Blumhouse Sets 'Sleepover' With Jacob Chase for 2027
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- Blumhouse Atomic Monster is reteaming with Jacob Chase on "Sleepover," a large-scale horror film now occupying Universal's previously untitled Oct. 8, 2027 release slot.
- Jacob Chase will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Bryce McGuire ("Night Swim"), adapted from McGuire's original short story and billed as the "quintessential sleepover nightmare."
- Jason Blum is producing, with Chase, McGuire, and Bea Sequeira as executive producers; Lilly Tyson oversees the project for Blumhouse Atomic Monster and "Sleepover" is a Cinescape Entertainment production.
- The deal lands one weekend after "Insidious: Out of the Further" opened to $60.3M worldwide, pushing the 16-year-old PG-13 Insidious franchise past $800M in global box office.
Why it matters: Blumhouse Atomic Monster is converting a previously untitled Universal reservation into a new original horror property rather than another franchise sequel, with Jason Blum producing. The Oct. 8, 2027 date gives the studio a late-horror-season wide release more than two years out, leveraging the Insidious franchise's $800M global run to greenlight Chase and McGuire on an original concept.
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