10 Worst Horror Movies Of 2026 (So Far)

As good as horror fans have had it in recent times, the unfortunate reality is that there will never be a time when every single movie is a home run. The success stories may grab the headlines, but the subpar and the disappointing will never go away.

Of course, 2025 garnered a lot of attention for the genre on the whole, but the likes of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Him, and a handful of Twisted Universe entries dragged the horror average down by some margin.

As it is with every year, it's been the same with 2026 so far for horror, with some great movies but some truly terrible outings. Sometimes, a low-budget project can go far and above what it cost to produce, but more often than not they feel as cheap as they are to make. Then there are those sequels to franchises that should have died long ago, plus those films that aim for shock value and miss the mark entirely.

The intentions may have been good with all of the following films, and in some cases credit should be given for daring to do something different, but in the end, all ten ended up falling way short of what the genre has been producing elsewhere.

Even in spite of the bad taste left by Tom Cruise's attempt at The Mummy, there was still a certain amount of excitement around Lee Cronin's version. Fresh off Evil Dead Rise, it seemed that bringing the Mummy fully into the world of horror could work.

Unfortunately, the outing couldn't live up to what was expected. Though arguably an improvement on what was meant to kick off the Dark Universe in 2017, there wasn't a huge amount of horror, and even less of the titular monster.

Sometimes, a little mystery and ambiguity can be a good thing, and there were some creepy moments for sure, but Lee Cronin's The Mummy ultimately devolved into a routine and rather surprisingly generic possession story. 

Brendan Fraser has been vocal on the success of Stephen Sommers' Mummy franchise, largely putting other attempts' failures down to a lack of fun. Maybe the man was right, and that despite what would seem a potentially great fit, The Mummy belongs in the world of bombastic adventure and popcorn. 

Should the upcoming fourth in Sommers' franchise - including Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz back as Rick O'Connell and Evelyn Carnahan - see success, it could spell the end for any other ill-advised darker takes on the Mummy property.