‘Passenger’: André Ovredal’s New Horror Sets May 29th Release

January 6, 2026 Dread Central

André Ovredal, who has yet to fail us as horror fans, is returning with a new genre film, Passenger, which Paramount Pictures will release on May 29.

Official plot details haven’t been revealed, but IMDb’s listing describes it as about a couple on “van life” who witness a horrific accident; afterward, they’re pursued by a demonic force that won’t let them escape.

Passenger stars Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys for LifeThe Outpost, and Without Remorse), Lou Llobell, and Melissa Leo (The Fighter).

Ovredal became a horror name with his 2010 found footage Trollhunter and the classic The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016), and would go on to direct two criminally underrated horror films: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) and The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023).

Paramount’s next is this week’s Primate, a horror feature about things going very wrong with a pet chimp.

THR first reported the news.

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