Vertical will release Keith Jardine’s hybrid psychological, sci-fi horror film Kill Me Again starring Brendan Fehr (Roswell, Final Destination), Raoul Max Trujillo (Dark Winds, Mayans M.C.), and Majandra Delfino (Roswell, Friends with Better Lives). It is slated for release in select theaters and on-demand on August 8, 2025.
The found footage horror film What Happened to Dorothy Bell? written and directed by Danny Villanueva Jr., has been acquired by Dark Star Pictures, and is set to be released in October 2025.
Blue Fox Entertainment debuted the official trailer for XENO, the PG-13 sci-fi adventure film starring Lulu Wilson (The Wrath of Becky, Annabelle: Creation), Omari Hardwick (Power, Star Trek: Section 31, Army of the Dead), Wrenn Schmidt (For All Mankind, The Looming Tower), Paul Schneider (Lars and the Real Girl, Parks and Recreation).
Get ready for a scary cinematic experience as Pete Davidson stars in the horror film The Home from director James DeMonaco, known for The Purge franchise. Davidson steps into the role of Max, a troubled graffiti artist who, after a run-in with the law, is assigned community service at a retirement home. As Max looks around, he uncovers dark secrets lurking within the facility, particularly on its forbidden fourth floor. Also starring in the movie are John Glover and Bruce Altman.
The found footage horror film House on Eden, the feature debut from content creators Kris Collins and Celina Myers, best known as KallMeKris and CelinaSpookyBoo on social media, has been acquired by RLJE Films and Shudder.
Film at Lincoln Center has announced a special screening series “The Other America: A Cosmology of Jordan Peele’s Us,” running from June 20–26, 2025.
Whistle, the new horror feature film from director Corin Hardy (The Nun, “Gangs Of London”) has been acquired by the Independent Film Company and Shudder. The film is written by Owen Egerton, and adapted from his own short story, and stars Dafne Keen (Logan), Sophie Nélisse (“Yellowjackets”), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (My Old Ass) and Nick Frost (How to Train Your Dragon). Whistle is slated for a wide theatrical release.
Australian director Sean Byrne, renowned for cult horror hits The Loved Ones and The Devil’s Candy, returns with his third feature, Dangerous Animals – a chilling fusion of survival horror and shark thriller. The film stars Hassie Harrison (Yellowstone) as Zephyr, a surfer abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer, Tucker, portrayed by Jai Courtney (The Suicide Squad). Josh Heuston (Heartbreak High) plays Moses, Zephyr’s love interest who becomes entangled in the deadly game, while Ella Newton rounds out the cast in a supporting role.
Set in 1940s Australia, The New Boy stars Cate Blanchett as as a nun overseeing a remote Christian orphanage and introduces Aswan Reid as the titular New Boy, a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan with mysterious powers. The ensemble cast also includes Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair, alongside a group of young First Nations actors making their film debuts.