{"id":376699,"date":"2026-09-02T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=376699"},"modified":"2026-09-02T01:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:52:05","slug":"2026-horror-movies-worth-watching-obsession-backrooms-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/2026-horror-movies-worth-watching-obsession-backrooms-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 horror movies worth watching: Obsession, Backrooms and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Horror had a big 2026. There wasn’t just one breakout hit either. Original chillers, internet-spawned nightmares, and franchise follow-ups all hit, and the genre stayed one of the most lively parts of the box office.<\/p>\n

\r\n
\r\n
\r\n
\r\n \"Netflix\"\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Netflix<\/span>\r\n Download<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n <\/path><\/path><\/text><\/svg>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Obsession<\/em> still looms over the year. Made for about $750,000<\/strong>, it turned into a real phenomenon and pulled in more than $500 million worldwide. But there was more going on than the obvious juggernaut. Backrooms<\/a><\/em>, drawn from creepypasta and YouTube<\/a> lore, turned online unease into something fully mainstream and finished with more than $394 million globally.<\/p>\n\n

Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/em> made less money, but it ended up as one of the most admired horror movies of 2026. As the fourth film<\/strong> in the franchise, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/em> pushed the series outward through cruelty, hope, care, and compassion. Sam Raimi’s Send Help<\/em> won critics with its survival-horror tension, streak of dark humor, and strong lead cast. Adam Scott’s Hokum<\/em> gave the year another well-reviewed supernatural entry.<\/p>\n\n

If you needed proof that horror doesn’t have to pick between new ideas and familiar names, 2026 had plenty of it. Originals like Obsession<\/em> and Backrooms<\/em> thrived right alongside Scream 7<\/em> and Insidious: Out of the Further<\/em>. You can catch the 2026 horror lineup<\/strong> in theaters and on the major digital platforms.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Horror had a big 2026. There wasn’t just one breakout hit either. Original chillers, internet-spawned nightmares, and franchise follow-ups all hit, and the genre stayed one of the most lively parts of the box office. Obsession still looms over the year. Made for about $750,000, it turned into a real phenomenon and pulled in more … Continue reading “2026 horror movies worth watching: Obsession, Backrooms and more”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9330,"featured_media":376698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-376699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9330"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376700,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376699\/revisions\/376700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376699"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=376699"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=376699"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=376699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}