Spring has officially sprung, and earlier today we shined the spotlight on 13 upcoming horror movies we can’t wait to see in Spring 2026. Now let’s pull back a little bit and focus the spotlight solely on this week, which has brought eight brand new horror movies along with it.
Here’s all the new horror released from March 16 – March 22, 2026!
From director Peter Webber (Hannibal Rising, Girl with a Pearl Earring), killer drone horror movie DRAGN is now available on Digital outlets from Cineverse.
The film centers on co-workers on a routine corporate team-building trip, which transforms into a nightmare when they unwittingly become the prey of a rogue AI-driven drone.
Written by Barry Hutchison and Alexander Gordon Smith, DRAGN (Defense Reaction and Ground Neutralization) delves into the fragility of the human mind, the dangers of AI warfare, and the indomitable spirit required to confront terror in an increasingly digital world.
James Paxton (Twisters), Lilly Krug (Plane), Carlos Bardem (Assassin’s Creed), Alice Pagani, Jadran Malkovich, Franz Drameh (Attack the Block), and Alex Lane star.
In Water Horse, the truth lies beneath the surface — but so does something else…
Now available on VOD, the Australian found footage horror movie incorporates elements of true crime, Celtic mythology, and folk tales associated with rural New South Wales.
When several people inexplicably vanish after wading into a lake, a paranormal investigator, an actor, and their camerawoman set out to document their search for the truth.
The investigator suspects this may have something to do with her mother’s disappearance years earlier. Determined to find answers, their investigation leads them to the mysterious Lake Mungo and brings them face-to-face with an unspeakable evil.
Writer-director Jennifer Van Gessel makes her feature directorial debut.
Lauren Grimson (Beast of War) and Dean Kyrwood (Wyrmwood: Apocalypse) star with Jessica Tovey (“Wolf Creek”), Barbara Bingham (Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan), Rob Flanagan, and Socratis Otto (I, Frankenstein).
A killer clown forces you to face your darkest fears in UK horror movie Jitters, released on digital outlets this past Tuesday. Marc Zammit directs from a script by George Willcox.
Detective Collymore thought he’d seen it all, but when he’s called in to investigate what appears to be a routine case — the unexplained death of a young woman that’s been officially ruled as “natural causes” — he finds himself pulled deep into something truly sinister.
The complex investigation leads Collymore to the dark recesses of the internet, with all clues leading to a disturbing video game: Jitters. But the sadistic challenge is anything but child’s play, as it weaponizes the one thing no one can truly escape: their deepest fears.
As he’s drawn deeper into the depths of an unknown online world, Collymore soon learns that Jitters isn’t just depraved, it’d deadly. The only way he can survive and save his family is to not only face the horrors coded into the system, but the darkness within himself.
Daniel Jordan stars as Jitters alongside Fabrizio Santino, Anto Sharp, Boo Miller, Jess Impiazzi, Lauren Budd, Richard Wisker, Ritchi Edwards, and Chloe Hews.
This ain’t Goosebumps. Now available on VOD, haunted camcorder movie Capture explores the deadly cost of revisiting the past and being seen through the wrong lens.
In Capture, after inheriting her parents’ long-abandoned house, Abby uncovers a mysterious 30-year-old camcorder hidden among a collection of videotapes.
As she reviews the footage, she begins to unravel horrifying secrets tied to her family’s past — and a terrifying truth about the camera itself: anyone it records doesn’t just relive the past, they die. What begins as a disturbing discovery soon becomes a desperate fight for survival as the camcorder’s supernatural power refuses to stay buried.
Kaitlyn Lunardi (The Hangman), Cedric Gegel, Chris Cimperman (Dawn of the Beast), Leah Eckardt, Grant Schumacher (The Tomorrow Job), and LeJon Woods (Beezel) star.
Bruce Wemple (The Hangman, Dawn of the Beast) writes and directs.
“Bruce Wemple has become one of the most reliable voices in modern indie horror, and Capture is one of his most unsettling films to date,” said Uncork’d president Keith Leopard.
Shudder has turned the Alexandra Heller-Nicholas book 1000 Women in Horror into a documentary, and the same-titled doc is now available only on the horror streamer.
Directed by Donna Davies (Nightmare Factory), 1000 Women in Horror offers a deep dive into how women pioneers revolutionized horror cinema through their groundbreaking work as directors, actors, and creators since 1895, leaving an indelible mark on the genre’s evolution.
Featuring interviews with Roxanne Benjamin, Akela Cooper, Mary Harron, Cerise Howard, Kier-La Janisse, Nikyatu Jusu, Roseanne Liang, Annalise Lockhart, Toby Poser, Sara Risher, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Kate Siegel, Jenn Wexler, and more.
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas previews, “Like so many women and femme-identifying horror fans, horror is in my blood: I live and breathe it, and it has helped me navigate the real-life horrors of the world more times than I can count. Having dedicated my career as an author and a film critic to the genre, watching my 2020 book, 1000 Women in Horror, come to life on screen has been a dream. This has been rendered even more magical not just through our collaborations with the horror royalty interviewed on screen, but the unwaveringly supportive Shudder team themselves, without whom this film literally would not exist!”
“In my films, I like to rip back the curtain and expose the raw underbelly of stories that obsess me. I love horror because it drags our deepest, darkest fears out into the light. Women have been shaping this genre from day one, but the industry has too often ignored or erased their contribution. This film finally sets the record straight, and SHUDDER is the perfect place for horror fans to discover the voices and films that have too often been overlooked,” Davies adds.
Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton star in Radio Silence’s bloody-as-hell sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, which is now playing in theaters nationwide.
Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett of Radio Silence and writers Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy are back at the helm for the Ready or Not sequel.
Picking up moments after the all-out attack from the Le Domas family in the first Ready or Not, Grace (Samara Weaving) discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins rules it all.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, David Cronenberg, Elijah Wood, Kevin Durand, Olivia Cheng, Varun Saranga, and Daniel Beirne also star.
Mena Suvari (American Beauty) stars as the legendary Elizabeth Báthory, leading a coven of bloodsuckers who hunt their prey on dating apps, in Vampires of the Velvet Lounge.
The horror comedy is now playing in select theaters via Strand Releasing.
Deep in the American South, a back alley absinthe bar harbors a deadly secret: Countess Elizabeth Báthory and her glamorous coven of vampires keep their killer instincts sharp by preying on lonely singles through dating apps, seducing and slaughtering to preserve their youth.
But when Elizabeth swipes right on the wrong profiles — a cunning undercover vampire hunter and a band of emotionally stunted bros — the hunt spirals into hilariously horrifying chaos.
Blood flies, fangs pierce flesh, and the bar erupts into a glitter-soaked, green fairy-winged, fang-filled fever dream of grindhouse gore, terrible decisions, and fashionably fatal carnage.
Mena Suvari stars with Dichen Lachman (“Severance”), Stephen Dorff (Blade), India Eisley (Underworld: Awakening), Tom Berenger (Platoon), Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), and Tyrese Gibson (Fast & Furious franchise).
Lochlyn Munro (Freddy vs. Jason), Sarah Dumont (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse), Mark Boone, Jr. (“Sons of Anarchy”), Sherman Augustus (“Stranger Things”), and Timothy Murphy (“True Detective”) round out the cast.
Wristcutters: A Love Story producer Adam Sherman writes and directs.
“This is a vampire story inspired by the chilling, lesser-known legend of Elizabeth Báthory, the 16th-century Hungarian countess rumored to bathe in the blood of virgins to stay young,” said director Adam Sherman. “I set out to make the kind of horror film I loved growing up: one that’s wild, disturbing, darkly funny, and made for the big screen.”
Do not look. Do not run. Do not panic. And whatever you do, Do Not Enter.
Based on the 2005 novel Creepers by First Blood author David Morrell, the horror-thriller is now playing in select theaters and on Digital via Lionsgate and Suretone Pictures.
The story follows a group of thrill-seeking urban explorers known as the Creepers, who livestream their adventures from abandoned locations. They venture into New Jersey’s notorious Paragon Hotel seeking a legendary gangster’s missing $300 million fortune, only to encounter hostile rivals and supernatural forces.
Adeline Rudolph (“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”), Nicholas Hamilton (IT), Francesca Reale (“Stranger Things”), Jake Manley (“The Order”), Kai Caster (“Yellowstone”), Shane Paul McGhie (After), Brennan Keel Cook (The Pale Blue Eye), Javier Botet ([Rec]), and Laurence O’Fuarain (“The Sandman”) star.
Music video director Marc Klasfeld (Eminem, Katy Perry, Slipknot) makes his feature debut on the project, which blends found-footage horror elements with traditional thriller components.
Stephen Susco (The Grudge, Texas Chainsaw), Spencer Mandel, and Dikega Hadnot penned the script. Jordan Schur (Warrior) produces Do Not Enter.