Something Is Killing The Children Prequel Officially Confirmed Before Blumhouse's Movie Drops

Image via BOOM! Studios Published Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT John Dodge is an MTV Writer for CBR who specializes in movies, television, comics, and pop culture. He has a deep knowledge of franchises like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Marvel, and DC Comics, along with a passion for indie and horror titles. An expert on obscure productions from the ’80s and ’90s, John is known for his encyclopedic recall of cult classics like Beetleborgs. Sign in to your CBR account Fans of Something is Killing the Children can now dive into a brand-new prequel story, and it is everything they didn't know they needed. On October 14, Something is Killing the Children: Hope is a Knife by Kiersten White and James Tynion IV arrived in book stores everywhere, giving readers a harrowing and gruesome look into the world of Erica Slaughter just prior to the events of the hit BOOM! Studios comic book series. Set against the backdrop of a small, sleepy town ready to boil over with violent rage, Something is Killing the Children: Hope is a Knife is precisely the kind of story that longtime fans and newcomers alike could use before the series is adapted for the small and silver scre...