This Friday marks the second and final Friday the 13th of 2023, and you better believe the horror world will be celebrating with a whole bunch of fresh new horrors for the big day.
How many, you ask? Here are 14 new horror movies and shows releasing October 13, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Based on the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Mike Flanagan‘s final series for Netflix is “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and the series begins streaming on Thursday, October 12.
The limited series from Intrepid Pictures is “based on multiple works from Poe,” and it should make for the perfect spooky binge to kick off your Friday the 13th Weekend.
“In this wicked 8-episode limited series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.”
The ensemble cast will include Carla Gugino (Gerald’s Game, “The Haunting of Hill House”), Mary McDonnell (Scream 4), Carl Lumbly (Doctor Sleep), and Mark Hamill.
Bruce Greenwood (Gerald’s Game) is playing Roderick Usher.
How extreme is *too* extreme for the haunted house experience? Hulu explores that question in their original documentary Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House.
The Huluween Original Documentary premieres on October 12. It tells the story of Russ McKamey, creator of the world’s “most extreme haunted house,” known as McKamey Manor.
Hulu previews, “What would it be like to be trapped in a real-life horror movie? Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House follows the story of Russ McKamey. The Navy Veteran who lures horror enthusiasts into his web. They find themselves pulled into the no-holds-barred world of McKamey Manor – a haunt that doesn’t end until Russ says so.
“Originally starting McKamey Manor to satiate his love of Halloween, as the haunt grew in popularity, both on the ground and on social media, so did the severity of Russ’ scare tactics – realizing that he was attracting more and more followers as he did so.
“By cultivating an online persona and a cult-like following, Russ was allowed to display his basest instincts and rewarded with online fame and notoriety. Driven by his personal fixations, he turned his backyard haunt into a bona fide torture chamber: videotaping “contestants,” particularly vulnerable young women, as he sees how far he can push them – both inside and outside of the haunt.
“Merging documentary storytelling with the visual and cinematic language of a horror film, Monster Inside follows three participants as they dive deep into Russ’s world and then find the will to fight back. By showcasing the reasons why our subjects were pulled into McKamey Manor the film will explore why people make themselves vulnerable to harm. The world of immersive horror is a world of misfits, outsiders and those trying to overcome their trauma. Through the stories of our main characters, and expert commentary, the film hopes to show how a person’s past could draw them into extreme activity, some forms of which might actually be beneficial, and thus more broadly answer the question: why do we do anything extreme?”
Amber Heard (All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) returns to the horror genre in director Conor Allyn’s In the Fire, and Saban Films brings it to theaters and VOD this Friday.
Here’s the plot synopsis: “A doctor from New York travels to a remote plantation in the 1890s to care for a disturbed boy who seems to have inexplicable abilities. She begins treating the child, but in doing so ignites a war of science versus religion with the local priest who believes the boy is possessed by the Devil and is the reason for all the village’s woes.”
Amber Heard teases, “The film is a meditation on the almost supernatural powers of love told through a strong-willed and independent woman at the turn of the 20th century. I feel honored to be part of this labor of love and to be the lead in Conor Allyn’s vision. I feel lucky to be surrounded by such an amazing cast. They’re as dedicated and magical as the characters they play.”
Lorenzo McGovern Zaini, Sophie Amber, Luca Calvani, and Yari Gugliucci also star.
Conor Allyn, Pascal Borno, and Silvio Muraglia wrote the screenplay.
Shudder is bringing “Creepshow” back for Season 4 on Friday, October 13 with a six-episode binge premiere on Shudder and AMC+ and new episodes airing weekly on AMC linear.
Based on George A. Romero’s iconic 1982 movie, Shudder’s television series version of Creepshow is executive produced by showrunner Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead).
“Creepshow” is still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared. A comic book comes to life in a series of vignettes, exploring terrors ranging from murder, creatures, monsters, and delusions to the supernatural and unexplainable. You never know what will be on the next page…
Shudder’s “Creepshow” television series originally launched in 2019.
Across three seasons now, Shudder’s series is always bursting with practical monsters and love for horror movies past, and we expect Season 4 will continue that tradition.
Set on Halloween 1963, Norman Partridge’s novel Dark Harvest is finally headed to the screen this week after a long delay and a couple years of complete radio silence.
David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, “Hannibal”) directed the long-awaited adaptation, which brings Sawtooth Jack to Digital outlets beginning October 13. Dark Harvest also releases in theaters for one night only at Alamo Drafthouse Theaters October 11.
“In a cursed town, the annual harvest becomes a brutal battle for survival. On Halloween 1963, Sawtooth Jack, a terrifying legend, rises from the cornfields, threatening the town’s children. Groups of boys unite to defeat the murderous scarecrow before midnight. Richie, a rebellious outcast, joins the run, motivated by his brother’s previous victory. As the hunt progresses, Richie makes a shocking discovery and faces a pivotal choice to break the relentless cycle.”
Elizabeth Reaser (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Jeremy Davies (“Hannibal”), Luke Kirby (No Man of God), Casey Likes (“The Birch”) and Emyri Crutchfield (“Tell Me Your Secrets”) star. Michael Gilio wrote the adaptation of Partridge’s Halloween novel.
The brand new “Goosebumps” television series from Disney+ and Hulu will premiere on Friday, October 13, available on both streaming services on the very same day.
Disney previews in the official press details, “The new series draws on elements from five of the most popular middle grade books including Say Cheese and Die!, The Haunted Mask, The Cuckoo Clock of Doom, Go Eat Worms! and Night of the Living Dummy.”
From Disney Branded Television and Sony Pictures Television, the 10-part series will launch with a five-episode drop as part of Disney+’s “Hallowstream” and Hulu’s “Huluween” celebrations, with subsequent new episodes streaming weekly. The series’ first two episodes will also air on Freeform on Oct. 13th, as part of its “31 Nights of Halloween” programming.
Plunging viewers into a world of mystery and suspense, the new “Goosebumps” series follows a group of five high schoolers as they embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle — while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents’ past.
“Goosebumps” stars Justin Long (“Barbarian”) and Rachael Harris (“Lucifer”), alongside newcomers Zack Morris (“EastEnders”), Isa Briones (“Star Trek: Picard”), Miles McKenna (“Guilty Party”), Ana Yi Puig (“Gossip Girl”) and Will Price (“The Equalizer”).
One of the films debuting as part of this year’s massive AMC FearFest lineup is The Puppetman, a Shudder Original that begins streaming on Shudder on Friday, October 13.
The Puppetman, which just won the Popcorn Frights Jury Award for Best Feature, will be available on both Shudder and AMC+. You can watch the official trailer below.
Written and directed by Brandon Christensen (Z, Superhost, Still/Born), the upcoming horror film stars Michael Paré, Caryn Richman, and Alyson Gorske.
“The Puppetman is a convicted killer on death row. He has always maintained his innocence saying it was an evil force controlling his body as he slaughtered his victims. Now Michal, the killer’s daughter, begins to suspect that there may be some truth to her father’s claim when those around her begin to die in brutal ways.
“All hope rests on her shoulders to break The Puppetman’s curse.”
“The Puppetman harkens back to films like Final Destination where you take a group of friends and exploit them for horrifying deaths,” said Christensen. “We had a ton of fun developing these characters and then taking everything we know about them and turning it against themselves. While I’ve killed off characters before, it was nothing compared to the grotesque machinations that Shudder allowed us to do on The Puppetman.”
Up next from Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez – the directors of the Dark Star Pictures x Bloody Disgusting collaboration The Passenger – is The Elderly.
Following a successful festival circuit (including Sitges, Fantastic, and Fantasia – with the latter awarding Eguileor “Best Actor”), The Elderly releases in theaters on October 13.
The film later hits Blu-ray and VOD on October 31, 2023.
“Following the sudden suicide of his wife, Manuel begins acting violently strange. Soon a series of paranormal events has all of the local elderly behaving oddly. They all seem to know something the young do not – paired with a lust for blood.”
Zorion Eguileor (The Platform) stars alongside Gustavo Salmerón, Paula Gallego, Irene Anula, Juan Acedo, and Ángela Gamonal.
Raúl Cerezo, Javier Trigales, and Rubén Sánchez Trigos wrote The Elderly.
The film is currently 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with 9 festival reviews.
Last year’s horror-comedy series “Shining Vale” is headed back to Starz for Season 2, which is set to premiere on Friday, October 13, at midnight ET on the STARZ app, all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms and on LIONSGATE+ streaming platform in the U.K. and Ireland.
On linear, it will debut on STARZ on Friday, October 13th, at 9PM ET/PT in the U.S. and Canada. New episodes will be available to stream weekly on Fridays at midnight on the STARZ app, all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms and will air weekly on the STARZ linear platform.
“Shining Vale” stars Emmy Award® nominee Courteney Cox (“Friends,” “Cougar Town”), Academy Award® nominee and Emmy Award® winner Greg Kinnear (As Good as It Gets, “The Kennedys”) and Academy Award® winner Mira Sorvino (“Hollywood,” “The Expecting”).
Season one of “Shining Vale” introduced Pat and Terry Phelps, a dysfunctional family that tried to run from their problems by moving their kids into a Victorian mansion in small-town Connecticut. The only problem? It may be haunted. Once settled in, Pat encountered Rosemary, a demon who possessed her body and turned her life upside down. When the family steps in to “save” Pat, they commit her to a psychiatric hospital where she sees an old photo of a nurse who looks just like her demon Rosemary.
Season two kicks off four months later, when Pat’s insurance runs out and she is released from the psychiatric hospital early. Pat returns home, determined to pick up the pieces of her broken family, but she quickly finds out her children don’t need her, Terry doesn’t remember her and to make matters worse, Pat’s new neighbor Ruth looks exactly like Rosemary. Meanwhile, the house starts to reveal the shocking secrets of its dark past. Every mother feels like they live in an insane asylum, but Pat may be right!
Fans of anthology-style horror get ready for HeBGB TV, a hyperactive anthology about a multidimensional cable box that makes its way exclusively to SCREAMBOX on October 13.
From Scream Team Releasing, the film has drawn comparisons to “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” and “Goosebumps”, as well as films such as V/H/S and The WNUF Halloween Special.
In HeBGB TV, “A multi-dimensional cable box installs itself into a neighborhood and slowly, the world.
“Two siblings discover a mysterious package on their porch and are taken on a wild channel-surfing journey through a world of television mayhem. Welcomed by their new friend, The Purple Guy, this brother and sister find themselves standing up to the box’s algorithm to protect their minds.”
DIY to its core, HeBGB TV is a spooky, sci-fi story that takes you through the horrors and laughs of cable television. This film is a cacophony of comical commercials, perverse puppets, and monstrous music with a naughty dose of ’90s nostalgia. Watch the trailer below.
The new Peacock series “John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams” also premieres this Friday, an unscripted series that features an episode directed by Carpenter himself.
Peacock previews, “The series explores the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors of suburbia. Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it.
“Their firsthand accounts are brought to life through premium cinematic scene-work, news clips, home photos, and archival footage, combining the visual language of horror films with the tools and techniques of documentaries, creating a uniquely frightening experience for viewers.
“Each episode will delve into the monstrous evil that lurks beneath the surface of friendly suburbia through the lens of one frightful tale. In addition to firsthand accounts, the episodes will include cinematic reenactments, personal archives, and historic town press coverage.”
John Carpenter directs one episode in the six-episode series, which is titled “Phone Stalker,” alongside showrunner Jordan Roberts, Michelle Latimer, and Jan Pavlacky.
The show’s theme music is also composed by John Carpenter!
In the wake of 13 Cameras and 14 Cameras, Gravitas Ventures will next be unleashing 15 Cameras, and the third piece of the trilogy is coming to VOD on Friday, October 13.
From 30 Bones Cinema & Hood River Entertainment, 15 Cameras is written by PJ McCabe, directed by Danny Madden, and stars Will Madden, Angela Wong Carbone, Hilty Bowen, James Babson, Shirley Chen, Hannah Mckechnie, Skyler Bible, Courtney Dietz, Erik Leupp, Donna Allen, Brianne Moncrief, Jim Cummings, and Stephen Ruffin.
In the new movie, “When Cam and Sky bought their duplex, it seemed like the perfect investment opportunity for the young couple; a starter home, a mortgage offset by renters, and even a guest room for Sky’s sister, Carolyn.
“But as Sky and Cam slowly uncover hidden cameras and secrets of the duplex’s previous owner, obsession consumes their marriage and they both fall into destructive forms of voyeurism. When new tenants move in downstairs, their fixation with observing others has deadly consequences and they are forced to confront the very things they have been consumed by.”
Netflix gets in on the Friday the 13th fun with The Conference, arriving on October 13.
In the slasher comedy, “a teambuilding conference attended by municipal employees spirals into a nightmare when accusations of corruption begin to circulate and plague the work environment. Simultaneously, a mysterious figure begins stalking and murdering the participants, one-by-one in this Swedish comedy slasher with warm, humoristic characters.”
The Conference is directed by Patrik Eklund and written by Thomas Moldestad. It stars Eva Melander, Katia Winter, and Adam Lundgren. It’s based on Mats Strandberg’s book.
Lionsgate and BuzzFeed are bringing the creepy viral story Dear David to the big screen with a brand new horror movie this Friday, and it’ll also be available on Digital at home.
“On August 7th, 2017, popular cartoonist Adam Ellis began telling the story of how a dead child is haunting his apartment and is trying to kill him. His first tweet gained over 55,000 retweets and 76,000 likes,” explains the website Know Your Meme.
Ellis originally tweeted, “My apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he’s trying to kill me.” The tweet became a thread documenting the alleged haunting.
In the film, “Shortly after comic artist Adam (Augustus Prew) responds to Internet trolls, he begins experiencing sleep paralysis — while an empty rocking chair moves in the corner of his apartment. As he chronicles increasingly malevolent occurrences in a series of tweets, Adam begins to believe he is being haunted by the ghost of a dead child named David. Encouraged by his boss to continue the “Dear David” thread, Adam starts to lose his grip on what is online…and what is real. Based on the viral Twitter thread by BuzzFeed comic artist Adam Ellis.”
John McPhail (Anna and the Apocalypse) directed Dear David. Augustus Prew, Andrea Bang, Rene Escobar Jr., Cameron Nicoll, and Justin Long star.
Mike Van Waes wrote the screenplay.
The post These 13 New Horror Movies and Shows Are Releasing for Friday the 13th This Week! appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.