‘Witchboard’ Trailer Conjures a Vengeful Occult Nightmare in Remake from Chuck Russell

The Blob and A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors director Chuck Russell is back this year with Witchboard, a remake of Kevin S. Tenney’s same-titled movie from 1986. The brand new trailer has arrived today to conjure up bad magic.

Look for Witchboard to release on August 15, 2025.

The new film is set in present day New Orleans and centers on “a cursed artifact unleashes a vengeful witch, drawing a young couple into a deadly spiral of possession, temptation, and occult terror.”

Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Antonia Desplat (Shantaram) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark) star.

The remake’s cast also includes Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”).

Chuck Russell told Bloody Disgusting last year, “I wanted to get back to the horror genre. I’ve been keeping an eye out for that over the course of my career, and I wanted to do something even scarier and more imaginative. I wanted to top my other two horror films.”

“I put everything I hadn’t tried into this film. I hope that fans of my work will recognize my touch. But we have dreams; we have deadly hallucinations. We have body swaps; we have literal time travel. It’s fun in that regard, but number one is to scare the hell out of people, and I think we’ve done that, too.” Russell continued in our chat from last summer.

The brand new trailer and key art below indicate a vastly different experience from the 1986 cult horror film. Iseman stars as Emily, who, along with her fiancé and a group of their friends, open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. But a darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits. It’s safe to say that Emily’s soul may be at risk.

Witchboard is  rated “R” for “strong bloody violence, gore, language, drug content, some sexual content and brief nudity.”