The smash success of Obsession and Backrooms has Hollywood looking pretty hard for the next big horror sensation. The fact that those movies turned into such word-of-mouth sensations has studios mining more unconventional places for material, with both Obsession’s Curry Barker and Backrooms’ Kane Parsons emerging from YouTube. One project that many believe has a lot of potential is Seasons, which comes from Companion director Drew Hancock. While he doesn’t come from the YouTube world, the source material comes from an interesting place, having begun life as a Reddit thread. It’s high-profile enough that it has attracted a top-shelf cast, with Deadline reporting that Lily James, Jack Reynor, and Ron Perlman will play the three leads.
Seasons is the story of a young couple (to be played by Reynor and James) who buy a ranch that happens to be occupied by ancient spirits. To ward them off, they have to perform a series of bizarre rituals. The film began as a short story that writer Matt Query released in a unique way: as a Reddit thread posted in the #nosleep section. The story went viral and was turned into a novel written by Matt and Harrison Query, with the screenplay to be adapted by Hancock himself. The film is a co-production between Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps (Stranger Things) and Blumhouse/Atomic Monster. Amazon MGM has the domestic rights.
Lily James has another big movie planned for 2027, with her remake of Cliffhanger having recently been sold to Neon after its original distributor, Row K, was unable to finance the wide theatrical release that had been planned for August 2026. Jack Reynor is coming off a role in John Carney’s Power Ballad, while Ron Perlman’s dance card remains full, with him having signed on to join his fellow Sons of Anarchy co-stars in Charlie Hunnam’s meta FX limited series, Legends.
Drew Hancock’s Companion was one of the buzzier horror flicks of 2025, even if it fell short at the box office, which was a surprise to many, as the reviews were excellent. Seasons sounds like a creepy, character-driven follow-up that could—potentially—capture the zeitgeist.
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