Hansel & Gretel’s Halloween Wraps Filming via Devilworks

Devilworks has wrapped production on Hansel & Gretel’s Halloween, a horror fantasy feature filmed in Oklahoma, and unveiled its cast following the company’s appearance at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, May 12-23, 2026. Devilworks executive producers Samantha Richardson and Matteo Rolleri are also handling international sales, with a release planned later this year.

The film follows six teens who enter a candy-coated labyrinth pulled from the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale on Halloween night, where a deadly Witch turns temptation into traps and resisting the sweetest lure becomes their only way out.

Hansel & Gretel’s Halloween was written by Chris Hoyt (The Adventures of Jurassic Pet, Dinosaur World, The 7 Dwarves) and directed by Marcus Mallard and Logan Walcher, who also produced alongside Leah Heitzke-Mallard and Hoyt. The cast is led by Christy Tate (Lifetime’s Murder and Mayhem at Mardi Gras) as Amelia/the Witch, with Griffin Edge as Hansel, Alexia Berry as Gretel, Aubree Payne as Madison, Nehemiah Auzer as Jacob, Madison Sein as Taylor, Tate Skelton as Michael, Amanda Stump as Jacob’s mom, and Caroline Kelly as Allison Cooper.

“We took a story everyone thinks they know and gave it a wicked twist — Hansel & Gretel’s Halloween is clever, bolder and a lot more fun than you’d expect,” said Matteo Rolleri, executive producer.

“The vision for this film was to inject new life into the legend of Hansel and Gretel and make it into something authentically scary,” said Logan Walcher, director and producer. “The stakes are high and the deaths are deeply unsettling. The haunted house makes you question reality at every twist and turn.”

Devilworks, founded in 2013, is known for genre titles including The Hollow Child, Discopath, Some Kind of Hate, Time Lapse, and Red Christmas. Hansel & Gretel’s Halloween is targeting a 2026 release.