Whether you like to shiver for zombies, cackle for horror comedy, gleefully gag over gross-out scares, get goosebumps over serial-killer thrillers, or dream of surreal twists that'll ensure nightmares, we've got you covered. Here are the best horror movies of 2026 so far.

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Randall Colburn is a writer and editor at Entertainment Weekly. His work has previously appeared on The A.V. Club, The Guardian, The Ringer, and many other publications. 47 Meters Down doesn’t present as a typical thriller; there are no (human) villains ...

Kane Parsons' Backrooms, adapted from his viral YouTube web series, is one of the best horror movies of 2026.

DC Studios has unveiled the first trailer for Clayface, marking the DCU’s first pure horror film and a bold genre departure. Directed by James Watkins and written by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, it follows actor Matt Hagen’s grotesque ...

The year is off to a great start, at least as far as horror movies are concerned. There are films about family secrets ranging from ridiculously silly to heartbreaking and tragic. There’s also a holiday-themed slasher, a good old-fashioned summer camp ...

Nosferatu, The Witch, and The Night of the Hunter are all among the very best, genuinely perfect horror movies that run about 90 minutes long.

When trying to describe the much-talked-about horror film Weapons, I kept thinking of other movies it reminded me of, stories that bend the rules of horror, mixing terrifying scares with smart storytelling and just enough dark humor to make you grin before ...

"They're not trying to kill us, they're trying to turn us." The Horror Section has unveiled their freaky new official trailer for Eli Roth's next new horror movie called Ice Cream Man, which is a full-on feature and not another fake horror trailer.