On this week’s episode of Collider Nightmares (July 19, 2025) Clarke Wolfe, Perri Nemiroff, Jon Schnepp, Mark Reilly will discuss the following:
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After the successful partnership of writer/directorM. Night Shyamalanand mega producerJason Blumlast fall with the dark comedy thrillerThe Visit, it only makes sense that the duo would join forces yet again to make audiences scream and hopefully conquer the box office.Last week we were treated to the first trailer forSplit, the latest chiller from Shyamalan and Blum starringX-Men’sJames McAvoyandThe Witch’sAnya-Taylor Joy.In what looks like a truly bonkers performance, McAvoy stars as a man named Kevin who seemingly has kidnapped three teenage girls. Kevin has a split personality with 23 people living in his body, one of which has the intention of ruling the others.Splitis in theaters on August 01, 2025.
In the least shocking news of the week, the financial success and critical praise of New Line’sLights Outhas warranted a sequelwhich will include original directorDavid F. Sandberg. Made on a budget of about $5M,Lights Outhas already grossed over $60M between domestic and international box office. Sandberg has hinted at what fans could expect from the follow up and that includes the ramifications from the first film’s shocking ending.
BOY!!! This week Entertainment Weekly provided an update onJ.J. Abramsand Bad Robot’s 4K restoration ofDon Coscarelli’scult-classicPhantasm. It appears that bothPhantasm: Ravager, the fifth and final film in the franchise directed byDavid Hartman, and the restoredPhantasm: Remasteredwill be making their way into theaters. EW reports thatPhantasm: Remasteredwill screen in cinemas on Sept. 24 as part of the first Art House Theater Day.Phantasm: Ravagerwill be released in theaters and via digital HD on Oct. 7.Phantasm: Remasteredand HD restorations of both 1994’sPhantasm III: Lord of the Deadand 1998’sPhantasm IV: Oblivionwill also be released on cable and digital platforms that day (and with Shout! Factory’s recent remaster of 1988’sPhantasm 2, fans will have all the Phantasm films available in HD). Later in the year, the films will be released individually on Blu-ray and DVD as well as in a collector’s edition set.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX!?
Finally! An update on the long awaited new episodes ofBlack Mirror. Last week at the TCA’s here in Los Angeles, the Netflix panel revealed that six new hour long episodes of the science fiction anthology will hit the streaming platform on October 21. Including cast members likeBryce Dallas Howard,Alice Eve,Wyatt RussellandMadeline Brewer, among others,Black Mirrorwill also boast the directing talent of previousBlack MirrordirectorOwen Harris,Woman in BlackdirectorJames Watkins, and10 Cloverfield LanedirectorDan Trachtenberg.
Do we have a break in theAmerican Horror Storyseason six case?! Premiering in just a few weeks, the theme for the new season of the FX smash hit has still yet to be announced. However,a handful of new teasers have come onlineand photos taken on the set appear to provide some major clues including one word that die hards will remember from the inaugural season: Croatoan. The word refers to the tribe of Native Americans located in North Carolina during the time of the colony of Roanoke; it was the only clue left behind after an entire town seemingly disappeared without a trace. TMZ, which snapped the photos, also reports that they have seen cast members wearing “Pilgrim-era clothing.”Ryan Murphyhad previously teased that this season would combine children and opera, so could that have been a misdirect? Is this scene part of a flashback? We’ll find out on September 14 whenLady Gaga,Sarah Paulson, and the others return to the series.
Film-to-TV adaptations are clearly all the rage nowadays, especially when it comes to horror. This week there was news on two popular genre titles coming to television: a season three trailer forRobert Rodriguez’sFrom Dusk Till Dawnand a US release date for a six-part series based onGreg McLean’sindependent favoriteWolf Creek. WhileWolf Creekalready aired in Australia back in May to positive reception, it’s coming to the states October 14 on Pop, formerly known as the TV Guide Network. McLean co-directed the series and welcomed backJohn Jarrattas Mick Taylor. As forDuskseason three, the Gecko’s return and so does Robert Rodriguez; who sits in the director’s chair once again.Dusk’sten episode third season arrives on El Rey on Tuesday, September 6.
MONSTER OF THE WEEK
Last week iconic comic book artistJack Davispassed away at the age of 91. The AV Club reports that Davis was the “last surviving artist from the EC horror comics imprint.” Davis was one of the founding cartoonists of MAD and the Atlanta native drew for UGA’s off-campus comedy paper “Bullsheet,” The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Coca-Cola, and more. The AV Club notes, “Davis took over the Crypt-Keeper stories in 1951, providing a much more wretched, disgusting looking character thanAl Feldstein’sprevious iteration of the character as well as illustrating the Crypt-keeper’s origin story inLower Berth!(No. 33). Davis himself made a cameo—alongside most of the EC staff—in theTales From The CryptstoryKamen’s Kalamity(No. 31). According to editors Gaines, Feldstein, andHarvey Kurtzman, he was was one of the fastest artists they had on the team.” EC Comics influenced countless writers, directors, and producers includingStephen King,George Lucas,John Landis,George Romero,John Carpenter,RL Stine,Joe DanteandSteven Spielbergjust to name a few.
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