“The Fear Collection”: Sony and Amazon Team on Cosmic Horror Anthology Film Series

Sony Pictures International Productions and Amazon Prime Video have closed a multi-picture deal with celebrated Spanish cineaste Álex de la Iglesia (Witching and Bitching, The Oxford Murders) to produce a new horror feature film anthology, The Fear Collection, reports Variety.

Sounding similar in vein to Hulu’s “Into the Dark”, the deal will see De la Iglesia direct and/or produce movies from The Fear Collection, which also take in suspense titles.

Produced in association with Amazon Prime Video, the films will be initially theatrically released by Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia. They will then be made available on Amazon Prime in Spain. Sony Pictures International Productions will control all distribution rights for each picture outside of Spain, which means we could see a different release pattern here in the U.S.

“It’s an ambitious project that I’ve been hauling around for years,” said Iglesia. “The concept is to make a collection of films that unveil a universe of horror beyond time. The characters face supernatural forces that threaten humanity. The idea is to generate a label of films with a specific character, Cosmic Horror.”

The partners will aim to produce two films a year with directors and screenwriters that are lovers of the genre.

Sony announced Thursday that several projects are currently in development for The Fear Collection, with established writers and directors such as the De la Iglesia himself teaming with his longterm co-writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría as well as [REC] writer-director Jaume Balagueró, Paula Ortiz, director of B.O. breakout The Bride, Fernando Navarro, co-writer of Paco Plaza’s Netflix hit Verónica, and Carlos Theron, director of 2019 Telecinco Cinema B.O. hit I Can Quit Whenever I Want.

Watch for more as it’s announced.