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Breeder (2026): IFC and Shudder's Poodle-Breeder Horror, and Is It Scary?
By Alan Willey ·
Breeder opens in US theaters in fall 2026 from IFC Films and Shudder. What Alex Goyette's Tribeca eugenics chiller about a poodle breeder is about, who is in it, and whether it is scary. Plus where to watch.
It Ends (2026): Neon's Road-Trip Horror, and Is It Scary?
By Alan Willey ·
It Ends opens in US theaters August 21, 2026, from Neon. What Alexander Ullom's existential road-trip horror is about, and why critics and audiences are split on it. Plus where to watch.
Buddy (2026): Casper Kelly's Killer-Unicorn Sundance Horror, Explained
By Alan Willey ·
Buddy opens in US theaters September 4, 2026. What Casper Kelly's Sundance killer-unicorn horror-comedy is about, the cast, and whether it is scary. Plus where to watch.
Ice Cream Man (2026): Eli Roth's New Slasher, Explained (It's Not the 1995 Remake)
By Alan Willey ·
Ice Cream Man hits US theaters August 7, 2026. Eli Roth's original slasher, why it isn't a remake of the 1995 cult film, the cast, and what to expect.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026): Jane Schoenbrun's Cannes-Winning Queer Meta-Slasher, Explained
By Alan Willey ·
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma hits US theaters August 7, 2026. Jane Schoenbrun's meta-slasher, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, won the Cannes Queer Palm. What it's about, the cast, and whether Camp Miasma is a real franchise.
Evil Dead Burn (2026): The Least Bloody Evil Dead, and Maybe the Most Brutal
By Alan Willey ·
Evil Dead Burn hits US theaters July 10, 2026. Why director Sébastien Vaniček calls it the least bloody, but most brutal Evil Dead, plus the Evil Dead Rise connection, cast, and what to expect.
Leviticus (2026): Review, Where to Watch, Is It Scary?
By Alan Willey ·
Adrian Chiarella's queer-horror debut is in theaters now from Neon, after a Sundance Midnight breakout. Our review and Watch Darkly scores, where to watch, the reverse-exorcism premise, the It Follows comparison, and how it fits the Watch Darkly catalog of religious and supernatural horror.
Backrooms (2026): Box Office Records, Reviews & Where to Watch
By Alan Willey ·
Backrooms became A24's biggest movie ever, with $200M+ worldwide and a Certified Fresh rating. Box office records, what critics and audiences say, where to watch, and when it streams.