Jeffrey Dollmer turns a notorious serial killer into a possessed doll in a new supernatural slasher arriving Nov. 3.

From major premieres to free horror on Tubi, Fawesome and Pluto TV, here’s what to stream throughout October 2026.

Johnny Depp encounters the ghosts of Christmas in the new trailer for Ti West’s supernatural reimagining of A Christmas Carol.

Spooky Pictures may be exploring a U.S. remake of Aik Karapetian’s 2014 horror film The Man in the Orange Jacket.

Yuen Woo-ping’s wuxia adventure starring Wu Jing, Nicholas Tse, Max Zhang and Jet Li arrives on 4K, Blu-ray and DVD Oct. 6.

The Kung Fu Deadly team talks martial arts, jiangshi folklore, Irish comedy and finding humanity amid the supernatural chaos.

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Resident Evil producer Carter Swan is developing a film adaptation of Keenspot’s supernatural horror comic The Crying Boy.

Jackie Shroff leads Kaali Kheti, a new Indian horror film exploring agriculture and rural life through a supernatural lens.

Woodstock Film Festival gets weird with six genre shorts, a world premiere and food inspired by the films on Oct. 17.

The Cycle follows a woman unraveling her father’s dark past after his body is discovered 36 years after he disappeared.

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle I is now streaming on Netflix as the service prepares six more anime releases for October.

Apocalypse Z: Part II sends survivors back into infected territory before arriving on Prime Video Oct. 30.

The Dark Gets In transforms a teenager’s mysterious disappearance into a slow-burning supernatural true-crime nightmare.

John Hannah fights through amnesia, murder and conspiracy in the first-person action thriller Bad Day at the Office.

The Squirrel is a charming sci-fi fable about technology, sanitized living and humanity’s disappearing connection to nature.

Ghost in the Cell mixes supernatural carnage, prison chaos and wild comedy in another memorable horror outing from Joko Anwar.

Girl in the Night mixes deadpan humor, vigilante violence and outsider romance into a wonderfully awkward Slovenian oddity.

Into the Sky blends alien abductions, romance and comedy into one of our favorite surprises of Fantastic Fest 2026.

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Vampire Carnival traps Nell Verlaque in a supernatural carnival where vampires feed on human despair instead of blood.

Beware Boiúna hit the Beyond Fest red carpet ahead of Mike P. Nelson’s Amazon-set creature feature opening Oct. 2.

Louis Koo leads the time-travel martial arts epic Back to the Past, arriving digitally Oct. 13 from Well Go USA.

V/H/S/MIXTAPE turns music and sound into terror with new stories from RZA, Ernest Dickerson, Renee Zhan and more.

Access:Horror returns September 25 before launching a month-long virtual genre program featuring 19 films.

Cartuna founder James Belfer launches Video Visions, a new Blu-ray label dedicated to independent and cult cinema.

Lionsgate’s The Teenage Vampire arrives on demand and digital October 27, with a new trailer now available.

The long-awaited sequel to 2015 horror-comedy Deathgasm reaches U.S. and Canadian theaters September 29 before an October VOD release.

Ryan Glover’s supernatural horror film Split Rock will premiere at Sitges before making its North American debut at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival.

Renny Harlin’s The Beast, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Joel Kinnaman, has released a new full trailer ahead of its October 9 theatrical opening.

Alex Goyette’s horror film Breeder has shifted its theatrical release from October 16 to October 28.

Girl in the Night, Ghost in the Cell and Adult Supervision are among the major winners at Fantastic Fest 2026.

Family follows a young girl whose attempt to protect her sick father draws her into a haunting world shaped by her deepest fears.

First images from The Narrow House reveal the claustrophobic atmosphere of the upcoming Paraguayan gothic horror thriller.

The Crypt Keeper returns after 30 years to host AMC’s 30th anniversary FearFest, with John Kassir back behind the voice.

River combines family drama, brutal kills and backwoods terror in one of 2026’s strongest new slashers.

Horror Movies Uncut reviews the Visions Of/From South Africa shorts program at Fantastic Fest 2026.

Posthumous blends grief, family secrets and analog dread into a carefully constructed supernatural mystery.

Mike Flanagan’s Carrie expands Stephen King’s story for the social-media era, led by an impressive Summer H. Howell.

The Cycle turns a forensic mystery into vicious horror, led by a terrific Deborah Ann Woll. One of Fantastic Fest’s best.

FlapJax mixes fast-food satire, sci-fi and gooey gore into a wildly entertaining Fantastic Fest genre mashup.

Christmas at the Kringles turns year-round holiday cheer sinister in Kevin Lewis’ new horror-comedy opening Oct. 30.

Paramount is moving forward with World War Z 2, with Brad Pitt returning and Edward Berger attached to direct.

Shudder has acquired Ilja Rautsi’s Finnish vampire Santa horror-comedy Red Snow ahead of its Fantastic Fest world premiere. The film arrives on the streaming service December 15.

Maika Monroe anchors a deliberate, visually confident period-horror descent into madness in Victorian Psycho, one of our Fantastic Fest 2026 favorites so far.

Dee Wallace and Paige Evans anchor John Veron’s Godmother, a Fantastic Fest horror film that uses family, ambition and destiny to ask uncomfortable questions about the lives we choose.

Kazakhstan-set horror Ürei turns the fear of aging, isolation and generational responsibility into a disturbing and visually assured Fantastic Fest discovery.

The Glorious Dead finds the Adams Family exploring the undead through their unmistakable mix of punk-rock horror and dark comedy.