Make It Weird Wednesday: Horror Movie News & History

Davey takes you to a Blair Witch Project screening and Q&A with co-director Eduardo Sánchez, then to the Burkittsville cemetery, where the new Blair Witch movie was filming. Then it’s a tribute to Alien’s Tom Skerritt and the new Alien movie, a game of Would You Check In with horror’s most haunted hotels, from 1408 and Hell House LLC to the Bates Motel, The Innkeepers and The Shining’s Stanley Hotel, where Davey has stayed himself. Plus Danielle Harris and a Halloween 4 hot take, Carrie season 2, Werwulf, Hellbreak, and a Halloween weekend watch list with Breeder and The Cycle.From Make It Weird:Eduardo Sánchez Brought The Blair Witch Project Home to Frederick CountyNew Blair Witch May Have Found Its CastThe Blair Witch Project: Filming LocationsThe Real Blair Witch House, Resident Evil’s Giant Puppet and Eggers’ WerwulfTom Skerritt, Alien’s Dallas, DiesNew Alien Movie Is In The WorksPoltergeist III (1988): Filming Locations1408 Follow-Up Reportedly In The Works1408 (2007): Filming LocationsHell House LLC Locks Shudder DealHell House LLC (2015): Filming LocationsPsycho (1960): Filming LocationsThe House of the Devil (2009): Filming LocationsWhere The Shining Miniseries Was FilmedThe Shining (1980): Filming Locations in MontanaDanielle Harris Gets A DocumentaryHalloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989): Filming LocationsHalloween (2007): Filming LocationsCarrie Renewed For Season 2Parker Posey Quits Blumhouse SleepoverWerwulf 35mm Tickets Go On SaleCrawl 2 Adds Five To CastHellbreak Card Game Adds Paramount MonstersUncle Fred’s Monster Problem Gets TrailerDawn of the Dead (1978): Filming LocationsGrimmfest 2026 Names Its WinnersBreeder Drops Two Dinner ClipsReview: The Cycle (2026)Outside sources:Bloody Disgusting: Tom Skerritt has passed awayWikipedia: Alien (1979)Wikipedia: 1408 and its four endingsDread Central: Hell House LLC in theaters this HalloweenWikipedia: Danielle Harris

Peacock’s Friday the 13th prequel Crystal Lake has some fans calling it nonsense, so Davey takes a fond look back at a franchise where Jason went to hell, went to space in Jason X, and fought Freddy Krueger. Then it’s Clayface and the old Jewish legend of the golem, how Jennifer’s Body went from 2009 box office flop to cult classic ahead of its sequel, and why haunted house attractions keep showing up in horror movies, from The Funhouse to A24’s Slayground. Plus a tribute to Richard Riehle, Whalefall’s box office, John Carpenter’s Luminary Award, and this weekend’s horror picks.Sources:From Make It Weird:Crystal Lake Drops All Episodes TodayCrystal Lake Teases Pamela’s Dark TurnCrystal Lake Boss Addresses Nudity CutsCrystal Lake Actor Reveals Jason MixupFriday the 13th Part 2: Filming LocationsFriday the 13th Part III (1982): Filming LocationsFriday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985): Filming LocationsFriday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives: Filming LocationsJason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993): Filming LocationsBefore Clayface, There Was the GolemClayface Gets New PostersDiablo Cody Teases Jennifer’s Body 2Slayground Gets Its First Real FootageA24’s Slayground Teaser DropsRemembering Richard Riehle4 New Horrors To Watch This WeekendHalloween (1978): Filming LocationsIn A Violent Nature 2 DatedOutside sources:Dread Central: Crystal Lake showrunner on Season 2SlashFilm: Tommy Jarvis and Crystal Lake Season 2Dark Horizons: Crystal Lake reviewsDread Central: Jennifer’s Body 2 and the original’s releaseGold Derby: Whalefall opening weekendBloody Disgusting: John Carpenter’s Luminary AwardBloody Disgusting: The Cycle and October releasesCreepy Catalog: The Bride! on Prime Video

Mike Flanagan's The Exorcist: Martyrs dropped its first trailer, so Davey digs into the movie that inspired it, The Exorcist III, a slow, creepy detective story that the studio forced an exorcism into. Then it's Hammer Films buying up Susan Hill's ghost stories, Ti West's horror film for the Apple Vision Pro, and William Castle's flying skeletons and buzzing theater seats.Plus Other Mommy's big but bumpy opening weekend, the new Lake Mungo documentary on Shudder, a sad week of Scream news, the great creepy clown panic of 2016, and three picks for this weekend: Whalefall, Hallowarrior and Crawlers.Grab a drink and get comfy. New episodes every Wednesday.SourcesIn defense of Flanagan's CarrieExorcist: Martyrs trailer finally dropsThe Exorcist III filming locationsThe Exorcist filming locationsDoctor Sleep filming locationsHammer Films buys all Susan Hill's workOther Mommy reactions are mostly negativeOther Mommy has about 50 jump scaresHereditary filming locationsLake Mungo Revisited now streaming on ShudderThe Blair Witch Project filming locationsScream's C.W. Morgan has diedSkeet Ulrich rules out Scream returnBarrera lays out her Scream termsScream (1996) filming locationsScream 4 filming locationsClown Panic clip revisits 2016 scareIn a Violent Nature 2 datedGodzilla Minus Zero gets final trailer28 Years Later 3 stalls againBradley rebuilt Pinhead's voice from memoryShudder's Hallowarrior gets first trailerFlanagan's Exorcist movie gets its title (Bloody Disgusting)Flanagan on Carrie and The Dark Tower (Gizmodo)Ti West's Remnants for Apple Vision Pro (Bloody Disgusting)Other Mommy box office and CinemaScore (iHorror)Marco Beltrami on Scream 4 (Dread Central)Next Paranormal Activity dated for 2027 (Dread Central)Brian Duffield's Siren Head update (Bloody Disgusting)Whalefall, Crawlers and October's new horror (Bloody Disgusting)

Fifty years after Sissy Spacek's prom night, Mike Flanagan's Carrie series lands on Prime Video. Davey digs into the real girls who inspired Stephen King's first novel, the pages Tabitha King pulled out of the trash, and why so many horror fans who were bullied as kids still feel like Carrie belongs to them.Then it's George Romero's final zombie movie finally getting made, the woman behind Friday the 13th's real first killer, Trick 'r Treat's Sam turning 30, and the weirdest headlines of the week, from killer sheep to a man stuck in a toilet.Grab a drink and get comfy. New episodes every Wednesday.SourcesMike Flanagan's Carrie arrives on Prime VideoFlanagan's Carrie gets first trailerNew poster teases Carrie's powersChloë Grace Moretz stars in Found AliveKate Beckinsale leads Romero's final zombie filmNight of the Living Dead filming locationsDawn of the Dead filming locationsCrystal Lake shares opening sceneFirst look: Cardellini in Voorhees sweaterFriday the 13th filming locationsMichael Dougherty is bringing Sam backFlush trailer traps man in toiletKiller sheep sequel Black Sheeps premieres at SitgesGhostbusters horror-holiday mashup in worksTyra Banks' Halloween beefBelow drops new images before premiereOther Mommy has about 50 jump scaresThe real girls who inspired Carrie (Looper)Facts and trivia from Carrie (1976) (Creepy Catalog)Carrie first reviews and Rotten Tomatoes score (ComicBookMovie)Carrie series review (Gizmodo)

Davey kicks things off with a Blair Witch story close to home: the real Rustin Parr house from the movie's ending stood in his own neighborhood. He looks at how a new horror movie is borrowing that famous marketing playbook, then gets into the 2,000-pound puppet behind Resident Evil, the real medieval wolf hunt behind Robert Eggers' Werwulf, horror sequels going back to their original creators, and the story of the most hated horror sequel ever made.Grab a drink and get comfy. New episodes every Wednesday. More horror every day at MakeItWeirdHorror.comSources#VYMARA's ARG marketing and AMC release (Dread Central)The Blair Witch Project filming locationsResident Evil nears $200 millionZach Cregger on Resident Evil's practical effects (Bloody Disgusting)Obsession almost went straight to NetflixEggers reveals first Werwulf trailerMike Nelson lands next Saw filmDon't Breathe 3 has a scriptIt Follows sequel adds James JordanBarrera lays out her Scream termsBoorman and the Devil and this week's new releases (Bloody Disgusting)New poster teases Carrie's powersLiminal spaces were always haunted, Hollywood just caught upShudder's October lineup (Bloody Disgusting)Stephen King praises The Cycle

On the very first Make It Weird Wednesday, Davey goes through the week’s horror and paranormal news. Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil breaks the franchise’s opening-weekend record, and Netflix’s Monster takes on Lizzie Borden. AMC is bringing five horror classics back to theaters this October.On the strange side, the Pentagon’s newest UFO files include a secret program that studied warp drives and invisibility cloaks. There’s also a million-dollar bounty on Bigfoot and a Missouri town that wants you to go ghost hunting.Grab a drink and get comfy. New episodes every Wednesday.www.makeitweirdhorror.com SOURCESResident Evil opening weekend (AV Club)Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story viewership (TheWrap)AMC Welcome to Horrorwood lineup (Bloody Disgusting)Everything new in horror, Sept 14 to 20 (iHorror)Horror book news, week ending Sept 18 (This Is Horror)Pentagon sixth UFO file release (CBS News)1952 Tremonton film and other files (LiveNOW from FOX)Hard Mountain Dew Bigfoot bounty (GlobeNewswire)Capturing Bigfoot trailer and release date (ComingSoon)Independence Paranormal Pursuit Passport (KCTV5)Episode length data (WhichPodcast)Episode length by format (Podcast Studio Glasgow)