Vera Farmiga Sets First Major Horror Role After The Conjuring Exit In Inferno Movie

The actress is best known for playing paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring Universe, wrapping up her five-film run with Last Rites (2025). Beyond battling supernatural forces on screen, she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Up in the Air (2009) and an Emmy nomination for her chilling portrayal of Norma Bates in the horror series Bates Motel (2013–2017).

Now, according to Variety, Vera Farmiga is set to star in and executive produce the supernatural horror film, Inferno, written and directed by Bryan Hill, known for HBO Max’s Titans (2018–2023). According to the synopsis, the film centers on Britain’s long-rumored Black Branch, a secret Scotland Yard division tasked with investigating occult activity.

Farmiga will play a former detective who is drawn back into the unit while hunting a killer, forcing her to confront the supernatural horrors she believed she had left behind. Production is slated to begin in late spring. Manifest Pictures is overseeing international sales and will present the project to prospective buyers at the upcoming American Film Market.

Writer/director Bryan Hill, along with the co-CEOs of Manifest Pictures, Yvette Zhuang and Zach Glueck, shared the following statements:

Hill: Great horror films challenge what we believe about the world. With Inferno, I want to create a terrifying mystery that stays with audiences long after the credits roll. Vera Farmiga is an extraordinary actor whose intelligence, emotional depth, and commanding presence make her the perfect person to lead us into and through that darkness.

Zhuang: Inferno is a sophisticated supernatural thriller that marries the investigative propulsion of a serial-killer procedural with the visceral terror of possession horror.

Glueck: We were immediately sucked into Hill’s script, which has unnerving procedural tension of Manhunter and the emotional, performance-driven horror of The Exorcist or Longlegs. Hill’s work collaborating with incredible directors from Ryan Coogler to Sam Raimi, and his experience on shows like HBO’s Titans, has prepared him for his role as a multi-hyphenate creator.

Hill: Great horror films challenge what we believe about the world. With Inferno, I want to create a terrifying mystery that stays with audiences long after the credits roll. Vera Farmiga is an extraordinary actor whose intelligence, emotional depth, and commanding presence make her the perfect person to lead us into and through that darkness.

Zhuang: Inferno is a sophisticated supernatural thriller that marries the investigative propulsion of a serial-killer procedural with the visceral terror of possession horror.

Glueck: We were immediately sucked into Hill’s script, which has unnerving procedural tension of Manhunter and the emotional, performance-driven horror of The Exorcist or Longlegs. Hill’s work collaborating with incredible directors from Ryan Coogler to Sam Raimi, and his experience on shows like HBO’s Titans, has prepared him for his role as a multi-hyphenate creator.

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Before cementing her status in The Conjuring movies, Farmiga established herself as a scream queen in the horror films Joshua (2007) and Orphan (2009). Beyond horror, she has starred in The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Departed (2006), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Source Code (2011), Safe House (2012), The Judge (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and The Many Saints of Newark (2021). She also received an Emmy nomination for the Netflix miniseries When They See Us (2019) and appeared in the MCU miniseries Hawkeye (2021).

Hill’s feature directorial debut, Archangel, is currently in post-production. His creative portfolio spans film, television, graphic novels, and video games. His screenwriting credits include Bitter Root, The Purgatory Game, and Universal’s upcoming Prince biopic, which Ryan Coogler is producing. His comic book work includes American Carnage, Chariot, Blade: Evil Against Evil, and Batman and the Outsiders.

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• Giles Keyte / Warner Bros. / courtesy Everett Collection

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Inferno is produced by Ara Keshishian (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Kidnap), Petr Jákl’s ZQ Entertainment (Land of Bad, Feed), and Adrian Askarieh’s Prime Universe Films, known for the Hitman franchise.

With Farmiga returning to the supernatural horror genre, Inferno sounds like a promising new chapter in her career, and fans will surely be eager to see what awaits.