Perkins’ take on The Monkey is still in cinemas, 2025 will also bring us Mike Flanagan’s The Life Of Chuck and Edgar Wright’s The Running Man. On the small screen, there’s also HBO’s Welcome To Derry and MGM+’s The Institute debuting this year too.

Naturally, there are more King adaptations in the pipeline,...

Stephen King's novel 'Cujo' is to be remade by Netflix.The horror was first adapted for the screen in 1983 and starred Dee Wallace as a frustrated suburban housewife whose life is in turmoil and now Deadline has confirmed that the streaming giant has secured the rights for a remake.According to the outlet, Roy Lee will serve as producer and the company is looking for writers "immediately" to adapt the novel.No potential release date or any casting suggestions have been announced as yet. The first adaptation of the novel was a was a moest box office success, and in 2015, Sunn Classic Pictures announced that it would develop another adaptation titled 'C.U.J.O' but this never came to fruition.The celebrated author, however, once revealed that he had "no recollection" of writing the original novel though because he was struggling with addiction at the time.He...

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Billy Joel postpones tour dates after surgery

Billy Joel has postponed eight stadium concerts he was scheduled to perform over the next four months because of a recent surgery for an undisclosed "medical condition."

An announcement this morning said that the singer “is expected to make a full recovery” and will undergo doctor-supervised physical therapy. “While I regret postponing any shows, my health must come first,” Joel said in the statement. “I look forward to getting back on stage and sharing the joy of live music with our amazing fans. Thank you for your understanding.” Joel is expected to resume playing concerts July 5 at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. The postponed shows in Toronto, Detroit, Syracuse, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, Edinburgh, and Liverpool will be rescheduled.

Netflix strikes movie deal for Stephen King's Cujo remake

Netflix is ready to take a new bite at Stephen King's Cujo.

There have been rumblings of a remake of the classic Stephen King adaptation Cujo for a long time – in fact, one was officially announced way back in 2013. In 2015, we heard that the remake had taken an unexpected turn, reimagining the name Cujo as an acronym that stood for Canine Unit Joint Operations. That project seemed to be scrapped when King got the rights to the story back in 2017… But now, the Cujo remake has found a new home.

Deadline reports that Netflix has secured a deal to make a new feature film based on King’s 1981 novel Cujo. Roy Lee, who has previously produced the King adaptations Salem’s Lot (2024), The Stand (2020 – 2021), Doctor Sleep (2019), It (2017), and It Chapter Two (2019), will be producing the film. Now, the search is on for a writer.

Cujo is the story of a large, playful St. Bernard dog that is transformed into a hideous killing machine after being infected by rabies.

Netflix has given a green light to a movie reboot of the Stephen King novel Cujo, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Roy Lee will produce the remake of the horror story about a mother and son who fight off a rabid dog while trapped in their car. Cujo was first adapted from King’s 1981 psychological horror novel of the same name where Cujo is at first a lovable St. Bernard, but after being bitten by a bat becomes everyone’s worst enemy.

In the 1983 film Cujo, a mother, Donna (Dee Wallace), and her son, Tad (Danny Pintauro) come into contact with Cujo and must fight for their lives. King’s novels, starting with 1976’s Carrie, have long been picked up by Hollywood for movie adaptations.

These include book-to-screen adaptations of The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, Stand by Me, It and the sequel It Chapter Two. Other recent adaptations include Lewis Pullman...

Stephen King is one of the most frequently adapted authors in film and television history, with these projects garnering wide acclaim for several decades. Brian De Palma’s adaptation of King’s debut novel, Carrie, created a legendary horror sequence in 1976 when Sissy Spacek was drenched in pig's blood. In 1980, Stanley Kubrick directed The Shining with a visually stunning yet off-kilter take on King’s novel. Ten years later, Misery won Kathy Bates an Academy Award for her chilling performance as an obsessed literary fan, with other successful King adaptations including Stand By Me, Green Mile, and The Shawshank Redemption.

Recent years have seen a resurgence in King adaptations, with Andy Muschietti's It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019) revitalizing the horror franchise as Bill Skarsgård took on the role of the killer clown Pennywise. Despite its box office struggles, Doctor Sleep (2019), a sequel to Kubrick's 1980 film, received positive reviews...

Netflix is preparing to make another Stephen King adaptation! According to a new Deadline exclusive, the streamer has finalized a deal to adapt King's novel Cujo into a new feature film with Roy Lee set to produce.

Lee is a well-known horror movie producer, having produced hit movies like Barbarian, Strange Darling, Companion, The Ring, and more. He's also producing the upcoming films Weapons and Until Dawn. But most notably, Lee has produced multiple King projects such as Doctor Sleep, Salem's Lot, It, It: Chapter Two, and The Stand. And Netflix has released a few adaptations, too, between Gerald's Game, 1922, and In the Tall Grass, so Lee and Netflix working together makes a lot of sense.

First published in 1981, Cujo is King's novel about a once sweet Saint Bernard who gets bit by a bat and turns rabid. From there, the massive animal goes on a rampage, killing multiple people throughout the book.

Stephen King’s Cujo, the bestselling novel that has entertained readers for decades, is getting a new film adaptation. Netflix has made a deal to turn this thrilling story into a feature film, with Roy Lee set to produce. The streaming giant will begin searching for writers to bring this terrifying tale to life.

Cujo was first published in 1981 and was turned into a movie in 1983. The original film starred Dee Wallace as a mother who is desperately trying to protect her young son from a once-friendly St. Bernard dog named Cujo.

The dog, who had been bitten by a rabid bat, turns into a wild and ferocious creature, terrorizing the family. The novel and the 1983 film both take place in a small, isolated town, where the mother and son are trapped inside a hot car, unable to escape. With the dog circling outside, they are left with a terrible...

A remake of Stephen King’s “Cujo” is in the works at Netflix, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

Roy Lee (“Barbarian”) will produce “Cujo,” which is currently out to writers.

King’s original 1981 novel centers on a mother and son, who are trapped in a hot car, being terrorized by a rabid 200-lbs. St. Bernard. As time ticks on, it becomes clear that they will die unless they do something.

A 1983 film adaptation was directed by Lewis Teague and starred Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Danny Pintauro.

King is one of the most prolific American writers of his generation. He has penned more than 65 novels, and published countless short stories. His bibliography is a gold mine of horror, sci-fi and everything in between.

Most recently, a remake of “Salem’s Lot” was released on Max. In his review of the film, TheWrap’s William Bibbiani wrote,...

Netflix has greenlit a remake of Stephen King’s novel “Cujo,” a horror story about a mother and son who get trapped in their car while protecting themselves from a rabid dog.

Roy Lee (“Barbarian”) will produce the reboot, which has yet to attach a writer, director or cast members, per Deadline, which broke the news of the project. King’s 1981 book was first adapted for the screen in the 1983 feature film of the same name, directed by Lewis Teague and starring Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Danny Pintauro. At the box office, “Cujo” earned $21 million worldwide (not adjusted for inflation) against a $6 million budget.

King’s novels, in genres ranging from horror and sci-fi to crime and fantasy, have been rich material for Hollywood, with films such as “Carrie,” “The Shining,” “Shawshank Redemption,” “Stand By Me,” “It” and the sequel “It: Chapter Two.”

Edgar Wright is currently adapting...

Stephen King is easily one of the most prolific authors, whose novels are constantly being optioned to become films, limited series, or TV series. Some of his stories have been adapted several times.

The horror author has penned many terrifying stories. With a series of upcoming projects, one of his best stories will receive a brand-new adaptation. Per Deadline, Netflix has made a new deal to adapt King's 1981 novel Cujo into a new feature film.

The only name attached to the project is Roy Lee. There is no cast, writers, or director, but Lee is a King veteran. The famous producer, who has a long list of horror films under his belt, has worked on several other King adaptations, most famously the 2017 adaptation of It and its 2019 sequel, It Chapter Two, as well as Max's new take on Salem's Lot in 2024. Aside from Cujo, he will also produce the upcoming...