Icon Film Distribution has announced that The Influencer Project will arrive in UK and Irish cinemas on 16th October 2026. The found-footage horror comes backed by The Blair Witch Project co-creator Eduardo Sánchez and producer Gregg Hale, trading up the haunted woods of Burkittsville for the digital space. Directed by Mike Nybroe in his feature debut, the film stars real-life British beauty and lifestyle creator Chiara King, who boasts over 4.2 million followers on TikTok and 1.4 million on Instagram. Blending mockumentary footage, raw livestream feeds, and psychological horror, the film pulls directly from King’s own encounters with stalkers to…
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Prime Video has unveiled the official teaser trailer and release date for Apocalypse Z: New World, the sequel to global hit Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End. The post-apocalyptic thriller will make its world debut at the Sitges Film Festival on 10th October 2026 before launching worldwide on Prime Video on Friday 30th October 2026, across more than 240 countries and territories. The original feature ranks as one of the platform’s biggest breakout international hits, trailing only Your Fault as the most-watched international Original film on the service. Check out the teaser below! Inspired by the acclaimed literary universe…
Fresh from opening the 34th Raindance Film Festival, director Michel K. Parandi’s neon-drenched dystopian thriller April X is officially making its way to select UK cinemas on the October 2, 2026, courtesy of Vertigo Releasing. Check out the film’s official trailer in the player below: Set against the gritty neon backdrop of a post-Soviet near-future, the film stars Connor Storrie (Heated Rivalry) as Bax, an overconfident hustler surviving on the fringes by fencing synthetic organs on the black market. He shares a small apartment with his twin sister, April (played by Lilly Krug, Plane), whose rare neurological ability to record…
Christopher Lee’s historical 1958 performance as Count Dracula is returning to cinemas and physical media in near flawless quality. Hammer Films, alongside Silver Salt Restoration and Warner Archive, has announced Dracula: The Definitive Uncensored 4K Restoration, arriving in UK cinemas nationwide from 16th October and hitting 4K UHD and Blu-ray on the 26th October. This release marks the most complete version of Terence Fisher’s gothic masterpiece ever shown in the UK and US. Originally trimmed by censors for graphic bloodletting and suggestive imagery, the lost footage survived via an original Japanese theatrical print and has now undergone extensive digital cleanup,…
Just in time for the Halloween season, Indonesian genre legend Joko Anwar (Satan’s Slaves, Impetigore) returns with one of the wildest cinematic mashups of the year. Following celebrated festival screenings—including its North American premiere at Fantastic Fest—the bloody, pitch-black prison comedy-horror Ghost in the Cell is officially heading to digital platforms across the UK on October 26, 2026 from Blue Finch Film Releasing. The story follows Dimas, an investigative journalist framed and thrown into a notoriously violent, corrupt penitentiary. When a bloodthirsty supernatural entity begins tearing through the cell blocks—specifically hunting anyone radiating anger or negative energy—survival takes an unexpected…
Crunchyroll has officially unveiled its stacked lineup for the autumn 2026 anime season, bringing a massive wave of fresh anime and long-awaited returns to the platform this autumn. Leading the charge for returning favorites is the third season of The Apothecary Diaries, bringing Maomao back to untangle the intrigue of the imperial court. Equally thrilling is the long-awaited return of Black Clover, picking back up five years after the conclusion of its first season. Highly anticipated newcomers also highlight the slate, including the dark romance Firefly Wedding, the survival mystery PSYREN, the gaming-focused power fantasy Overgeared, and a new project…
Fans of FromSoftware’s highly praised game Sekiro can get hyped now that Crunchyroll has officially announced that Sekiro: No Defeat will begin streaming worldwide in January 2027. Produced through a collaboration between KADOKAWA, Qzil.la, and ARCH, the fully hand-drawn anime adaptation brings the dark, visceral world of Sengoku-era Japan to life as an expanded eight-episode series. While the story was initially adapted into a feature film that recently screened in Japanese cinemas, the upcoming streaming release will expand significantly on that footage. Fans can expect an eight-episode story that includes additional content not seen in the cinematic version. Sekiro: No…
Crunchyroll has revealed its upcoming physical home entertainment release schedule for the UK, dropping a massive slate of Blu-ray, 4K, and SteelBook editions between October and November 2026. UK fans will be able to order these collector’s sets across major retailers, including Amazon, Zavvi, and HMV stores. The release wave kicks off in mid-October with some premium collector editions. Makoto Shinkai’s critically acclaimed hit film Suzume headlines the month with a dedicated 4K Blu-ray SteelBook, while recent favourites like Clevatess Season 1 and a SteelBook release for Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon – The Movie fill out the early slate.…
Studiocanal has announced that Florian Zeller’s upcoming dramatic thriller, Bunker, will receive a Gala Screening at the BFI London Film Festival on 10th October 2026, ahead of its cinema release across UK and Irish cinemas on 19th February 2027. Written and directed by Zeller, the film centers on an architect who accepts a morally ambiguous commission to design a survivalist bunker for a tech billionaire. The decision sets off a fracture at home, prompting his wife to question their 17-year marriage. Framed as an exploration of contemporary anxieties, fears, and ethical dilemmas, Bunker follows the couple as the pressures and…
Black Bear UK has unveiled the final trailer for LAIKA’s highly anticipated sixth stop-motion feature Wildwood. The film is set to release in UK cinemas on October 23, 2026. Directed and produced by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler, the project is an adaptation of the acclaimed novel penned by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis. True to LAIKA’s signature cinematic approach, Wildwood brings an expansive fantasy world to the screen through meticulous handcrafted stop-motion filmmaking. Every character, environment, and intricate physical detail was animated frame by frame to bring this fantastical story to life. Watch the brand…