By Eric Ortiz
The Fantastic Pavilion presents a Weekly Recap with the most relevant news about the world of genre cinema.
News
A24 will give Jeremy Saulnier’s Slayground (2027) a theatrical release on January 29 – watch here its teaser –.
Slayground is a “run-like-hell thriller” set around Halloween, in which “scare-actor Metal Mike Graves wakes up in a haunted attraction surrounded by the dead bodies of his co-workers with no memory of how they got there. As a state-wide manhunt closes in, he races to uncover the truth, even if the trail leads straight back to him.”
Netflix has shared a bunch of official stills from David Fincher’s The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth (2026), featuring Brad Pitt, Elizabeth Debicki, and Peter Weller, among others. Writer Quentin Tarantino said to Empire that the project has “the flavor of an Elmore Leonard paperback: a crime-story paperback feel.”
Fincher and Tarantino’s collaboration is hitting IMAX screens across the world on November 25, prior to its Netflix premiere on December 23. It’ll be shown as well at QT’s own New Beverly Cinema (in 35mm) from November 25.
The 2026 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards streamed on Shudder on Sunday, October 25. The ultra-popular Obsession (2025) won five awards, including Best Wide Release Movie and Best Director (Curry Barker). Kane Parsons’ Backrooms (2026) was recognized as Best First Feature, Exit 8 (2025) as Best International Movie, and Dust Bunny (2025) as Best Limited Release Movie.
From December 25, Robert Eggers’ horror picture Werwulf (2026) will screen in 35mm at several U.S. theaters, including the Alamo Dratfhouse (LA, Dallas, Brooklyn, San Francisco) and the Hollywood Theatre in Portland. Tickets are now available.
Festivals
The Mexico City-based Mórbido Fest has revealed its 2026 program, which includes the uncut 4K version of Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971). The other highlights are Joko Anwar’s horror comedy Ghost in the Cell (2026), Takashi Miike’s neo-noir Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo (2026), and Mike Mendez’s documentary Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026).
The 19th Mórbido Fest is taking place from October 28 to November 8.