Updated October 1, 2026. This is iHorror’s running calendar of upcoming horror movies, from the rest of this month through every confirmed date we can find in 2027, plus the big franchise titles that have a year but no day yet. It covers theatrical releases, the originals landing on Shudder, Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, Peacock and Paramount+, and the VOD titles worth a Friday night.
Every date here comes from a studio announcement, a distributor calendar, or a trade or genre outlet report from the last three months. Studios move dates constantly, so when listings disagree we go with the studio’s own date and flag anything that is still soft. If a film only has a year attached, it lives in the last section until somebody commits to a Friday.
We refresh this page once a month. This month’s additions: three more October titles, from a vampire carnival to a Tubi pumpkin patch, plus fresh 2027 dates for Johnny Depp’s Day Drinker and Curry Barker’s Anything But Ghosts. Every September release has come off the board.
What’s New This Month
- New to October: Aura’s Vampire Carnival (Oct. 7), Tubi’s R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2 (Oct. 9) and Lionsgate’s The Teenage Vampire (Oct. 27, digital).
- Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon played its one-night Alamo Drafthouse run on September 29 and now sits on October 13, its digital release date.
- Distributors are now confirmed for Ghost in the Cell (Well Go USA), Breeder (IFC Films) and Appofeniacs (Magenta Edge Films).
- New to the 2027 board: Day Drinker (March 26, Lionsgate) and Anything But Ghosts (May 7, Focus Features). Sender, with Jamie Lee Curtis, is set for spring 2027 from Dark Sky Films but has no day yet.
- No dates moved for anything in the next 90 days. Return of the Living Dead is still listed for November 13 in some places, but the production has only committed to the month.
- Out of the window: Resident Evil and the rest of September’s releases are off the page. Cregger’s film has crossed $100 million domestic, and Na Hong-jin’s Hope goes digital from NEON on October 13.
October 2026
Infirmary — October 2
Release date: October 2, 2026, streaming on Shudder
Nicholas Pineda’s feature debut is 85 minutes of bodycam footage from a security guard’s first night at an abandoned psychiatric hospital, the night he vanished. Paul Syre plays the guard. It premiered at Dances With Films New York and Shudder grabbed it for Season of Screams. The trailer is corridors, a missing colleague and a door that should not be open.
Verity — October 2
Release date: October 2, 2026, theaters (Amazon MGM Studios)
Michael Showalter’s Colleen Hoover adaptation puts Dakota Johnson in a remote estate ghostwriting for Anne Hathaway’s injured novelist, and the manuscript she finds reads like a confession. Josh Hartnett is the husband. It is rated R for violence and bloody images, and the trailer is nastier than anyone warned us. A psychological thriller with real horror teeth.
Beware Boiúna — October 2
Release date: October 2, 2026, theaters (Lionsgate)
Mike P. Nelson (Wrong Turn) adapts the Brazilian legend of a giant river serpent, awakened when a medical mission pushes too deep into the Amazon. Lionsgate is giving it a proper theatrical run at the top of spooky season. Creature features that commit to one big animal have been doing well lately, and this one has folklore behind it. The final trailer is out and tickets are on sale.
Ghost in the Cell — October 2
Release date: October 2, 2026, select theaters (Well Go USA)
Joko Anwar locks a supernatural entity inside a high-security prison run by gangs and a tyrant warden, and the inmates have nowhere to run. Anwar’s Satan’s Slaves films are among the best Indonesian horror of the last decade, so a prison-set haunting from him is an easy call for the watchlist. He told us that innocence will not save anyone in it.
Appofeniacs — October 2
Release date: October 2, 2026, limited theaters (Magenta Edge Films)
Chris Marrs Piliero’s AI satire follows a deepfake video that spirals into a frenzy, and then into bodies. It is the most online movie of the month, in the best and worst senses. Magenta Edge Films is handling the limited release.
Fall 2: Deadpoint — October 6 (VOD)
Release date: October 6, 2026, digital and VOD (Lionsgate); in theaters since September 2
The Spierig Brothers took over the sequel and moved the failing-gear nightmare to a rock face in Thailand. It opened wide on a Wednesday in early September, and Movie Insider lists the digital date as October 6. If heights are your thing, the first one worked better than anyone expected, and this one leans harder into survival horror.
Vampire Carnival — October 7
Release date: October 7, 2026, theaters (Aura Entertainment)
David Charbonier and Justin Powell, the duo behind The Boy Behind the Door and The Djinn, send a grieving young woman (Nell Verlaque) into the orbit of a traveling carnival whose vampires feed on despair rather than blood. Jason Isaacs and Paulina Chávez co-star. It was shot under the title Crave, and the trailer plays more like a sad fairground ballad than a creature feature, which is what makes it interesting. A Wednesday opening is an odd slot, but a melancholy vampire movie in the first week of October is right where it belongs.
Other Mommy — October 9
Release date: October 9, 2026, theaters (Universal Pictures)
Rob Savage (Host) directs Jessica Chastain in a dual role as a mother and the thing that climbs out of her daughter’s closet wearing her face. The first trailer asked a terrible question; the second one starts in a bathtub and gets much worse. This is the October studio horror to beat.
V/H/S/Mixtape — October 9
Release date: October 9, 2026, streaming on Shudder
The anthology’s annual October drop makes music and sound the source of the terror this time, with segments from Ernest Dickerson, RZA, David Moreau and Renee Zhan, among others. The V/H/S machine is reliable at this point: at least one segment you will talk about for a year, and one you will skip on rewatch. The trailer landed just ahead of its Beyond Fest premiere.
R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2 — October 9
Release date: October 9, 2026, streaming on Tubi
Tubi goes back to Redhaven for another Halloween: a bullied student gets hold of a spellbook, and the pumpkin-headed children come back with it. Jem Garrard directs, Bean Reid and Adeline Lo lead, and Cassandra Peterson turns up as a witch, which is about as on-brand as October casting gets. It is a free-with-ads premiere, so the barrier to entry is zero. Go in expecting a Goosebumps-style creature feature and it should deliver exactly that.
Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon — October 13 (digital)
Release date: October 13, 2026, digital, with Blu-ray and 4K from Raven Banner later in October; played a one-night Alamo Drafthouse event on September 29
The metal-and-gore sequel resurrects the fallen band members with the Black Hymn, and the chaos you would expect follows. Its only theatrical showing was a single Alamo Drafthouse night on September 29, so for most people October 13 is the real release date. Raven Banner has Blu-ray and 4K discs later in the month for anyone who wants the gore at full bitrate.
Whalefall — October 16
Release date: October 16, 2026, theaters (20th Century Studios)
Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You) adapts Daniel Kraus’ novel about a diver searching for his father’s remains who gets swallowed by a sperm whale with one hour of air. Austin Abrams is inside the whale; Josh Brolin and Elisabeth Shue are the family on shore. Call it a survival thriller if you like, but the new trailer is pure horror.
Crawlers — October 16
Release date: October 16, 2026, theaters (Roadside Attractions and Saban Films)
Ángel Gómez Hernández seals Matilda Lutz inside an apartment building under police quarantine as a venomous spider infestation multiplies floor by floor. The red-band trailer promises the full Arachnophobia-meets-[REC] package. Second giant-spider movie of the season after Don’t Move, and the more contained of the two.
Breeder — October 16
Release date: October 16, 2026, theaters (IFC Films)
Alex Goyette’s body-horror comedy lures a broke student to an eccentric poodle breeder’s ranch with a job offer that comes with one disturbing catch. It is the strangest logline on this list. That is a recommendation.
Hallowarrior — October 16
Release date: October 16, 2026, streaming on Shudder
Milly Shapiro (Hereditary) is Pumpkin, the last person left in a plague-emptied upstate New York, celebrating Halloween alone until raiders show up. Ben Sottak’s 80-minute debut is pitched as a throwback crowd-pleaser with candy-fueled kills, and the poster makes the case. Shannyn Sossamon and AJ Bowen co-star, and the trailer is out.
Clayface — October 23
Release date: October 23, 2026, theaters (Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Studios)
James Watkins (Speak No Evil) directs the R-rated DC Studios horror film from a Mike Flanagan script, with Tom Rhys Harries as an actor whose ruined face leads him to a treatment that reshapes his body and his mind. The trailer goes full body horror, and the teaser made October feel very far away. It is finally close, and the latest TV spot goes full Akira while still holding back the monster’s final form. The final trailer followed two days later.
The Cycle — October 23
Release date: October 23, 2026, streaming on Shudder
Jordan Downey (The Head Hunter) follows a woman who learns the body at a crime scene is her estranged father, and that whatever he was hiding did not die with him. Deborah Ann Woll and Jeffrey Donovan star, and the trailer is out. Downey makes lean, atmospheric films on small budgets, and he told us the morgue scene scared him more than the wolf. This is the Shudder original I am most curious about in October.
The Teenage Vampire — October 27
Release date: October 27, 2026, digital and VOD (Lionsgate and Grindstone)
Frank Mora’s horror comedy moves a young woman (Jazlyn Nicolette Sward) into a Hollywood Hills rental and lets her slowly work out that her landlords are ancient vampires. The trailer plays the rent-is-too-high joke completely straight, which is the right call, because in Los Angeles that joke writes itself. A Tuesday digital drop four days before Halloween is a smart slot for a small movie like this: everybody is hunting for one more title by then.
Big Baby — October 30
Release date: October 30, 2026, streaming on Shudder
Spider One directs the Halloween-eve entry in Shudder’s lineup, a Shudder Exclusive about a horror screenwriter whose baby-masked killer seems to have stepped off the page. Brandon Scott and Krsy Fox star, and it has been on VOD since August. Spider One’s films run on a specific, grimy wavelength, and a Halloween weekend premiere is the right home for it.
Christmas at the Kringles — October 30
Release date: October 30, 2026, theaters (Briarcliff Entertainment)
Kevin Lewis (Willy’s Wonderland) delivers a twisted holiday horror-comedy about neighbors who uncover the Kringle family’s plan to hypnotize and indoctrinate a visiting family. Releasing a Christmas horror movie on Halloween weekend is a choice. It is also exactly the kind of movie that finds its audience on VOD in December.
Stiletto — October 30
Release date: October 30, 2026, theaters (The Horror Section)
Samuel Gonzalez Jr.’s slasher follows a dancer hunting her sister’s killer, a masked murderer working through a roster of performers. The Horror Section is releasing it theatrically on Halloween weekend, which is a bold slot for an indie slasher. Revenge-driven, knife-forward, and the kind of title that Halloween marathon crowds latch onto.
Hunting Matthew Nichols — October 31
Release date: October 31, 2026, streaming on Shudder
Shudder’s actual Halloween premiere is a found-footage mystery about a documentary filmmaker investigating her brother’s disappearance. It is the last title in the Season of Screams run, and closing the month on a missing-person doc-horror is a smart, low-key move after a slate full of monsters and raiders.
November 2026
Godzilla Minus Zero — November 6
Release date: November 6, 2026, wide theatrical in North America (GKIDS); November 3 in Japan
Takashi Yamazaki’s sequel to Godzilla Minus One picks up in 1949 as Japan finally finds its footing and something worse emerges. The tagline is “There is no third time. Everything ends here.” The new trailer ends with a roar fans think they recognize, and the MPA has rated it R, a first for the franchise in 72 years. Not horror in the strict sense, but Minus One earned every genre fan’s attention, and this is the follow-up.
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol — November 13
Release date: November 13, 2026, theaters (Paramount Pictures)
Ti West takes Dickens at his word that this is “a Ghost Story of Christmas.” Johnny Depp is Scrooge, Ian McKellen is Marley, Andrea Riseborough is Christmas Past and Tramell Tillman is Christmas Present. The trailer plays it as genuine horror set in a fog-choked Victorian London, not a family cozy. West’s X trilogy bought him this swing, and it looks like he is taking it seriously.
Victorian Psycho — November 13
Release date: November 13, 2026, theaters (Bleecker Street); moved from September 25
Zachary Wigon adapts Virginia Feito’s novel with Maika Monroe as a governess who arrives at a gothic manor with secrets of her own, opposite Thomasin McKenzie, Ruth Wilson and Jason Isaacs. Bleecker Street pushed it into awards-season territory in August. The trailer turns Monroe loose on the house, and it is rated R for strong bloody violence. Our Fantastic Fest review is in, and Monroe’s crooked smile runs the house.
Return of the Living Dead — November (date soft)
Release date: November 2026, theaters; listings show November 13, but the production has only committed to the month
Steve Wolsh’s remake stages a Trioxin leak at Christmas 1985 in Pennsylvania. It was delayed from its original date to November, with footage screened for fans along the way. The date has moved before, so treat this as expected rather than locked until the distributor puts out a trailer with a Friday on it.
December 2026
Violent Night 2 — December 4
Release date: December 4, 2026, wide theatrical (Universal Pictures)
Tommy Wirkola brings David Harbour’s brawler Santa back for a Christmas Eve standoff with a crime lord in a New Jersey mall, and the trailer adds Kristen Bell as Mrs. Claus. Action-comedy on the surface, but the first one delivered enough splatter to earn its place on horror calendars, and this one is pitched louder.
Werwulf — December 25
Release date: December 25, 2026, theaters (Focus Features; opening limited per Box Office Mojo)
Robert Eggers goes back to medieval England for a werewolf story told in period dialect, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson stalked by something in the fog. The trailer is fog, mud and Middle English dread, and the first look turned Christmas into a medieval nightmare. After Nosferatu opened on the same holiday, Focus knows what it is doing. Trailer 2 added a full moon and a hunter in late September.
January 2027
Pendulum — January 1
Release date: January 1, 2027, theaters (Vertical)
Black Swan co-writer Mark Heyman makes his directing debut with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Phoebe Dynevor as a couple who retreat to a New Mexico new-age compound after a trauma, where the wife falls under the leader’s sway. Darren Aronofsky produces. The teaser is cult dread with a personal edge; Heyman says it is drawn from his own family lore.
February 2027
Remain — February 5
Release date: February 5, 2027, theaters (Warner Bros.)
M. Night Shyamalan’s supernatural romance, written alongside a Nicholas Sparks novel, stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor in a love story that keeps sliding into horror. The first trailer is already out. Warner Bros. moved it into 2027 from its original slot, and the Valentine’s-adjacent date tells you which half of the audience it is chasing first.
The Revenge of La Llorona — February 26
Release date: February 26, 2027, theaters (Warner Bros. / New Line); moved up from April 9
Santiago Menghini (No One Gets Out Alive) directs the Conjuring Universe sequel, with Raymond Cruz’s Rafael Olvera returning alongside Jay Hernandez and Monica Raymund as a fractured family is pulled into the weeping woman’s realm. Warner Bros. bumped it forward by six weeks in July, which usually means the studio likes what it has.
March 2027
The Exorcist: Martyrs — March 12
Release date: March 12, 2027, theaters (Blumhouse, Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek)
Mike Flanagan writes and directs a standalone Exorcist film, not a sequel to Believer, with Scarlett Johansson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane and Jacobi Jupe alongside the usual Flanagan company. It slipped a year to March 2027. A leaked character breakdown points to a time-jump structure; treat that as rumor. The Flanagan-plus-Blatty combination is the most anticipated horror release of 2027.
Wolf Creek: Legacy — March 19
Release date: March 19, 2027, theaters (per Movie Insider)
Greg McLean brings John Jarratt’s Mick Taylor back for a third film, with Jay Ryan co-starring. Filming wrapped and the official site is live. The March date shows up on Movie Insider and fan calendars; a distributor announcement for the U.S. would make it firm.
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova — March 26
Release date: March 26, 2027, theaters (Warner Bros. / Legendary)
Grant Sputore directs the sixth Monsterverse film with Dan Stevens and Kaitlyn Dever. It is in post-production and a teaser is already out. Monster fans get two Godzillas in five months, and the two films could not be more different in tone. This is the loud one.
Day Drinker — March 26
Release date: March 26, 2027, theaters (Lionsgate)
Marc Webb directs Johnny Depp as a mysterious regular aboard a private yacht, with Madelyn Cline as the bartender who gets pulled into his world and Penélope Cruz along for the ride. On paper it is a crime thriller. The teaser keeps hinting that Depp’s character is something other than human, and that hint is the reason it is on this list. Treat it as horror-adjacent until a second trailer settles the question.
May 2027
Anything But Ghosts — May 7
Release date: May 7, 2027, theaters (Focus Features)
Curry Barker follows Obsession with a story about a crew of fake ghost hunters who finally run into the real thing. Aaron Paul and Bryce Dallas Howard lead, with Violet McGraw and Cooper Tomlinson in the cast. Focus set the date at the end of September, and Barker has been talking through his plans since June. Obsession made him the most interesting new name in studio horror, so this one goes near the top of the 2027 watchlist.
Paranormal Activity — May 21
Release date: May 21, 2027, theaters (Paramount Pictures, Blumhouse and Atomic Monster)
The eighth film relaunches the found-footage franchise with James Wan producing alongside Jason Blum and Chase Yi leading the cast. An early-summer slot is new territory for a series that lived in October. If you want a refresher on why the format still works, start here.
June 2027
Skeletons — June 4
Release date: June 4, 2027, theaters (Sony)
JT Mollner (Strange Darling) directs a creature feature with Brie Larson and John Goodman, and he reunites Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner from his last film. J.J. Abrams produces. Sony locked the June date in July. Mollner’s last movie was one of the best-structured thrillers of its year, which is enough to put a monster movie from him near the top of 2027.
Possession — June 11
Release date: June 11, 2027, theaters (Paramount Pictures)
Parker Finn (Smile) remakes Żuławski’s 1981 nervous breakdown with Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner in the Adjani and Neill roles, and Paramount is positioning it as a summer release rather than an art-house one. Nobody asked for this remake. Finn has earned a look anyway, and the subway scene is going to be the internet’s problem for a week.
July and August 2027
A Quiet Place Part III — July 30
Release date: July 30, 2027, theaters (Paramount Pictures); moved from July 9
John Krasinski returns as writer-director for a story set six years after Part II. Paramount pushed it three weeks deeper into summer. The franchise has never missed, including the Day One spinoff, and Krasinski coming back to direct is the detail fans wanted most.
Shiver — August 13
Release date: August 13, 2027, theaters
Tim Miller (Deadpool) directs Keanu Reeves as a Caribbean smuggler stuck in a time loop between mercenaries and sharks. Groundhog Day with a bite radius. It is more sci-fi action than horror, but sharks are sharks, and August is when shark movies belong.
September 2027
The Conjuring: First Communion — September 10
Release date: September 10, 2027, theaters (Warner Bros. / New Line)
The prequel recasts Ed and Lorraine Warren as young investigators, with James Wan and Peter Safran producing. It takes the same early-September slot that Last Rites used. A separate Conjuring series at HBO Max has a showrunner and a writers room but not much else yet.
Blair Witch (untitled) — September 24
Release date: September 24, 2027, theaters (Lionsgate and Blumhouse)
Dylan Clark directs the Blumhouse reboot with original filmmakers Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez as executive producers. Original star Rei Hance refused to take part, and the fight over who gets paid for the franchise has been its own horror story. Some calendars list an October date; the studio announcement said September 24.
Dated for Later in 2027 and Beyond
The Great Beyond — October 1, 2027
Release date: October 1, 2027, theaters and IMAX (Warner Bros.), moved from November 13, 2026
J.J. Abrams’ mystery-box return to directing stars Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega in a supernatural story about newlyweds up against an entity, and that is close to all Warner Bros. has let out. It was pushed a full year in the studio’s summer slate shuffle, out of the crowded November 2026 Friday and into the first weekend of October 2027, which is prime horror real estate. Abrams has not directed a feature since 2019, so curiosity is high.
Sleepover — October 8, 2027
Release date: October 8, 2027, theaters (Blumhouse; per Movie Insider)
Jacob Chase (Come Play) directs and Jason Blum produces. It holds the first October Friday of 2027, which is prime Blumhouse real estate. Plot details have not been released.
Evil Dead Wrath — April 7, 2028
Release date: April 7, 2028, theaters (Warner Bros.)
Francis Galluppi’s entry was announced as 2027 at CinemaCon and corrected to 2028 within the hour, and a lot of lists never caught up. It is a coming-of-age nightmare set in 1972 with Charlotte Hope, Jessica McNamee and Zach Gilford, and there is a rumor that Jane Levy’s Mia could return. Catch up on the whole franchise with our Evil Dead bible.
Final Destination 7 — May 12, 2028
Release date: May 12, 2028, theaters (Warner Bros. / New Line)
Lori Evans Taylor writes and Michiel Blanchart was in talks to direct when Warner Bros. set the date in April. After Bloodlines became the biggest film in the series, a fast follow-up was inevitable.
Gladys — September 8, 2028
Release date: September 8, 2028, theaters (Warner Bros. / New Line)
The Weapons prequel, written by Zach Cregger and Zach Shields, tells the origin story of Amy Madigan’s Aunt Gladys. Cregger’s own next film, the sci-fi The Flood, is also slated for 2028 without a day, and Jennifer Lawrence is set to lead it.
Gremlins 3 — October 6, 2028
Release date: October 6, 2028, theaters (Warner Bros.); moved from November 19, 2027
Chris Columbus, who wrote the original, directs a true sequel with Steven Spielberg producing. Warner Bros. pushed it ten months to October 2028 and announced the move with a short teaser that shows Gizmo and a date card, which is still the entire public face of the movie. Columbus has said he wants practical puppets over CGI, which is the whole ballgame for this one.
Announced, No Date Yet
Terrifier 4
Release date: TBA (Damien Leone has said 2027 if production stays on schedule)
Ignore the October 1, 2026 date floating around listings sites; Leone has said he was still finishing the script this year and hoping to start pre-production in spring. It is the Art the Clown origin story and the planned finale, with David Howard Thornton and Lauren LaVera expected back. The franchise’s legal tangles have not helped.
Backrooms 2
Release date: TBA (A24)
Kane Parsons is officially returning to direct after the first film became A24’s biggest opener ever. No date, no cast, but given the money involved, expect A24 to claim a 2027 or 2028 Friday soon.
Scream 8
Release date: TBA (Spyglass and Paramount)
Lilla and Nora Zuckerman (Poker Face) are writing, Kevin Williamson declined to return, and the director’s chair is open. Courteney Cox pitched herself for the job at TIFF. Scream 7 was the franchise’s biggest grosser, so this is a when, not an if.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Release date: TBA (Paramount, under its Primal label); a rival Warner Bros. project is also in motion
Wes Craven’s family is producing the Paramount reboot, and two studios are racing to get a Freddy film made first. No director, no writer, no Freddy. Our Elm Street bible will keep you busy in the meantime.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Curry Barker)
Release date: TBA
Obsession director Curry Barker has been talking through his plans for Leatherface between his own projects. Nothing is dated. Given how fast Obsession made him a name, this is the most interesting undated franchise entry on the board.
V/H/S: SCP
Release date: TBA, theatrical (A24)
The found-footage anthology’s SCP Foundation spin-off picked up A24 for a theatrical release in September, which is a first for the series. The SCP wiki community has questions about the license. Expect a 2027 date.
How We Keep This List Current
This page is refreshed each month, and the weekly new-release and streaming roundups in our Horror Lists section feed straight into it. Dates get re-checked against studio calendars every update, and anything that moves gets flagged in the What’s New section at the top. If you know of a dated title we are missing, or a date that has changed, tell us through the Contact page and we will get it in the next pass.
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