We told you that May 2026 was set to be a massive month for brand new horror movies, but what about April 2026? This month is equally loaded with fresh nightmares, from originals like The Yeti, Thrash, Thinestra, and Hunting Matthew Nichols to new takes on classic franchises and iconic monsters including Faces of Death and director Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.
Here are thirteen new horror movies releasing in April 2026.
Rabisu: Curse of the Demon – On Digital April 3
One of many upcoming found footage horror movies here in 2026 is the indie Rabisu: Curse of the Demon, available on VOD outlets at home on April 3 via DeskPop Entertainment.
In December ’25, a group of ghost hunters entered a warehouse in Salt Lake City. They were searching for views, but what they found was an ancient evil from Mesopotamian mythology.
That footage is now being released. Rabisu: Curse of the Demon follows a rising paranormal investigation team that acts on an anonymous tip, leading them to a remote warehouse rumored to contain the sealed remains of an ancient Assyrian djinn. Once inside, the group encounters a labyrinth of curated mannequins, toys, and costumes — until the lights fail.
When power returns, one member begins exhibiting signs of possession, revealing the entity’s chilling ability to manipulate minds and incite violence. With exits sealed and the building itself seemingly shifting, the team uncovers remnants of a failed prior investigation and races to contain the demon before it destroys them from within.
Hunter King (“The Young and the Restless”), Chase Ramsey (Horizon: An American Saga), Austin Archer (Horizon: An American Saga), Lindsay Foster (Horizon: An American Saga), Tariq Brown, and Wes Brown (“True Blood”) star in Rabisu: Curse of the Demon. Writer-director Chris Copier makes his feature debut on the project.
Watch the official trailer for Rabisu: Curse of the Demon below.
The Yeti – In Theaters April 4
A throwback to the golden age of monster movies, Well Go USA is getting set to unleash The Yeti, clawing into theaters from April 4 to April 8 as part of the AMC Thrills & Chills series.
The Yeti will then be available at home on Digital beginning April 10.
Set in the remote wilds of northern Alaska, a famed adventurer and an oil tycoon vanish without a trace in The Yeti. Their children set out on a desperate rescue mission only to discover that something far older and more dangerous than the Arctic itself has awakened.
A prehistoric predator is stalking them. The legend is real. The hunter is The Yeti…
Brittany Allen (“Dexter: Original Sin”), Eric Nelsen (A Walk Among the Tombstones), Corbin Bernsen (“Psych”), Jim Cummings (Halloween Kills), Christina Bennett Lind (“House of Cards”), and William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption) lead the ensemble.
From Hardscrabble Film Company, Torfoot Entertainment Group and Radiant Films, the monster movie is written and directed by William Pisciotta and Gene Gallerano.
Watch the official trailer for The Yeti below.
Hunting Matthew Nichols – In Theaters April 10
Found footage finds itself back up on the big screen in director Markian Tarasiuk’s Hunting Matthew Nichols, opening in theaters April 10. Tickets are on sale now.
On Halloween 2001, Matthew Nichols and Jordan Reimer went into the forests of northern Vancouver Island near Port Rupert with a VHS camcorder — and vanished without a trace. Their camera was later recovered, but the boys were never found. Two decades later, Matthew’s sister, Tara, has hired a film crew to document her search for answers.
Miranda MacDougall and Ryan Alexander McDonald star.
“A sneaky, simmering take on the true crime folk horror genre that boils over and becomes truly unnerving,” Steven Soderbergh (Contagion, Ocean’s Eleven) praises. “Given the shocks, I would bet audience participation is guaranteed. And stay for the credits.”
Watch the official trailer for Hunting Matthew Nichols below.
Exit 8 – In Theaters April 10
Based on the popular video game created by Kotake Create, NEON’s Exit 8 follows a man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway as he sets out to find Exit 8.
The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8.
But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor? Find out when Exit 8 releases in theaters April 10.
Kawamura Genki directs Exit 8 from a script he co-wrote with Kentaro Hirase.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “The true magic of Exit 8 lies with its impressive ability to recreate the feeling of playing a game, as you find yourself scouring the walls, floors, and ceilings of a cosmic backroom hallway to assist the Lost Man in his search for anomalies.”
Watch the official trailer for the Exit 8 movie below.
Faces of Death – In Theaters April 10
The infamous Faces of Death tapes are back in brand new movie Faces of Death, which revives the cult classic 1970s faux documentary with a fresh meta take on the disturbing material.
IFC and Shudder will release Faces of Death in theaters April 10.
Continuing the exploration of the original film’s ‘Is it real or not?’ conceit, the reboot follows a woman working as a content moderator for a video platform who discovers what appears to be re-enactments of murders from Faces of Death. In an online world where nothing can be trusted, she must determine whether the violence is fiction or unfolding in real time.
Barbie Ferreira (“Euphoria”), Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things”), Josie Totah (“Saved by the Bell”), Aaron Holliday (Cocaine Bear), Jermaine Fowler (Sorry to Bother You), and pop superstar Charli XCX star in director Daniel Goldhaber’s (Cam) remake.
Watch the official trailer for the Faces of Death remake below.
Thrash – Streaming on Netflix April 10
Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola’s (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow, Violent Night) shark attack movie Thrash will premiere only on Netflix on April 10, 2026.
In Thrash, “When a Category 5 hurricane decimates a coastal town, the storm surge brings devastation, chaos…and something far more frightening: hungry sharks.”
Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak, and Djimon Hounsou star.
Thrash is rated “R” for “Bloody violent content, some grisly images, and language.”
Watch the official trailer for Netflix shark movie Thrash below.
Thinestra – On Digital April 14
Identical twins Michelle Macedo (“Girlboss”) and Melissa Macedo (V/H/S/99) star as a woman suffering from body dysmorphia and her ravenous doppelgänger in Thinestra.
The grotesque, darkly comedic body horror film will be released April 14.
Thinestra tells the story of Penny, a young woman tormented by body dysmorphia and relentless societal pressures around perfection. When Penny impulsively takes a mysterious, Ozempic-esque weight-loss drug, she experiences a horrifying transformation. The fat she sheds returns as her ravenous doppelgänger, Penelope, and chaos ensues.
Set against a sweltering Los Angeles Christmas, Thinestra uses Penny’s internal struggle to explores obsession, shame, and appetite. Sate your hunger with the trailer below.
Nathan Hertz makes his feature directorial debut from a script by Avra Fox-Lerner (Bloodline). Alexandra Lubenova and Kelly Parker produce the horror movie.
Mary Beth Barone (“Overcompensating”), Annie Ilonzeh (“Chicago Fire”), Gavin Stenhouse (“9-1-1”), Shannon Dang (“Kung Fu”), Brian Huskey (“Veep”), and Norma Maldonado (“Jane the Virgin”) round out the cast of Thinestra.
Watch the trailer for body horror movie Thinestra below.
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – In Theaters April 17
Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin is back with The Mummy in theaters on April 17, a brand new take on the classic monster that promises punishing Evil Dead-style violence.
In the film, said to put a fresh twist on the classic monster, a journalist’s young daughter disappears into the desert without a trace. Eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.
“This is a very different kind of Mummy movie,” Cronin promises. “It’s an insane mashup to suggest, but [the film is] almost one part Poltergeist and one part Se7en.”
Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Laia Costa (“The Wheel of Time”), May Calamawy (“Moon Knight”), Natalie Grace (“1923”), and Veronica Falcón (“Ozark”) star in The Mummy.
Watch the final trailer for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy below.
Hive – Streaming on Tubi April 17
Xochitl Gomez and Aaron Dominguez star as siblings dealing with an eerie playground filled with creepy kids in Hive, the latest original horror movie from free streamer Tubi.
Hive is set to premiere exclusively on Tubi April 17.
The upcoming Tubi Original horror movie follows a strict, anxious teenager (Xochitl Gomez) who loses the child she’s babysitting and must brave a sinister force hiding in plain sight among the children in the playground. As her world unravels and her grip on reality starts to slip, she must outwit a world where nothing is as it seems, to make it out alive.
Zenobia Kloppers, Victoria Firsova, Tanya van Graan, Jenny le Roux, and Thulani Nzonzo also star in Hive, from writer/director Felipe Vargas (Rosario).
Watch the trailer for Tubi horror movie Hive below.
Itch! – On Digital April 21
You scratch, you die. Drawing inspiration from Dawn of the Dead, The Mist, and 28 Days Later, a new kind of infection spreads when Itch! releases on Digital beginning April 21.
A horrific outbreak known as “the itch” spreads like wildfire, turning victims into frenzied, self-destructive shells of their former selves. Grieving widower Jay seeks refuge in a department store alongside his estranged young daughter, Olivia. The sanctuary they believed would protect them becomes a nightmarish trap, revealing that the true danger lurks among them.
With the infection closing in and paranoia escalating within the group, Jay and Olivia are forced into a harrowing battle — not just against the outbreak outside, but against the darkness within human hearts when faced with survival. With every decision bearing the weight of life and death, they must confront their fractured bond and make brutal choices to stay alive.
Writer-director Bari Kang stars alongside his real-life daughter, Olivia Kang, as well as Patrick Michael Valley, Ximena Uribe, Mia Ventura Lucas, and Douglas Stirling.
Watch the official trailer for Itch! below.
Mother Mary – In Theaters April 24
Written and directed by David Lowery (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story), the “psychosexual pop thriller” Mother Mary stars Anne Hathaway, and the film opens in New York and Los Angeles April 17 before hitting theaters nationwide April 24 via A24.
In Mother Mary, “long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel) on the eve of her comeback performance.”
Hunter Schafer, Atheena Frizzell, Kaia Gerber, Jessica Brown Findlay, Alba Baptista, Isaura Barbé-Brown, Sian Clifford, and FKA Twigs round out the cast.
The movie features original songs by Jack Antonoff, Charli xcx, and FKA Twigs.
Watch the new trailer for A24’s Mother Mary below.
Over Your Dead Body – In Theaters April 24
Jason Segel (“Shrinking”) and Samara Weaving (Ready or Not 2) keep their relationship as fresh as an open wound in Over Your Dead Body, opening in theaters April 24.
In the remake of the 2021 Norwegian film The Trip, Segel and Weaving play a couple who head to a remote cabin to supposedly reconnect, but each has secret plans to kill the other.
The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, MacGruber) directs from a script by fellow “SNL” alumni Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney.
Timothy Olyphant (“Alien: Earth”), Paul Guilfoyle (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”), Keith Jardine (Love Lies Bleeding), and Juliette Lewis (“Yellowjackets”) also star.
Meagan Navarro writes in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Over Your Dead Body is one of the funniest films of the year; it happens to be one of its bloodiest, too.”
Watch the trailer for Over Your Dead Body starring Samara Weaving.
Apex – Streaming on Netflix April 24
Charlize Theron must learn to hunt or be hunted in Apex. Described as Free Solo meets The Silence of the Lambs, the survival thriller is streaming April 24 only on Netflix.
Charlize Theron stars as Sasha, a grieving adrenaline junkie testing her limits in the remote and unforgiving Australian wilderness. She suddenly finds herself not only up against the elements, but also facing off against a ruthless and lethal predator. Taron Egerton (Carry-On) plays the killer, with Eric Bana (Deliver Us from Evil) rounding out the cast.
Baltasar Kormákur (Everest) directs from a script by Jeremy Robbins (“The Purge”).
Apex is rated R for “some strong violence, grisly images, nudity, and language.”
Watch the official trailer for Netflix survival thriller Apex below.
