The biggest and best horror movies of 2026

2026 in the Vault

• ObsessionCurry Barker · USA

  A lovesick music-store clerk uses a novelty wishing toy to make his co-worker love him, and gets exactly what he asked for. Made for about $750,000, it became 2026's biggest horror film at about $525 million worldwide.

• 28 Years Later: The Bone TempleNia DaCosta · UK

  Ralph Fiennes' Dr. Kelson tends a memorial of bones as a new cult rises.

• BackroomsKane Parsons · USA

  A furniture-store owner finds a basement door into an endless maze of yellow rooms. Kane Parsons adapted his own viral web series for $10 million, and it became A24's biggest film at about $402.5 million worldwide.

• BuddyCasper Kelly · USA

  A children's TV set turns into something horrific, from the creator of Too Many Cooks.

• ClayfaceJames Watkins · USA

  The DC villain as Frankenstein's monster in a stylish body-horror crime drama.

• ColonyYeon Sang-ho · South Korea

  The Train to Busan director seals a bio-engineering conference inside a tower with a fungal hivemind.

• Evil Dead BurnSébastien Vaniček · USA

  The Deadites return in the next chapter of Raimi's franchise.

• Exit 8Genki Kawamura · Japan

  A looping Tokyo subway corridor from the hit indie game. Spot the anomaly, or start again.

• HokumDamian McCarthy · Ireland

  Adam Scott as a cynical novelist at a rural Irish hotel with a witch in residence.

• Insidious: Out of the FurtherJacob Chase · USA

  The Further opens again in the sixth Insidious film.

• Iron LungMark Fischbach · USA

  A YouTube creator's self-funded adaptation of the indie game. A submarine in an ocean of blood.

• Lee Cronin's The MummyLee Cronin · USA / Ireland

  A missing daughter returns wrapped in bandages, and the family home becomes a tomb.

• LeviticusAdrian Chiarella · Australia

  A closeted teen in rural Australia is stalked by a spirit that takes the shape of his desire.

• Other MommyRob Savage · USA

  Rob Savage's studio chiller opened at number one in October 2026.

• Resident EvilZach Cregger · USA

  A medical courier has one delivery to make in Raccoon City on the night of the outbreak. Cregger's reboot became the franchise's biggest film at $400 million worldwide and the best-reviewed video game movie ever.

• Scream 7Kevin Williamson · USA

  The original Scream writer directs Neve Campbell's return as Sidney, and it became the highest-grossing Scream film at $214 million.

• Send HelpSam Raimi · USA

  Raimi's first horror film since Drag Me to Hell. Two colleagues stranded on an island after a plane crash.

• Teenage Sex and Death at Camp MiasmaJane Schoenbrun · USA

  A filmmaker rebooting an old slasher falls under the spell of its scream queen.

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