When Evil Lurks

When Evil Lurks (Spanish: Cuando acecha la maldad) is a 2023 supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by Demián Rugna (You Don't Know Who You're Talking Too, Terrified). An international co-production of Argentina and the United States, the film stars Ezequiel Rodriguez, Demián Salomon, Luis Ziembrowski, Silvia Sabater, and Marcelo Michinaux.

The film was theatrically released by IFC Films on October 6, followed by a release on the Shudder streaming service, as well as AMC+, on October 27. Watch the official trailer below.

The Exorcist: Believer

The Exorcist: Believer is a 2023 supernatural horror thriller directed by David Gordon Green, from a screenplay by Green and Peter Sattler (Camp X-Ray), from a story by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills), Danny McBride (Halloween trilogy) and David Gordon Green, based on characters created by William Peter Blatty. The film is produced by Jason Blum for Blumhouse, and by David Robinson and James G. Robinson for Morgan Creek Entertainment. For the first time since the 1973 film, Oscar® winner Ellen Burstyn returns to her iconic role as Chris MacNeil, a woman who was forever changed by what happened to her daughter Regan five decades before.

When The Exorcist, based on the best-selling book by William Peter Blatty, was released 50 years ago this Fall, the horror genre would never be the same. The film demolished office records while earning 10 Academy Award® nominations, and most importantly becoming the first horror film ever nominated for Best Picture.

Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Tony winner and Oscar® nominee Leslie Odom, Jr.; One Night in Miami, Hamilton) has raised their daughter, Angela (Lidya Jewett, Good Girls) on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (newcomer Olivia Marcum), disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil.

The film also stars Emmy winner Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale, Hereditary) as Victor and Angela’s neighbor, and Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles (Harriet, The Righteous Gemstones) and two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz (Fosse/Verdon, Bloodline) as the parents of Katherine, Angela’s friend.

When The Exorcist, based on the best-selling book by William Peter Blatty, was released, it changed the culture forever, obliterating box office records and earning 10 Academy Award® nominations, becoming the first horror film ever nominated for Best Picture.

The Exorcist: Believer is set to debut in theaters October 6th, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

Loki: Season 2

The second season of the American television series Loki, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name, sees Loki working with Mobius M. Mobius, Hunter B-15, and other members of the Time Variance Authority (TVA) to navigate the multiverse in order to find Sylvie, Ravonna Renslayer, and Miss Minutes. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. The season is produced by Marvel Studios, with Eric Martin serving as head writer and Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead leading the directing team.

Tom Hiddleston reprises his role as Loki from the film series, starring alongside Sophia Di Martino (Sylvie), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Renslayer), Wunmi Mosaku (Hunter B-15), Eugene Cordero, Tara Strong (Miss Minutes), Neil Ellice, Jonathan Majors, and Owen Wilson (Mobius) reprising their roles from the first season, alongside Rafael Casal, Kate Dickie, Liz Carr, and Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once). Development on a second season had begun by November 2020 and was confirmed in July 2021, with Martin, Benson, and Moorhead all hired by late February 2022. Filming began in June 2022 at Pinewood Studios and concluded in October. Dan DeLeeuw and Kasra Farahani were revealed as additional directors for the season in June 2023.

The second season is scheduled to debut on Disney+ on October 6, 2023, and will consist of six episodes. It will be part of Phase Five of the MCU. Watch the official trailer below.

The Royal Hotel

The Royal Hotel is a 2023 drama thriller directed by Kitty Green (The Assistant, Servant), from a screenplay she co-wrote with Oscar Redding. The film is based on the 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie.

Americans Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called 'The Roval Hotel' in a remote Outback mining town. Bar owner Billy and a host of locals give the girls a riotous introduction to Down Under drinking culture but soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

Starring Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Toby Wallace, Hugo Weaving, Ursula Yovich, Daniel Henshall, James Frecheville, Herbert Nordrum

The Royal Hotel is set to debut in select theaters October 6th, courtesy of Neon. Watch the official trailer below.

Foe

Foe is a 2023 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Garth Davis (Lion), from a screenplay he co-wrote with Iain Reid, based on Reid's 2018 novel of the same name. The film is scheduled to premiere at the 2023 New York Film Festival.

The lives of a married couple are turned upside down when a stranger arrives at their farm and informs the husband he will be sent to a large space station, and his wife will be left in the company of someone else.

The cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre, and LaKeith Stanfield.

Foe is set to debut in theaters October 6th, courtesy of Amazon Studios. Watch the official trailer below.

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is a 2023 supernatural horror film directed by Lindsey Anderson Beer, who co-wrote it with Jeff Buhler. It serves as a prequel to Pet Sematary (2019), which in turn was based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Stephen King. After the commercial success of Pet Sematary in 2019, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura had plans for a prequel explaining the mythology and universe of the film. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is scheduled to premiere at the Fantastic Fest in September 2023.

In 1969, a young Jud Crandall is set to leave his hometown of Ludlow, Maine in search of his life’s purpose. Before he makes it out, however, Jud and his childhood friends encounter an ancient evil that has gripped Ludlow since its founding.

The cast includes Jackson White, Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern, Henry Thomas, Natalie Alyn Lind, Isabella Star LaBlanc, Samantha Mathis, Pam Grier. and David Duchovny.

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is set to be released by Paramount+ on October 6th, 2023. Watch the official trailer below.

Totally Killer

Totally Killer is a 2023 slasher comedy horror film directed by Nahnatchka Khan from a screenplay by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver and Jen D'Angelo, and a story by Matalon and Perl-Raver. It is produced by Jason Blum, under his Blumhouse Television banner, and Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath under their Divide/Conquer banner.

After Jamie's mother is murdered by the Sweet Sixteen Killer on Halloween, she travels back in time to 1987 where she must stop the young would-be-killer and get back to her timeline before she's trapped in the past forever.

The cast includes Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Julie Bowen, and Randall Park.

Totally Killer is set to debut October 6th only on Prime Video. Watch the official trailer below.

She Came to Me

She Came to Me is a 2023 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Rebecca Miller, and starring Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, Joanna Kulig, Brian d'Arcy James, Anne Hathaway, Harlow Jane, and Evan Ellison.

Composer Steven Lauddem (Dinklage) is creatively blocked and unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. At the behest of his wife Patricia (Hathaway), formerly his therapist, he sets out in search of inspiration. What he discovers is much more than he bargained for, or imagined.

It had its world premiere at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2023, and is scheduled to be released on October 6th, 2023, by Vertical Entertainment. Watch the official trailer below.

Terrifier 2

Terrifier 2 is a 2022 horror slasher film written, directed, and produced by Damien Leone. It is a sequel to the instant cult classic for horror fans, Terrifier (2016). It will have its world premiere at the FrightFest on August 29th, 2022.

After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to the timid town of Miles County where he targets a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.

The cast includes David Howard Thornton and Samantha Scaffidi, who portrayed Art the Clown and Victoria Heyes in the first film, and also stars Lauren LaVera, Elliot Fullam, Sarah Voigt, Kailey Hyman, and Casey Harnett.

Terrifier 2 is scheduled to be released in select theaters on October 6th. Watch the official trailer below.

There's Someone Inside Your House

There's Someone Inside Your House is a 2021 horror slasher written by Henry Gayden and directed by Patrick Brice, from the producers of Stranger Things and The Conjuring Universe. It is an adaptation of the 2017 novel of the same name, written by Stephanie Perkins. The plot follows Makani Young, a senior transfer student from Hawaii who later finds herself in the center of gruesome murder cases in her newly acquainted town of Osborne, Nebraska. 

The cast includes Sydney Park, Théodore Pellerin, Asjha Cooper, Jesse LaTourette, and Diego Josef.

There's Someone Inside Your House is set to premiere at Fantastic Fest in September 2021. The film is scheduled to be released on Netflix on October 6th. Watch the official trailer below.

Batwoman

Director Marcos Siega

Genre Action | Adventure | Crime

Cast Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Dougray Scott

Rating Unrated

Release Date Sunday, October 6th, 2019 8:00 PM EST (The CW)

“Batman has abandoned Gotham City, and Kate Kane, Bruce Wayne’s cousin, must overcome her demons in order to protect the streets as Batwoman and become a symbol of hope.”

“Three years after Batman mysteriously disappeared, Gotham is a city in despair, and it’s under the watch of Jacob Kane and his military-grade Crows Private Security, which now protects the city with omnipresent firepower and militia. When the Alice in Wonderland gang targets the firm, Kane’s daughter Kate returns home, deciding that if she wants to help her family and her city, she’ll have to become the one thing her father loathes — a dark knight vigilante. With the help of her stepsister Mary and the crafty Luke Fox, the son of Wayne Enterprises’ tech guru Lucius Fox, Kate Kane continues the legacy of her missing cousin, Bruce Wayne. Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate soars through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman.”

— The CW

Check out the official trailers for the upcoming Batwoman series below!!