10 Huge Horror Movies Coming in 2026

2025 was an all-around solid year for horror movies. 28 Years Later, Bring Her Back, Companion, Frankenstein, Good Boy, and Together were all admirably ambitious. Clown in a Cornfield, Final Destination Bloodlines, Heart Eyes, and The Conjuring: Last Rites were good old-fashioned fun. Even Death of a Unicorn, Dust Bunny, Keeper, and The Monkey all seem to be destined for a fervent cult following. Then there are the two that are already being heralded as masterpiece: Sinners and Weapons. There were some missteps, like with Him and, according to some but not all, the reboot of I Know What You Did Last Summer, but for the most part this was a wonderful year for horror aficionados. Yet, in spite of that high bar, 2026 looks just as good if not even better.

Genre blenders were up for inclusion, but horror has to be the main focus. Hence, you won’t see The Bride! here, though it is definitely an exciting entry on the 2026 calendar. The same goes for Scary Movie 6. Just missing the cut were Psycho Killer, the next Insidious movie, and Primate.

10) Other Mommy (10/9)

Rob Savage’s Other Mommy is based on the novel Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman, who also penned Bird Box. And while that’s a reason to be excited for some, what really has us stoked is the presence of Jessica Chastain, who is never anything short of a powerhouse. Even Mama, an overall average horror film, was elevated by her presence.

Then there’s Savage, who is a budding voice in horror, having directed a bunch of shorts as well as the micro-budgeted films Strings, Host, and Dashcam before moving into studio filmmaking with The Boogeyman. And while The Boogeyman isn’t a top-tier Stephen King movie, it did show that Savage could create a believable and unsettling visual tone. Then there’s the fact that Marion Ravenwood herself, Karen Allen, is on the cast list.

9) Werwulf (12/25)

After tackling vampirism in Nosferatu, Robert Eggers is switching his focus to a lupine in Werwulf. And, even from just a few leaked images, it certainly looks like a companion piece to that Bill Skarsgård fronted retro throwback.

Not to mention, quite a few of Nosferatu‘s cast members are back. For instance, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Not much is known about the movie at this point outside its being set in medieval Britain, its involving a wolf, and its inclusion of some impressive makeup effects on Depp.

8) Resident Evil (9/18)

Coming off of Barbarian and Weapons, it certainly seems as though Zach Cregger is one of the very best directors working in horror today. And, after Weapons soared at the box office, he’s been given the keys to Resident Evil. If anyone can finally nail this IP for the big screen, it’s him.

It’s certainly a gamble because, whether it strayed from the games like in the Paul W. S. Anderson era or stayed more closely to the source material as in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, it’s been really hard for this franchise to stick the landing on the big screen. But between the direction by Cregger and the inclusion of Paul Walter Hauser on the cast list, this is one to be excited for.

7) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (1/16)

Early word on 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple seems to indicate that it’s even better than its divisive predecessor and considering that movie was already solid this is very welcome news. Ralph Fiennes’ Dr. Ian Kelson was already a standout in the first movie, and it’s nice to know he’ll continue to be a primary focus in round two.

The question is just how all the “Jimmy” cult stuff will play. One can guess where that might be going given that the protagonist is a child and their cult is filled with people taking after Jimmy Savile, but time will tell if the movie really goes that route. Not to mention, the film’s director, Nia DaCosta, is a real talent. She’s coming off a critical win with Hedda and the two movies that preceded the Tessa Thompson fronted drama, The Marvels and Candyman, are both underrated.

6) Send Help (1/30)

It’s always a treat to get a new Sam Raimi film, especially considering how his output since the close of the Spider-Man trilogy has been quite sporadic.

And, while Oz the Great and Powerful and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness very much felt like “please save our big studio movie” gigs, the trailer for Send Help makes clear it’s the first true passion project of his since Drag Me to Hell in 2009. Toss in the presence of Rachel McAdams and there is good reason to think this one will be a winner.

5) Untitled Jordan Peele Film (10/23)

This one is very much up in the air. In fact, considering it was removed from the 2026 calendar, there’s a chance we don’t see this one in 2026 at all.

But being removed from the calendar isn’t always necessarily a death sentence for a movie, and Peele could very well film it in the first quarter and get it out in the fourth. Who knows whether that will happen much less what it will be about, but as Nope proved, even when one of his movies is a bit of a letdown it’s still riddled with interesting ideas and devoted performances.

4) Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (4/10)

For some, Ready or Not: Here I Come is even more exciting than the next entry on our list, and it’s hard to disagree. Ready or Not was the movie that got Radio Silence the Scream gig so, in a way, now they’ve come full circle and, in the process, officially made Samara Weaving the head of a franchise.

The trailer for Here I Come is impressive. It’s clear that not an ounce of the first film’s wackiness has been lost in the seven years between installments. It also reteams the directors with a few of their Abigail cast members, so here’s hoping it will be just as fantastic a no-holds-barred good time as that vampire movie.

3) Scream 7 (2/27)

On one hand, Scream 7 looks like a U-turn after the fifth and sixth installments, but that could also be a good thing. After all, Scream VI really did conclude Sam and Tara Carpenter’s arcs. It’s not the worst thing in the world to get back to basics while simultaneously serving as the culmination of all that has come before.

And that is very much what Scream 7‘s trailer is positioning it as: a culmination. There’s a pretty good chance this is the franchise coming to its inclusion. Why else bring back a ton of the previous films’ characters (most of whom were Ghostfaces themselves)? Plus, burning down Stu Macher’s house? It certainly feels like the end, and that’s an event for horror fans.

2) Evil Dead Burn (7/24)

Evil Dead Burn shows that the franchise is still alive and strong, and that it can continue as such even though Bruce Campbell has put it in his past. To be clear, very little is known about Evil Dead Burn, but it ranks this high because, while it wasn’t without fault, Evil Dead Rise captured the spirit of the original Raimi films while also proving that this is a cinematic world where one-off stories could be impactful, brutal, and engrossing.

It’s also nice that this is an A-list franchise that is being crafted by up-and-comers. Just like how Rise was a launching pad for director/writer Lee Cronin (who is rebooting The Mummy next year), Burn is being helmed by Sébastien Vaniček. Will this prove to be a career boost for him as well?

1) Clayface (9/11)

There may be a bit of a hazy question mark lingering somewhere around the DCU, but Clayface is undoubtedly on its way. Like with Supergirl, it doesn’t matter who Warner Bros. gets sold to, it’s on its way.

And that’s great, because it certainly sounds like something entirely unlike anything else seen in Marvel or DC movie history. It’s a body horror movie where an actor becomes disfigured and has a scientist turn his body into clay. That sounds more like something from a Universal Monsters movie (or House of Wax) than it does a part of the DCU, and its curveballs just like this that could really make this universe take off where the DCEU did not. Plus, the script was co-written by Mike Flanagan, and he’s one of the best in the horror writing business.

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