Focus Features and Blumhouse Atomic announced today that Nicolas Curcio’s debut horror film, PLAY HOUSE, will be released wide in theaters on April 2, 2027. Universal Pictures International will handle international distribution (ex: LatAm and India).

The buzzy micro-budget film was the winner of Fantastic Pitches and is the latest collaboration between Focus Features, Blumhouse Atomic and Divide/Conquer, following the worldwide, record-breaking success of OBSESSION. Future collaborations also include Barker’s highly anticipated follow up, ANYTHING BUT GHOSTS (May 7, 2027) and Josh Giuliano’s OCCUPANT.

Directed by Curcio and written by Curcio and Kirby Gladstein, PLAY HOUSEstars Will Harrison, Jessica Sula, Jordan Gonzalez and James Urbaniak. Curcio and Gladstein (Skinny Ghost), Ben Gojer, Jack Forbes and Derek Tramont produce, with Ahbra Perry (Chroma), Daniel Levin (Narrative), Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath (Divide/Conquer), and Jason Blum (BlumhouseAtomic) serving as executive producers.

PLAY HOUSE

• Director: Nicolas Curcio

• Writer: Nicolas Curcio, Kirby Gladstein

• Cast: Will Harrison, Jessica Sula, Jordan Gonzalez, and James Urbaniak

• Producers: Nicolas Curcio, Kirby Gladstein (Skinny Ghost); Ben Gojer; Jack Forbes; Derek Tramont

• Executive Producers: Ahbra Perry (Chroma); Daniel Levin (Narrative); Adam Hendricks, Greg Gilreath (Divide/Conquer); Jason Blum (Blumhouse Atomic)

• Synopsis While renovating a dilapidated house in hopes of winning back his ex, Elliot (Will Harrison) discovers VHS tapes of a forgotten children’s TV show, Mr. Morton’s Monster Alley. As his obsession with the mystery behind the tapes grows, the sinister world of the show begins bleeding into his own life with horrifying consequences.