Best English Horror Movies of 2026

Curry Barker · 109 min · United States · Capstone Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Tea Shop Productions

Baron "Bear" Bailey breaks a novelty charm to force his co-worker Nikki Freeman to love him, but the supernatural compulsion warps her mind into violent obsession, trapping him in a nightmare he cannot wish away.

Cast: Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson

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Box office: $474,780,890 worldwide ($262,774,890 domestic; $17,196,855 opening weekend) · Awards: 7 wins & 15 nominations total.

AI verdict: Obsession's $474.8M worldwide gross on a $750,000 budget is one of the greatest ROI stories in recent horror — and unlike most micro-budget breakouts, both critics (77 Metascore) and audiences (7.9 IMDb, 291K votes) actually back it up, suggesting Curry Barker's cursed-charm premise is the rare high-concept horror hook that delivers on its promise rather than just its marketing.

Rhys Frake-Waterfield · 82 min · Jagged Edge Productions

A dark coming-of-age reimagining of Pinocchio, this unsettling tale follows the iconic puppet's disturbing journey toward becoming real.

Cast: Jude Evan Lloyd, Robert Englund, Cameron Bell

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (8.6/10 on TMDb (11 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Casper Kelly · 95 min · BoulderLight Pictures / Low Spark Films

A brave girl and her friends must escape a kids television show.

Cast: Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Topher Grace

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Jesse V. Johnson · 96 min · Capstone Pictures / AF Films

During a Mexican shark dive, five friends are ambushed after discovering cartel cocaine. Trapped in a shark cage, Tatiana and Kaley are forced by the cartel to retrieve a bag of drugs on the seafloor. Battling legendary Great White sharks, dwindling air, and armed killers, the survivors mount a brutal fight to outsmart their captors and escape.

Cast: Laura Marano, Christina Ochoa, Mario Tardón

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AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Jane Schoenbrun · 112 min · MUBI / Plan B Entertainment

A queer director making a slasher franchise sequel becomes obsessed with casting the original film's 'final girl,' leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos.

Cast: Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Fix

AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (9.8/10 on TMDb (2 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Kane Parsons · 111 min · Atomic Monster / 21 Laps Entertainment

After a therapist's patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him.

Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Finn Bennett

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (7.1/10 on TMDb (2405 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Alexander Ullom · 89 min · Snoot Entertainment / Growing Up Dead Films

Friends on a late-night food run become trapped on an infinite highway with otherworldly terrors lurking beyond. Confined in their Jeep Cherokee, they must decide whether to accept their fate or attempt escape.

Cast: Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson, Noah Toth

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AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Kevin Williamson · 114 min · Paramount Pictures / Spyglass Media

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.

Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May

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Box office: $208 million worldwide

AI verdict: Scream 7's 30% RT score against a strong box office return shows the franchise now runs on brand loyalty more than quality — a pattern typical of long-running horror IP, but one worth noting before you commit to a theater ticket.

Eli Roth · 86 min · The Horror Section / Media Capital Technologies

An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

Cast: Ari Millen, Charlie Zeltzer, Shiloh O’Reilly

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Nicolas Winding Refn · 110 min · NEON / byNWR

When a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, a deadly and elusive entity is unleashed. During this an American GI embarks on a harrowing odyssey to rescue his daughter from Hell. He crosses paths with a troubled young woman who is also searching for her father.

Cast: Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.2/10 on TMDb (24 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Adrian Chiarella · 88 min · Causeway Films / Salmira Productions

Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most: each other.

Cast: Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.8/10 on TMDb (494 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Sébastien Vaniček · 110 min · New Line Cinema / Screen Gems

After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws. As one by one they transform into deadites, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life - survive even in death.

Cast: Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.8/10 on TMDb (223 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Joshua Waller · 17 min · Rillachimp productions

Davey's Chambers life is forever altered when an alien invasion forces him to survive with strangers inside of his compact flat.

Cast: Leon Robson, MJ Murray, Micky Mirza

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Rob Savage · 93 min · Blumhouse Productions / Atomic Monster

A young girl, Bela, forms a relationship with a sinister entity in her home who looks uncannily like her own mother.

Cast: Jessica Chastain, Arabella Olivia Clark, Jay Duplass

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

James Night · 77 min · Liv Movies

When four friends discover a cursed two-headed doll in a remote forest, they unleash a vengeful witch who traps them in a place from which no one has ever escaped.

Cast: Nad Sham, Anna Warke, Emma Hutchings

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Joseph Archer · 86 min · Silicon Gothic

In 1888, a pinhole camera captures the mysterious demise of an all-ladies ghost hunting society.

Cast: Tom Stourton, Cathy Wippell, Hazel Rogers

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Guy Trevellyan · 12 min · Nice Guy Pictures

A doctor on her last day before maternity leave is thrown into a world of chaos when a hidden threat emerges.

Cast: Anna Popplewell, Daniel Ings, David Buttle

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

James Branson · 90 min · Sneaky Films

In the aftermath of a climate apocalypse, a young woman roams the ruins of a world she never got to grow up in. Raised on scavenged books and b-movies, she lives alone in an old shack she once shared with her father. Supplies are scarce and food is running out. There’s nothing left to hunt. Nothing except other people...

Cast: Kate Wilson, Andy Golledge, Ôntrei

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

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Cast: Michael Schernthaner

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

John Langridge · 109 min

A group of workers preparing for the re-opening of a remote adventure park on the brink of bankruptcy, find themselves stalked by a silent killer. Cut off from any form of rescue, the survivors must band together to fight for their lives.

Cast: Cerys Knighton, Mark Benton, Bill Fellows

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Ayaan Bhatti · 75 min · All In Entertainment

A modern re-imagining of the fable of the same name. Three brothers leave their ailing sister in the company of a devout and honourable figure as they are guided by an ambiguous stranger through treacherous terrain in search of a remedy.

Cast: Ashutoshkumar Jha, Joshua Johansson, Zane Ishaq

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Mac Grant · 90 min

Welcome to Camp Duval, the wildest comedy camp ever created — where rising comics come to sharpen their jokes, survive the chaos, and hopefully make it through the night.

Cast: Just Brittany, Lil Duval, Jay Ski

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Alison-Eve Hammersley · Dark Atlantic / Rat’s Nest Productions

Siblings Stella and Oscar return to their Pennsylvania hometown to investigate their sister Iris' unexplained death following a mysterious rise in suicides within the county.

Cast: Carly Stewart, Grant Crater, Ryan W. Garcia

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Kevin Wayne · 96 min · Bald Man Films

A team of paranormal YouTubers venture deep into the Alabama backwoods to film at a haunted attraction the day before Halloween. They encounter a sinister presence far more frightening - and deadlier - than specters and staged scares: Tickles and his caretaker brother Bull. One by one, the investigators, together with local thrill-seekers, fall victim!

Cast: Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Kevin Wayne, Danny Vinson

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Mike P. Nelson · 104 min · Constantin Film / JB Pictures

In the depths of the Amazon rainforest, a medical mission takes a deadly turn when they inadvertently awaken an ancient and powerful serpent known as the Boiúna. The creature, driven by a primal urge to reclaim its territory, sets in motion a desperate struggle for survival. The group must fight to stay alive against a formidable foe.

Cast: Logan Marshall-Green, Kiana Madeira, Jessica Rothe

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Shane Matthew Collins · 18 min · ShaneMatthewTV

New Orleans’ beloved Historic Palace Theatre is set for demolition, when the supervisor behind the project discovers why it closed down from the souls lost inside.

Cast: Eric Nicotera, Leigh LeFevre, Gray Muller

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Andrew Rakich · 155 min · Atun-Shei Films

The horrors of New Orleans history reverberate down to the present in this docudrama combining Southern Gothic terror with investigations into the city's real-life folklore.

Cast: Courtnee Carter, Andrew Rakich, Mekhai Lee

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Prithvi Raj Pattnaik · DB Motion Picturez

Kankana (କଙ୍କଣ) is an upcoming Odia horror film directed by Prithviraj Pattnaik, featuring a cast that includes Suryamayee Mohapatra, Ankita Mohanty, Supriya Nayak, and Choudhary Jayaprakash. Billed as a film where "myth meets terror,"

Cast: Suryamoyee Mohapatra, Choudhury Jayaprakash Das, Supriya Nayak

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Hùng Trần · 94 min · RUNUP Vietnam / RUNUP Company

In the early 20th century, the daughter of a wealthy family in Saigon met a tragic end in the family's grand estate. Though her death was officially declared as an accident, the rumors of a woman in white, seen weeping by the old window of the mansion late at night, begin to spread.

Cast: Trần Kỳ Anh, Nguyễn Minh Thời, Ngoc Chi Bao

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Zach Cregger · Constantin Film / Subconscious

Bryan, a medical courier, unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.

Cast: Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Maclain Nelson · 94 min · Impractical Productions / Redline Entertainment

A church group's annual retreat turns deadly when they wander into the wrong part of the Ozark wilderness, and something starts picking them off one by one. Suspicion falls on Ricky, the troublemaker of the group. But the real threat is far worse. Deep in the forest, wrapped in a labyrinth of webs, the group is pursued by a terrifying prehistoric arachnid that hunts by vibration. When every step could be their last, they only have one choice: Don't Move. It's up to Megan to hold what's left of the group together and get them out alive.

Cast: Lyndsy Fonseca, Russ, Tom Cavanagh

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Anupam Patnaik · 132 min · Amiya Patnaik Productions

A malicious ancient spirit is unleashed in a haunted mansion. The girl's elder sister and younger brother team up with a pastor to find a way to end the curse which slowly consumes the girl who opened the box.

Cast: Barsha Patnaik, Aurosikha Mishra, Sijan Mahapatra

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Padraig Reynolds · 80 min · Epic Pictures Group

A Florida vacation becomes a blood-soaked fight for survival when a group of friends are hunted through the swamps by a savage cult that feeds its victims to ravenous alligators in the name of an ancient reptilian god.

Cast: Amariah Dionne, Tabitha Brownstone, Nicholas Kolasinski

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AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Alan Leonardo · 37 min

In 1994, a college film crew began documenting two promising physics students, Yulon Ackster and Anthony Schmitt, as they claimed to have cracked the code of controlling time itself. The project was expunged following a terrorist attack in Melbourne, Florida. This is the unsealed footage of what they found.

Cast: Alan Leonardo, Brendan Bean, Dylan Meszaros

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Kevin Walker · 99 min · Cosmic Salon Films

A renowned academic becomes obsessed with the legend of the Chronovisor, a supposedly real device capable of capturing images from any point in time. Her fascination leads her down a path of discovery and intrigue. The story is based on allegedly true events surrounding this mysterious device.

Cast: Anne Laure Sellier, Nicholas Tebben, Nicole Dombrowski Risser

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Adam Wingard · 92 min · A24 / Ryder Picture Company

A lone army sniper must defend her home and loved ones against an elite group of super soldiers who have broken free from a top-secret facility, threatening the lives of those she cares about most.

Cast: Adria Arjona, Alex Pereira, Dan Stevens

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AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Jenn Wexler · 89 min · Northern Ireland Screen / Post Film

Working as a CIA field agent, Becky is sent undercover to Poland to infiltrate a family of innkeepers running a tourist venture at The Wolf’s Lair, Hitler’s WWII bunker. After learning that the father, Wilhelm Reuss, is on a mission to bring about the Fourth Reich, Becky takes matters into her own hands.

Cast: Lulu Wilson, Neil Patrick Harris, James Urbaniak

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Tanner Richard Craft · 11 min · Bomb Squad Productions

On the cusp of a big announcement, a frazzled mom prepares a glorious breakfast for her family. But, when they run out before sampling her buffet, Mom takes matters into her own hands - holding them hostage until all the food is gone.

Cast: Carrie L. Collins, Sydney Russell, Thomas James Kessinger

AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.

Daniel Stamm · 105 min · Capstone Studios / Brightlight Pictures

A woman puts everything on the line to defend her enigmatic cousin from a dangerous otherworldly entity determined to track him down.

Cast: Carla Gugino, Lou Taylor Pucci, Katharine Isabelle

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.9/10 on TMDb (11 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Jacob Chase · 106 min · Blumhouse Productions / Screen Gems

Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.

Cast: Amelia Eve, Island Austin, Lin Shaye

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AI verdict: Too early for a meaningful verdict — check back as ratings data comes in via the site's daily refresh.