The Ultimate 2026 Horror Movie Calendar: Every Release Date & Trailer [Updated]

I've compiled the Ultimate 2026 Horror Movie Calendar, with every horror movie coming to theaters in 2026. That means ALL of the 2026 horror movie release dates in one place,  so you can enter them into your terrifying monster calendar. 

Last Updated: September 5, 2026

Hey, fellow horror lovers, you know I’m on top of this stuff for you. This guide covers the 2026 horror movies coming to theaters throughout the year, along with each release date, the premise and a link to the trailer. And because horror release schedules love to move around when we’re not looking, I’ll keep updating this list as dates change and new movies are announced.

January 2026 Horror Movies

• We Bury the Dead – January 2

  • Premise: Daisy Ridley stars as a woman who joins a body retrieval unit in the wake of a military disaster, only to find the corpses she is burying are showing signs of life.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• Primate – January 9

  • Premise: A "killer chimp" horror film from director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) about a family terrorized by their pet chimpanzee after it is bitten by a rabid animal.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – January 16

  • Premise: The second part of the new trilogy from Nia DaCosta. It follows the events of 2025's revival of the Rage Virus franchise.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• Night Patrol – January 16

  • Premise: A vampire-cop thriller starring Justin Long. An LAPD officer discovers a task force is actually a group of bloodsuckers.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• Return to Silent Hill – January 23

  • Premise: An adaptation of the Silent Hill 2 video game, following James Sunderland as he returns to the foggy town to find his lost love.

  • Trailer: Watch Teaser

• Send Help – January 30

  • Premise: A survival horror film from Sam Raimi starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien as coworkers stranded on a desert island with a sinister presence.

  • Trailer: First Look / Teaser Info

February 2026 Horror Movies

• Whistle – February 6

  • Premise: High school students (starring Dafne Keen) accidentally unleash an ancient Aztec death curse after finding a mysterious whistle.

  • Trailer: Watch Teaser

• The Strangers: Chapter 3 – February 6

  • Premise: The conclusion to Renny Harlin’s reboot trilogy, revealing the final fate of Maya as she faces her tormentors.

  • Trailer: Watch Teaser

• Cold Storage – February 13

  • Premise: A fungal outbreak horror film starring Joe Keery and Liam Neeson, based on the novel by David Koepp.

  • Trailer: Official Trailer

• Psycho Killer – February 20

  • Premise: Written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Seven), a police officer tracks a serial killer after her husband is murdered.

  • Trailer: Official Trailer

• Scream 7 – February 27

  • Premise: Neve Campbell returns as Sidney Prescott to face a new Ghostface threat in the seventh installment of the slasher franchise.

  • Trailer: Official Trailer

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March 2026 Horror Movies

• The Bride! – March 6

  • Premise: Maggie Gyllenhaal directs Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley in a 1930s-set reimagining of The Bride of Frankenstein.

  • Trailer: Watch Teaser

• Ready or Not: Here I Come – March 27

  • Premise: Samara Weaving returns as Grace, who must outrun four rival wealthy families in a new high-stakes game.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• Alpha – March 27

  • Premise: A body-horror film from Julia Ducournau (Titane) about a 13-year-old girl whose life collapses after she receives a mysterious tattoo.

  • Trailer: Teaser Info

April - June 2026 Horror Movies

• The Mummy – April 17

  • Premise: A supernatural horror reimagining of The Mummy mythos from Lee Cronin (Evil Dead Rise).

  • Trailer: Watch Teaser

• Hokum – May 1

  • Premise: A horror writer (Adam Scott) visits an Irish inn and encounters an ancient witch haunting the property.

  • Trailer: Watch Teaser

• Scary Movie 6 – June 12

  • Premise: The Wayans Brothers return to reboot the iconic horror-parody franchise for a new generation.

  • Trailer: [No official trailer released yet]

July 2026 Horror Movies

• Evil Dead Burn – July 24

  • Premise: The sixth Evil Dead film, directed by Sébastien Vaniček, described as a standalone nightmare involving the Necronomicon.

  • Trailer: [Teaser expected Spring 2026]

August 2026 Horror Movies

• Flowervale Street – August 14

  • Premise: An 80s-set neighborhood horror/sci-fi film starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, directed by David Robert Mitchell (It Follows).

  • Trailer: [No official trailer released yet]

• Insidious 6 – August 21

  • Premise: Lin Shaye returns to the Further in the latest chapter of the haunting franchise.

  • Trailer: [No official trailer released yet]

September 2026 Horror Movies

• Fall 2: Deadpoint – September 2

  • Premise: Two climbers get stranded thousands of feet up a Thailand rock face when their gear starts failing.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• Don't Move – September 11

  • Premise: A church retreat in the Ozarks goes silent-and-deadly when a prehistoric giant spider starts hunting the group.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• Resident Evil – September 18

  • Premise: Zach Cregger's video-game adaptation follows a courier who stumbles into a mutant-outbreak-ravaged hospital.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

October 2026 Horror Movies

• Terrifier 4 – October 1 (Probably not happening)

  • Premise: Art the Clown returns for more Miles County carnage.

  • Trailer: [No official trailer released yet]

• Other Mommy – October 9

  • Premise: An 8-year-old's imaginary friend living in her closet turns out to be very real, and very hungry for her family.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• Whalefall – October 16

  • Premise: A diver searching for his father's remains is swallowed alive by a sperm whale and has about an hour to escape.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• Crawlers – October 16

  • Premise: A swarm of monstrous spiders overruns a town, trapping survivors who have to fight their way out.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• Clayface – October 23

  • Premise: A disfigured actor turns to a rogue scientist for a cure and is transformed into a shapeshifting, body-horror monster instead.

  • Trailer: Watch Teaser

• Christmas at the Kringles – October 30

  • Premise: A twisted, holiday-set horror-comedy from the director of Willy's Wonderland.

  • Trailer: [No official trailer released yet]

November 2026 Horror Movies

• Victorian Psycho – November 13

  • Premise: A governess arrives at a gothic manor with unsettling secrets of her own, and the household starts dying around her.

  • Trailer: Watch Here

• Return of the Living Dead – November 2026

  • Premise: A new Trioxin leak triggers a Christmas 1985 zombie outbreak in a small Pennsylvania town.

  • Trailer: [No confirmed trailer link yet]

December 2026 Horror Movies

• • Violent Night 2 – December 4

    • Premise: David Harbour's brawler Santa squares off against a crime lord terrorizing a New Jersey mall on Christmas Eve.

    • Trailer: Watch here!

  • Werwulf – December 25

    • Premise: Robert Eggers' gothic period piece, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson stalked by a creature in medieval Britain.

    • Trailer: Watch here!

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