The best horror movies of 2026 so far
The top 3 according to 30 votes from people: Backrooms · Obsession · Send Help. (Updated Sep 10, 2026.)
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).
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Top 10
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1
Backrooms
Kane Parsons brings his YouTube phenomenon to the big screen, with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve lost in an endless maze.
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2
Obsession
Curry Barker's horror film made for under a million dollars that became a worldwide hit.
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3
Send Help
Sam Raimi returns to the genre with Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien stranded on an island after a plane crash.
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4
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Jane Schoenbrun plays with the summer camp slasher.
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5
It Ends
Alexander Ullom's debut: a group of friends trapped on a road that never ends.
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6
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Nia DaCosta directs the second part of the new infected trilogy.
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7
Ghost in the Cell
Joko Anwar mixes supernatural horror, prison drama and dark comedy: an invisible force kills the inmates. It premiered at the Berlinale.
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8
Primate
Survival horror with a rampaging chimpanzee, one of the most talked-about films early in the year.
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9
Never After Dark
Dave Boyle follows a travelling psychic who faces a powerful entity in a remote house in Japan.
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10
Saccharine
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.
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Backrooms en el cine fue una experiencia rarísima, salí mareado.