Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 22 to 28 Feb 2026

8 horror movies this week

Themes: Supernatural, psychological, slasher, comedy, and cabin in the woods horror

Horror movies

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Anacoreta

Cabin in the woods horror

A group of friends travel for a weekend away to an isolated cabin in the woods to shoot an experimental horror movie.

Slowly the film begins to unravel, and the true monster appears from the shadows.

Released on VOD

Crazy Old Lady

Spanish supernatural horror

Pedro gets a frantic plea from an ex-girlfriend to care for her senile mother, Alicia.

What begins as a small favor quickly spirals into a living nightmare when Alicia refuses to him go.

Released on Shudder

Gunfighter Paradise

Comedy horror

A hunter returns home to North Carolina with a mysterious green case.

Following the death of his mother, he moves back into the family home where his mind begins to disintegrate.

Stalked by voices and visions, guided by disquiet, hand-written riddles, and strange visitors further complicate an already splintering mind.

Limited release

I Live Here Now

Psychological horror

Struggling actress Rose is suddenly forced to confront a future she never thought possible, just as a major career opportunity with a top agent comes into view.

Things spiral further when her casual boyfriend brings his overbearing mother into the fold, pushing Rose to the brink.

Rose flees to The Crown Inn, a crumbling motel at the edge of nowhere, where time fractures and reality bends.

Haunted by sleep paralysis, splintered memories, and eerie motel dwellers, especially the enigmatic Lillian, Rose begins to unravel.

To move forward, she must confront the buried truth of her past that her body has never forgotten.

Limited release

Noseeums

Supernatural horror

“But they see you”

When Ember’s weekend getaway descends into a spectral nightmare, she must confront the land’s dark past to survive the swarm of unseen horrors.

Released on VOD

The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell

Supernatural horror

“Not all stories should be told”

Robbie embarks on a dangerous quest to contact his deceased girlfriend through a ritual that summons the dead.

He heads to an abandoned house with a group of young people to perform the “Red Book Ritual.”

But during the summoning, supernatural forces awaken and now they must face ancient horrors to survive.

Released on VOD

Return to Silent Hill

Psychological horror

When James receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary, he is drawn to Silent Hill, a once-familiar town now consumed by darkness.

As he searches for her, James faces monstrous creatures and unravels a terrifying truth that will push him to the edge of his sanity.

Released on VOD

Scream 7

Slasher horror

“Fear hits home”

When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target.

Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.

Released in cinemas

Published: 28 February 2026