NYX UK Celebrates Horror Icons in April                 

Free horror-centric streaming channel NYX UK celebrates the birthdays of two horror icons this April, among its awesome line-up.

April 1st is no joke as they honour the birth of the inimitable Lon Chaney, the ‘man of a thousand faces’, with two classic silent movies, The Unknown (1927) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923). On April 3rd, Italian director Lamberto Bava (son of the legendary Mario Bava) blows the candles out on his cake with screenings of Demons (1985)and Demons 2 (1986).

Also showing are the TV series Dark Rewind, which continues with host August Kyuss presenting channel premieres of Motel Hell (1980) and The House on Sorority Row (1983). Another series, Galvaston’s Cavern of Creeps premieres Jacques Tourneur’s brilliant Night of the Demon (1957) and The Brian That Wouldn’t Die (1962).

There are more channel premieres, including Frostbite (2006) and Hansel and Gretel Get Baked (2013). Other prime-time movies include Discopathe (2013), Wild Country (2005), Rabies (2010), Grimm Love (2007), and Dario Argento’s unmissable Tenebrae (1982).

You can find NYX UK on Freeview 271, Channelbox App, TCL TVs, and Distro TV

Austin Abrams To Star In New RESIDENT EVIL

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Euphoria actor Austin Abrams is in final talks to star in Sony Pictures’ and Zach Cregger’s reboot of horror actioner Resident Evil. Cregger, who broke out with Barbarian, directs the film from a script he co-wrote alongside Shay Hatten (John Wick: Chapter 4, Army of the Dead).

Cregger is getting ready for his follow-up to Barbarian, an ensemble horror piece titled Weapons. Austin Abrams also stars in Weapons as part of an ensemble cast that includes Josh Brolin and Julia Garner. He also recently produced the sci-fi thriller Companion, starring Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid.

The previous Resident Evil films, based on the Capcom video games, followed the adventures of a heroine who fights zombies and the Umbrella Corporation, the bio warfare company that let loose the undead. This latest film is said to have elements of a wilderness survival thriller.

Constantin Film is producing and co-financing the film. Producers include Robert Kulzer, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, and PlayStation Productions.

Austin Abrams was previously seen in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and opposite Brad Pitt and George Clooney in Wolfs. He also had a recurring role in seasons 5 and 6 of The Walking Dead.

This new Resident Evil is expected to begin filming in Europe this summer.

Jack Reynor To Star In Lee Cronin’s THE MUMMY

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Jack Reynor will star in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy for New Line Cinema and producers Atomic Monster and Blumhouse. Doppelgängers, Cronin’s own banner, who previously made Evil Dead Rise for New Line, is also producing.

Plot details are being kept wrapped up tight, but the rumour is that Reynor is playing a husband and father who runs afoul of supernatural, sinister forces. In a previous interview, Cronin told The Hollywood Reporter that his film “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.”

Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing the film. Producing are James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville. Executive producing are Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher. Alayna Glasthal is overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.

Jack Reynor is best known for Transformers: Age of Extinction, Sing Street, and Midsommar. Cronin, meanwhile, is known for directing horror films such as The Hole in the Ground and Evil Dead Rise.

This The Mummy film will be the eleventh feature film in the franchise, including the Universal Classic Monsters continuity, the Stephen Sommers series, and the Dark Universe.

Production on The Mummy begins next week in Ireland. The film is set to be released on April 17th, 2026.

Exclusive: Check Out This Clip from BOOGER

Multi-talented director Mary Dauterman weaves humour and heartbreak in Booger, an unflinching exploration of grief, identity, and resilience with a darkly comic edge that lingers long after the credits roll. You can see an exclusive clip from the film below ahead of its release on Blu-ray from Arrow Video on April 7th…

Synopsis:

Anna, a young New Yorker, is consumed with overwhelming grief after the sudden death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy. Struggling to cope, Anna becomes fixated on finding Booger, the stray cat she and Izzy took in together. When she finally tracks the cat down, an unexpected bite to the hand triggers a bizarre and unsettling transformation, causing Anna to gradually take on more feline characteristics.

With a unique blend of horror, humour and heart, Booger transforms the mundane into the macabre, delivering a deeply human exploration of love, loss, and the strange ways we cope with pain.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• A Different Breed of Female Feline, a new video essay by film critic Kat Hughes
• Curiosity Kills: A History of the Cat and Death, a new video essay by writer Alexandra West
• Trailer
• Image galleries
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing by Becky Darke and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned and previously unreleased artwork by Rose Whittaker and Aleksandra Waliszewska

BOOGER hits Blu-ray on April 7th.

SEVERANCE Renewed For Third Season

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Apple TV+ has renewed Severance for a third season, just hours after the second-season finale debuted on the streamer. The series stands firm as Apple TV+’s most-watched drama to date.

“The idea of getting to make more Severance with the greatest cast and crew on Earth is more thrilling to me than all the world’s finger traps combined,” series creator, writer and executive producer Dan Erickson said in a statement. “I can’t wait to continue spreading woe, frolic, dread and malice with these truly incredible people.”

Added executive producer and director Ben Stiller, joking about the show’s core concept of people with divided work and non-work personas, “Making Severance has been one of the most creatively exciting experiences I’ve ever been a part of. While I have no memory of this, I’m told making season three will be equally enjoyable, though any recollection of these future events will be forever and irrevocably wiped from my memory as well.” 

“I couldn’t be more excited to get back to work with Ben, Dan, the incredible cast and crew, Apple and the whole Severance team,” said star and executive producer Adam Scott. “Oh hey also — not a huge deal — but if you see my innie, please don’t mention any of this to him. Thanks.”

Scott stars opposite Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dichen Lachman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Patricia Arquette, Sarah Bock and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson.

TOGETHER Trailer Showcases Next NEON Horror

After releasing the horror hits Longlegs and The Monkey, distributor NEON returns to the genre this summer with Together, a body horror romantic comedy starring real-life spouses Alison Brie and Dave Franco.

The upcoming movie from writer-director Michael Shanks, making his feature debut, is said to “put a meta spin on the body horror film” in what NEON are calling “the horror movie of the year”.

Per the synopsis: Years into their co-dependent relationship, Tim (Franco) and Millie (Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the remote countryside, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish supernatural encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh. Damon Herriman also stars.

The film premiered in the Midnight Section at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to very positive reviews, which sparked a bidding war among companies including A24, NEON, Apple TV+, Focus Features, Mubi, Searchlight Pictures, and Amazon MGM Studios.

Producers of Together are Mike Cowap, Andrew Mittman, Erik Feig, Julia Hammer, Tim Headington, Max Silva, Brie and Franco.

Together releases in cinemas from August 1st, 2025. Watch the teaser trailer below:

Darren Aronofsky In Talks To Direct CUJO

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Darren Aronofsky could be letting the dog out. The filmmaker, who helmed critically acclaimed features Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, and The Whale, is in talks to direct Netflix’s adaptation of the popular Stephen King novel, Cujo.

The 1981 novel of the same name tells the story of a beloved St. Bernard named Cujo who, after being bitten by a bat, becomes a rabid killer. In King’s novel, “Donna Trenton’s husband is in New York trying to contain a disastrous ad campaign. Feeling abandoned by her workaholic husband, who is frequently out of town, Donna Trenton embarks on an affair with a local handyman. Left to fend for herself, she takes her ailing Pinto to Joe Cambers’ garage for repairs, only to be trapped with her son Tad in the sweltering car by the monstrous dog.” The story was adapted as a film in 1983 and was directed by Lewis Teague.

The feature project was only revealed last week. Roy Lee, who was the driving force behind the two It movies, Salem’s Lot, and the upcoming dystopian thriller The Long Walk, is producing the pic. There is no writer yet attached, but Aronofsky will reportedly be meeting with candidates soon. Should the deal close, this will be Aronofsky’s first film for a streaming platform.

Darren Aronofsky is in post-production on Caught Stealing, a crime drama starring Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz that Sony will release on August 29th. He last directed the 2022 The Whale, for which Brendan Fraser won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Earth Gets An Unlikely Intergalactic Representative In ELIO Trailer

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The first full trailer for the new Disney-Pixar film Elio has just been released, in which Earth gets an unlikely intergalactic representative. Elio centres on the titular 11-year-old boy, voiced by Yonas Kibreab, who is mistaken for the ruler of Earth when he is beamed up to join an interplanetary group that includes representatives from various galaxies.

The voice cast also includes Jameela Jamil, Brad Garrett, recent Oscar winner Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly and Shirley Henderson. Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian helm Elio after the exit of initial writer-director Adrian Molina.

Per the full synopsis, “For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers—in Disney and Pixar’s all-new feature film Elio, the universe calls back! The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be.”

The new Pixar film will be released in cinemas on June 13th. Watch the trailer below:

Jason Ritter Joins LANTERNS Cast

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Matlock star Jason Ritter has been added to the cast of HBO’s Lanterns, for a recurring role as Billy Macon.

Billy is described as “a good-looking charmer who does his father’s bidding. Capitalising on his family’s reputation, he clings to his small-town ego and has everything to lose.” His aforementioned father is William Macon, and is being played by Garret Dillahunt. Macon Sr. is a self-righteous, conspiracy-minded and ruthlessly ambitious man who hides his darker side behind a charming façade.

The synopsis states the series follows “Hal Jordan, a legend amongst the space police force known as the Green Lanterns, as he reluctantly mentors Stewart, a younger Green Lantern. The two intergalactic cops get drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.” The series hails from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and comic book writer Tom King. The show is being executive produced and written by the trio, with Mundy showrunning the eight-episode season.

Jason Ritter also joins Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as the stars of DC’s Lanterns, who play Hal Jordan and John Stewart. The cast also includes Kelly Macdonald, Poorna Jagannathan and Ulrich Thomsen.

As well as presently starring opposite Kathy Bates in Matlock, Ritter is known for his roles in Raising Dion and A Million Little Things.

RUGRATS Icon Launches Robot-based Web Series

Cheryl Chase, the actor known for voicing Angelica Pickles in Rugrats as well as numerous other shows, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a live-action comedy web series, Schmidti’s Circuit.

From Cheryl’s Kickstarter blurb: Schmidti’s Circuit is a live-action web series bursting with wildly fun and zany characters, created by and starring Cheryl Chase. Our mission is to deliver a fresh, entertaining experience that blends humour, heart, and unforgettable moments. Through eccentric characters and engaging storytelling, we aim to bring joy and laughter to audiences while fostering a community united by a love for comedy and creativity. By tuning in, viewers become part of this vibrant circuit, sharing in the excitement and fun that define the series.

The show promises to be “A wild, laugh-out-loud journey filled with unpredictable twists; Schmidti’s Circuit introduces audiences to a cast of eccentric characters, including the unforgettable Schmidti and Carol Culpepper – both brilliantly portrayed by Cheryl Chase. With its fast-paced humour, absurd situations, and vibrant storytelling style, this web series is an explosion of creativity that fans of comedy, classic slapstick, and bold character-driven storytelling will love.”

The campaign is halfway to its initial target on Kickstarter, and you can get involved now and grab some great rewards by heading over to the Schmidti’s Circuit page.