Horror Inc. Has Now Set Lawsuit Against Gun Interactive In Stunning Revelation

There has been a very stunning revelation today that further sheds light on the demise of Gun Interactive's Friday The 13th: The Game.

Horror, Inc. sued Gun Interactive in late August 2026 over alleged unpaid royalties from Friday the 13th: The Game! The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. 

Horror, Inc. (the longtime Friday the 13th rights company associated with producer Sean Cunningham) claims Gun withheld up to about $4–4.5 million in royalties and destroyed reports that would have shown what was owed. The dispute centers on accounting methods years after the game stopped receiving new content and was later delisted.

Gun’s response

Gun Interactive posted a statement on August 28, 2026. Its position:

- It paid more than $18 million in royalties over the life of the game.

- Horror, Inc.’s own representatives reviewed and approved Gun’s accountings at every step.

- The extra $4 million demand uses “disputed accounting methodologies” after the game was already dead.

- It calls the suit an attempt to strong-arm a former partner through costly litigation—the same approach Horror, Inc. used (and lost) against screenwriter Victor Miller from 2016–2021. 

Gun also says it wanted to remaster the game after the Miller case ended, but Horror, Inc. let the license lapse instead. That led to the game being pulled from storefronts and servers shutting down, despite Gun offering to keep them running. Gun says it will fight the lawsuit and will not pay more than it believes it already paid.

Context

This is separate from the earlier Horror Inc. v. Miller copyright-termination fight that froze new content for the 2017 IllFonic/Gun game in 2018. Miller won that case (affirmed on appeal in 2021). The new suit is a contract/royalty dispute over money from the existing game, not a new claim over Jason’s copyright.

The game’s content freeze, later delisting, and server shutdown were already long-running fan frustrations. This royalty case adds another layer and, according to coverage and Gun’s statement, makes a remaster or official revival with Gun unlikely for now.The case is very recent (filed ~August 28, 2026). Horror, Inc. has not issued a detailed public rebuttal in the same way Gun did; reporting so far relies on the complaint and Gun’s statement.

This is really disheartening and genuinely upsetting to see this legal nonsense continuing when all fans want is passionate content from the the rights holders. It seems it really is all about the money, unfortunately.