Maika Monroe Offers ‘They Follow’ Update: “I’ve Heard Some Good News Recently”

Actress Maika Monroe has provided another update on They Follow, the sequel to It Follows that was announced back in 2023. “Rumors have been spreading that it will be happening,” Monroe tells EW. “I would stay positive, because I’ve heard some good news recently.” Monroe will reprise her role as Jay Height, who was pursued […]

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Watch ‘Resident Evil Requiem’ Short Film Starring Maika Monroe

Evil has always had a name in the live-action short film promoting Resident Evil Requiem. Genre favorite Maika Monroe (Longlegs, It Follows) stars in the three and a half-minute ad directed by Rich Lee (War of the Worlds 2025). “What I loved about it was it had a lot of heart,” Monroe tells EW. “It’s […]

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‘Blood Covenant’ Trailer – Maika Monroe & Joe Keery Summoned in International Horror Anthology

Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and Joe Keery (“Stranger Things”) appear together in the upcoming horror anthology Blood Covenant. Watch the trailer below. It follows a once-promising horror writer at the lowest point of his life: years without success, drowning in debt, and on the verge of collapse. In desperation, he performs an occult ritual to summon […]

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‘The Hand That Rocks The Cradle’ Review – Hulu Remake Dials Back the Crazy

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: a well-to-do white family hires a “too good to be true” nanny to help with the children and quickly discovers that she’s not the perfect aide they hoped for. That’s the plot of both the 1992 movie The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, as well as the new 2025 […]

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Maika Monroe Says “Incredible” ‘They Follow’ Script Is “Very Different” from ‘It Follows’

Actress Maika Monroe has offered an update on They Follow, the sequel to It Follows that was announced two years ago. “I was sent the script, and I thought it was incredible. Also it’s very different from the original,” Monroe tells Discussing Film. “I felt the original is a little more heightened and dramatic, and […]

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‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ Exclusive Clip – Maika Monroe Tells a Chilling Story

Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Birds of Prey) lead the cast of Hulu’s The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, a fresh new take on the classic 1990s thriller from director Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesera: The Bone Woman). It’s coming exclusively to Hulu and Disney+ later this week, and we’ve got an exclusive clip from the movie. In The Hand That […]

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‘Brides’ – Maika Monroe and ‘Watcher’ Director Chloe Okuno Re-team for Vampire Movie

Fresh off working together on last year’s Hitchcockian thriller Watcher, Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and director Chloe Okuno (V/H/S/94: Storm Drain) will reteam for Brides. Deadline reports, “The [horror] film is currently in pre-production and is set to start shooting in Spring 2025. Chloe Okuno is directing from a screenplay she penned.” Here’s the synopsis: “Set […]

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joining Maika Monroe in ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ Remake

We recently learned that Maika Monroe has been set to star in a fresh take on The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and Deadline reports this week that Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Birds of Prey) is now in talks to co-star in the upcoming remake for 20th Century Studios. Michelle Garza Cervera, who came onto the scene last […]

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9 Things We Learned from the ‘Longlegs’ Commentary Track

The highest-grossing independent film of the year, Longlegs stars Maika Monroe as an FBI agent in pursuit of the titular serial killer, played by Nicolas Cage. Among the special features on the just-released physical media editions is a refreshingly forthright audio commentary by writer-director Osgood Perkins. Here are nine things I learned from the Longlegs […]

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Maika Monroe Starring in ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ Remake

Fresh off this year’s box office hit Longlegs, star Maika Monroe has been set to star in a fresh take on The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, THR reports this afternoon. Michelle Garza Cervera, who came onto the scene last year with the incredible horror movie Huesera: The Bone Woman, will direct the new movie […]

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‘Longlegs’ Scores Highest Opening Weekend for an Original Horror Movie This Year

Driven by rave reviews and one hell of a marketing campaign, NEON’s horror movie Longlegs has already proven to be a massive box office success story in the first few days of release. NEON released Longlegs into 2,510 theaters here in the United States over the weekend, and the acclaimed horror movie scared up a […]

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From ‘It Follows’ to ‘Longlegs’: Maika Monroe Has Defined a Decade of Horror

When we think about legendary Scream Queens from the world of horror, it’s usually iconic final girls or empowered assassins who jump to mind – women like Jamie Lee Curtis and Sarah Michelle Gellar most associated with an iconic role despite a multitude of successful genre titles in their extensive catalog. While these beloved actresses […]

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‘Longlegs’ Final Trailer Promises One of the Year’s Scariest Movies is Nearly Here

NEON has been playing the long game with their cryptic marketing campaign for Longlegs the past few months, but today brings us one step closer to the end, with the final trailer unleashing to promise unrelenting terror. Longlegs heads to theaters on July 12. Watch the new, final trailer below, emphasizing the scariness ahead. The upcoming serial killer […]

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Maika Monroe Says ‘They Follow’ Will Be a Bigger, Darker and Crazier Sequel

Announced earlier this year, NEON is behind an upcoming sequel to the horror hit It Follows, with writer/director David Robert Mitchell back to direct follow-up They Follow. Maika Monroe (It Follows, Longlegs) will reprise her role of Jay Height, which earned her an Empire Award nomination, and she teases the sequel in a new chat […]

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‘Longlegs’ Review – Oz Perkins’ Latest Gets Under Your Skin and Festers Like a Putrid Nightmare

The concept of evil gets explored often in horror in various ways, but very few films manage to immerse viewers in that evil so wholly that it starts to feel like you’re watching something taboo and cursed. The latest by writer/director Oz Perkins (Gretel & Hansel, The Blackcoat’s Daughter), Longlegs gets under your skin and […]

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