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Summerween is a real thing (Gravity Falls coined the term back in 2012, and it has only picked up steam since), and this episode is our full lineup of summer horror movie recommendations, vampire picks, slasher books, and the horror TV shows we cannot stop talking about. On the movie side: The Final Girls, The Vast of Night, the new survival horror film Pitfall, The Lost Boys, Joyride, Sean Byrne's shark thriller Dangerous Animals, the live-action Scooby-Doo, the horror sequel Influencers, The Gift, and The Ruins. For summer horror books, we cover Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley, You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron, The Last Astronaut by David Wellington, I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones, Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan, and Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare. And for horror TV, we get into Widow's Bay (just renewed for season two), Midnight Mass, Eerie Indiana, and True Blood. Use the chapter markers below to jump straight to whichever category you're after, movies, books, or TV, and check the full shownotes for links to everything we mention. If even one of these sends you down a rabbit hole this summer, our job here is done. Stay scared, stay tuned. Please vote for us for the Rising Star category at the Sacred Crypt Awards . What Even Is Summerween? Summerween comes from Gravity Falls (2012-2016), which had an actual episode by that name about a town that celebrates Halloween twice a year, and the term has stuck around as its own horror content category ever since. New Horror Releases for Summerween 2026 Pitfall (2025): survival horror slasher from director James Kondelik, starring Richard Harmon, Randy Couture, and Alexandra Essoe, about a hike that turns into a hunt. Dangerous Animals (2025): Sean Byrne's shark horror, starring Jai Courtney as a fisherman who feeds victims to sharks for no reason other than that he likes it. Influencers (2025): the Fantasia Festival sequel starring Cassandra Naud as CW, now hiding out in th
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