The Rotting Zombie's Round-up of Horror News for March 2026

This time last month I was about to head to the other side of the world. Now, as of typing, I am back at The Rotting Zombie HQ. A very peaceful and relaxing holiday, even if the 30 hour return trip has given me some mild PTSD! Introverts do not like being sounded by people for so long. If there is such a place as Hell, then I imagine mine will be me stuck on the endless flight from Kuala Lumpur to U.K for eternity - when a child projectile vomits down the aisle in front of you within an hour of take-off, you just know it's going to be a great flight!
Last month's news post was tiny, let's see if I can improve on that this time around. Especially when I have so much news in my inbox. Onwards to the news!

The Demon of Serling is a bleakly comedic thriller about someone whose neighbour is a murderer. Coming from filmmaker Dylan R. Nix (10/31 Part 4, Sharp Candy), this has a man (R. Nix) discovering his neighbour; Mr. Yarley (David E. McMahon - He Never Left) is a serial killer. Rather than go to the police with this knowledge, events lead to the two men going on a '...transformative night'. The director says of his film: "We wanted to take the 'serial killer next door' trope and turn it into something more intimate and existential". The Demon of Serling is now available on Collector's Edition Blu-ray and Digital via Scream Team Releasing.

Chuck Morrongiello's Bad Bunny has surpassed 2.5 million views on YouTube, probably due to having a similar name as music artist...Bad Bunny. This rabbit monster themed horror has a woman heading to a remote cabin where she gets hunted by the titular creature. Bad Bunny can be seen on Tubi and Apple TV.

A new poster has been released for the latest film in the Scary Movie series. This comes to cinemas on June 5th. The comedy horror takes place 26 years after a group survived being stalked by a familiar masked killer. Now they find themselves once again the killer's target. Scary Movie is a parody that plays on horror film tropes and makes references to many horror films as part of its gags. I saw the first two films at the cinema and quite enjoyed them for what they were, even if the sex jokes and gross jokes didn't appeal. Back in 2022, I reviewed Scary Movie 3 where I gave it an acceptable 6/10 saying I '...appreciated the parodying of the horror films...'.

Psychological horror film, Broken Bird comes to US theatrical release on April 24th. Starring Rebecca Calder and James Fleet and directed by Joanne Mitchell, this is based on Mitchell's short film Sybil. In this one, a lonely mortician (Calder) searches for love, but her need for connection takes a disturbing turn. Broken Bird is one of six films developed by Catalyst Studios as part of its mission to '...champion female-led stories by woman directors and producers'.

Distort 2: The Dead Among the Trees is a FOUND TV exclusive, coming on May 1st. The found footage sequel is first to screen at the upcoming Unnamed Footage Festival in San Francisco before making its streaming debut. I haven't heard of this before, apparently, the sequel takes place once again in a remote Irish forest, picking up the threads from the first film. A musician returns to the woods alongside a documentary filmmaker to discover what really happened there.

March 10th saw the release of suspense thriller - Do Not Open to Digital video. The film is about a married couple in their fifties who head to a secluded cabin hoping to fix their fracturing relationship. The couple are given one rule at the place; to never open the door at the end of the hall, but as their vacation goes on, the man feels himself increasingly compelled to find just what lies beyond the forbidden door. Do Not Open was shot in 4K HD resolution and is said to offer a surprising ending. 

Two Giallo themed horror films are now available on TubiTV and Fawesome TV. In Boy of Your Dreams, a college student awakens in a rental guest house to find her phone missing and a serial killer  hovering over her. In The Mother's Eye, a woman's normal night is altered when she realises a serial killer is after her.

Axes and Os is a Valentine's Day themed slasher that is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Tubi, Screamify and Relay. Headlined by Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Déjá Vu), this sees a group of girls on a weekend getaway hunted by legendary Valentine's axe murderer - Luther Dremel.

Onlyfangs star August Kyss and Vida Ghaffari have joined the cast of Harley Wallen's upcoming psychological thriller; Blur. This takes place within the modern music industry, and is told through the 'fractured perspective' of Jenny. The film looks at how ambition, desire and power can both intertwine and corrupt.

Horror comedy Sorority of the Damned has came to Amazon Prime Video. Co-directed by Stranger Things alum Joe Davison, the press release states this 'celebrates the golden era of creature features'. In the film, a clumsy handyman discovers he is the last in a long line of demon hunters. He finds himself called to the challenge when a devoutly religious house mother (Felissa Rose) opens a portal to Hell that brings forth four elemental witches (including WWE star Katarina Leigh Waters).

Finally for today, Freestyle Digital Media have acquired thriller feature - The Man with the Silver Case. It is due to gets its Digital debut in North America on April 7th. This film sees a desperate man who agrees to deliver a suitcase to a shadowy organisation. He finds himself pursued by others who are happy to kill anyone in their way to get their hands on the case's contents.