"Resident Evil" arrived big, "Buddy" built a hit, and "Evil Dead" and "Insidious" grappled with cost-benefit expectations. Horror’s third quarter explains why the genre needs more than one benchmark.
industry · Indiewire
October 5, 2026
"Resident Evil" arrived big, "Buddy" built a hit, and "Evil Dead" and "Insidious" grappled with cost-benefit expectations. Horror’s third quarter explains why the genre needs more than one benchmark.