Paramount and Walter Hamada Team Up Again—Is the Horror Renaissance About to Haunt Your Box Office Dreams?
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Ever wonder if the stars are aligned for horror? Well, today’s cosmic lineup might just explain why Paramount Pictures is doubling down on chilling thrills by renewing its multiyear pact with Walter Hamada and his 18Hz Productions. Hamada — who’s no stranger to genre magic, having cooked up hits like The Conjuring franchise and The Batman — is set to keep crafting eerie, low- to mid-budget gems for both the big screen and your streaming binge sessions. After cutting his teeth on blockbusters like It and Aquaman at Warner Bros., Hamada took the plunge into producing and wow… Paramount’s clearly loving the spooky vibes he’s bringing to the table. With a killer slate headed our way, including a terrifying tropical twist in Primate and a mysterious reimagining of Who Can Kill a Child?, it’s a wicked mix that’s sure to rattle some cages. Is this a case of Mercury retrograde fueling creative madness? Could be! Either way, I’m here for it — popcorn ready and astrology chart in hand. LEARN MORE
Paramount Pictures has renewed its exclusive, multiyear production deal with Walter Hamada and his 18Hz Productions.
Under the deal, Hamada, a former DC Films head, will continue to focus on the genre pic with low- to mid-size budgets for theatrical and streaming. His producing credits include The Conjuring franchise and The Batman.
In 2023, Hamada started out in producing after working in the studio trenches for Warner Bros. and New Line, where he oversaw the making of movies such as It and Aquaman. He signed an initial exclusive, multiyear production deal at the time with Paramount to spearhead the studio’s mainstream horror movies.
The goal was to release several low- to mid-budget films annually across theatrical and streaming.
Upcoming 18Hz productions include Primate, directed by Johannes Roberts and set for a Jan. 9, 2026 release. The genre pic stars Johnny Sequoyah, Jessica Alexander and Troy Kotsur and centers on a group of friends on a tropical vacation that turns into a terrifying and primal tale of horror and survival.
The 18Hz slate includes an untitled horror film from director André Ovredal and starring Jacob Scipio, Lou Llobell and Melissa Leo and has a script written by Zachary Donohue and T.W. Burgess; and director Caye Casas’s Familiar.
18Hz is also at work on Suffer Little Children, from director and writer Rodrigue Huart and a reimagining of the 1976 Spanish horror film Who Can Kill a Child? Plot details are under wraps, but the original film followed a couple who travels to a remote island for a vacation, only to realize all the adults on the island have been killed.
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