The Fantastic Pavilion presents a weekly recap with the most relevant news about the world of genre cinema.
News
“If you are not to award me love, then I will indulge in rage,” says the Creature (Jacob Elordi) in the official trailer for Frankenstein (2025), which was released by Netflix on October 1, the first day of spooky season. Guillermo del Toro’s take on Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror novel hits select theaters in the U.S. on October 17 and in Mexico on October 23. It’ll be available to stream on Netflix from November 7.
The brand-new trailer for Psycho Killer (2026) teases a serial killer linked to the occult. Psycho Killer – which was written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, The Killer) and directed by Gavin Polone – opens in U.S. cinemas on February 20.
Synopsis: “Following the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer (Georgina Campbell) sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible (James Preston Rogers) is a sadistic serial killer, and the depth of his mental depravity and his sinister agenda is more twisted than anyone could have imagined.”
Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is finally having a wide release in the U.S., starting on December 5. According to Deadline, “select presentations will be in 70mm and 35mm.” Tarantino’s preferred cut of his revenge epic screened several times this year at the Vista Theater in Los Angeles; however, the wide release version is going to include a “never-before-seen seven-and-a-half-minute animated sequence.”
Fantastic Fest selection Strange Harvest (2024) is a serial killer horror flick with a found footage aesthetic. It arrives on digital on October 27 (UK) and October 29 (Australia). You can watch here its trailer.
Synopsis: “A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives’ pursuit of an infamous serial killer named Mr. Shiny, who terrorized Southern California for almost two decades.”
The Carpenter’s Son (2025), starring Nicolas Cage, has gotten a trailer along with a poster, ahead of its U.S. theatrical release on November 14. This religious horror movie is set in “a remote village in Roman-era Egypt” and follows “Joseph (Cage), Mary (FKA twigs) and their teenage son Jesus (Noah Jupe).”
Full synopsis: “Joseph, Mary and Jesus have lived for years under threat, clinging to their faith and traditions. But a stopover in a small settlement unleashes growing chaos when a mysterious stranger (Isla Johnston) tries to entice young Jesus to abandon his devout father’s rules. With every pull of temptation, the boy is lured into a forbidden world, as a terrified Joseph realizes that a demonic power is at work. Violent, unnatural events inexplicably follow Jesus, and he begins to experience nightmarish visions of the future. Finally, he learns the fearsome truth about his new playmate, as well as the child’s real name: Satan.”
Home video
Joe Begos’ sci-fi horror film Jimmy and Stiggs (2024) is out now on 4K UHD and Blu-ray, thanks to The Horror Section and Vinegar Syndrome. The two-disc set features an audio commentary with Begos and a two-and-a-half-hour making-of documentary, among other supplements.
Synopsis: “Out-of-work filmmaker Jimmy spirals into a bender, claims to have been abducted by aliens, and enlists old friend Stiggs to prepare for their return.”