Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster acquire ‘Play House’ after Fantastic Fest premiere

Dread Central reports Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster acquired ‘Play House’ after its Fantastic Fest premiere. In the horror film, a man renovating a house finds tapes of an unaired children’s show. The filmmakers won $100,000 in Fantastic Pitches production financing and returned with a finished movie for the following year’s festival. Release plans and the deal’s scope were unannounced when Dread Central published its report on October 9, 2026.