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by Alex Billington
July 22, 2026
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“If you’re harboring feelings of anger, you need to let them go!” “You wanna know how I feel?” Warner Bros & DC Studios have debuted the full official trailer for the Clayface movie, a standalone DC movie set in Gotham City. Just in time for Comic-Con this week. This is the first ever DC horror thriller film, based on the comic book character of Clayface from the Batman universe. Opening in theaters in October this fall. The movie is a body horror story about an up-and-coming actor whose face is disfigured by a gangster. As a last resort, he turns to a scientist who transforms his body into clay. Exploring “the loss of one’s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition.” Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen who becomes “Clayface”, with Eddie Marsan, Max Minghella, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Nancy Carroll & Joshua James. It’s produced by The Batman’s Matt Reeves and features a screenplay co-written by horror mastermind Mike Flanagan. The first teaser was much better than this trailer, which plays way more like a horror movie than a comic book movie. I’m intrigued by this and the whole premise, but so far none of the footage has impressed me. Keep an eye out for more before it opens in a few months.
Here’s the main official trailer for James Watkins’ DC horror movie Clayface, direct from WB’s YouTube:
You can rewatch the initial teaser trailer for Watkins’ Clayface DC movie right here for the first look again.
DC Studios’ first-ever foray into the genre, Clayface is a horror thriller film from director James Watkins, starring Tom Rhys Harries in the role of the Gotham City villain. Clayface unravels one man’s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood star to a revenge-filled monster in a story that explores the loss of one’s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition. Clayface is directed by British genre filmmaker James Watkins, director of the movies Eden Lake, The Woman in Black, The Take, and the recent Speak No Evil remake, plus the “Shut Up and Dance” episode of “Black Mirror” and “The Ipcress File” mini-series. The screenplay is written by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini; from a story by Flanagan. Based on characters from DC Comics. With cinematography by Rob Hardy. Produced by Matt Reeves, Lynn Harris, James Gunn and Peter Safran. Warner Bros will release Watkins’ Clayface DCU horror movie in theaters worldwide starting October 23rd, 2026 coming up this fall. Any good? Want to watch?
