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It didn't seem possible to make a 1980s-set vampire thriller starring Oscar Isaac and Kristen Stewart sound even more appealing, but somehow that's exactly what has happened. Deadline reports that Elizabeth Olsen has just joined the cast of Mandy director Panos Cosmatos's film Flesh of the Gods, and based on the description it sounds like she'll be playing one of the fanged monsters.

According to the outlet, Olsen has joined the cast as the inscrutable "Nameless," a leader of a "hard-partying cabal." Nameless seduces married couple Raoul (Isaac) and Alex (Stewart) into her "surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills, and violence." The story unfolds beneath the dazzling and glamorous skies of 1980s Los Angeles, following the wealthy couple as they leave their luxurious condo for the night to venture into the night.

Se7en writer Andrew Kevin Walker is penning the script, based on a story devised by him and Cosmatos.

The stars of horror hits “Late Night With the Devil” and “Barbarian” are uniting to take another potentially hair-raising step into the genre world.

“The Shepherd” is set to team David Dastmalchian and Georgina Campbell. The horror-thriller comes from Spooky Pictures — Image Nation (also behind “Late Night With the Devil”), with Anton launching sales in Cannes.

The film is being directed by John Hyams and written by Alexander Gustaveson. Anton is handling worldwide rights and co-repping North American rights with UTA Independent Film Group and Cinetic.

Set in the desolate Nevada night, “The Shepherd” follows a young woman in labor fleeing an abusive past who has her escape hijacked by a mysterious stranger hiding an ominous threat in the back of her car.

Reuniting the producers behind the box-office hit “Late Night with the Devil,” “The Shepherd” is produced under the Spooky Pictures – Image Nation partnership with Steven Schneider and...

Fear Street: Prom Queen, the continuation of the Fear Street film franchise that began with the release of the trilogy of Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 on the Netflix streaming service back in the summer of 2021, made its way through production last year, and recently it was announced that the new film will be available to watch on Netflix as of May 23rd. With that date just a couple weeks away, a batch of character posters have been released online, and you can check them out at the bottom of this article.

Author R.L. Stine has written over 100 books that have been published under the various Fear Street banners. While the initial trilogy of films wasn’t directly based on any specific Fear Street book, the new movie will be telling a version of the story Stine crafted for his 1992 book The Prom Queen.

Sam Zimmerman has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Programming and Acquisitions at Shudder, the horror-focused streaming service of AMC Networks, the company announced on Thursday.

Most recently serving as VP of Programming, Zimmerman is personally involved in nearly every aspect of Shudder, including the detailed curation of the streamer’s content. Going forward, he will continue to lead programming for Shudder as it marks its 10-year anniversary. Based in New York, he will continue to work alongside SVP of Acquisitions and Productions, Emily Gotto, and report to Scott Shooman, Head of AMC Networks’ Film Group, encompassing IFC Films, Rlje Films and Shudder’s film division.

“It’s so fitting, as we celebrate 10 years of Shudder, that we also celebrate Sam Zimmerman’s incredible contributions to the service and to the horror genre,” said Shooman. “His expert curatorial approach and passion for bringing audiences engaging and unexpected experiences, whether...

Fear Street: Prom Queen, the continuation of the Fear Street film franchise that began with the release of the trilogy of Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 on the Netflix streaming service back in the summer of 2021, made its way through production last year, and recently it was announced that the new film will be available to watch on Netflix as of May 23rd. With that date right around the corner, a full trailer for the film has dropped online and can be seen in the embed above!

Author R.L. Stine has written over 100 books that have been published under the various Fear Street banners. While the initial trilogy of films wasn’t directly based on any specific Fear Street book, the new movie will be telling a version of the story Stine crafted for his 1992 book The Prom Queen. Here’s the description: A spring night…...

Fear Street: Prom Queen, the continuation of the Fear Street film franchise that began with the release of the trilogy of Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 on the Netflix streaming service back in the summer of 2021, made its way through production last year, and recently it was announced that the new film will be available to watch on Netflix as of May 23rd. With that date right around the corner, Fangoria has unveiled a new poster for the film, and you can check it out at the bottom of this article!

Author R.L. Stine has written over 100 books that have been published under the various Fear Street banners. While the initial trilogy of films wasn’t directly based on any specific Fear Street book, the new movie will be telling a version of the story Stine crafted for his 1992 book The Prom Queen.

Fear Street: Prom Queen, the continuation of the Fear Street film franchise that began with the release of the trilogy of Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 on the Netflix streaming service back in the summer of 2021, made its way through production last year, and recently it was announced that the new film will be available to watch on Netflix as of May 23rd. With that date right around the corner, Collider has heard from director Matthew Palmer that he aimed to make this movie feel like a lost ’80s slasher classic!

Author R.L. Stine has written over 100 books that have been published under the various Fear Street banners. While the initial trilogy of films wasn’t directly based on any specific Fear Street book, the new movie will be telling a version of the story Stine crafted for his 1992 book The Prom Queen.

Vampires stalk modern-day Vietnam in the new horror film Daydreamers. In a new Collider-exclusive trailer, the streets of Ho Chi Minh City run red with blood as two brothers take different paths to exploring their inhumanity. The film will have a limited theatrical release starting May 2, with a wider release to follow; it will be released digitally and on video on demand on June 3.

In our exclusive trailer, we meet Nhat (Tran Ngoc Vang), a young vampire who's been raised in the country and taught to suppress his bloodsucking urges. Soon, his long-lost brother Marco (Thuan Nguyen) comes back into his life and introduces him to a new way of life in the city, where vampires run rampant and prey upon the city's human inhabitants. However, there he also meets Ha (Trinh Thao), a rebellious girl who forces him to break vampire law. Now, the city's ageless vampire queen Trieu...

Maika Monroe raised her profile significantly with what was arguably 2024's most terrifying horror movie "Longlegs." The film from director Osgood Perkins, who's just now delivered the Stephen King adaptation "The Monkey," was a modest sensation when it arrived last summer, propelled in part by a marketing campaign that did everything right to make "Longlegs" a hit. Though the film didn't quite live up to the frankly unreasonable amount of hype this marketing campaign built, it was a big enough hit that it not only made distributor Neon feel like an emerging A24 rival worthy of the label, it introduced wider audiences to both Perkins and Monroe, both of whom had been toiling away for years before "Longlegs" captured the public's attention.

In Monroe's case, the Australian actress gained some notoriety for her role in 2014's "It Follows," one of the best horror movies of the 2000s — even if it...

Have you ever felt that unsettling sensation of being watched, even when you’re alone? That creeping paranoia that someone, somewhere, is observing your every move? Netflix has just unveiled a thriller that taps into this primal fear, delivering a cinematic experience that will leave you questioning every shadow and second-guessing every glance.

Watcher (2022) An Eerie Tale of Isolation and Suspicion

The film introduces us to Julia, portrayed by the captivating Maika Monroe, an American who relocates to Bucharest with her husband, Francis. In this unfamiliar city, surrounded by a language she doesn’t understand, Julia’s sense of isolation deepens. Her unease escalates when she notices a mysterious neighbor observing her from his apartment across the street. As reports of a serial killer, ominously dubbed “The Spider,” circulate, Julia’s paranoia intensifies. Is her mind playing tricks, or is she genuinely in danger? The narrative masterfully blurs the lines between reality and imagination,...

Fear Street: Prom Queen, the continuation of the Fear Street film franchise that began with the release of the trilogy of Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 on the Netflix streaming service back in the summer of 2021, made its way through production last year, and recently it was announced that the new film will be available to watch on Netflix as of May 23rd! With that date swiftly approaching, a pair of teaser posters have dropped online, and you can check them out at the bottom of this article.

Author R.L. Stine has written over 100 books that have been published under the various Fear Street banners. While the initial trilogy of films wasn’t directly based on any specific Fear Street book, the new movie will be telling a version of the story Stine crafted for his 1992 book The Prom Queen. Here’s the description: A spring night…...

Longlegs star Maika Monroe's 2022 thriller is climbing up the Netflix charts. Watcher features Monroe as Julia as she navigates her new life in a foreign land. The film, directed by Chloe Okuno (Let the Right One In TV series) from a script by Okuno and Zack Ford, currently sits at number three on the Netflix chart in the United States.

The film follows Julia and her husband Francis (Karl Glusman), as they move back to his homeland of Bucharest, Romania in Eastern Europe, thanks to a job promotion. She is often left alone as Francis is constantly working, and before long, Julia believes a man living in the building across the street, played by Burn Gorman (The Dark Knight Rises), might be watching and stalking her.

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Fear Street: Prom Queen, the continuation of the Fear Street film franchise that began with the release of the trilogy of Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 on the Netflix streaming service back in the summer of 2021, made its way through production last year, and now a teaser has dropped online to announce that the new film will be available to watch on Netflix as of May 23rd! You can check out the teaser in the embed above.

Author R.L. Stine has written over 100 books that have been published under the various Fear Street banners. While the initial trilogy of films wasn’t directly based on any specific Fear Street book, the new movie will be telling a version of the story Stine crafted for his 1992 book The Prom Queen. Here’s the description: A spring night… soft moonlight… five beautiful Prom Queen candidates…...

Fear Street: Prom Queen. (L-r) The Killer and Rebecca Ablack as Debbie Winters in Fear Street: Prom Queen. Cr. Sabrina Lantos/Netflix © 2025.

Since the first Fear Street trilogy hit Netflix back in 2021, rumors has been constantly flying about a long-awaited sequel. Finally, last year, there was confirmation that a new standalone movie was coming to Netflix in 2025. Set to adapt the 15th book from R.L. Stine’s vast library, here’s everything we know about Netflix’s Fear Street: Prom Queen, now confirmed to debut in May 2025 just in time for prom season.

As a quick recap, Fear Street Parts One, Two, and Three were all released on Netflix over the summer of 2021. They had previously been in development at 20th Century Fox before Netflix acquired the rights. Chernin Entertainment produces the movies.

Please note: This article was first published on January 10th, 2024 – it has since been updated with the latest information.

Severance star Adam Scott is set to lead the upcoming supernatural horror movie Hokum. Damian McCarthy, who helmed the acclaimed 2024 film Oddity, will direct.

Per Variety, Hokum will begin shooting in Ireland later this month. The movie will see Scott play a horror novelist who visits a remote Irish inn to spread his parents' ashes. The location is rumored to be haunted by a witch, a fact Scott's character is oblivious to. Bad Sisters' Peter Coonan and Bodkin's David Wilmot will also star in the film that marks Scott's return to the genre after previously appearing in other projects such as Hellraiser: Bloodline, Little Evil, Krampus, and Piranha 3D.

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Adam Scott, whose horror credentials include “Little Evil,” “Krampus” and “Piranha 3D” — and go all the way back to 1996’s “Hellraiser: Bloodline” — is returning to the genre.

The “Severance” star will lead the cast of supernatural horror “Hokum,” set to shoot on location in Ireland later this month, Variety can reveal. The film comes from Irish writer/director Damian McCarthy, behind last year’s acclaimed s “Oddity,” which caused a stir after premiering at SXSW, where it won the audience award in the midnighter section.

“Hokum” will see Scott play a horror novelist who visits a remote Irish inn to spread his parents’ ashes, unaware the place is rumored to be haunted by a witch. Peter Coonan (“Bad Sisters”) and David Wilmot (“Bodkin”) are also set to star.

“Hokum” also marks the latest collaboration between production companies Image Nation and Spooky Pictures following last year’s hit “Late Night With the Devil,...

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This February, Netflix is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated final episodes of Cobra Kai to a political conspiracy thriller series, Zero Day. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Netflix this month and have an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the five best films that are coming to Netflix in February 2025 with an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

It (February 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85% Credit – Warner Bros. Pictures

It is a supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay co-written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman. Based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King, the 2017 film follows a group of young kids who face their worst nightmare as they come face to face with Pennywise,...

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Hulu is one of the best places to find the best movies and TV shows you can watch on any streaming service. Every month, it adds hundreds of new titles to its content library, but with that, there are also some titles that have got to go. So, today, we are here to tell you about the best film you should watch before it leaves Hulu in February 2025.

The Beta Test (February 3) Credit – IFC Films

The Beta Test is a dark comedy thriller film co-written and co-directed by Jim Cummings and Pj McCabe. The 2021 film follows an engaged Hollywood agent, who has an intimate night with an anonymous woman but he soon becomes paranoid that his fiancée will find out about his infidelity. The Beta Test stars Jim Cummings, Pj McCabe, Virginia Newcomb, and Jessie Barr.

Spencer (February...

Fear Street: Prom Queen, the continuation of the Fear Street film franchise that began with the release of the trilogy of Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 on the Netflix streaming service back in the summer of 2021, made its way through production last year, and while Netflix hasn’t announced a specific release date for the film yet, we do know it’s supposed to arrive sometime this summer. To start building the hype, Netflix has just unveiled a batch of first look images, and you can check them out at the bottom of this article.

Author R.L. Stine has written over 100 books that have been published under the various Fear Street banners. While the initial trilogy of films wasn’t directly based on any specific Fear Street book, the new movie will be telling a version of the story Stine crafted for his 1992 book The Prom Queen.

Although she’s been heavily involved in the industry for numerous years, last year saw Maika Monroe get the attention that she deserves thanks to her aloof and chilling role in Oz Perkins’ Longlegs. Playing a detective tasked with tracking down Nicolas Cage’s titular serial killer, Monroe’s character was forced to tango with the demons of her past to get to the truth. And, while she’s been in other classic yet underseen genre features like It Follows, there’s yet another film with similar vibes that you might be missing out on. The title in question is Chloe Okuno’s Watcher, a 2022 psychological thriller that also marked the helmer’s feature-length directorial debut. And, if you haven’t seen it yet, Hulu is the movie’s current home, but you’ll need to hurry as Watcher will take its haunting glance elsewhere on February 25.

The bad news? Netflix is once again raising its prices, with ad-supported subscriptions rising $1 to $7.99/month and premium ad-free subscriptions rising $2 to $24.99/month.

The good news? Well, at least Cult of Chucky is coming back to Netflix!

Don Mancini’s Cult of Chucky, which brought Chucky into a mental institution back in 2017, is headed to Netflix on February 1, the streaming service has announced this morning.

The seventh installment of the Child’s Play/Chucky franchise introduced the idea of multiple killer Chucky dolls and also firmly integrated original Child’s Play franchise characters Andy and Kyle back into the mix, the film also starring Fiona Dourif and Jennifer Tilly. The events of Cult of Chucky set the stage for the “Chucky” television series, which was cancelled just last year.

Bloody Disgusting’s review raved back in 2017, “Seventh films have no right to be this good or break this much new ground. Cult of Chucky...

Despite being praised by critics as one of the best horror series of 2024, Peacock has canceled “Teacup” after one season, Variety reports this afternoon.

The series debuted in October 2024 and was executive produced by James Wan and inspired by Robert McCammon’s Stinger.

It followed a disparate group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. As the showrunner previously revealed, it was only loosely based on the novel that inspired it, instead opting for a more cerebral, paranoid take on the material.

Scott Speedman (The Strangers), Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), and Chaske Spencer (“Jessica Jones”, The Twilight Saga), Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, Luciano Leroux star in “Teacup.”

As I wrote in my review, “The inaugural season is self-contained, trapping its characters in a claustrophobic bubble of oncoming terror and interpersonal drama. It...

Netflix is heading back to Shadyside with Fear Street: Prom Queen, the latest addition to the Fear Street movie franchise based on R.L. Stine’s beloved teen horror novels. This new installment, directed by Matthew Palmer (Calibre), continues the legacy of the 2021 trilogy, and has been officially rated R by the MPA. The rating is due to “strong bloody violence and gore, teen drug use, language, and some sexual references.”

Set in 1988, Fear Street: Prom Queen revisits Shadyside, where prom season at Shadyside High takes a dark turn. The movie introduces a fresh storyline inspired by R.L. Stine’s 1992 book The Prom Queen. In the story, a group of girls campaigning for prom queen begins to mysteriously disappear after a gutsy outsider is nominated.

The students of Shadyside High quickly realize this is no ordinary prom night—it’s a fight for survival.

The cast for this bloody thriller...

Fear Street: Prom Queen, the continuation of the Fear Street film franchise that began with the release of the trilogy of Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 on the Netflix streaming service back in the summer of 2021, made its way through production last year, and while Netflix hasn’t announced a specific release date for the film yet, it has just taken one big step toward release: it has gotten its rating from the Motion Picture Association ratings board. Fear Street: Prom Queen has been rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, teen drug use, language and some sexual references.

Author R.L. Stine has written over 100 books that have been published under the various Fear Street banners. While the initial trilogy of films wasn’t directly based on any specific Fear Street book, the new movie will be telling a version of...

Director Leigh Janiak and the Netflix streaming service brought us a really fun horror event back in the summer of 2021 with the Fear Street trilogy. Three films that were filmed back-to-back-to-back and then released over the course of three weeks – those films being Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666. It was an instant franchise, and had the potential to lead to many more films… because, after all, author R.L. Stine has written over 100 books that have been published under the various Fear Street banners. While we won’t be getting another trilogy event this year, we do know that a new addition to the franchise, Fear Street: Prom Queen, will be reaching Netflix sometime in 2025 – and Stine has told The Hollywood Reporter that there actually are three new Fear Street movies in the works!

After telling the interviewer there are three Fear Streets in development,...

2024 was a crowded year for television that had its share of misfires, but among the droves of disposable content was some stellar horror programming – from “Evil” to “The Creep Tapes” – that celebrates the genre’s versatility.

Television has reached a curious inflection point where what was once heralded as the medium’s Golden Age has turned into a daunting obligation where there’s far too much content to consume and the lengthy gaps between short seasons is enough to strip away even the most extreme enthusiasm. TV is in an interesting phase at the moment and while many prestige streaming series have struggled, the horror genre has thrived and turned out deeply captivating and creepy material. Television remains a safe haven for the horror genre and 2024 was a strong year for both brand new horror and returning series that are sure to entertain genre fans who are looking for something...

Lee Cronin's The Mummy: With a release date of April 17, 2026, we now have an official title for the latest horror film from Evil Dead Rise's Lee Cronin, who is is writing and directing the film, produced by Atomic Monster, Blumhouse and Doppelgängers, for New Line.

"This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I'm digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening," said writer/director Lee Cronin.

As previously announced, Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing the film. James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville are producers on the film. Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher are executive producers. Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.

Lee Cronin is represented by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein.

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2024 was a pretty good year for vampire films, what with the release of hits such as Abigail, Salem’s Lot, and the upcoming Nosferatu. It seems the fun will continue into 2025 thanks to Neon, who has just picked up the Dracula-inspired movie Brides, which stars a familiar face we’ve come to know and love in the horror genre: Maika Monroe.

Per Deadline, Monroe is set to lead Brides, which is said to be loosely inspired by Bram Stoker’s seminal 1887 novel. Written and directed by Chloe Okuno, filming is expected to get underway in March, and will be the second pairing of the two following Okuno’s vastly underrated 2022 psychological thriller, Watcher, which also featured Monroe in the lead. Based on the synopsis alone, this one sounds like it’s going to be a lot of fun when it hits theaters, as it flips Stoker’s narrative on its...

At one time, Watcher director Chloe Okuno was attached to direct the fourth entry in Netflix’s R.L. Stine-inspired Fear Street franchise – but while Fear Street: Prom Queen has made its way through production without her involvement (the movie ended up being directed by Matthew Palmer), Okuno has been busy getting another genre project set up. One that will reunite her with Watcher star Maika Monroe. We heard back in October that Okuno’s new project is called Brides and it’s aiming to start filming in the Spring of 2025.Now, Deadline has broken the news that Neon has acquired the North American distribution rights to Brides.

Scripted by Okuno, Brides draws inspiration from Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Set in 1960s Italy, it will show us what happens when Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband travel to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown.

Longlegs star Maika Monroe is set to star in Brides, an upcoming vampire horror from Watcher director Chloe Okuno.

As we prepare to flip the calendar over to another year, Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs stands out as one of the biggest successes of 2024, with the horror film not only earning a substantial take at the global box office, but also picking up plenty of critical buzz along the way. Naturally, that makes the film’s star, Maika Monroe, an in-demand actor, and while Monroe already has several interesting projects in various states of production, she has just added another horror film: Brides.

Brides is backed by Neon, the same distributor behind Longlegs. The project will see Monroe reunite with Chloe Okuno, the director of 2022’s Watcher, in which Monroe played a married woman who starts to think her Bucharest neighbour is a serial killer.

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Chloe Okuno is perhaps still not a mainstream face, but thanks to her gripping horror storytelling, including writing and directing the acclaimed segment ‘Storm Drain’ in the anthology V/H/S/94, she is quickly rising in fame.

Her feature film debut, ‘Watcher’, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and gained widespread attention, being distributed by IFC Midnight and Shudder. She also created the award-winning short film ‘Slut’ (2014), which won multiple prizes, showcasing her talent early in her career.

Now Okuno is working on a new horror movie called ‘Brides’ with Maika Monro set to star. This marks the third collaboration between Neon and Maika Monroe, with Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu producing through Likely Story. Pre-production has started, and filming is set for March. Neon will handle the theatrical release.

Brides.

A new horror from Chloe Okuno.

Starring Maika Monroe.

Coming soon. pic.twitter.com/zweZaTJUlv

— Neon (@neonrated) December 18, 2024

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After Longlegs became a surprise hit over the summer, Maika Monroe has lined up her next horror film, re-teaming with distributor Neon and director Chloe Okuno.

Per Deadline, Monroe is set to star in Brides, a horror film written and directed by Okuno. Longlegs distributor, Neon, plans to release the movie theatrically. Brides follows "Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband, who travel to a remote Italian villa where the villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally." Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu will serve as producers for Brides. Okuno made her feature debut with Watcher in 2022, a psychological thriller starring Monroe.

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Neon is ready to work with Longlegs star Maika Monroe again. The distributor behind some of 2024's most acclaimed horror movies, like the aforementioned serial killer thriller, Immaculate, and Cuckoo, has acquired the North American rights to the upcoming horror film Brides, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Monroe will star in the movie, directed by Chloe Okuno, with whom Monroe previously worked for the film Watcher. In addition to Longlegs and Brides, Neon is co-producing and distributing They Follow, the sequel to the David Robert Mitchell-directed film It Follows that Monroe also starred in.

Pre-production for Brides is already underway, with filming starting in March 2025. Monroe will be plenty busy between this film and They Follow, which is also set to shoot next year.

In honor of the acquisition, Neon shared a photo of the script's title page via the X platform (formerly Twitter) earlier today. Fittingly, the word Brides...

As we wrap up 2024, we now know that one of the biggest surprises of the year, in the best possible way, was “Longlegs.” It’s a film that will likely stand the test of time and continue to be used as an example of what to do in a proper modern horror. And because of its success, it’s not at all shocking that Neon would like to stay in the Maika Monroe business.

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Neon, the studio behind such 2024 films as Longlegs, Cuckoo, and Anora, has unwrapped an early Christmas present for horror fans. According to Deadline, Neon has acquired Chloe Okuno’s new film, Brides. The company knows a hit when it sees one, and when Maika Monroe’s name is attached to a genre production, it’s a guaranteed ticket seller. This will be the latest time that the actress and studio have been tied to a project from Neon, following the aforementioned hit thriller, Longlegs, and the highly-anticipated upcoming sequel, They Follow. As of right now, no release date for Brides has been announced, but production is set to begin this spring in March. The title will be produced by Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu.

Neon has acquired North American rights to Chloe Okuno’s horror Brides starring her Watcher lead Maika Monroe.

The deal marks the company’s third film with Monroe after this year’s box office smash Longlegs and the upcoming They Follow.

Pre-production on Brides is underway and production is scheduled to commence in March. The story follows Sally and her husband who travel to a remote Italian villa where the villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally.

Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu are producing through Likely Story. Okuno will direct from her original screenplay.

Jeff Deutchman...

Neon has picked up the North American rights to Chloe Okuno’s horror pic Brides, which will star Maika Monroe and is set to shoot in March 2025.

The project marks the third collaboration between Neon and Monroe after Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs and the upcoming sequel They Follow, the follow-up to David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows. Pre-production for Brides is now underway, and Neon plans to release the movie in theaters.

Longlegs made $75 million at the box office, making it the highest-grossing indie film of the year and a high point for Neon, Tom Quinn’s Oscar-winning specialty production and distribution outfit also home to Parasite.

Longlegs saw Nicholas Cage play an elusive serial killer being tracked by FBI Agent Lee Harker (Monroe) and who was so transformed for the film, he was almost unrecognizable. Brides will be produced by Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu through Likely Story.

Okuno wrote the original screenplay,...

Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and director Chloe Okuno (V/H/S/94: Storm Drain, Watcher) will reteam for the upcoming horror movie Brides, and Longlegs distributor Neon has officially announced this morning that they’ve boarded the project. It’s “coming soon.”

Neon has picked up North American rights to the upcoming Brides of Dracula-inspired vampire film. Deadline notes in an exclusive report, “Neon will release the film theatrically.”

Here’s the synopsis: “Set in 1960s Italy, Sally Bishop (Maika Monroe) and her husband travel to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown. The villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally. But he gets far more than he anticipated when Sally’s feminist chaos is added to his perfect, violent Eden of vampire brides.”

Chloe Okuno’s Brides is sad to be at least loosely inspired by Bram Stoker’s horror classic Dracula,...

Exclusive: Following the success of the summer hit Longlegs, Neon and Maika Monroe have found their next thriller to team on as the studio has has acquired the North American rights to Watcher director Chloe Okuno’s Brides starring Monroe. The film marks the third collaboration for Neonand Monroe and the pic will be produced by Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu through Likely Story. Pre-production is now underway, and it is set to begin shooting in March 2025. Neon will release the film theatrically.

Okuno will direct the film which is based on her original screenplay. The film follows, Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband, who travel to a remote Italian villa where the villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally.

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Maika Monroe has a new horror project coming up with the vampire movie Brides, and according to what is known about its story, it will cover an often ignored storyline from Dracula and can even fix it. Maika Monroe has earned a spot among the modern Scream Queens thanks to various horror roles in recent years. Monroe rose to fame when she starred as Jay Height in David Robert Mitchells It Follows. Monroe returned to the genre in 2019 with Villains, a horror comedy in which she starred alongside Bill Skarsgrd.

After starring in the 2022 sci-fi horror movie Significant Other, Monroe had another massive horror hit when she played Lee Harker in Osgood Perkins Longlegs. Also starring Nicolas Cage as the title serial killer, Longlegs was a critical and commercial success, grossing $109 million against a budget of around $10 million. Now, Monroe will continue her path in the horror genre with a new movie titled Brides,...

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Maika Monroe has been cast in the new horror movie Brides. Monroe is a horror "scream queen" who had her breakout role a decade ago in the 2014 horror film It Follows. More recently, Monroe is known for playing Agent Lee Harker in this year's Nicolas Cage horror film Longlegs. Her other recent roles include parts in God Is a Bullet, Significant Other, and Watcher. She is also slated to star in the upcoming It Follows sequel entitled They Follow.

As per Collider, Monroe has now been cast in an upcoming horror film called Brides. The movie will be directed and written by Chloe Okuno. Brides will be a 1960s-set period piece about a woman named Sally Bishop who travels with her husband to an Italian villa. When the villa's mysterious owner takes note of the couple, he becomes determined to turn Sally into one of his vampire brides.

The gigs just keep lining up for the horror queen of 2024, Maika Monroe, as the Longlegs actress has been announced to have been cast in yet another project. This time, shell reteam with filmmaker and writer, Chloe Okuno (V/H/S/94), on a horror flick titled Brides. The pair previously collaborated on Okunos 2022 psychological thriller, Watcher, so were stoked to see what they come up with next. And, to be honest, were loving what we've been hearing so far about Brides, which will put a fun spin on your run-of-the-mill vampire flick.

At one time, Watcher director Chloe Okuno was attached to direct the fourth entry in Netflix’s R.L. Stine-inspired Fear Street franchise – but while Fear Street: Prom Queen has made its way through production without her involvement (the movie ended up being directed by Matthew Palmer), Okuno has been busy getting another genre project set up. One that will reunite her with Watcher star Maika Monroe. This one is called Brides, and Deadline reports that it’s currently in pre-production, aiming to start filming in the Spring of 2025.

Scripted by Okuno, Brides draws inspiration from Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Set in 1960s Italy, it will show us what happens when Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband travel to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown. The villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally. But he gets far more than...

Longlegs star Maika Monroe finds her next project in her busy horror schedule, this time a twisted take on Bram Stoker's classic vampire tale. Monroe, who made her name known in the cult classic It Follows, continues to find herself enraptured by terrifying tales that flip the genre on its head. Next time she's on the big screen, Monroe will encounter an "Eden of vampire brides" in a new film from FilmNation Entertainment.

Via Deadline, Monroe is set to star in Brides, directed by Chloe Okuno (Watcher). Currently in pre-production, the upcoming vampire flick is produced by Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu through Likely Story, who describe the project as gothic, glamorous, and gory." In many ways, it will subvert expectations of Bram Stoker's Dracula by seemingly focusing on the vampiric brides, which come into contact with Monroe's Sally Bishop when she and her husband go on a trip.

Get ready for a thrilling reunion in the world of horror! Scream queen Maika Monroe and talented filmmaker Chloe Okuno are set to team up again for a new horror movie called Brides. With Monroe's captivating performances and Okuno's visionary direction, we're in for a treat!

The duo previously worked together on the psychological thriller Watcher, which Okuno wrote and directed and Monroe starred in. They obviously work well together, so we expect their new project to be another masterpiece.

Brides is Okuno's next movie. She hasn't worked on any films since Watcher. Her most recent work was directing episodes of the TV shows Let the Right One In and Teacup. For Brides, she will be directing from a script she wrote, and Monroe will star. Additionally, Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu will produce through their Likely Story film production company.

The horror flick is described as being "gothic...

Fresh off working together on last year’s Hitchcockian thriller Watcher, Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and director Chloe Okuno (V/H/S/94: Storm Drain) will reteam for Brides.

Deadline reports, “The [horror] film is currently in pre-production and is set to start shooting in Spring 2025. Chloe Okuno is directing from a screenplay she penned.”

Here’s the synopsis: “Set in 1960s Italy, Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband travel to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown. The villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally. But he gets far more than he anticipated when Sally’s feminist chaos is added to his perfect, violent Eden of vampire brides.”

As you might have guessed, Chloe Okuno’s Brides is loosely inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and it’s set to “flip Bram Stoker’s narrative on its head, exploring the struggle between societal repression and carnal desire.

Maika Monroe is reteaming with Watcher director Chloe Okuno on the feminist horror film Brides, which FilmNation and UTA Independent Film Group are launching at AFM.

Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu are producing the 1960’s, Italy-set tale, which is in pre-production and scheduled to start shooting in spring 2025.

Fresh off the independent horror smash Longlegs, Monroe will star in the feminist take on the Dracula myth as Sally Bishop, who travels with her husband to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown.

The villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally.

Maika Monroe (Longlegs) will star in Chloe Okuno’s (V/H/S/94) next film Brides.

The film is currently in pre-production and is set to start shooting in Spring 2025. Okuno is directing from a screenplay she penned.

FilmNation Entertainment will launch international sales on the flick at the upcoming American Film Market. UTA Independent Film Group is repping global and domestic rights.

Set in 1960s Italy, Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband travel to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown. The villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally. But he gets far more than he anticipated when Sally’s feminist chaos is added to his perfect, violent Eden of vampire brides.

The film is described as a “gothic, glamorous, and gory” tale that will “flip Bram Stoker’s narrative on its head, exploring the struggle between societal repression and carnal desire.