Thursday, 6 November 2025

The Rotting Zombie's Round-Up of Horror News for October 2025 (Late Edition)


Ah, turns out my scheduling calendar had missed a week with me, so I've literally only just realised as I type this that I didn't actually release my monthly news round-up last month. I have been slacking a bit with my blog lately; I must do better! Onwards to some late October horror news, with this month's cover-star; Scream 7.

The official trailer, poster and first images of Scream 7 are now available. I am hideously behind in the series, so this will be the third new one in a row that I haven't been able to get too excited about. From a distance I do always think the art design for the posters is great. As a series this will always hold a special place in my heart, I still remember the night me, my sister, and friend watched the brand new release of Scream on VHS; the film that really cemented my love for the horror genre.
Enough about me...Directed by Kevin Williamson, Scream 7 story has a new Ghostface killer appearing in the quiet town where series icon - Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) has built a new life. She discovers her daughter (Isabel May) is the next target of the demented slasher.




Supernatural thriller; Borley Rectory: The Awakening has had a trailer released. Coming from Greenway Entertainment, this stars Julian Glover (For Your Eyes Only) and Patsy Kensit (Lethal Weapon 2), and is said to be based on true events of a haunting in the titular rectory in the early 1900's. The film was shot in just 12 days, with the director stating it had "...heart pounding jump scares and suspense".


Simon Says came to Tubi, Amazon, and Fandango last month. This comes from director Steven M. Smith (Sweeny Todd: Slice & Dice). The story has a group of lonely hearts all catfished by the same person, arriving at his remote Scottish castle thinking they will be there for a romantic weekend. Inside, they find themselves trapped and forced to play an ancient board game, with the losers dying most likely. The cast includes Eleanor McMahon (Gerbil), Julia Quayle (Mountain Shark), and Leila Kotori (Human).


Scarred is a traditional sounding horror about a photo shoot at an abandoned house once owned by a notorious family, one of whom is still in the area and none too happy about the intruders. Directed by Eddie Lengyel, and starring Ari Lehman, Don Kilrain, Lisa Neeld, Mark Cray, Carl Ferrara and Bart Flynn, this is now available to watch on Tubi.


The official trailer and poster for the Johannes Roberts directed Primate is out now. The first I heard of this was me and my friend having the trailer pop up about it, we both agreed it did look like it could be entertaining. From what I recall of it, the film is about a group of friends whose pet chimpanzee has gone murderous, something like that. Primate comes to UK cinemas on January 30th next year.



Amityville Chupacabra is now streaming exclusively on Cinema Epoch's official YouTube channel. The story has a group of people travel to a remote property linked to the Amityville legend to do some investigations. Instead, they discover a feral Chupacabra has escaped from captivity and is hungry for their blood. The film was directed by Will Collazo Jr., and stars Julie Anne Prescott, Misty Wagner, Michael Ochotorena and Evan Jacobs among others.


Next up, the November line-up for found footage streaming site Found TV. Out today (6th November) is the exclusive premiere of Taped Up Families, November 14th sees the North American release of Fey, and the world releases of The Black Eyed Children and The Final Frame come on 25th and 26th November respectively.


Sci-fi comedy - Asteroid Vixens is now available On Demand, VHS, and DVD. Directed and written by Felicity Yeung (White Slaves of K-Town), this B-movie inspired flick sees embots from a far away galaxy scouting Earth for humanity's most beautiful woman, in order to create a new race of hybrid humanoids.


Norm has had an official trailer released for it. It is a found footage zombie comedy that comes from experimental UK-based filmmaker, Zak Ferguson. The tagline states the titular Norm is a zombie in a world where zombies are illegal.


Finally for today, Nahualli came to digital services for rent or purchase on 28th October from BayView Entertainment. The film draws on Mexican folklore, the story sees two friends; Alex and Mark, who are searching in the forest of Arteaga, Coahuila for Mark's missing sister. It turns out she has been possessed by the ancient spirit of the Nahualli - a witch that enslaves all intruders to her realm.

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