Drawing inspiration from ’70s horror classics The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes, Brute 1976 will premiere at Laemmle Glendale in Los Angeles on August 26.

The indie horror film will then open in select theaters on August 29 before arriving on VOD on September 30 via Cinephobia Releasing.

Set in August 1976, Raquel and her girlfriend have car trouble and break down on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. At the same time, a group of people are in the desert for a photo shoot. Soon, they stumble upon an abandoned town where a family of masked psychopaths reside.

Marcel Walz (Blood Feast, Blind) directs from a script by frequent collaborator Joe Knetter (Blind, Twilight of the Dead). Neon Noir produces.

Adriane McLean, Sarah French (Blind), Gigi Gustin (The Retaliators), Adam Bucci (“Halt and Catch Fire”), Mark Justice, Robert Felsted Jr., Ben Kaplan, Dazelle Yvette, Bishop Ali Stevens, Jed Rowen (Blind), Alex Dundas, and Andreas Robens star.

“Brute 1976 is bloody and sexy, with a deranged family so demented they make John Waters’s Pink Flamingos look like a paradigm of family values,” said Cinephobia President Raymond Murray. “Brute 1976 restored my faith in horror that shocks.”

A sequel titled Brute 1986 is currently in post-production.

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The Long Walk claims its first victim in the red band clip below, previewing the film’s harrowing dystopia.

Based on Stephen King’s 1979 novel of the same name, the movie walks into theaters on September 12 from Lionsgate.

The story follows Raymond Garraty, a 16-year old who takes part in an annual contest in which 100 teens must journey, nonstop and under strict rules, until only one is left alive.

Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) directs from a script by JT Mollner (Strange Darling).

Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing (“Manifest”), Tut Nyout (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”), Charlie Plummer (The Clovehitch Killer), Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends), Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit), Jordan Gonzalez (“Pretty Little Liars: Origin Sin”), Joshua Odjick (Welcome to Derry), Josh Hamilton (“The Walking Dead”), Judy Greer (Halloween), and Mark Hamill (The Life of Chuck) star.

Lawrence produces with Roy Lee (IT, Doctor Sleep), Steven Schneider (Insidious, Paranormal Activity), and Cameron MacConomy (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes).

The Long Walk is rated “R” for “strong bloody violence, grisly images, suicide, pervasive language, and sexual references.”

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From the box office success of original horror films like Weapons to the long-awaited return of Jason Voorhees in Sweet Revenge, I think it’s safe to say that horror is undergoing yet another mainstream boom. However, the single biggest sign that the genre has once again dominated popular culture has to be the fact that the Wayans brothers are finally reviving the Scary Movie franchise for a new generation of filmgoers.

However, in the twelve years since the last entry in the popular series of spoofs, the horror genre has expanded in new and exciting ways. This means that there are plenty of films to choose from if Scary Movie 6 intends to keep up. That’s why we’ve decided to come up with a list suggesting six scary movies that Scary Movie 6 should parody!

For the purposes of this list, we’ll be selecting films based on their cultural impact rather than overall quality. That being said, I’d also like to give a shout out to Bloody Disgusting’s own Terrifier and V/H/S movies, as I think we can all agree that both franchises have had a massive influence on the genre as a whole.

As usual, don’t forget to comment below with your own suggestions if you think we missed a film that’s ripe for parody.

With that out of the way, onto the list…

6. The Babadook (2014)

It’s hard to single out a more influential film in the modern cinematic landscape than Jennifer Kent’s psychological horror flick The Babadook. While I heavily oppose the labeling of this film (and the others it inspired) as “elevated horror,” there’s no denying that this Australian thriller opened the door for countless genre flicks that double as artsy character studies.

In Scary Movie terms, this means that there’s a lot of potential here for jokes poking fun at high-brow interpretations of monsters meant to represent grief. And the best part is that a little bit of cinematic mockery might just nudge Hollywood away from what has become an annoyingly overused trope!

5. Tusk (2014)

During the past few years, Body-horror has gone from being one of the least popular niches in the genre to becoming an institution worthy of mainstream respect. However, back in the days before most critics took tales of fleshy transformations seriously, Kevin Smith decided to satirize the inherent absurdity of the genre in an infamous film known as Tusk. And while Tusk was already a comedic deconstruction of movies like The Human Centipede, I think the idea of a helpless victim being slowly and painfully changed into a silly animal could be even funnier if played completely straight in a spoof flick.

After all, with gruesome films like The Substance getting nominated for Academy Awards, it might be fun to remind audiences of the goofier side of this versatile sub-genre. Of course, it would be even funnier if the Wayans committed to the bit by providing Scary Movie 6 with state-of-the-art practical effects.

4. Longlegs (2024)

Longlegs may have set the horror world on fire last year, but its story isn’t exactly original enough to warrant a direct parody. The real reason it makes it onto this list has more to do with how Osgood Perkins chose to depict evil in the movie, as the director’s penchant for subtle background frights could very well be subverted by a clever spoof film.

Personally, I think it would be hilarious to watch a Scary Movie sequel where clever visual gags are hidden throughout the experience like a cinematic game of Where’s Waldo. The series is already known for certain recurring gags, so I love the idea of a running joke where Ghostface or some other villain is barely hidden in the background of every scene.

3. The Conjuring Universe (2013-Present)

Putting an entire franchise on the list may seem like overkill, but the fact is that the heavily fictionalized exploits of the Warren family have raked in billions at the box office since the release of Scary Movie 5 – a film that had the bad luck of coming out a mere two months before the first Conjuring movie. Thankfully, Scary Movie 6 has the chance to rectify this mistake by poking fun at over twelve years of supernatural jump-scares.

And with the final entry in the so-called “phase one” of the Warren saga releasing later this year, it would be fitting to finally see the parodies of horror icons like Valak and Annabelle in something a little more mainstream than A Haunted House 2.

2. Halloween (2018) / Scream (2022)

The Scream franchise has always been deeply indebted to the trends established by John Carpenter’s original Halloween, and this connection would only get stronger over time. That’s why it makes sense that both franchise reboots follow the exact same legacy sequel formula predicted by Wes Craven all the way back in 2011.

But what does this mean for Scary Movie 6? Well, it would only be appropriate for the upcoming spoof to make fun of this increasingly absurd fad where every popular horror franchise is being treated like an epic saga with recurring characters that must pass the torch to younger versions of themselves that just so happen to be going through the exact same situation.

1. Skinamarink (2022)

From Remedy’s Control to Kane Parson’s interpretation of The Backrooms, liminal horror has taken popular culture by storm, and I think a franchise hell-bent on satirizing genre trends would do well to pay attention to what this new generation of artists is putting out. That’s why it would make sense for Scary Movie 6 to poke fun at liminal horror on the big screen by parodying Kyle Edward Ball’s polarizing Skinamarink.

While this deeply odd mood piece wasn’t exactly a blockbuster hit, most horror fans are aware that the film exists either through memes (like this hilarious example) or the online discourse that’s still going on to this very day. This makes the film perfect source material for jokes about how younger generations appear to be terrified of empty rooms and hallways.

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Documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory: The Origins of Alien) takes a unique approach with his upcoming documentary Chain Reactions, exploring the lasting impact of a horror classic.

Chain Reactions opens in NYC & LA on September 19 before expanding nationwide on September 26.

In the documentary, “Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, Chain Reactions charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller- Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama – through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma. By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats (16mm, 35mm, VHS, digital), Chain Reactions goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.”

The goal? In Philippe’s words, to “forever change the way you watch or think about the film.”

Alex DiVincenzo wrote in his festival review, “Without an overarching narrative, Chain Reactions can feel more like a collection of featurettes (albeit quite handsomely produced ones) than a proper documentary, but its intimate structure is a refreshing change of pace from the standard talking-head format.”

Philippe has developed his own brand of “cinema essay,” exploring the art of filmmaking and its practitioners through unique genre-focused documentaries including Psycho doc 78/52, Memory: The Origins of Alien, Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist, and Lynch/Oz.  His latest, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, will premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 1st, 2025.

Watch the new trailer below, which spotlights Stephen King, and look for Chain Reactions next month.

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Up next from Sting and Wyrmwood writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner is a shark attack survival movie set during WWII titled Beast of War, and the official trailer is unleashing intense shark survival thrills this afternoon.

The period WWII film is loosely based on real-life events, pitting soldiers against a great white shark, and will be released in theaters and on VOD from Well Go USA on October 10.

Beast of War “follows a warship carrying hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WWII. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil, and blood. While a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives, their biggest battle is yet to come. In the dark below, the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark — hunts in the wreckage and is drawn to the smell of fresh blood in the water.”

The horror movie stars Mark Coles Smith (We Bury the Dead), Joel Nankervis, Sam Delich, Lee Tiger Halley, Sam Parsonson, Maximillian Johnson, Tristan McKinnon, and Aswan Reid.

Beast of War is rated “R” for “bloody violent content, gore and language” and the trailer below whets your appetite for intense shark carnage. Even better is that the shark is practical.

Formation Effects handled the movie’s shark effects, utilizing a mix of classic old school animatronics and puppeteering, with that practical work aided by cutting edge visual effects.

The team previewed in an official press release sent out this month, “The shark, an epic scale that hasn’t been done in Australia before, was a multidisciplinary approach across prosthetics, animatronics, puppeteering and CG animation, all led by the Formation team.”

The survival horror movie is produced by Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield (Streamline, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse) and Pictures in Paradise’s Chris Brown (Sting, Daybreakers).

Expect to hear more about Beast of War when Fantastic Fest kicks off in Austin next month. Stay tuned.

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Sending an elite military squad into hostile territory overrun by prehistoric predators is the precise type of high concept that’s all but guaranteed to get butts in seats. Blending a violent Vietnam war movie with dinosaur carnage dangles thrilling potential for genre fun, but Primitive War, writer/director/VFX supervisor Luke Sparke’s adaptation of author Ethan Pettus’ sci-fi military novel, squanders it with a bloated runtime overstuffed with tropes yet stretched thin on plot.

Set during the Vietnam War in 1968, Primitive War introduces its core team, a recon unit known as Vulture Squad, a search and rescue group demonstrating their skills through gunfire in a jungle combat opening sequence. Upon returning from that mission, they’re assigned new orders that will send them into an isolated jungle valley to rescue a missing Green Beret platoon, only to discover that a Soviet experiment has unleashed hordes of ravenous dinosaurs that will thwart their path at every turn.

There’s not much to Primitive War beyond that. A group of soldiers facing dangerous threats at every turn, fighting their way to complete their mission, and often dying in grisly fashion. The good news is that the deaths do frequently come with buckets of blood and entrails spilled, and the dino onslaught is constant. But that’s also about where the good news ends.

Primitive War presents an ensemble cast of dino fodder, but it’s nearly impossible to tell who’s who or why we should care. Sergeant First Class Ryan Baker (Ryan Kwanten) stands out as the squad’s leader, but only barely due to his affinity for getting into other characters’ faces and screaming orders or venting frustrations. Beyond that, the Vulture Squad is indistinguishable in both appearance and personality, each cookie-cutter depictions of war movie cliches. The film’s R-rating feels more earned by its constant f-bombs than gore; it mistakes shouting and cursing for characterization without ever bothering to venture further to set each member apart. Sophia (Tricia Helfer) comes the closest to resembling a fully realized character, as the guilt-ridden morphine addict who aids the squad, but still can’t overcome paper-thin writing or a cartoonish Russian accent.

That’d be fine, considering most are designated for brutal demises, but it’s clear by the emotional music swells and slowed-down hero moments that we’re meant to know who they are and care before they perish. Also unhelpful is the way that most deaths and the action are framed. Photosensitive viewers beware; Sparke is fond of employing strobing lights to obscure both the action and the dinosaur VFX, which in turn also further obscures the characters we’re meant to grow attached to. There’s no real sense of blocking in combat scenes, either, just unfocused chaos on screen. As for the dinosaurs themselves, Sparke’s VFX struggles to render them realistic in broad daylight but fares better under the shroud of night and white flashes of gunfire. 

Tonally, Primitive War tends to take itself way too seriously to a tedious degree, stretching that two-hour and fifteen-minute runtime into a grueling marathon, but will occasionally insert puzzling bursts of silliness, like introducing a Tyrannosaurus rex mated pair, one with a feminine tuft of feathery hair. They’re the only dinosaurs of the entire film to display any intelligence beyond the animalistic instincts, pointing to the film’s disregard for consistency or logic. 

Despite the constant forward movement of the soldiers running and gunning their way through war terrain while dodging prehistoric attacks, Primitive War is surprisingly inert. There’s not enough meat on its bones to sustain its padded runtime, giving audiences nothing to grab hold of while we wait for the next dino attack. It’s a mashup that fails both sides of the equation, resulting in a violent dinosaur actioner more interested in overused tropes and soundtrack than B-movie fun.

 Primitive War releases in theaters on August 21, 2025.

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Margaret Qualley (The Substance) had been set to star in the psychological horror-thriller Victorian Psycho for A24, but that iteration of the project is no more. Both Qualley and A24 have departed the project, with Maika Monroe (Watcher, Longlegs) stepping in to star.

Who will be releasing the film, you might be wondering? Deadline reports today that Victorian Psycho has been picked up by Bleecker Street, with plans to release the film in 2026.

Deadline details, “Monroe takes on the lead role of the young, eccentric governess Winifred Notty, who in 1858 arrives at the remote gothic manor known as Ensor House. Her responsibilities include teaching the children table manners and educating them about their family’s history, all whilst hiding her psychopathic tendencies. As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there is something amiss about their new governess.”

Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho) and Jason Isaacs (“White Lotus”) also star.

Zachary Wigon (Sanctuary) is directing from a script by author Virginia Feito (Mrs. March), based on her novel of the same name. The book was released on February 4, 2025.

Victorian Psycho is produced by Dan Kagan (Longlegs).

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