The Best Horrors Coming Soon in 2026

Get ready for another bumper year of horror here at The Light! Time to grab your friends, get the popcorn and strap in for a year to remember.

We can't promise to show all these films at all our venues, but we'll do our best!

Verity

Verity is the latest Colleen Hover novel to be adapted to screen with the most recent being Reminders of Him earlier this year. Although Hoover’s core genre is typically contemporary romance, this story is a bit different and is an intense psychological thriller. Anne Hathaway plays renowned author Verity Crawford and Dakota Johnson plays struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh. Their lives intertwine when Lowen relocates to the remote Crawford estate to finish Verity’s highly successful book series. However, Lowen discovers a harrowing manuscript containing details about Verity’s personal life which throws her into a rabbit hole of confusion and makes her question what is real and what is fake.

out 2 oct

Other Mommy

Based on the novel titled Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman, Other Mommy is a supernatural psychological horror film starring Jessica Chastain. We meet 8-year-old Bela and her parents who are deep in marital problems. With an already sometimes eerie and vulnerable atmosphere in the house, things become a lot worse when Bela meets a sinister, paranormal creature that takes the physical form of her own mother. She names this entity “Other Mommy” but things turn ugly when the creature starts threatening the family and haunting the house. Will the family come together to protect each other and expel the other mommy or will she take over?

out 9 oct

Whalefall

Following suit with the previous horror films is Whalefall which is also adapted from a novel. Based on the 2023 novel by Daniel Kraus of the same name, the story follows a brave scuba diver (Austin Abrams) who embarks on a search to find his father’s remains in the ocean. However, things take a life-threatening turn when he is swallowed by a sperm whale and realises he only has one hour to come up with a way to escape because his oxygen is going to run out. This claustrophobic conundrum will be tense and thrilling and is definitely a story that you will want to see on the big screen.

out 16 oct

Clayface

Released right in time for Halloween, Clayface is a body horror film based on the infamous villain from the DC Comics. The film follows Matt (Tom Rhys Harries), an actor whose face becomes disfigured from an accident and sabotages his career. In a desperate bid to change his path, he turns to an eccentric scientist (Naomi Ackie) who transforms his body into clay. Produced by Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris, alongside James Gunn of DC Studios, this is going to show a darker side of DC that we haven’t seen before. With the horror world and DC world colliding, it’s sure to be a highlight in our cinema calendar in October.

out 23 oct

Plus there's so many more great films out this year, whether you like a scare, a laugh or even a cry. Our cinemas are ready to welcome you and let your emotions take centre stage!

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Written by Beth Wood - Team Member at The Light Sittingbourne

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