The Best Horror Movies of 2026 (So Far), Ranked: ‘Obsession,’ ‘Backrooms,’ ‘Hokum’ and More

2026 has already been a wild year for horror, from low-budget box office hits (“Backrooms,” “Obsession”) to sequels the world could have lived without (“Scream 7,” “The Strangers – Chapter 3”).

In a year loaded with scary movies, many of them were good-to-great, a welcome surprise that kept multiplexes busy.

Below are the year’s standouts, […] ...