# The best horror movies of 2026 so far

A year of low-budget horror conquering the box office: the films critics liked most up to the end of summer 2026 (Variety, RogerEbert.com, Time Out).

- 30 votes · 10 items
- Sep 10, 2026 · Carlos T.
- https://even.best/en/l/1886/the-best-horror-movies-of-2026-so-far

## Top 10

1. **Backrooms** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Kane Parsons brings his YouTube phenomenon to the big screen, with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve lost in an endless maze.
2. **Obsession** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Curry Barker's horror film made for under a million dollars that became a worldwide hit.
3. **Send Help** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Sam Raimi returns to the genre with Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien stranded on an island after a plane crash.
4. **Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Jane Schoenbrun plays with the summer camp slasher.
5. **It Ends** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Alexander Ullom's debut: a group of friends trapped on a road that never ends.
6. **28 Years Later: The Bone Temple** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Nia DaCosta directs the second part of the new infected trilogy.
7. **Ghost in the Cell** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Joko Anwar mixes supernatural horror, prison drama and dark comedy: an invisible force kills the inmates. It premiered at the Berlinale.
8. **Primate** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Survival horror with a rampaging chimpanzee, one of the most talked-about films early in the year.
9. **Never After Dark** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Dave Boyle follows a travelling psychic who faces a powerful entity in a remote house in Japan.
10. **Saccharine** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Natalie Erika James and the dark side of miracle diets, a very gross body horror.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.