Good Guys always win 😱 #24
The world's most famous murderous doll is making a comeback.
Behold your surprise Chucky special, horror lover! 👋 If you’re not a fan of murderous dolls look away now, as it seems our collective grieving period for the Chucky franchise is well and truly over!
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Horror latest 🩸
🔪 Jennifer Tilly has teased that new Chucky and Tiffany projects are in the works in an interview with ET. It comes following the cancellation of the Syfy Chucky series, which spanned three seasons.
💀 The upcoming Resident Evil film will offer a brand new take on the story. Weapons director Zach Cregger is at the helm and was given “carte blanche to do whatever he wanted” with the IP.
👑 Mike Flanagan’s Carrie TV series finally has a release window. Star Katee Sackhoff let slip that the eagerly-awaited Stephen King adaptation will premiere in October 2026.
🏨 Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya is in talks to star in A24 sci-fi thriller, Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel (we’ll talk about that terrible title another day). It follows a man who wakes up and finds himself trapped in a mysterious room.
🩸 In more great news for Chucky fans, John Waters (of Seed of Chucky and Chucky Season 3 fame) has joined the cast of American Horror Story for Season 13. His exact role in the Ryan Murphy anthology series is being kept under wraps for now.
On the slab
A note from your editor ✨
I fully credit Child’s Play and its pint-sized killer Chucky for properly igniting my passion for horror and film generally, and I’m forever thankful to my dad for letting me watch it far too young (I know you’re reading).
The Chucky franchise remains my all-time favourite in the genre and I’ve devoured every single entry into it, from all eight films to each episode of the now-cancelled Syfy series (extra gutting because Season 4 WAS pitched by creator Don Mancini).
While I’m clamouring for more details about the upcoming Chucky and Tiffany projects Jennifer Tilly has teased this week, knowing the franchise lights are still on and that the wheels are turning is enough for me, for now.
As Chucky himself says, “I Always Come Back!”
Keep on screaming 😱,
Samantha
Horror bite 👄: Nick Castle, who played Michael Myers in the original Halloween film, named his rescue cat Michael Meowers.
To a friend, I recommend… 🎀🩸
Any horror buff worth their salt would recommend you Incident in a Ghostland if you requested something particularly disturbing that leaves you with your heart in your mouth 90 per cent of the time.
The 2018 film isn’t an easy watch, exploring themes of abuse and trauma, and it features a particularly brutal twist that will knock the wind right out of your sails.
It’s difficult to sum up the synopsis without giving any major spoilers away, but essentially it follows a mum and her two daughters, and the impact on their lives, after intruders raid their new home.
Trending 🔥
The first trailer for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy has landed and there is a reason it has racked up millions of views in a matter of hours.
The Evil Dead Rise director is bringing viewers a ‘twisted retelling’ of the story which centres around the daughter of a journalist who disappears into the desert. Eight years later, she is returned to them alive after being discovered in a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus.
Despite looking semi-mummified and communicating via growling, her family welcome her back with open arms and their life becomes a living nightmare as a result.
Thankfully there is not long to wait for this one. It’s expected to land in UK cinemas on April 17.
Don’t miss… 📅
⛪ Diabolic - VOD/Digital (Out now)
👀 This Is Not A Test - US cinemas (Out now)
🩸 The Dreadful - VOD/Digital (Out now)
🪓 Psycho Killer - US cinemas (Out now)
👻 She Was Here - The Heather O’Rourke Story - VOD/Digital (February 24)
😱 Scream 7 - Cinemas (February 27)
Kill some time 🔪⏰
👂 Just some relaxing guided meditation from A24, nothing to see here.
🥩 The Lonely Island star Jorma Taccone’s comedy horror with a stacked cast has dropped a fresh trailer.
💅 First look at satirical body horror Slanted dubbed Mean Girls meets The Substance.
🎤 Wrap your ears around vampire Lestat de Lioncourt’s first single from The Vampire Lestat (a.k.a Interview with the Vampire Season 3).
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Amazing article. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 What the world needs right now is more Chucky and Tiffany.