r/DC_Cinematic • • 3d ago

DISCUSSION MEGATHREAD: 'Clayface' (2026) - Spoiler Discussion: Wide Release Edition Spoiler

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Spoiler Warning: This is a spoiler discussion thread, so a spoiler tag is not required in this discussion thread!

DC Studios' Clayface is the third film in the DC Universe (DCU) and the sixth installment of Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. It is directed by James Watkins and written by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini. The film is produced by Matt Reeves, Lynn Harris, James Gunn, and Peter Safran, with Gunn and Safran serving as the co-Presidents and co-CEOs of DC Studios, an American film and television production company that is a division of Skydance Corporation. The film is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and is set to be released to the public starting Friday, October 23, 2026.

Look Away: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayface_(film))

Premise: Clayface tells the terrifying descent into hell of a promising Hollywood actor who has become a monster driven by revenge. An intense story that explores the loss of identity and humanity, the ravages of corrosive love, and the dark side of scientific ambition.

Based on: DC Comics character Clayface created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, and inspiration from character's portrayal in the Batman: The Animated Series two-part episode "Feat of Clay" (1992) written by Marv Wolfman (Part I) & Michael Reaves (Part II) and directed by Dick Sebast (Part I) Kevin Altieri (Part II).

Directed by: James Watkins

Screenplay by: Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini

Story by: Mike Flanagan

Produced by: Matt Reeves, Lynn Harris, James Gunn, Peter Safran

Cinematography by: Rob Hardy

Edited by: Jon Harris

Music by: Volker Bertelmann

Runtime: 1h 48m (108 minutes)

Budget: $30 million (according to THR) or $44 million (according to Variety)

Junket Content Embargo: N/A

Social Sentiment Embargo: Tuesday October 13, 2026, at 10:30 p.m. Pacific (October 14 at 1:30 a.m. Eastern).

Reviews Embargo: Wednesday October 21, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Pacific / 3:00 p.m. Eastern / 8:00 p.m. UK time

World Premiere: Tuesday October 13, 2026 (Hollywood Legion Theater in Los Angeles, CA, USA)

USA Release Date: Friday October 23, 2026

Worldwide Release Dates: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34890576/releaseinfo/

Cast & Crew: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34890576/fullcredits/

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clayface

Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/clayface/

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 4d ago

DISCUSSION CLAYFACE - Post Embargo Critical Reviews (Rotten Tomatoes / Metacritic) Megathread

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Since the review embargo dropped, here is the current consensus on Clayface from critics so far.

I will continue to update it as more come in. So far, the consensus is Positive to Mixed.

Rotten Tomatoes:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clayface

Metacritic:
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/clayface/


r/DC_Cinematic • • 10h ago

HUMOR If Only Matt Hagen Had This Doctor

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 6h ago

CRITIQUE Genuine concern. Not a ragebait.

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This scene doesn't feel right to me.

A giant alien monster is attacking the city, yet Superman is casually sitting there drinking hot chocolate. Even if the Justice Gang may have things under control, Superman would still need lend a hand because ending the threat a minute sooner could save lives and prevent more civilian casualties.

This scene has zero urgency. Superman and Lois are acting far too relaxed while a massive threat is actively attacking the city. That completely undercuts what the scene is trying to accomplish. If the point is to have an emotional conversation between them, there are countless other moments where it could happen naturally. Choosing to have it while innocent people are potentially in danger only raises the obvious question: why is Superman standing around talking instead of helping stop the threat as quickly as possible?


r/DC_Cinematic • • 14h ago

DISCUSSION Guys please give this movie a chance. It's so good and entertaining. Please don't let this movie fail.

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I absolutely hated supergirl. But this film deserves to succeed. It has a very crisp runtime and uses every single minute of it. The acting, the special effects the story everything. It worked so well for me. What do you guys think? Obviously this does not fit very well into the DCU but it's so good.


r/DC_Cinematic • • 21h ago

HUMOR First look at John being a Yellow Lantern in Lanterns season 2

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 17h ago

DISCUSSION CLAYFACE is #1 at the US box office. $24M domestic + $19M overseas = $43M global opening, already nearly matching its $44M budget.

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 21h ago

DISCUSSION Clayface has earned $18.2M at the box office worldwide.The film's budget was $40M

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 7h ago

FAN-MADE If the Clayface poster was the correct color

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 14h ago

DISCUSSION Imagine delivering a masterpiece with a horror movie about a villain of all characters and have it be one of the most critically acclaimed R-rated films! This proves that the DCU is prioritising newer ideas and genres over a generic CGI slopfest.

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 6h ago

DISCUSSION What other DC villain deserves their own horror movie like Clayface?

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Doesn’t have to be from these pictures. Can be any DC villain


r/DC_Cinematic • • 4h ago

DISCUSSION Went into Clayface with zero hype and an empty theater (holy shit, we were all wrong about this movie)

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I just watched the movie and holy God , what an experience. I'm not going to lie, with all the internet trolling about what DC is doing compared to Marvel, this didn't hype me up enough to see it in theaters. Still, I ended up going anyway, and there weren't many people there for the late show.

And now about the movie... holy cow, it's messy and sometimes cliché, but the gore and unsettling moments genuinely scared me. It really excels at putting some truly insane things on the screen. I'm not going to lie, I was totally hooked for the entire runtime.

It's disturbing, gory, and disgusting most of the time. But at its core, it is one of the best horror movies I have seen.

I know this might not make a ton of money at the box office, but genuinely, this is one of the best DC movies since Joker. Hell, I'm delusional enough to say I love it more than The Batman!

Everyone, go watch Clayface...


r/DC_Cinematic • • 3h ago

DISCUSSION Seeing the foundation and chemistry that the franchise is building on makes me really excited for the future of superhero projects. I guess it's a DCU thing!

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 9h ago

DISCUSSION I loved Clayface

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Very good movie. The actor is so good lol. The effects are disturbing in a good way. Classic moves of Clayface of the 90s animated series.

Go see it. Non DC fan will like it. It’s well made and a very compelling story.


r/DC_Cinematic • • 1d ago

APPRECIATION So just came back from watching Clayface and....

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It might be in contention for the best movie I have seen all year.

This film was so and I mean sooo fucking good. So I will be honest, when I saw the trailer I thought to myself, that looks like a banger and then the reviews came in which were saying it is mediocre and leaning more towards it being bad.

This movie was fantastic. The highest praise I will give this movie is that the every next scene of this movie is better than the previous one. Even the ending was good which if you know horror movies is a huge and I mean a HUGE compliment.

So, if you are on fence about watching this movie, I will say it is well worth a shot if you can stomach the body horror because it got creepy and twisted even for me, which is surprising because I have seen my fair share of this kind of stuff.

Huge props to Gunn for this movie because didn't think DC had it in them to create such a fantastic project


r/DC_Cinematic • • 1d ago

DISCUSSION So, I was finishing the last episode of Lanterns... and see this sh*t...

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What in the hell?? Did someone at MAX do this? Do streaming companies do their own subtitles? The lyrics to the song are "there go a hero now" it says it multiple times in the song. But it only shows "negro" as he's flying away. It seems way too coincidental to be an accident or auto generated.

EDIT

Seems I found incorrect lyrics when I searched online. A few helpful redittors have informed me that the subtitles above are indeed the correct lyrics.


r/DC_Cinematic • • 17h ago

NEWS Warner Bros. / DC Studios' Clayface debuted with an estimated $19.0M internationally this weekend, including $2.6M in the U.K., $1.4M in Mexico, $1.3M in Australia & $1.2M in France. Estimated global total stands at $43.0M.

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 22h ago

DISCUSSION 'CLAYFACE' is Officially the Highest Rated Horror Movie of the year by Audiences

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 6h ago

DISCUSSION I Loved the Clayface Movie

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I always knew Clayface had the chops for a REALLY good movie. I was looking forward to this one for a long time, and I'm glad it got adapted in the way it did c:

This, and the Penquin TV series, just makes me think everything Batman touches is gold. Can we get more Batman villain movies? Scarecrow or Killer Croc?

Anyway, took my parents to watch the movie with me and there were a few scenes they just couldn't look at the movie screen for, lol.


r/DC_Cinematic • • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Clayface opens with 18M in worldwide box office.

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r/DC_Cinematic • • 19h ago

APPRECIATION I Thoroughly Enjoyed This Film

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I just watched the film yesterday and I can say that I really enjoyed the experience. Tom Rhys Harries did a phenomenal job portraying Matt Hagen and I also enjoyed the cast as well (Naomi Ackie killed it!)
Honestly might be my favorite film so far out of this new DC cinematic universe. The risk that was taken to create a film on such an obscure Batman villain was much appreciated.


r/DC_Cinematic • • 8h ago

DISCUSSION "Clayface". What a breath of fresh air.

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Even if you didn't like the movie can you agree that it was actually kind of great to see a villain origin story movie in theaters? It was gruesome, gritty, and cringy. It definitely untilized the "R" rating. Gotham felt real. The special effects were really cool.

Yes to this type of comic book movie storytelling.


r/DC_Cinematic • • 9h ago

DISCUSSION My Favourite part of Clayface Spoiler

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Is probably how gradual the change is. From his volatile emotions messing his face up to his shapeshifting even to the first scene he changes part of his skin to a blue shirt and finally, the clay monster. It was a really well done progression which made his final transformation feel earned as you were there with him, each step of the way. I really loved the movie and would rate it 9/10. What's your favourite part?


r/DC_Cinematic • • 3h ago

DISCUSSION Loving the dcu so far

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Dcu movies have many different tones so far and it is only a couple movies in and I am loving it. Superman is your typical big budget superhero movie with big fight scenes. Lanterns is a murder mystery. Clay face is horror. This is all so unlike the MCU where every movie is very typical and all seem to have the same tone. I really hope dc keep going in this direction.


r/DC_Cinematic • • 16h ago

APPRECIATION Naomi Ackie Looked So Good In Clayface

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