Black Gate

If you’ve been watching the horror landscape this year, one thing’s obvious: in spite of the fact that Universal all but created the genre, Warner Bros. has horror by the throat. The Conjuring: Last Rites just claimed the highest global opening ever for a horror film, knocking down big names like IT and IT: Chapter Two. Meanwhile, three of 2025’s other biggest horror box office winners, Sinners, Final Destination: Bloodlines, and Weapons, are also WB projects.

Now the studio seems to be going for more than Universal’s jugular. They’re pushing for Oscar recognition.

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After nearly two decades of whispering sweet nothings to Mary Shelley’s corpse, Guillermo del Toro has finally exhumed his long-gestating dream project, Frankenstein, and stitched it together with a cast that reads like my fantasy dinner party: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, and Charles Dance. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on August 30, and will lurch into select theaters on October 17 before unleashing itself globally on Netflix on November 7.

So, what’s the verdict? Critics are calling it “visually stunning,” “emotionally charged,” and “a feast for the eyes.” Jacob Elordi, who plays The Creature, is getting serious praise for bringing a quiet, soulful intensity to the role, while Oscar Isaac’s Victor Frankenstein is described as “enormously fun to watch” as he descends into madness with prosthetics, a fake leg, and an ego that could rival Voldemort’s.

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Look, I know I’ve been badly burned before when it comes to remaking classic horror, and the cinematic road to bringing Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the screen has often been paved with both hell and good intentions. More often than not, the monster’s not the only thing that’s been poorly stitched together.

But this time it feels different.

Which I know has likely cursed this entire endeavor, but here we go.

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I don’t have kids — and while that decision might be rooted in all sorts of deep psychological selfishness, I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that horror movies had at least a tiny role in it. You know what I’m talking about: the blank stares, the sing-song voices in the dark, the slow-motion head tilts, and the uncanny way they just know things no normal human should. From the twin terrors of The Shining, to the pale, whispery menace of The Ring’s Samara, to the pint-sized creeper in The Omen: kids in horror are often less adorable munchkins and more pint-sized portals to pure nightmare fuel. So, when I first heard the premise of Zach Cregger’s upcoming film Weapons, I got a full-body chill and immediately put the release date on my calendar. Because this time, it’s not just one creepy kid.

It’s seventeen of them.

All standing up in the middle of the night.

All walking into the darkness.

All vanishing.

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File this one in the “Why the F?” folder.

Bambi: The Reckoning is a British indie horror flick directed by Dan Allen and written by Rhys Warrington. It marks the fourth disturbing entry in The Twisted Childhood Universe (TCU), which brought us Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and is now turning Felix Salten’s beloved deer into a forest-dwelling force of vengeance.

The Brits must really hate us.

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