Clayface Tickets Are On Sale Now — DC’s Body-Horror Nightmare Hits Theaters October 23
DC just did the unthinkable: it let a superhero movie go full horror.
Advance tickets for Clayface went on sale October 7, 2026, and if you’ve been waiting for a comic-book movie that treats the genre like a nightmare instead of a theme park ride, this is the one. The R-rated psychological body-horror film hits theaters October 23 — and nothing about this project feels like your typical capes-and-cowls affair.
Start with the creative team. Directing is James Watkins, the filmmaker behind Eden Lake and The Woman in Black — a man who understands dread in his bones. The script comes from none other than Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House) alongside Hossein Amini. Let that sink in: Mike Flanagan, one of modern horror’s most beloved storytellers, writing a DC movie. This isn’t a superhero film with horror sprinkles. It’s horror wearing a superhero costume.
Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen, a disfigured actor who turns to an experimental serum in a desperate bid to reclaim his looks — only to transform into living clay. Naomi Ackie co-stars. It’s an origin story for one of Batman’s most tragic villains, and the premise is pure body horror: identity dissolving, flesh becoming something else entirely. Think The Fly by way of Gotham.
That’s what makes this genuinely exciting. DC has flirted with horror before — the first Joker danced around psychological-thriller territory — but an R-rated body-horror film built around a shape-shifting clay monster is a different beast altogether. Between Watkins’ mean streak behind the camera and Flanagan’s gift for making monsters heartbreakingly human, Clayface has the ingredients to be something genuinely special.
A comic-book movie that isn’t afraid to get under your skin — literally. Tickets are on sale now, and October 23 can’t come fast enough.
Want proof DC is serious about this one? An R-rated comic-book movie written by Mike Flanagan isn’t a gamble — it’s a statement of intent. See it opening night.
