Hanna Bergholm follows Hatching with Nightborn, a Finnish folk horror about a mother who cannot love her own baby. Hope Madden’s review looks at how Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint keep the film’s sympathies shifting. The creature effects wobble, but the nightmare holds.
Son of Sara takes the well worn Satanic pregnancy formula and finds fresh life in it, thanks to Houston Bone’s patient direction and a cast who make even familiar scenes land. Chloe Van Landschoot and Tymika Tafari sell the relationship at its centre, and the film’s quiet change in theme upends the expected ending. An indie horror film that spends its small budget wisely and gets you out in under ninety minutes.
Robbie Banfitch follows The Outwaters with Tinsman Road, a found footage horror about a missing sister, a grieving mother and a camcorder that cannot quite capture what is out there. Jim McLeod reviews the New Jersey grief horror ahead of its UK digital release through Blue Finch Films.
Zoe Kavanagh flings Niamh Hogan’s Taryn Barker back to 1987, where a summer camp slasher and a cult run by Lisa Wilcox stand between her and the Necrox. This action horror sequel skips the po-faced polish and goes straight for practical gore, real stunts and big daft fun. Here is why the indie horror slate has a new favourite.
The Evil Dead franchise goes French extreme—and the humour is the first casualty.
2026 has delivered an exceptional year for horror, from Nia DaCosta’s brutal 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple to Curry Barker’s devastating Obsession. We rank the best horror films of 2026 so far, including Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, and Damian Mc Carthy’s Hokum.
Avalon Fast’s Camp takes the bones of a summer camp horror and grows something stranger from them. This sapphic, witchy coming-of-age tale follows Zola Grimmer’s grief-stricken Emily into a coven of damaged young women, trading slasher mechanics for melancholy magic. Here’s why this girl horror lingers.
Izabel Pakzad’s Find Your Friends drops five wasted party girls into Joshua Tree and promises a survival-horror reckoning with toxic masculinity. There’s a real story of female rage swimming beneath the booze, the Molly and the desert menace — but does this Shudder revenge thriller ever let it breathe? Our review counts the cost.
Our Chum 2025 review wades into Jonathan Zuck’s AI-generated shark thriller starring Alice Eve. Here’s why this killer shark film sinks faster than a chum bucket with a hole in it.
Salome film review: The Shell Brothers compress Wilde’s tragedy into 76 minutes of claustrophobic horror, with Jessie Epstein’s stunning performance at its hypnotic centre.
A countdown of five essential horror movies about unlicensed doctors, from Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator to the Soska sisters’ American Mary, exploring what happens when the scalpel meets obsession.
Kane Parsons’ Backrooms transforms YouTube-born creepypasta into a singular liminal space horror starring Chiwetel Ejiofor. Here’s why this feature debut demands attention.
Mattia De Pascali’s The Forbidden Lands is a handmade Italian folk horror fable that understands folklore is not quaint decoration but a system people live and die by. Shot in the Salento and channelling Lucio Fulci’s moral fury, this dark fantasy follows three women who refuse their assigned roles. Now streaming on Prime Video after a festival run spanning three continents.
Natalie Erika James’s Saccharine is a gripping body horror for the Ozempic era. Here’s why this Shudder acquisition, starring Midori Francis, is essential viewing for horror fans.
Obsession 2025 horror film review: Curry Barker’s wish fulfillment nightmare weaponises the romantic curse for a gory, queasy takedown of modern male entitlement.
