Film guide
- Body horror
- Stars
- Tom Rhys Harries · Naomi Ackie · Max Minghella
Images: Warner Bros. UK & Ireland
Where to watch Clayface
Clayface is not streaming anywhere, and no streaming date has been announced. It opens in US theaters on October 23, 2026. As a Warner Bros. and DC Studios film it will most likely land on HBO Max eventually, but no date has been set.
Release details in the United States, updated Oct 17, 2026. More from clayfacemovie.com.
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DC Studios’ first real horror movie, not a Batman movie with a monster in it
Clayface is not a Batman film. Bruce Wayne does not appear in the trailers, and the story stays with Matt Hagen: a struggling actor whose face is destroyed by a crime boss and who turns to a black-market cosmetic treatment that goes exactly as badly as that premise promises. James Watkins, who made Speak No Evil, directs a script co-written by Mike Flanagan — the closest thing horror has to a house style right now, from Doctor Sleep to The Haunting of Hill House — and the film is rated R, the hardest rating any DC Studios theatrical release has carried: Superman (2025) and Supergirl both stayed at PG-13.
Tom Rhys Harries plays Hagen, with Naomi Ackie as the doctor whose treatment causes the transformation and Max Minghella rounding out the leads. It sits inside James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe alongside Supergirl and Creature Commandos, but tells a self-contained story — there is no prerequisite viewing, the way there would be for a direct sequel.
It opens October 23, 2026, in theaters only; no streaming or digital date has been set. The official film site and the production record are where that would be announced first. If body horror grounded in a comics villain is the draw, our Batman (2022) guide is the closest thing already on the site; everything else by release date is in our watch guides.
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- Tom Rhys HarriesMatt Hagen / Clayface
- Naomi AckieDr. Caitlyn Corr
- Max MinghellaJohn Borrelli
- Director
- James Watkins
- Writer
- Mike Flanagan, Hossein Amini
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- Production
Bayona]] to direct the film by the end of 2024. The studio was set to hear pitches from potential directors in the week of February 17, 2025, including James Watkins. Source
- Production
A house on Tollemache Street was dressed as an American home for filming. Soundstage work took place at Warner Bros. Source
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I watch Clayface?
Nowhere yet. Clayface opens in US theaters on October 23, 2026, and Warner Bros. has not announced a streaming or digital date.
How long is Clayface?
108 minutes.
Is Clayface rated R?
Yes, for strong bloody violence, gore, language, some nudity and brief drug use.
Who plays Clayface?
Tom Rhys Harries plays Matt Hagen, a struggling actor whose disfigurement becomes Clayface, with Naomi Ackie and Max Minghella also starring.
Is Clayface connected to the rest of the DCU?
It is part of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe continuity, but it tells a self-contained horror story and does not require having seen Superman (2025), Supergirl or Creature Commandos first.
Who directed Clayface?
James Watkins, from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini.
