There’s always a Michigan connection.

With the box office success of “Smile,” “The Black Phone" and his “Barbarian” this year, writer-director Zach Cregger says it’s clear that “original horror is working right now.”.

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Lainey Wilson and a Garbage anthology, the video on demand releases of horror films “Pearl” and “Barbarian” and the latest installment of the “Call of Duty” video game franchise.

The horror film “Barbarian” won the weekend as the late-summer doldrums at the box office continued.

There are a few movies to discuss today, but none of them are projected to be blockbusters. In fact, the biggest new movie may be streaming.