We’ve been enjoying a horror Renaissance for years now, but it felt like the bloody floodgates really opened in 2025. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Zach Cregger’s Weapons took two very different approaches to demonstrating what was possible with an auteur’s vision and a decent budget: while Sinners elevated the vampire invasion movie into a lush period piece full of musical sequences and racial commentary, Weapons leaned hard into supernatural horror while using a Magnolia-esque structure. Both were major successes at the Academy Awards, with Weapons’ Amy Madigan taking home a surprising Best Supporting Actress award for her portrayal of the wig-wearing, child-manipulating Aunt Gladys.
Now, Aunt Gladys is transitioning from villain to protagonist in Cregger’s new prequel movie, and we already have a (working) title for the upcoming project.
