Cosy horror for dark nights
Same nightmares. Different stories.
Updated every day
What is coming, what has just landed, and what everyone is pretending they have already seen.
Robert Eggers' werewolf film Werwulf is getting a limited 35mm cinema run on Christmas Day, with tickets already on sale. Here's what's actually confirmed, no plot guessing involved.
27 October 2026 · 1 min read
Ridley Scott is going back to the Alien universe, and he's brought in Raised by Wolves creator Aaron Guzikowski to write it. Here's what's actually confirmed so far, and why the David angle has me paying attention.
24 October 2026 · 1 min read
Prime Video has confirmed that Mike Flanagan's Carrie is coming back for a second season, and Erin barely had time to finish the first before the news landed.
23 October 2026 · 1 min read
Three solid horror franchises are joining Netflix next month, so there's no excuse to stop watching just because the pumpkins are in the bin. Here's what's arriving and when.
22 October 2026 · 1 min read
All three Terrifier films are heading back to US cinemas for Halloween week, tied to a crossover with the game Dead by Daylight. Here is what Bloody Disgusting's report actually says.
21 October 2026 · 1 min read
Dread Central reports that Diablo Cody has finished the script for a Jennifer's Body sequel and says it is moving forward. Here is why that matters to anyone who loves the first one.
20 October 2026 · 1 min read
The long-awaited Friday the 13th prequel series has dropped in full on Peacock. Here is what it actually is, where to watch it, and why I am staying well away from the spoiler galleries already doing the rounds.
16 October 2026 · 1 min read
The director and star of The Black Phone are teaming up again, this time for a nine-episode horror fiction podcast set on late night AM radio. It premieres on 22 October, and I have already cleared space in my evening for it.
15 October 2026 · 1 min read
Hulu has given Ryan Coogler's X-Files reboot a full series order, which means it has moved past the pilot stage and is now a real, commissioned show. Here is what that actually means, for anyone who has never watched the original.
14 October 2026 · 1 min read
Hammer Films has bought the rights to Susan Hill's entire body of work, the author behind The Woman in Black. Here is what that actually means and which of her other stories I want adapted first.
13 October 2026 · 1 min read
A biometric app called ScareScore just had its debut at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, tracking how scared people actually get while watching horror. Here's what it does and why I want to try it.
12 October 2026 · 1 min read
Blumhouse confirmed at New York Comic Con that it is adapting the viral VHS horror game Amanda the Adventurer into a live-action feature. Here is what that game actually is and why the news has already got me twitchy.
11 October 2026 · 1 min read
The first full trailer for The Exorcist: Martyrs is out, and between its reported cast, a Se7en-level sense of dread and Mike Flanagan talking about it as his bleakest work yet, I am already rearranging my 2027 around it.
10 October 2026 · 1 min read
Shudder has set a Christmas release for Split Rock, a supernatural chiller shot on 16mm from the director of The Strings. Here's what's confirmed so far, and why it's already on my festive watch list.
9 October 2026 · 1 min read
Here's when you can actually watch Joko Anwar's genre-bending horror-comedy Ghost in the Cell at home, now that it's leaving cinemas.
8 October 2026 · 1 min read
The trailer for Human is out, and the coverage describes it as a supernatural nightmare. Here is what the trailer news tells us and where to read the full piece.
6 October 2026 · 1 min read
The first clip from Mike Flanagan's Carrie series is out, and it opens with Carrie slamming a door on her mum. Here is why that moment matters to anyone who grew up with De Palma's version.
5 October 2026 · 1 min read
Never After Dark is heading to digital and video on demand later this October, so you can watch the chilling haunter from home. Here is what the news says, and what to check before you press play.
4 October 2026 · 1 min read
Rue Morgue reports that filming has wrapped on Twilight of the Dead, George A. Romero's closing zombie chapter, with Kate Beckinsale and Betty Gabriel as the leads. It is the last of the Romero films.
3 October 2026 · 1 min read
One of the most unnerving American horror films ever made is getting a proper restoration for its fortieth anniversary, just in time for a dark October night in.
2 October 2026 · 1 min read
Dread Central says Sam is getting new animated shorts, a "Sam: The Soul of Halloween" teaser and a care package reveal this October, and I have feelings about every bit of it.
1 October 2026 · 1 min read
Jennifer Lawrence is set to star in The Flood, the next film from Barbarian and Weapons director Zach Cregger. Here's why an Oscar winner turning up on his slate is bigger news than it might first sound.
30 September 2026 · 1 min read
A documentary crew goes looking for a missing person and finds something they were never meant to film. Here is what the first teaser for The Dark Gets In actually shows, and why found footage still gets under my skin more than most polished horror ever manages.
29 September 2026 · 1 min read
A true-crime horror hybrid that Stephen King himself has already sized up against two very different classics is landing on Shudder on 23 October, and I have already ringed the date on my calendar.
29 September 2026 · 1 min read
Prime Video has set a premiere date for its zombie sequel, and they have somehow landed it on the one night I am guaranteed to be on the sofa anyway. Halloween eve, obviously.
27 September 2026 · 1 min read
Every September the streaming apps quietly start behaving differently, and I've been watching mine do exactly that. Here's what's actually worth your evening this week, and why I've stopped trusting the apps to keep it there.
27 September 2026 · 1 min read
Every autumn the streaming services quietly reshuffle their horror shelves, and every autumn I fall for the same three tricks. Here's how I actually work out what's worth queueing up this week, and what's just noise.
27 September 2026 · 1 min read
Shudder has picked up a Finnish vampire Santa horror-comedy, and I already know exactly which evening in December it's getting. This is the kind of daft, bloody, cosy pick I want lined up well before the actual chaos of Christmas starts.
27 September 2026 · 1 min read
The new Resident Evil film has done something video-game horror movies almost never manage: opened huge and stayed huge. Here's what the numbers actually mean.
27 September 2026 · 1 min read
A moody, candlelit vampire story with Jason Isaacs and Nell Verlaque arrives in cinemas on 7 October. I watched the trailer, and it has gone straight onto my dark-night list.
26 September 2026 · 1 min read
Evil Dead Burn is heading to HBO Max in early October, according to Bloody Disgusting, with the earlier Evil Dead films on before it. Here's how I'd plan the night in.
26 September 2026 · 1 min read
Forty horror films, from the 1920s onwards, ranked with a short write-up for each. Join the Club to receive the complete After Dark Top 40 as a free download.
23 September 2026 · 1 min read
A fresh batch of horror trailers landed this month, and I have opinions on every single one. Here's what the trend lines are telling me before the films even land.
19 September 2026 · 1 min read
Mike Flanagan has confirmed he is adapting Stephen King's The Mist, and he says he is starting from the book, not from Frank Darabont's film. Here is what that actually means.
18 September 2026 · 1 min read
A festive title, a chainsaw, and a leather daddy. The first teaser for Christmas at the Kringles' proves the only thing that changes round here in December is the tinsel.
17 September 2026 · 1 min read
I watched the new Other Mommy trailer completely cold, no spoilers, no warning, and it has quietly wrecked the rest of my week. It is also, without question, going straight on the watch list.
16 September 2026 · 1 min read
The scrappy found-footage anthology that lived and died on streaming is heading to actual cinema screens in 2027, with A24 attached. I have thoughts, and most of them are suspicious.
14 September 2026 · 1 min read
The YouTube analogue horror series that ruined several of my evenings is getting a proper cinema date. I have feelings about this, and not all of them are calm ones.
14 September 2026 · 1 min read
A new trailer just landed for The Last Kiss, a Blumhouse slasher starring McKenna Grace, and it's on digital in a matter of days. Here's what's in the trailer and where I found it.
14 September 2026 · 1 min read
The new Crystal Lake trailer dropped and it is not the simple "man in a hockey mask" story I grew up on. I have questions, and a few of them are delighted ones.
14 September 2026 · 1 min read
As Halloween creeps closer, horror fans everywhere are swapping real scares rather than talking about films for once. I want to hear yours, and I will go first with mine.
12 September 2026 · 1 min read
Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.