Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare gives a dark new spin on a classic fairy tale. Ahead of the film’s theatrical release next week, Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios have unveiled new images of the “Poohniverse” version of Tinkerbell and Hook.

Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare gets a limited theatrical release for three days only, from January 13, 2025, until January 15, 2025, from Iconic Events Releasing.

The horror film follows “Wendy Darling as she strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from the clutches of the evil Peter Pan, who intends to send him to Neverland. Along the way she meets a twisted Tinkerbell, who is hooked on what she thinks is fairy dust.”

Scott Chambers directs Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare.

The brand new images present a drastically different depiction of Peter Pan’s close ally, Tink, and his sworn enemy, Hook. More interestingly, EW revealed character details behind the new version of Tinkerbell. “This is not a villain at all,” Chambers told EW of Kit Green’s Tink. “This is an extremely layered character. This is someone that’s really troubled. They’re brainwashed. It’s Stockholm Syndrome. They’ve been in this situation for years and years and years. They don’t know any other way.”

The outlet describes this Tinkerbell as fueled by heroin instead of actual pixie dust. As for Hook? Well, the character looks flat-out monstrous. But it’ll be Peter Pan as the true villain, with Chambers describing the character as “the lead of the big bads” when it comes to the upcoming crossover Poohniverse event.

Megan Placito (The Salt Path, TV’s “Doctors,” “Father Brown”) stars as Wendy Darling, Martin Portlock (TV’s “Britain’s Got Talent”) as Peter Pan, Kit Green (Dragon’s Dogma 2 video game) as Tinkerbell, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney (The Pope’s Exorcist, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2) as Michael, Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank, It’s A Free World, The Holding) as Roxy and with Nicholas Woodeson (Skyfall, The Man Who Knew Too Little, John Carter) as Steven.

Kit Green as Tinkerbell; photos by David Ince, Unit Photographer

Kit Green as Tinkerbell; photos by David Ince, Unit Photographer

Charity Kase as Hook; photos by David Ince, Unit Photographer

Charity Kase as Hook; photos by David Ince, Unit Photographer

Charity Kase as Hook; photos by David Ince, Unit Photographer

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After the internet went wild speculating that the zombie featured in the excellent 28 Years Later trailer was a zombified Jim, the character played by Cillian Murphy in 2002’s 28 Days Later, Empire Magazine has confirmed that the actor won’t appear at all in the upcoming first entry in the planned trilogy.

Director Danny Boyle reteams with writer Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Annihilation) on 28 Years Later, with Murphy serving as executive producer, which has only fueled the expectation that Jim would return.

Producer Andrew Macdonald told Empire of Murphy’s hopeful return, “[On] this, we wanted him to be involved, and he wanted to be involved. He is not in the first film, but I’m hoping there will be some Jim somewhere along the line. He’s involved at the moment as an executive producer, and I would hope we can work with him in some way in the future in the trilogy.” In other words, the actor is strictly working behind the scenes, but the door is open for Jim’s return in a future installment.

The sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, directed by Nia DaCosta (Candyman), has already been shot and is set to release on January 16, 2026. 

28 Years Later will be unleashed in theaters on June 20, 2025, from Sony.

In the new movie, “It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.”

The horror movie’s cast includes Jack O’Connell (Amy Winehouse: Back To Black), Jodie Comer (Alone in the Dark, “Killing Eve”), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter), ​Alfie Williams (“His Dark Materials”) and Ralph Fiennes (The Menu).

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Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Last Night in Soho) is directing a new take on Stephen King’s The Running Man, and the adaptation has found its game show host in actor Colman Domingo (Candyman, “Fear the Walking Dead”) per Deadline.

The Running Man will now release in theaters on November 7, 2025 after shifting from its original November 21 date.

King’s novel, published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, was released in 1982, loosely adapted into the same-titled Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring film in 1987. The story follows “Ben Richards, a desperate man who participates in violent reality show called The Running Man in order to win enough money to revive his gravely ill daughter. The show follows Richards being chased by numerous hunters sent to kill him.”

Glen Powell leads the film.  Karl Glusman (Watcher), Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding) and Daniel Ezra (“A Discovery of Witches”) also star. Furthermore, Josh Brolin was cast to play the central antagonist behind the violent reality show. Lee Pace will play chief hunter Evan McCone, and Michael Cera is set to play ally Bradley Throckmorton. Rounding out the cast so far is William H. Macy as another who will assist the film’s protagonist in some way.

As for the important role of game show host Damon Killian, played memorably by Richard Dawson in the 1987 film, Deadline states that “Wright and execs were aiming high with who they wanted in the part ultimately landing on Domingo.”

Wright is also co-writing the script with Michael Bacall, and will produce with his producing partner Nira Park and Simon Kinberg. George Linder will executive produce.

Daniel Baldwin celebrated 30 years of the 1987 movie adaptation here on Bloody Disgusting back in 2017. He wrote, “30 years later, The Running Man’s social satire hits harder now than it did upon arrival. That alone makes it worthy of remembrance. Once you throw in a pulpy premise, a fun cast, adrenaline-fueled action, hilarious lines, a pulse-pounding synth score, and Arnold at the top of his game. If you haven’t seen it before, now’s the time to change that.”

Richard Dawson in 1987’s The Running Man

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Here on Bloody Disgusting we’ve published multiple articles (find them all here) covering *our* favorite horror movies of last year, but it’s always interesting to take a look at year-in-review roundups from other places as well. Letterboxd, for example, kicks off each new year by spotlighting the previous year’s top hits, and their full 2024 Year in Review is now live.

As always, films are broken up into various categories based on highest user ratings, including the 10 Highest Rated Horror Movies of 2024. That list is unsurprisingly topped by Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, which just barely became a 2024 release when it was unleashed in theaters on Christmas Day. Other films, well, you might be surprised to see them make the list.

Here are Letterboxd’s 10 Highest Rated Horror Movies of 2024:

• 1) Nosferatu
• 2) The Substance
• 3) Dead Talents Society
• 4) Bramayugam
• 5) Chime
• 6) Alien: Romulus
• 7) Exhuma
• 8) I Saw the TV Glow
• 9) Your Monster
• 10) Strange Darling

If a few of these titles don’t sound familiar to you, here’s why. Dead Talents Society is a Taiwanese horror-comedy that had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, but hasn’t actually been widely released here in the United States. Our own Joe Lipsett gave the film 4.5 stars in his review for Bloody Disgusting, which you can read here.

Bramayugam is an Indian Malayalam-language movie, which similarly hasn’t been released in the States, while Chime is a 45-minute movie from Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, Cure). The catch with that one? As the website Polygon explained earlier this year, “It’s terrifying, beautifully made, and one of the highlights of 2024 so far, no matter the genre. The only problem is that most people don’t know the movie exists, or don’t know they can watch it, because it’s only available through a somewhat complicated, NFT-inflected process.”

Both Alien: Romulus and The Substance also made the list of the 10 Highest Rated Sci-Fi Movies, with The Substance coming in the #2 spot behind Dune: Part Two and Alien: Romulus finding itself in the #5 spot. Netflix’s It’s What’s Inside came in at #9 on that same list, while Max’s M. Night Shyamalan-produced Caddo Lake was the tenth movie on the sci-fi list.

There’s also a “Most Popular Overall” list, with Coralie Fargeat’s Golden Globe-winning The Substance ranking #3, Longlegs in the #6 spot, and Alien: Romulus taking the #8 spot.

You can browse Letterboxd’s full 2024 Year in Review right here.

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Writer and Director Lowell Dean (WolfCop) is entering the ring later this month with new horror movie Dark Match, centered around a wrestling company. Shudder has released the official trailer that features wrestling superstar Chris Jericho (Terrifier 2).

Dark Match releases exclusively on Shudder on January 31, 2025.

In the film, “A small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a mysterious cult leader with devious plans for their match.”

Ayisha Issa (Transplant), Steven Ogg (“The Walking Dead”, “Westworld”), Sara Canning (“The Vampire Diaries”), Michael Eklund (Antlers) and Jonathan Cherry (WolfCop, Goon).

Lowell Dean previously told Bloody Disgusting, “When I wrote Dark Match I questioned if it was too crazy to get made, but within months I was on set in Edmonton, with a hard working cast and crew all pouring their (fake) blood and sweat in the wrestling ring to bring it to life.”

The film’s cinematography was handled by the talented Karim Hussain (Infinity Pool, Possessor).

The upcoming horror movie was produced by Dept. 9 Studios’ John K. MacDonald, Don Depoe, and Michael Feehan, as well as Michael Peterson and Rhonda Baker. Chris Jericho and Eleanor Wiebe are executive producers.

Watch the new gore-filled trailer below along with the brand new poster.

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