Chuck Russell (A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors, The Blob) is back this year with Witchboard, a remake of Kevin S. Tenney’s same-titled movie from 1986.
The upcoming Witchboard remake has been rated “R” this week for… “strong bloody violence, gore, language, drug content, some sexual content and brief nudity.”
Look for Witchboard to release on August 15, 2025.
In the film…
“Emily, her fiancé Christian and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. But a darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits.
“Christian seeks help for Emily from occult expert Alexander Babtiste, but Babtiste has secrets of his own, knowing the fateful bloodlines that binds them all to the Witchboard. A modern coven of White Witches, a masked ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth, the Queen of Witches, are all part of a dangerous game that puts Emily’s very soul at risk.”
Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Antonia Desplat (Shantaram) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark) star.
The remake’s cast also includes Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”).
Chuck Russell told Bloody Disgusting last year, “I wanted to get back to the horror genre. I’ve been keeping an eye out for that over the course of my career, and I wanted to do something even scarier and more imaginative. I wanted to top my other two horror films.”
“So I thought Witchboard was a little bit like The Blob and that it’s very pop culture resonant, but there’s room to explore the idea,” Russell continued in our chat from last summer.
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