It’s been announced that Lionsgate is in final negotiations with the Call Me by Your Name and Challengers director to helm the new version of American Psycho based off a script by Scott Z. Burns. It’s also been clarified that this project,

Luca Guadagnino is in final negotiations for a new interpretation of the book “American Psycho” by Bret Easton Ellis for Lionsgate. The film, which features a script by Scott Z. Burns, will not be a remake of the 2000 film,

Luca Guadagnino is supposedly set to direct a new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho. “We are thrilled to add another elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson.

The horror film is a sequel to 2022’s Smile, in which a demonic presence infects people, causing them to smile creepily before committing violence and spreading to the next victim. It attracted a lot of attention for viral marketing which hired actors to creepily smile while frozen in place at places like baseball games, which made it to TV.

Of course, with all the options out there, it can be difficult to determine which horror flicks are actually worth your time. Luckily, Netflix currently has a wide selection of quality choices, from timeless classics like Psycho and Jaws to modern-day slashers like Pearl and Thanksgiving to franchise refreshers like Evil Dead Rise and 2018's Halloween.

Which classic horror icon slasher has more movies? What version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers did critics like better?