The Turning: All the best horror projects in the pipeline

Listen up horror junkies, because we’ve got a tasty fix lined up for you. This week writer-director Jordan Peele announced his follow-up film to Get Out and basically, it sounds like it’s going to be the shit. But this isn’t the only promising genre flick floating about in the horror-film pipeline. On the contrary, a whole host of major players in the horrorsphere are conjuring up exciting new projects as we speak – to get your bloodthirst stirring, here’s everything we know about said projects so far.

Jordan Peele’s Get Out follow up

Peele’s Oscar-winning debut Get Out was a wild success, garnering worldwide critical acclaim for its winning combination of pure terror, a unique storyline, and an intelligent commentary tackling systemic racism. Which is why we’re stoked to hear he’ll be returning with a follow up to the movie called Us. There aren’t a huge number of details out at the time of writing, but what we do know is very promising – according to Variety, Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave), Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), and Winston Duke (Black Panther) are all in talks for lead roles. Peele, Get Out-esque horror, and three outstanding talents? Us in only an idea at this point and it already sounds ?. Keep your eyes Peeled (sorry, we had to) for more details to come.

Hereditary director and A24 to work on new horror film

The long-awaited Hereditary by Ari Aster (Munchausen) hasn’t even had a chance to terrify audiences with its theatrical release yet and already A24 has announced it will team up with the director for another horror project. For those who didn’t hear the very loud buzz upon its arrival on this year’s festival circuit, Hereditary is a macabre exploration into a family suffering from a fate worse than death as they try to escape the dark curse they’ve inherited. The trailer alone looks shit scary, so we have high hopes for this one, as do we for their next project. Titled Midsomer, Asari has already written the script, with plans to shoot late summer or early fall – these guys don’t fuck about. Per The Hollywood Reporter, “The story centers on a young woman, already dealing with the death of her parents, who joins her boyfriend and his friends on a trip to Sweden, specifically to a remote town with unique midsummer traditions. Things go south from there.” We can’t wait for this one!

Sony’s Screen Gems buys rights for exorcism horror movie franchise

It looks like Sony’s Screen Gems has big plans on creating its very own horror movie exorcism franchise, having just bought the life rights to the late Father Gabriele Amorth – the Italian priest who performed “tens of thousands of exorcisms” for the Vatican – as well as the rights to Amorth’s two best-selling memoirs, An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories. As Deadline pointed out, this gives Screen Germs the perfect foundation to build a truly legendary genre franchise. “These thrillers work best when they are based on real stories, as evidenced by The Amityville Horror, The Haunting in Connecticut, and The Conjuring and its hit spinoffs that are based on the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren.” The power of Christ compels you (to keep an eye out for more details to come)!

The Turning gets release date

Universal recently announced its upcoming haunted house thriller The Turning will be hitting theaters next February. Directed by Floria Sigismondi (The Runaways) and executive produced by Steven Spielberg (Ready Player One), the movie is a modern adaptation of The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, about a nanny who oversees two distributed orphans who are harboring dark secrets at an estate in Maine. It’s an exciting premise so far, one that’s turned out to be a fruitful one for star Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things). He might be a minor, but it’s rumored he’s gonna be making bank in the region of $150k for his role in the film, with another $50k if the movie hauls in $50 million and another $125k if revenues hit $70 million. Kids these days, don’t know how lucky they are!

Jordan Peele’s Subsequent Projects After Us

After Us hit theaters in March 2019 and pulled in $256 million worldwide, Peele continued shaping the horror conversation. His fourth directorial effort was slated for October 2026 before Universal removed the date from its calendar in 2025. Meanwhile, he produced the 2025 sports horror film Him, keeping his name attached to genre material even when not directing. The pattern shows a filmmaker who chooses projects carefully and lets them breathe.

Ari Aster’s Post-Midsommar Output and Upcoming Films

Midsommar arrived in 2019 and received a director’s cut IMAX re-release in 2024, reminding audiences of its unsettling power. Aster has since directed Beau Is Afraid and Eddington, each expanding his reputation for long-form psychological dread. Three new features are now in active development, with shooting expected to begin in November 2026. A24 remains his primary home, which suggests the studio continues to trust his singular approach to horror.

The Pope’s Exorcist Franchise Development

The Screen Gems rights purchase eventually produced The Pope’s Exorcist, released in April 2023 and starring Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth. The film leaned into the real-life exorcist’s memoirs while adding its own procedural energy. A sequel was greenlit in 2024, with a possible March 2026 release date floating in industry chatter. The franchise model appears to be working, giving Screen Gems a steady horror pipeline built on documented Vatican cases.

The Turning’s Critical and Commercial Reception

The Turning reached theaters on January 24, 2020, starring Mackenzie Davis and Finn Wolfhard. Despite the strong source material and Spielberg’s executive producer credit, the film struggled with critics and audiences alike. It ultimately grossed $19.4 million worldwide against a $14 million budget. The outcome underscored how difficult it can be to modernize classic ghost stories when expectations run high and marketing fails to connect.