Cult of Chucky is on track to arrive this Halloween, but the pint-sized murderer could be heading straight to DVD and VOD services.

At least this isn’t going to be a Friday the 13th situation. Don Mancini’s seventh Child’s Play film, Cult of Chucky, has finished shooting recently, going into post-production. With the project sailing so smoothly along, everything seems as if it’s on the right track to hit its rumored October 2017 release date.

Well, while Chucky fans can be happy a new film is definitely coming, let’s not get our hopes up on seeing it on the big screen. The folks over at Horrorfreaknews.com found something interesting things in its listing on Upcoming Horror Movies.

First of all, a release date of October 31, 2017, is the current plan for the film. That means you can spend the day binge-watching Stranger Things season 2 and cap it off with Cult of Chucky. It’s going to be a great Halloween this year! And it’s looking like you’ll be able to watch the new film while sitting on your couch, picking at your kids’ Halloween candy.

UHM lists Cult of Chucky as a DVD and Video-on-Demand release. This makes sense because Curse of Chucky, the previous film, was also straight to video. But it’s still disappointing, as Curse is surprisingly great and helped restore fan interest in the series. I think horror fans would pay to see the little guy back on the big screen again. But maybe the massive failure of Rings is scaring studios about other horror sequels.

While UHM usually has accurate information, there’s a possibility for change. No official announcement has come from Universal, and we’re still several months away. Let’s hope for the best, but I just want to tell our readers now so we don’t start getting our hopes up.