Top 10 Horror Movies of 2026 to Look Forward To — Vote for Yours!

Nia DaCosta takes over from Danny Boyle for this second chapter of the new trilogy. Cillian Murphy returns for the first time since 2002's 28 Days Later, while Ralph Fiennes continues his role as Dr. Ian Kelson. The film is earning praise for its claustrophobic tension and grim post-apocalyptic realism.

Neve Campbell returns as Sidney Prescott after Ghostface now targets her daughter Tatum (Isabel May) -- the same age Sidney was in 1996. Kevin Williamson writes and directs for the first time. Matthew Lillard and Scott Foley return despite their characters being dead. Courteney Cox and David Arquette round out the nostalgia.

Maggie Gyllenhaal's follow-up to The Lost Daughter reworks the Frankenstein myth with Jessie Buckley as the Bride and Christian Bale as Frankenstein. Annette Bening, Penelope Cruz, and Peter Sarsgaard round out the cast. Expect gothic grandeur, romance, and radical questions about creation and consciousness.

Robert Eggers (Nosferatu) tackles the werewolf genre with historical precision in 13th-century England. After vampires, we now explore lycanthropy through Eggers' signature lens: period authenticity, grim folklore, and visual mastery. Expect Oscar buzz and medieval bloodshed.

Lee Cronin (Evil Dead Rise) promises a completely fresh take on the mummy for Blumhouse and James Wan. 'Unlike any Mummy movie you've ever laid eyeballs on before,' according to Cronin. Forget Brendan Fraser's adventures or Tom Cruise's flop -- this is deeply buried, ancient horror straight from the earth.

Sam Raimi's return to original horror strands Rachel McAdams as an assistant stuck on a deserted island with her terrible boss (Dylan O'Brien). Cast Away meets workplace trauma meets survival horror. McAdams returns to the genre 21 years after Red Eye with Cillian Murphy.

Kane Parsons, creator of the internet phenomenon of the same name, adapts his own creation with Chiwetel Ejiofor as a man who discovers a door leading to an endless, disorienting liminal space, and tries to convince his therapist, played by Renate Reinsve, that it's real. With nearly $400 million grossed worldwide, this became A24's highest-grossing film ever.

Sebastien Vaniche (Infested) directs this standalone sixth Evil Dead entry following the success of Evil Dead Rise. New cast (Souheila Yacoub, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan) but the same demonic Necronomicon universe. Expect chainsaw chaos, deadite possessions, and gallows humor.

Christophe Gans returns to the Silent Hill universe after his 2006 film. This adaptation of the beloved Silent Hill 2 game promises faithfulness to the game's oppressive atmosphere, psychological horror, and iconic monsters. Fans are cheering the early footage.

Curry Barker's feature debut follows a store clerk who uses a mysterious object to wish that a friend falls in love with him. The wish comes true, but her love spirals into a terrifying obsession, loosely inspired by the classic story The Monkey's Paw. With over $400 million grossed worldwide, it's one of the biggest horror surprises of the year.

Zach Cregger, known for Barbarian and Weapons, takes on the second attempt at a new film series based on the game franchise. Austin Abrams plays a medical courier who ends up in the middle of a chaotic, deadly night during a shift in Raccoon City. Cregger's own revitalized horror style promises a grittier tone than previous Resident Evil films.

A passionate writer (Hannah Einbinder) is hired to revive the neglected slasher franchise Camp Miasma and travels to the abandoned summer camp to meet the reclusive actress who once played the final girl of the original film (Gillian Anderson). What starts as an interview quickly spirals into a bloody world of desire, fear, and madness. Director Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow) won the Queer Palm in Cannes for it, with a unique blend of horror and pitch-black humor.