What is the best horror movie of 2026?

Studio sequels and reboots share this year with micro-budget breakouts, web-series transfers and festival arthouse picks. Each pair is a fresh choice about what actually scared you.

1. 1
   28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

   Nia DaCosta's January 2026 sequel to 28 Years Later, following Spike among a violent gang while Dr Kelson tries to tame an infected he calls Samson.
2. 2
   Send Help

   Sam Raimi's January 2026 horror comedy in which Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien play a downtrodden employee and her cruel boss stranded on an island after a plane crash.
3. 3
   Obsession

   Curry Barker's May 2026 low-budget hit about a music store clerk whose wish to make a coworker love him turns deadly.
4. 4
   Backrooms

   Kane Parsons's May 2026 A24 feature, based on his web series, with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve lost in an endless maze of empty rooms.
5. 5
   Hokum

   Damian McCarthy's May 2026 Neon release starring Adam Scott as a troubled novelist who checks into a haunted hotel in rural Ireland.
6. 6
   Leviticus

   Adrian Chiarella's June 2026 Australian horror film about two teenage boys whose love is targeted by their small-town church community.
7. 7
   Resident Evil

   Zach Cregger's September 2026 reboot of the game series, following a medical courier caught in Raccoon City as the outbreak begins.
8. 8
   Cold Storage

   Jonny Campbell's February 2026 horror comedy, written by David Koepp from his 2019 novel, with Joe Keery, Georgina Campbell and Liam Neeson facing a deadly fungus beneath a self-storage facility.
9. 9
   Faces of Death

   Daniel Goldhaber's April 2026 reimagining of the 1978 shockumentary, about a content moderator who finds videos restaging its scenes with real killings.
10. 10
    Scream 7

    The seventh Scream film, directed by Kevin Williamson and released by Paramount in February 2026, with Neve Campbell back as Sidney Prescott.
11. 11
    Evil Dead Burn

    Sébastien Vaniček's July 2026 entry in the Evil Dead series, produced by Sam Raimi.
12. 12
    Other Mommy

    Rob Savage's October 2026 Blumhouse film starring Jessica Chastain, adapted from Josh Malerman's novel Incidents Around the House.
13. 13
    Clayface

    James Watkins's October 2026 DC Studios horror film about the shape-shifting Batman villain, from a script by Mike Flanagan.
14. 14
    Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

    A 2026 meta slasher starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, set around a remake of a summer-camp horror film.
15. 15
    They Will Kill You

    Kirill Sokolov's March 2026 horror comedy with Zazie Beetz as a maid hired at a Manhattan high-rise run by Satanists who want her as a sacrifice.
16. 16
    Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

    The March 2026 sequel to Ready or Not, in which Grace and her sister Faith are forced into another deadly game run by wealthy elites.

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