Kevin Lewis made a cult splash with Willy’s Wonderland, the gonzo horror-comedy that let Nicolas Cage loose on demonic animatronics. His new film, Pig Hill, takes him in an entirely different direction. Premiering at FrightFest 2025, the adaptation of Nancy Williams’s novel trades outrageous comedy for something far darker and more sinister, rooting itself in the eerie urban legend of Meadville, Pennsylvania.

The Hell House LLC franchise has always been a chilling exercise in atmosphere, lore, and lingering dread. With Hell House LLC: Lineage, the fifth and allegedly final installment, writer-director Stephen Cognetti takes the saga to theaters for the first time. The film arrives August 20, 2025, bringing back familiar faces, introducing new blood, and expanding the Abaddon legacy in startling ways.

Shannon Beeby delivers a commanding and deeply nuanced performance in Lilly Lives Alone, the haunting psychological thriller from writer-director Martin Melnick. In the film, Beeby embodies Lilly, a woman consumed by grief a decade after the tragic loss of her young daughter. Her life is a fragile routine of work, solitude, and self-destructive coping mechanisms, but as the anniversary of her daughter’s death approaches, strange occurrences and a fraying sense of reality pull her further into a spiral of paranoia, trauma, and possible supernatural danger.

Carlson Young has been a captivating presence on screen since her early acting days, with standout roles like the stylish and sharp-tongued Brooke Maddox in Scream: The TV Series. Over the years, she has transitioned seamlessly from in-demand actress to an accomplished filmmaker, showcasing her unique voice behind the camera. Her directorial debut, The Blazing World, was an ambitious psychological horror fantasy that premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, a project I personally found unforgettable in both its surreal imagery and emotional intensity.

For those of us who’ve followed Jett Klyne’s career from his breakout roles in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Marvel’s WandaVision, his latest turn in Shaman feels like both an evolution and a revelation. While he’s no stranger to emotionally charged performances, Shaman plunges Klyne into far darker territory as Elliot, a teenager overtaken by an ancient spirit after a disturbing encounter in a forbidden cave. The film demands a lot from Klyne, both physically and emotionally, and he rises to the occasion with a performance that is at once unsettling and deeply human.

Chuck Russell, the genre maestro behind A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and The Blob, makes a stylish return to horror with Witchboard—a reinvention of the 1986 cult favorite that premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival in 2024 and is set for a U.S. theatrical release in August 2025. This reimagining trades the original’s Ouija board for a sinister pendulum board—an occult object rooted in 17th-century lore and brimming with supernatural potential. Set in the mystical backdrop of New Orleans, the film follows a young couple whose lives unravel after discovering the board during a renovation project.

Dan Allen has never shied away from blending heart and horror. An award-winning director, writer, and editor from the UK, Allen brings a unique emotional depth to genre filmmaking—one forged by a lifelong fascination with storytelling and an early brush with adversity. From making experimental shorts on a LEGO webcam at age nine to winning “Best Young Filmmaker” during cancer treatment in his teens, his creative path has always been fueled by resilience and imagination.

In Bury Me When I'm Dead, writer-director Seabold Krebs delivers a genre-blending, emotionally complex tale that blurs the line between the psychological and the supernatural. Anchored by powerful performances from Makenzie Leigh and Charlotte Hope, the film follows a man haunted—perhaps literally—by the guilt of breaking a promise to his dying wife. It was a pleasure speaking with Leigh, Hope, and Krebs about the project, especially knowing how difficult the material was to navigate.