Focus Features and Blumhouse Atomic Date Horror Debut Play House for April 2027
Focus Features and Blumhouse Atomic have set April 2, 2027, as the release date for Play House, a horror film from Nicolas Curcio. Deadline reported the date on 10 November 2026.
The film will open wide in theatres, which means it will play in a broad chain of cinemas rather than a small number of specialist venues. Universal Pictures International will handle international distribution, the sale and release of the film in cinemas outside the United States and Canada.
This is Curcio's first horror feature as director. He also wrote the script with Kirby Gladstein. The cast is led by Will Harrison, Jessica Sula, Jordan Gonzalez and James Urbaniak.
The project began as a winner of Fantastic Pitches, a pitch competition where filmmakers present projects to industry buyers and backers. Its path to a screen has since taken shape as a collaboration between Focus Features, Blumhouse Atomic and Divide/Conquer, the same three companies behind the earlier film OBSESSION.
Producers on the film are Curcio, Gladstein, Ben Gojer, Jack Forbes and Derek Tramont. Executive producers are Ahbra Perry, Daniel Levin, Adam Hendricks, Greg Gilreath and Jason Blum.
The same partners are also set to team on Occupant, directed by Josh Giuliano. Deadline reported that arrangement alongside the Play House news.
On the calendar, Play House lands in early spring 2027. Another film, Anything But Ghosts, is set to open on May 7, 2027, about five weeks later. Studio release dates can move, so both dates should be read as the current plan rather than fixed.
For horror fans, the news is a clear date and a clear list of names to watch. For everyone else, it is a reminder that a film announced today may not reach a cinema until more than a year from now.
