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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35682658/

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma [2026]

STREAMING: MUBI

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Jane Schoenbrun

PRINCIPAL CAST: Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Eva Victor, Zach Cherry, Sarah Sherman, Patrick Fischler, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown

SYNOPSIS: After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie’s star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

TAGLINES:

Lust.
If it gets too real, you can always turn it off.
Little Death Is Coming.

GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Romance, Comedy Drama

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 112 Minutes

STUDIO: MUBI

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35298123/

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OCTOBER 6

Insidious: Out of the Further [2026]

STREAMING: VOD

DIRECTOR: Jacob Chase

WRITER: Jacob Chase, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Leigh Whannell

PRINCIPAL CAST: Brandon Perea, Lin Shaye, Amelia Eve, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Sam Spruell, Island Austin, Laura Gordon

SYNOPSIS: In Insidious: Out of the Further, Amelia Eve stars as Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, who discovers she can travel into The Further, the purgatorial realm of lost souls at the heart of the Insidious universe. When something evil comes after her, Gemma discovers an ability that changes everything; she doesn’t just enter The Further, she can bring what lives there back to the real world. Once the demons realize her power, our world becomes their playground.

TAGLINE: Evil found a way out.

GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

RATING: Rated PG-13

RUN TIME: 106 Minutes

STUDIO: Sony Pictures

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32393988/

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Black Zombie [2026]

STREAMING: VOD

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Maya Annik Bedward

PRINCIPAL CAST: Yves-Grégory Francois, Anderson Mojica, Erol Josué, Mambo Labelle Déese Botanica, Slash, Tom Savini, Tananarive Due, Zandashé Brown

SYNOPSIS: A journey through cinema and history reveals how zombies evolved from Haitian spiritual traditions into Hollywood horror, exploring their deeper cultural significance as powerful symbols of resilience.

TAGLINE: A culture, a legacy, and a people that refuse to die.

GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Documentary, History

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 90 Minutes

STUDIO: Kino Lorber

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368474/

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OCTOBER 9

V/H/S/Mixtape [2026]

STREAMING: Shudder

DIRECTOR: Ernest Dickerson, Flying Lotus, Tobias Forge

WRITER: Zoe Cooper, Ernest Dickerson, Matt Landsman

PRINCIPAL CAST: David Moreau, Mike Derks, Mike Ferguson, Jihad Brent, Barbara Crampton, Neela Jolene, Omar Mustafa Adem, Sarah Berman

SYNOPSIS: V/H/S/MIXTAPE cranks the volume on horror with a blood-soaked collection of cursed music videos, terrifying performances, and found footage. Press play. Pray it stops.

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Rated TV-MA

RUN TIME: 98 Minutes

STUDIO: Shudder

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt43739386/

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R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2 [2026]

STREAMING: Tubi

DIRECTOR: Jem Garrard

WRITER: Jem Garrard, R.L. Stein

PRINCIPAL CAST: Kendra Anderson, Daniel Bacon, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez

SYNOPSIS: Lonely and bullied at school, Evan discovers a forbidden spellbook and unknowingly revives the ancient curse of Redhaven. Soon, the pumpkin-headed children from past sacrifices rise from the ground with a plan to claim the town during its Harvest Festival. As the event approaches, the only hope for Redhaven may be the return of a misunderstood witch determined to destroy the book and end the curse for good.

GENRE: Horror, Fantasy

RATING: Rated TV-14

RUN TIME: 93 Minutes

STUDIO: Tubi Originals

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40902212/

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OCTOBER 12

Clown Panic [2026]

STREAMING: Hulu

DIRECTOR: Ed Perkins

PRINCIPAL CAST: Guilford Adams

SYNOPSIS: When children in a small South Carolina community report seeing clowns hiding in the woods in 2016, few believe them. But as sightings spread across the country, panic escalates into school lockdowns, police, and a nationwide media frenzy. Featuring chilling archive footage, viral internet videos, and revealing interviews with witnesses, law enforcement, clowns, & cultural commentators, Clown Panic examines the collision of fear, social media, and modern America at a moment of deep national anxiety. Darkly funny, unsettling, and unexpectedly emotional, it uncovers how a bizarre urban legend spiraled into a global moral panic that has echoes that resonate today.

GENRE: Horror, Documentary

RATING: Rated TV-MA

STUDIO: Hulu

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt46659729/

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OCTOBER 13

Buddy [2026]

STREAMING: VOD

DIRECTOR: Casper Kelly

WRITER: Casper Kelly, Jamie King

PRINCIPAL CAST: Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Topher Grace, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael Shannon, Patton Oswalt, Clint Howard

GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 96 Minutes

STUDIO: Saban Films

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37281055/

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OCTOBER 16

Hallowarrior [2026]

STREAMING: Shudder

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Ben Sottak

PRINCIPAL CAST: Shannyn Sossamon, Milly Shapiro, Ajani Russell

SYNOPSIS: Desperate for companionship on a post-apocalyptic Halloween night, the Last Girl on Earth gets more than she bargained for, when something far more sinister arrives on her doorstep.

TAGLINE: The whole world is a haunted house.

GENRE: Horror, Thriller

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 80 Minutes

STUDIO: Shudder

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29703555/

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OCTOBER 23

The Cycle [2026]

STREAMING: Shudder

DIRECTOR: Jordan Downey

WRITER: Jordan Downey, Kevin Steward

PRINCIPAL CAST: Deborah Ann Woll, Jeffrey Donovan, Gretchen Corbett, Jack Doolan, Will Hochman, Dana Millican, Phillip Andre Botello

SYNOPSIS: When the body of a man missing for thirty-six years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past.

GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Crime

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 111 Minutes

STUDIO: Shudder