20+ Best Horror Movies of 2026 (So Far)
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The films listed below include recent horror movies; including movies currently showing in movie theaters ranked in order of best to worst.
Recently released horror movies in movie theaters , Blu-ray/DVD , and On-Demand/VOD services like Netflix and Hulu include .
A quick rundown of some scary movies coming to movie theaters soon include Scary Movie 6 (2026), Resident Evil (2026) and The Demoness (2025). Full details for these new movies and more you can find here .
Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2026
| Rank | Movie Title | Release Date | Opening | Total Gross |
| 1 | Scream 7 (2026) | Feb 27, 2026 | $63,615,172 | $66,983,399 |
| 2 | Iron Lung (2026) | Jan 30, 2026 | $18,190,786 | $40,996,062 |
| 3 | Primate (2025) | Jan 09, 2026 | $11,155,908 | $25,635,665 |
| 4 | 28 Years Later The Bone Temple (2026) | Jan 16, 2026 | $12,521,327 | $25,147,583 |
| 5 | Dracula A Love Tale (2025) | Feb 06, 2026 | $4,400,264 | $12,527,067 |
| 6 | The Strangers Chapter 3 (2026) | Feb 06, 2026 | $3,472,554 | $8,527,023 |
| 7 | Return to Silent Hill (2026) | Jan 23, 2026 | $3,252,000 | $5,544,971 |
| 8 | Psycho Killer (2026) | Feb 20, 2026 | $1,613,435 | $2,376,805 |
| 9 | Whistle (2025) | Feb 06, 2026 | $705,080 | $1,245,128 |
| 10 | The Mortuary Assistant (2026) | Feb 13, 2026 | $259,338 | $437,012 |
Total Gross of All Movies $189,420,715
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List of horror movies released in 2026 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 2026.
11 Best Horror Movies of 2026
Detailed Review: The Bride (2026)
Score: 5.94/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 11,023 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the attention of the police and a wild and radical social movement.
From Maggie...
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Jessie Buckley
Score: 5.16/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 25,074 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.
Tagline: Your favorite scary movie, evolved...
Director: Kevin Williamson
Stars: Mckenna Grace, Isabel May, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Anna Camp
Read Our Cold Storage Review
Score: 6.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,606 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When a highly dangerous fungus escapes from a secret laboratory, a former bioterrorism agent is called back into action. Alongside two young employees, he must confront an invisible and out-of-control threat.
Tagline: If it spreads, you're dead...
Iron Lung Horror Movie Review
Score: 6.29/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 18,573 | Metascore: 5.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $34,960,000
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic future after "The Quiet Rapture" event, a convict explores a blood ocean on a desolate moon using a submarine called the "Iron Lung" to search for missing stars/planets...
Score: 7.4/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 26,647 | Metascore: 7.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $23,043,091
Plot / Synopsis: An employee and her insufferable boss become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. Here, they must overcome past grievances and work together to make it out alive.
Tagline: Meet Linda Liddle... She's from strategy and planning...
Full Review of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
Score: 7.49/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 69,126 | Metascore: 8.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $25,127,239
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: Cillian Murphy, director Danny Boyle, and writer Alex Garland are back for a new rage-fueled nightmare in the viral horror franchise that dared to ask, What if zombies were fast? This is why we can't wait for the '28 Years Later' trilogy...
Stars: Jack O`Connell, Jack O''Connell, Alfie Williams, Connor Newall, Erin Kellyman
Horror Movies of 2026 List
Full Review of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)Score: 7.49/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 69,126 | Metascore: 8.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $25,127,239
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: Cillian Murphy, director Danny Boyle, and writer Alex Garland are back for a new rage-fueled nightmare in the viral horror franchise that dared to ask, What if zombies were fast? This is why we can't wait for the '28 Years Later' trilogy...
Stars: Jack O`Connell, Jack O''Connell, Alfie Williams, Connor Newall, Erin Kellyman
Score: 7.4/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 26,647 | Metascore: 7.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $23,043,091
Plot / Synopsis: An employee and her insufferable boss become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. Here, they must overcome past grievances and work together to make it out alive.
Tagline: Meet Linda Liddle... She's from strategy and planning...
Score: 6.6/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 186 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: After surviving one deadly game, Grace and her sister Faith must now outrun four rival families competing for a powerful throne - winner takes all...
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Stars: Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Elijah Wood, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy
Read Our Cold Storage ReviewScore: 6.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,606 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When a highly dangerous fungus escapes from a secret laboratory, a former bioterrorism agent is called back into action. Alongside two young employees, he must confront an invisible and out-of-control threat.
Tagline: If it spreads, you're dead...
Iron Lung Horror Movie ReviewScore: 6.29/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 18,573 | Metascore: 5.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $34,960,000
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic future after "The Quiet Rapture" event, a convict explores a blood ocean on a desolate moon using a submarine called the "Iron Lung" to search for missing stars/planets...
Detailed Review: The Bride (2026)Score: 5.94/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 11,023 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the attention of the police and a wild and radical social movement.
From Maggie...
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Jessie Buckley
Score: 5.16/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 25,074 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.
Tagline: Your favorite scary movie, evolved...
Director: Kevin Williamson
Stars: Mckenna Grace, Isabel May, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Anna Camp
Score: 4.49/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 175 | MPAA Rating:
Plot / Synopsis: Follows Rebecca Owens, a mortuary science graduate who takes a night job at River Fields Mortuary. What begins as a routine job soon turns sinister as she faces terrifying supernatural forces.
Tagline: Alone with the dead...
Score: 4/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,269 | Metascore: 3.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $710,000
Plot / Synopsis: A police officer tracks a killer after her husband, a highway patrolman, becomes one of his victims...
Score: 3.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 15,190 | Metascore: 3.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $5,544,971
Plot / Synopsis: When a mysterious letter calls him back to Silent Hill in search of his lost love, James finds a once-recognizable town and encounters terrifying figures both familiar and new, and begins to question his own sanity.
Tagline: 2025, Directed, Psychological Horror, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill Film Series, Third Installment, Video Game...
Director: Christophe Gans
Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Robert Nairne, Robert Strange, Evie Templeton
Score: 2.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,522 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.1/10 | Metascore: 1.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $8,553,675
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: In the series' most brutal chapter, Maya collides with the masked killers, and finds the only way out of the nightmare...is in...
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11 List of 2026 Horror Films Worth Watching!
Looking for the best 2026 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 2026 list are "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026), Send Help (2026), Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026), Cold Storage (2026), and Iron Lung (2026)." Our top list is an average of our review scores, our movie fans and movie viewers like you, and a few other sources.
The best horror film of 2026 is 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) scoring 7.49/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 69,130 votes for this movie. Starring in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) is Jack O`Connell, Jack O''Connell, Alfie Williams, Connor Newall, and Erin Kellyman..28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) is in Horror, Thriller, and Sci-Fi movie genres.
The next best 2026 horror movie is Send Help (2026) with a score of 7.4/10 stars.
IMDB has over 26,650 IMDB votes for Send Help (2026). You can find Send Help (2026) in Horror, Thriller, and Adventure movie genres.
These are the best horror films of 2026, and we hope you enjoy the 11 movies on our list of good 2026 horror movies sorted best to worst.
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