by Alex Billington
April 14, 2026
Source: YouTube
“She’s turning into something else…” Lionsgate has unveiled an official trailer for an indie horror film titled My Best Friend’s Dead, which is being sent directly to VOD to watch at home starting in May. This low rent horror is correctly skipping theaters. It’s the latest film by genre filmmaker Bruce Wemple, who often makes B-movie level horror duds like The Hangman or The North Witch recently. Olivia and Aurora have been through it all together, but when a few men begin to go missing around their isolated farmhouse, Olivia realizes her terrifying secret is about to be uncovered, leaving countless bodies in its wake. When she tries to bring her friend back from the dead, the demon she has created follows her out into the real world and turns the quiet borough into a terrifying hellscape. This stars Caitlin Duffy, Anna Shields, Grant Schumacher, and Catharine Daddario. This has some cheap jumpscares, but the rest of it looks awful.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Bruce Wemple’s horror My Best Friend’s Dead, from YouTube:
Don’t mess with the dead. In a remote New England town, a sweet young woman has closed herself off to the outside world since the tragic murder of her best friend. When she tries to bring her soulmate back from the dead, the demon she has created follows her out into the real world and turns the quiet borough into a terrifying hellscape. Experience a wild and witty modern horror story about isolation, delusion and the supernatural. My Best Friend’s Dead is directed by indie genre writer / filmmaker Bruce Wemple, director of many genre films including Altered Hours, Lake Artifact, Monstrous, The Retreat, Dawn of the Beast, My Best Friend’s Dead, The Tomorrow Job, First Contact, Island Escape, The Hangman, The North Witch, Capture previously. The screenplay is written by Anna Shields. Produced by Mason Dwinell & Roger M. Mayer. Lionsgate debuts Wemple’s My Best Friend’s Dead direct-to-VOD starting on May 26th, 2026.
