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Witchboard Red Band Trailer Reveals Graphic Gore Ahead of August Release

Veteran horror director Chuck Russell brings the 1986 cult classic to modern audiences with intensified scares in a New Orleans–set occult thriller.

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Overview

  • An exclusive R-rated Red Band trailer debuted July 31, showcasing intense supernatural scares just weeks before Witchboard hits theaters on August 15.
  • The footage features graphic moments like a face-peeling kill scene that highlight the remake’s escalated violence compared with the 1986 original.
  • Jamie Campbell Bower stars as occult expert Alexander Babtiste opposite Madison Iseman and Aaron Dominguez, whose café-opening friends inadvertently summon a vengeful witch.
  • Chuck Russell’s update expands the original’s mythology with modern special effects, adult themes and a deeper storyline set against New OrleansFrench Quarter.
  • Shot in Montreal for A-Nation Media, the film carries an R rating for strong bloody violence, gore, language, drug content, some sexual content and brief nudity.