Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 26 Apr to 5 May 2026

10 horror movies this week

Themes: Psychological, witch, killer, shark, puppet, and zombie apocalypse horror

Horror movies

Table of Contents

A Blind Bargain

Psychological horror

Set in 1970, A BLIND BARGAIN reimagines the lost 1922 Lon Chaney silent film of the same name.

A desperate young man strikes a dark deal with an unhinged doctor, offering his mother as a subject for the physician’s twisted experiments.

Limited release

Deep Water

Shark horror

“Surviving the crash is just the beginning”

Passengers en route from Los Angeles to Shanghai are forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters.

Released in cinemas

Didn’t Die

Zombie apocalypse comedy horror

“How are we surviving?”

A young podcaster struggles to maintain her dwindling audience amidst the zombie apocalypse.

To make matters worse, the zombies are beginning to mutate and become more powerful.

So, when her ex-boyfriend shows up with an orphaned baby, it becomes all that much more important that Vinita and her family do what it takes to survive.

Released on VOD

Forbidden Fruits

Witch comedy horror

“The coven just clocked in”

Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours, with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig.

But when new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate.

Released on VOD

The Fuzzies

Puppet horror

“Playtime is over”

After their childhood friend dies, a group of old pals reunite at her eerie estate and uncover a nightmare: the grotesque puppets from her famous children’s TV show are alive.

Released on VOD

Heresy

Dutch psychological horror

“Prayers won’t save you”

In a medieval Dutch village, a young woman is caught between her faith, fanatic townsfolk and the dark forces lurking in the woods.

Released on Shudder

Hokum

Witch horror

“We’ve been expecting you”

When horror novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite.

Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

Released in cinemas

Salt Along the Tongue

Witch horror

After her mother dies, Mattia moves in with her estranged aunt, her mother’s identical twin.

From beyond the grave, Mattia’s mother possesses her daughter to protect her from a malevolent spirit, using food as a gateway.

Released on VOD

The Step Daddy

Killer horror

“Make room for daddy”

When a seemingly charming stepfather suddenly stabs his wife and stepson, it lights the fuse to a horrifying string of monstrous murders.

On the surface, Tim is a thoughtful and mild-manned family man, but deep within him lies an insatiable killer forever on the hunt for his next victim.

As his body count rises and his new family begins to suspect the evil he possesses, the race is on to stop this brutal sociopath before he takes another victim.

Released on VOD

They Will Kill You

Comedy horror

“Let them try”

A young woman must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult’s mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair, before becoming their next offering.

Released on VOD

Published: 2 May 2026