With Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day leaving many genre fans hungry for more alien footage (preferably of the spooky variety), today I’d like to share a list recommending six underrated alien invasion thrillers for your viewing pleasure. After all, regardless of whether or not you believe that we’re alone in the universe, it can be fun to dream about the worst-case scenario if our cosmic neighbors ever decide to visit.

For the purposes of this list, we’ll be focusing on lesser-known invasion stories rather than the popular extraterrestrials of franchises like Alien and Close Encounters of the Third (or even Fourth) Kind. That being said, don’t forget to comment below with your own alien favorites if you think we missed a particularly thrilling movie.

While it won’t be featured in this article, I’d highly recommend checking out Dean Alioto’s UFO Abduction/The McPherson Tape if you’re up for some ufology-inspired found footage thrills.

With that out of the way, onto the list!

6. The Arrival (1996)

Not to be confused with Denis Villeneuve’s Academy Award-winning Amy Adams vehicle about learning to communicate peacefully with extraterrestrial life, David Twohy’s The Arrival is a much more straightforward (but no less entertaining) genre romp where Charlie Sheen faces a global conspiracy involving hostile alien invaders.

It’s not exactly up there with Close Encounters or even Independence Day, but Twohy’s conspiratorial thriller plays out like an exceptionally fun episode of The X-Files that I’d recommend to sci-fi/horror fans who don’t mind a little bit of wonky CGI and 90s excess alongside their alien thrills.

5. Extraterrestrial (2014)

The Vicious Brothers made a name for themselves with the success of 2011’s Grave Encounters, but that was far from the Canadian duo’s only collaboration. And while it’s not exactly a fan favorite, I always point out 2014’s Extraterrestrial as one of their most underrated projects simply because I agree with the filmmakers’ opinion that there aren’t enough ‘cool alien abduction movies’ out there.

Admittedly, the majority of the picture functions like a run-of-the-mill creature feature with paper-thin characters and familiar horror tropes, but I’d argue that the cosmically-terrifying final act elevates the experience to new and memorable heights. The movie also boasts great performances by both Michael Ironside and Emily Perkins – a combination that more than makes up for the occasionally janky CGI.

4. Alien Raiders (2008)

Director Ben Rock has gone on record lamenting how his John-Carpenter-inspired creature feature was forcefully renamed from Supermarket to the painfully obvious Alien Raiders (a change which likely resulted in many potential viewers skipping out on the experience), but the new title doesn’t change the fact that this single-location thriller is something of a hidden gem.

Taking place entirely within a supermarket, Alien Raiders tells the story of an ensemble of customers and employees who are taken hostage by a group of armed men looking for something far more dangerous than an easy payout. I won’t get into details in order to avoid spoiling the experience, but I’d highly recommend this criminally underseen flick to fans of John Carpenter and the Resident Evil games.

3. Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

You’d think that a Ridley-Scott-produced retelling of one of the most infamous real-life UFO sightings of all time would have a bigger following, but I rarely see Justin Barber’s Found Footage period piece brought up during discussions about extraterrestrial-focused horror movies.

This is a huge shame, as Phoenix Forgotten is just as spooky as it is convincing, with this well-researched dive into the Phoenix Lights incident benefiting from surprisingly believable special effects as well as an appropriately horrific finale.

2. Communion (1989)

I wouldn’t blame you for disregarding Whitley Strieber’s controversial book about his alleged close encounter as sensationalist slop, but I’d argue that Phillipe Mora’s 1989 adaptation of these events is much better than the source material. After all, the movie works as a standalone piece of speculative fiction while also benefiting from an incredible performance by the one and only Christopher Walken!

Mora’s take on Communion may not be particularly scary, but the film is still an unforgettable character study regardless of whether or not the abduction really happened. Not only that, but the flick also paved the way for plenty of future sci-fi stories where the extraterrestrial invaders aren’t as evil as they initially appear.

1. Altered (2006)

Originally envisioned as a Sam Raimi-style horror-comedy titled Probed, Eduardo Sánchez (of The Blair Witch Project fame) eventually realized that it would be much more interesting to turn the film into a serious exploration of the emotional aftermath of a traumatic abduction incident.

That’s how we got Altered, a clever inversion of the standard abduction narrative that follows a group of troubled friends as they capture and experiment on an alien in order to enact revenge for their own abduction years prior.

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In the post-World War II era, Hollywood began to take science fiction seriously. This genre that was once relegated to low-budget serials and dismissed as “children’s fare” was beginning to be understood as a way to tell sophisticated stories while simultaneously making pointed social and political commentary.

Writers and filmmakers became acutely aware that they could discuss whatever issues they wanted—race, nuclear war, class disparities, the effects of mass media, environmental concerns, and much more—just as long as they told a great story along the way and kept audiences entertained. 1951 was a banner year for this new brand of science fiction, with The Thing from Another World, When Worlds Collide, and The Day the Earth Stood Still all hitting the screen.

The Day the Earth Stood Still taps into early 1950’s flying saucer fever while also examining who we are and, more importantly, who we could be. The premise of the film is simple. A flying saucer lands on a baseball field adjacent to the White House in Washington, D.C. A man named Klaatu (Michael Rennie) steps out of the vehicle and declares that he comes in peace but is immediately met by fear and violence. Gort (Lock Martin), the robot that accompanies him, vaporizes the weapons, including tanks and artillery, that the military has brought to surround the ship, a display that forces Klaatu into hiding. When he is finally able to deliver his message, it is a warning.

Klaatu and his people have observed that humanity’s violent tendencies are beginning to reach beyond the confines of planet Earth and threaten its intergalactic neighbors. “Your choice is simple,” Klaatu declares, “join us and live in peace or pursue your present course and face obliteration.”

Connections Between The Day the Earth Stood Still and Disclosure Day

In the film, this obliteration would come at the hands, or vaporizing beam, of Gort, a kind of intergalactic enforcer, but in the real world, the threat comes from within. Though the film appears to be a “the threat is out there” picture at first blush, it is actually a “we are the monsters” movie. It makes this point in several ways, most of which remain shockingly relevant seventy-five years after the film’s original release.

Though The Day the Earth Stood Still was released at the dawn of the television revolution, it was practically prophetic in depicting the ways that mass media would be used and abused in times of uncertainty and crisis. News reports quickly evolve from reporting facts to spreading fear about the visitors and spinning out wild conspiracy theories. Newspapers print images of Gort attacking people as they run screaming, though up to that point, he had only destroyed weapons and left humans unharmed. A radio announcer declares Klaatu to be a monster that must be hunted down like a rabid animal and destroyed. Rumors quickly spread that he, though completely human in appearance, has tentacles and three eyes.

The film’s commentary on mass media personally made me reflect further on my recent viewing of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (2026) and its depictions of media, which are surprisingly less cynical than those found in The Day the Earth Stood Still. In both films, there is a trust in the information sources, something that was largely true in the early 1950s, but Spielberg’s depiction that people would believe the evidence of their eyes and ears is viewed by some as naïve. I must admit my own reluctance to believe this would be the case in our age of deep-fakes and the barrage of A.I.-generated images that flood social media. I would love to believe that he is right, and the world would literally stand still in rapt attention as a major network reveals such long-hidden secrets, but I am doubtful.

Even in The Day the Earth Stood Still, there is a sense of this cynicism. Klaatu is told by Mr. Harley (Frank Conroy), the President’s special secretary, that gathering the leaders of the countries of the world in one place would be impossible. He produces messages in which the Soviet Premier demands the meeting occur in Moscow, while the Prime Minister of Britain refuses to attend unless it is held in Washington. Though the people of Earth seem to believe that an alien has in fact landed, proving that we are not alone in the universe, they still cannot put aside petty squabbles to hear what Klaatu has to say. I hate to say it, but I believe this still rings true in our increasingly divided nation and world.

In order to gain the attention of the world, Klaatu consults a scientist, Professor Barnhardt (Sam Jaffe), who admits that people are reluctant to listen to scientists, a point that has unfortunately become increasingly true in the ensuing years. Barnhardt suggests that Klaatu perform a display of power that does not hurt any humans to convince influential people from around the world to hear his message. Klaatu devises a plan to literally make the earth stand still by suspending power of all kinds—electrical, mechanical, combustion, etc.—for exactly half an hour at the same time across the entire globe. The exceptions are just as remarkable: hospitals, airplanes in flight, and other vital operations. But still, despite the care he takes not to harm anyone, the fear of Klaatu and Gort only increases.

Klaatu as Science Fiction’s Christ Figure

A powerful detail of The Day the Earth Stood Still is that the first visitor to our planet from another world is very much like us. After Klaatu is injured by a frightened soldier who thinks a gift to the people of the world is a weapon, he is taken for examination at Walter Reed Hospital. This examination reveals that he is essentially human in every way. His organs all function the same as a healthy young man’s, indicating that his planet has a similar atmosphere and pressure. The differences are just as striking. Though he appears to be in his mid-30’s, Klaatu is 78 years old, and his people have a life expectancy of 130 years along with a vastly superior intellect.

He is proof that humans are capable of bettering themselves by living in peace with one another. Rather than expending energy on war, destruction, and the pursuit of money and power, Klaatu’s people have focused on reason, mathematics, and sciences. Though not mentioned in the film, I imagine (or hope) that they also value history, the arts, and all those pursuits that we would call “the humanities.” To make this point inescapable, the film depicts Klaatu as an ideal to strive for, even a kind of Christ figure: a teacher of peace who is killed, resurrects, delivers one final message to those gathered to listen, and ascends back into the heavens.

To draw another Spielberg parallel, there are hints of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) in The Day the Earth Stood Still, including these Christlike parallels. After escaping Walter Reed, Klaatu, posing as Mr. Carpenter (see what they did there?), befriends a young boy, Bobby Benson (Billy Gray), whose father, like Elliot’s in E.T., is absent, in this case, killed in the War. Klaatu eventually reveals who he is to Bobby’s mother, Helen (Patricia Neal), who assists him in escaping back to his ship. Klaatu, worried that Gort will destroy the city or even more if he is harmed, tells Helen to deliver the famous words “Klaatu Barada Nikto” to Gort if anything should happen to him.

Klaatu is shot and taken to a jail cell, where he is declared dead. Gort, sensing Klaatu has been harmed, vaporizes the two soldiers guarding the ship and is about to continue his rampage when Helen, though fearful, is able to deliver the words to stop him (it’s a good thing she wasn’t Ash Williams). Gort brings Helen aboard the ship before retrieving Klaatu’s body from the cell. Back on the ship, Klaatu is revived by a medical device and delivers his ultimatum to the leaders of the world.

Why Klaatu’s Warning Still Matters Today

There has been much discourse about the final word uttered in Disclosure Day by Emily Blunt’s character Margaret Fairchild—“Listen.” But I believe The Day the Earth Stood Still poses a similar challenge. After giving the option of peace or obliteration, Klaatu says, “We shall be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you,” leaving humankind to rest in the conundrum.

Where Disclosure Day requests, The Day the Earth Stood Still demands, but I fear its demand has fallen on deaf ears. We have continued to seek power over peace, wars and rumors of wars have only increased, and as Klaatu says in the film, we have continued to “substitute fear for reason.”

The Day the Earth Stood Still does not come across as a cynical film, though I fear I have painted it as such. There is a great amount of hope in it. It is filled with characters like Bobby, Helen, and Professor Barnhardt who seem to truly believe that a better world can be achieved. But then there is also Tom (Hugh Marlowe), Helen’s fiancé, who believes turning in Klaatu will bring him power and political position. Mr. Harley, and by extension the President of the United States and the political powers of the world, believe that the systems are too entrenched and the problems of the world too complex for peace to ever happen.

Maybe the deeper question of both films is, can we evolve? If faced with the revelation of truth beyond ourselves, or with an ultimatum of peace or oblivion, can we finally believe that it is possible to unite and be one human family?

That is the ultimate power of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Science Fiction and its sister genre, horror (which practically blended into one in the 1950s), have an uncanny ability to, as I said before, show us who we are, but also who we could be. Day asks us if we are willing to make the hard choices to achieve something greater, to become the best version of ourselves. Not to achieve perfection but strive toward that mark as closely as imperfect beings possibly can.

The answers are not simple, and the methods are challenging, even divisive. The process has been and will continue to be long and difficult, but the ultimate goals may not be as disparate from our neighbors as they seem. Perhaps the first step in that process is exactly as Margaret in Disclosure Day says, “listen.” And even more, to make the conscious choice to listen.

As Klaatu declares, the decision indeed rests with us.

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I didn’t go into Disclosure Day, Spielberg’s alien epic, expecting outright horror, and indeed the film leans much more into thrilling than frightening. This is not a horror film, but for a few minutes in the middle, much to my surprise, it became one.

Spielberg has filmed more than his fair share of scary scenes over the years, but with Disclosure Day, he directed a new contender for the scariest scene of his entire career. 

SPOILERS AHEAD for Disclosure Day!

Josh O’Connor in DISCLOSURE DAY, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Among the various alien secrets laced throughout Disclosure Day are a trio of palm-sized rods, the color of pencil graphite. These rods, originating from another planet, can be used for a number of things, but for the purposes of this scene, the most important is “diving,” gripping the rod in one bare hand and using its power to “dive” into the mind of another person. 

The person holding the rod in this scene is Noah Scanlon (Colin Firth), head of shadowy cybersecurity firm Wordex, who is hellbent on keeping human knowledge of extraterrestrials secret from the general public. Scanlon’s trying to find whistleblower Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor), who’s got all of those alien secrets tucked in a backpack while he’s on the run, and while Daniel’s more experienced mind is protected from diving, his girlfriend Jane’s (Eve Hewson) is not. So, monitored by medical personnel at Wordex headquarters (diving is dangerous), Scanlon pushes his way into Jane’s mind to find the location of Daniel’s safe house. 

A telepathic invasion is scary enough on its own, but Spielberg doesn’t stop there. When Scanlon dives into Eve’s mind, he appears to her to be sitting across the kitchen table, like he’s in the room. Her bright blue eyes turn Scanlon’s dark brown, and she loses much of her control over her own body, not to mention her mind. Moments before, Daniel finally shared with her the secrets in his backpack, so Jane is shocked, conflicted, deeply vulnerable when Scanlon slips inside her head. This is not just telepathy. This is possession. 

Spielberg underscores this not just through the visual language of the scene, as Jane breaks out in a sweat and struggles to sit upright as Scanlon invades her mind, but through Jane’s background. As she revealed to Daniel earlier in the film, Jane is a former novitiate nun who left her convent when she began to question her calling. She still believes firmly in God and, more importantly, believes that perhaps proof of alien life should be kept secret from the public because, in her eyes, it would upset the entire balance of faith in the world. God is a defining factor for humankind, Jane argues, and showing humanity proof of creatures from the stars would undercut that in dangerous ways. 

This context, combined with the crucifix necklace Jane’s holding in her hand at the time of the dive, makes this scene the closest thing Spielberg will ever shoot to something out of The Exorcist. It’s not just a battle of wills, but a battle of faith. As an amoral technocrat worms his way into her memories, her beliefs, her faith, Jane turns the crucifix into a weapon, squeezing it until her hand bleeds when she discovers that a pain response can momentarily push Scanlon out of her head.

Of course, when you put a crucifix and a bloody hand together, it conjures images of stigmata. Screenwriter David Koepp pushes the allusion further by having Scanlon quote Christ on the cross to Jane by way of convincing her that she must be the one to stop Daniel by any means necessary.

It’s easy to see why this is scary, right?

On a very basic level, you have a powerful, wealthy man subduing and assaulting an innocent young woman, which is frightening enough. Then, the layers of the scene kick in. Scanlon doesn’t just assault Jane, but possesses her, seizes her memories, her knowledge, and finally her own free will, all while Jane literally clings to her faith in an effort to fight back. Disclosure Day is, among other things, a story about who has a right to the truth, and Scanlon believes that he should be the arbiter of that truth. Not just the truth as he sees it, but the truth as Jane sees it as well. If they don’t see eye to eye, he’ll make her. 

But the possession, as it turns out, cuts both ways. Using the rod to dive is, for a normal human being, an intensely strenuous process. Scanlon admits that previous attempts almost killed him, and for some members of his time, so much as touching the rod results in a near-death experience. Even accessing an unprepared mind like Jane’s takes a lot of Scanlon, and when she kicks him out by squeezing the crucifix – again, so much meaning embedded in the details here – his team holds him back and tries to offer medical intervention. But Scanlon persists, pushing them away, and keeps diving back in.

This means that Jane can’t escape him because he just won’t stop pushing back through her defenses, but it also means that each time Scanlon enters her mind, and thus the safe house, he looks more monstrous. By the end, through a combination of lighting and makeup, Firth barely looks human, conjuring up images of the possessed Father Karras at the end of The Exorcist.

Colin Firth (center, standing) in DISCLOSURE DAY, directed by Steven Spielberg.

On a pure, visceral craft level, all of this is quite frightening, but the real trick to making this scene into Spielberg’s most terrifying lies in the more existential horror surrounding all of this. Disclosure Day is a film about the battle for the truth over extraterrestrials, but it’s also about a fight against an impossibly powerful surveillance state, the devaluing of human and alien lives in favor of some nebulous collection of assets, and the value of the individual in a world that increasingly lumps people into demographic boxes and writes them off.

In this scene, the surveillance state becomes supernatural, a human life is worth less than a piece of information, and an extragovernmental technocrat would rather sacrifice his own humanity than see reason. In 2026, few things could be more terrifying than that. Spielberg knows this and wields it mightily, proving once again that, while he’s not a strictly horror filmmaker, he can direct horror with the best of them.

Disclosure Day is in theaters now. 

Eve Hewson (second from left) in DISCLOSURE DAY, directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Here’s all the new genre movies that released on Friday, June 12, 2026!

These aren’t all HORROR movies, but we want you to be aware of them all the same…

Norwegian creature feature Kraken is now available on Digital.

The film was also unleashed in select theaters. Check your local listings.

In the monster movie Kraken, “unnatural behavior in wild salmon, followed by inexplicable deaths in Norway’s deepest fjord, points to the mythical Kraken. The ancient, multi-armed monster has awakened, ready to crush everything that moves or makes a sound.”

Pål Øie (The Tunnel) directs Samuel Goldwyn Films’ Kraken from a script by Vilde Eide, Kjersti Jelen Rasmussen, and Natasha Arthur. Sara Khorami, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Øyvind Brandtzæg, Jenny Evensen, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Jon Erik Myre, Hans Morten Hansen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, and Filip Bargee Ramberg star.

An all girls trip into the desert for escapism fun instead implodes in violence in the revenge thriller Find Your Friends, now streaming only on Shudder.

In the film, “Amber and her four best friends flee Los Angeles for a girls’ trip in Joshua Tree, only to find themselves unwelcome in a desert town simmering with quiet hostility. As isolation sets in and encounters with aggressive locals grow more threatening, festering resentments within the group begin to surface.

“What begins as fun and reckless escape spirals into a violent struggle for control and survival, as past wounds and present dangers collide in a night that turns their trip into a nightmare.”

Bella Thorne (The Babysitter), Chloe Cherry (“Euphoria”), Helena Howard (I Saw the TV Glow), Sophia Ali (Uncharted), Zion Moreno (“Gossip Girl”), and Chris Bauer (“True Blood”) star in the feature debut by writer/director Izabel Pakzad.

Steven Spielberg is more sure today than he was when he made Close Encounters and ET that aliens are very real, and with Disclosure Day, he aims to make you a believer too.

Okay so it’s not a horror movie, but the sci-fi blockbuster is now playing in theaters.

The vague synopsis for Disclosure Day reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for Jurassic World Rebirth.

Steven Spielberg is of course no stranger to extraterrestrial encounters, directing two of the greatest alien movies of all time: Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977 and E.T. in 1982. It’s an arena he returned to in 2005, directing an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.

Here in 2026, Steven Spielberg sees hope in the existence of aliens. He notes in the final trailer for Disclosure Day, “How will disclosure change us? I believe for the better.”

Another movie that’s not a horror movie but worth mentioning here is the violent martial arts revenge thriller The Furious, which is now playing in theaters from Lionsgate.

Xie Miao (The New Legend of Shaolin) and Joe Taslim (Mortal Kombat) star.

After his daughter is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wang Wei sets out on a rampage to find her himself.

His only ally is Navin, a relentless journalist whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Fueled by a furious vengeance, the unlikely duo ruthlessly fights against the kidnappers.

Kenji Tanigaki (Enter the Fat Dragon) directs from a script by Mak Tin Shu (Kung Fu Jungle), Lei Zhilong, Shum Kwan Sin (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In), and Frank Hui.

A disturbing weight loss craze involving human ashes opens up a haunting world of hurt for a young woman in Saccharine, which is now available on Digital outlets at home.

From writer/director Natalie Erika James (Relic, Apartment 7A), the Australian supernatural body horror film follows lovelorn medical student Hana, who becomes terrorized by a sinister force after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.

Midori Francis (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$), and Madeleine Madden (“The Wheel of Time”) star in Natalie Erika James’ latest nightmare.

From directors Arturo Ambriz and Roy Ambriz, I Am Frankelda is billed as the first ever full length stop motion movie from Mexico, and it’s now streaming on Netflix.

The history-making stop-motion film is a dark fantasy set in a world of monsters.

Here’s the synopsis: “In 19th-century Mexico, Frankelda is a gifted writer whose dark tales are ignored and dismissed. Forced to suppress her voice, she refuses to give up, even as many try to silence her. But when she is thrust into her subconscious, the very monsters she created come to life.

“Guided by Herneval, a tormented prince trapped between dreams and nightmares, she must restore balance between fiction and reality before both realms collapse. Meanwhile, the sinister writer Procustes and his conspirators plot to seize control. As Frankelda and Herneval grow closer, their bond becomes both a strength and a curse.

“To rewrite their fate, she must confront a love that defies existence and reclaim her power as a storyteller—before dark forces consume her imagination and reveal horrors beyond her creation.”

The directors said in a joint statement, “As brothers, we grew up inventing worlds together, drawing, playing, imagining. Over time we understood that fictional characters were not only companions but guides. Sometimes they felt closer than the people around us. They provided us courage, wisdom, and solace. We believe fiction is not an escape from reality but a way of understanding it. A way of converting truth into palatable chunks. I Am Frankelda comes from a lifelong love of storytelling.”

Mireya Mendoza, Arturo Mercado Jr., and Luis Leonardo Suarez lead the voice cast.

Meagan Navarro writes in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Mexico’s first stop-motion animated feature is a macabre beauty.” Meagan also notes in her review, “I Am Frankelda is a gothic fantasy feature whose boundless creativity is matched by its ambition.”

The lines of reality and delusion blur in Time of Death, now available on Digital.

Michael Kelly (“The Penguin,” Dawn of the Dead 2004) stars with Kevin Pollak (End of Days), Mena Suvari (Vampires of the Velvet Lounge), and Dennis Haysbert (Send Help).

In the horror-thriller, “When a prisoner vanishes without a trace, Detective Frank Morley (Michael Kelly) is sent to a decaying prison on the verge of shutdown. What begins as a routine investigation quickly spirals into a dangerous search for answers.”

Will Wernick (Escape Room 2017, Follow Me) directs from a script by Jason Rosen. They also produce alongside Kelly Delson, Jeff Delson, and Kyle David Crosby.

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The official Disclosure Day Stag Popcorn Bucket is now available for pre-order online only from the Regal Store, with delivery to customers beginning October 28, 2026.

Regal notes, “This limited-edition collectible will have only one production run.”

“Available only online in this special pre-order and not in theaters, the Disclosure Day Stag Popcorn Bucket channels the suspense, paranoia, and alien intrigue of Steven Spielberg’s epic UFO thriller into one unforgettable collectible,” Regal details. “Featuring a striking stag-inspired creature design, this popcorn bucket is essential merch for sci-fi fans and blockbuster collectors alike! Customers may purchase a maximum of three units of this limited collectible.”

The Stag Popcorn Bucket measures 16.75″ tall.

Grab your Disclosure Day Popcorn Bucket for $49.95 from the Regal Store now!

All will become clear when Disclosure Day invades theaters and IMAX June 12.

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. This is Disclosure Day.

The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

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Watch the Final Trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day below, which features our very first look at one of the extraterrestrial beings you’ll be meeting in the sci-fi blockbuster.

“I used to say to myself, wouldn’t it be wonderful if all of this turned out to be true,” Spielberg explains. “I’m now thinking, wouldn’t it be wonderful for people to know… all of this IS true.”

All will become clear when Disclosure Day invades theaters and IMAX June 12.

The vague synopsis for Disclosure Day reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for Jurassic World Rebirth.

Steven Spielberg is of course no stranger to extraterrestrial encounters, directing two of the greatest alien movies of all time: Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977 and E.T. in 1982. It’s an arena he returned to in 2005, directing an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.

Here in 2026, Steven Spielberg sees hope in the existence of aliens. He notes in the final trailer for Disclosure Day, “How will disclosure change us? I believe for the better.”

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With Disclosure Day, their latest collaboration, Koepp set a new personal record with 42 drafts of the script.

“[Spielberg] was more exacting than I’ve ever seen him because he knows he’s worked in this area before,” Koepp tells Vanity Fair. “He wants this one to be the best one.”

Indeed, Spielberg has been probing the mystery of extraterrestrial life in his films for nearly 50 years, dating back to 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Koepp describes Disclosure Day, which came to him as a 38-page treatment from Spielberg, as a “further exploration” of the themes of Close Encounters and likens it to a ’70s-style paranoid thriller.

“[Koepp]’s a good collaborator because he listens as much to me as I do to him,” Spielberg added, noting that the writer is willing to rework a script “including and often through principal photography.”

In theaters June 12 via Universal, Disclosure Day‘s vague synopsis reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Colman Domingo (The Running Man), and Wyatt Russell (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) star.

Spielberg produces for Amblin Entertainment alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans). Adam Somner (Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies) and Chris Brigham (Inception, Shutter Island) executive produce.

Disclosure Day is rated PG-13 for “action/violence, some bloody images, and strong language.”

Koepp is currently writing a new Westworld movie for Warner Bros.

David Koepp on the set of ‘Disclosure Day.’ Photo: Niko Tavernise/Universal Pictures & Amblin Entertainment

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This guide covers the highlights of what’s already been announced, but as always, expect surprise streaming, Digital, and VOD releases to pop up in the coming months as horror continues to thrive and dominate.

Here are the horror movies you don’t want to miss in Summer 2026!

Affection – May 8 (Theaters)

Happy Death Day star Jessica Rothe gets caught in another cyclical nightmare as a mother afflicted with a faulty memory in this mind-bending sci-fi thriller. Affection marks the feature debut by writer/director BT Meza. Joseph Cross (“Big Little Lies”) and Julianna Layne (“Chicago P.D.”) also star in the sci-fi horror thriller. Read our review here.

Buffet Infinity – May 8 (VOD)

Simon Glassman writes and directs this horror comedy that spins its sinister tale through a series of faux TV commercials, echoing Canadian comedy classic “SCTV”. As for plot, it follows two restaurants battling it out in the fictional town of Westridge County. Ahmed Ahmed, Kevin Singh, Donovan Workun, Allison Bench, and Claire Theobald star.

Obsession – May 15 (Theaters)

Beat the summer heat early with one of this year’s most chilling horror movies. A hopeless romantic gets his wish granted in the form of a novelty item, but he quickly discovers it comes at a steep, horrifying price. Writer/Director Curry Barker brings the scares in this violent, R-rated horror feature anchored by a tremendous performance by Inde Navarrette (“Superman & Lois”). Michael Johnston (“Teen Wolf”), Cooper Tomlinson (Milk & Serial), Megan Lawless (“The Girl from Plainville”), and Andy Richter (“Conan”) also star. Our review.

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round – May 19 (Screambox)

A beloved kids’ television show host struggles to regain his memory, only to find his puppet costars have become much more sinister. Reality and nightmares blur in this psychological thriller. Michael Gilio, the screenwriter behind Dark Harvest and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, stars in the movie from writer/director Aidan Leary, making his feature debut. Leary co-wrote the screenplay with C.R. Thompson.

Corporate Retreat – May 22 (Theaters)

Young executives turn to violence thanks to a vengeful leader on a team-building trip in this horror comedy. Odeya Rush (Goosebumps), Alan Ruck (Freaky) and Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction) star. Aaron Fisher (Inside the Rain) directs from a script he co-wrote with Kerri Lee Romeo.

Passenger – May 22 (Theaters)

A mysterious entity latches onto a road-tripping couple in Passenger, the new horror movie that director André Øvredal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Last Voyage of the Demeter) calls his scariest yet. Jacob Scipio, Lou Llobell, and Melissa Leo star in the original horror film written by Zachary Donohue (The Den) and T.W. Burgess (Mister Howl).

Saccharine – May 22 (Theaters)

The latest from Relic filmmaker Natalie Erika James takes aim at diet culture with body horror. Saccharine sees a lovelorn medical student Hana contend with a malevolent presence when she opts to partake in the newest diet fad: consuming human ashes. Midori Francis (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$), and Madeleine Madden (“The Wheel of Time”) star. Read our review here.

Backrooms – May 29  (Theaters)

YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons makes his feature directorial debut based on his creepypasta-inspired video series. Academy Award nominees Chiwetel Ejiofor (Venom: The Last Dance) and Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) explore a mysterious, liminal space when a strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom. Mark Duplass (Creep), Finn Bennett (“True Detective: Night Country”), Lukita Maxwell (“Shrinking”), and Avan Jogia (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City) round out the cast.

Nesting – May 29 (VOD)

Sleep deprivation sends a new mother struggling with postpartum depression and trauma on a dangerous spiral in this psychological thriller.  from writer/director Chloé Cinq-Mars. Simon Landry-Desy, Saladin Dellers, and Marie Bélanger star.

Pitfall – May 29 (Theaters)

A young man becomes separated from his friends in the woods and plunges into a ten-foot pit lined with spikes, impaling his leg and leaving him helpless. As reality sinks in and his situation grows dire, he realizes the fall wasn’t an accident in this gory survival horror movie. Based on a story by director James Kondelik (Behind The Walls) and a screenplay by Canadian writer Victor Rose, Pitfall stars Richard Harmon (Final Destination: Bloodlines), Alexandra Essoe (The Pope’s Exorcist), and UFC champion Randy Couture (The Expendables) as the ruthless killer who stalks his prey in the woods.

sMOTHERed – May 29 (Shudder)

A painter recovering from an accident that left his memory fractured contends with an elderly woman claiming to be his mother, and his search for truth leads to the haunting legend of Malin Kundang. Kevin Rahardjo & Rafki Hidayat make their feature directorial debut on the folk horror thriller from a script by Hidayat, Anwar, and Aline Djayasukmana. Indonesian master of horror Joko Anwar (Satan’s Slaves, Impetigore) produces.

Speed Demon – May 31 (Limited Theaters, VOD)

Katie Cassidy (“Arrow, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010) and William H. Macy (The Running Man, Train Dreams) star as Sister Lu and Father Novak, who purge demons on a speeding train after it’s taken over, rendering its passengers in dire need of an exorcism. Jon Keeyes (Cult Killer) directs from a script by Domenico Salvaggio (Die).

Scary Movie – June 5 (Theaters)

This comedy franchise is back and ready to offend with its sixth installment. Marlon Wayans (“Shorty”), Shawn Wayans (“Ray”), Anna Faris (“Cindy”), and Regina Hall (“Brenda”) reunite alongside returning favorites and fresh faces to slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.

Disclosure Day – June 12 (Theaters)

Summer Blockbuster originator Steven Spielberg is back with a sci-fi epic that asks the question, what would happen if you discovered we’re not alone in the universe? Would that frighten you? Expect big summer thrills over chills. David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) penned the script, based on a story by Spielberg. Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Colman Domingo (The Running Man), and Wyatt Russell (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) star.

Find Your Friends – June 12 (Shudder)

An all-girls trip to Joshua Tree devolves into a bid for survival in writer/director  Izabel Pakzad‘s feature debut. Bella Thorne‘s (The Babysitter), Chloe Cherry (“Euphoria”), Helena Howard (I Saw the TV Glow), Sophia Ali (Uncharted), Zion Moreno (“Gossip Girl”), and Chris Bauer (“True Blood”) star.

Leviticus – June 19 (Theaters)

First love turns deadly in the feature debut by writer/director Adrian Chiarella. Joe Bird (Talk to Me) and Stacy Clausen star as star-crossed teenage boys who must contend with a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other. Mia Wasikowska (Crimson Peak), Jeremy Blewitt, Ewen Leslie (The Nightingale), and Davida McKenzie (Silent Night) also star. Read our review.

Rose of Nevada – June 19 (Limited Theaters)

Enys Men filmmaker Mark Jenkin is back with a new shot-on-film folk horror nightmare. George MacKay and Callum Turner star as new crew members of a mysterious ship, one with a history of vanishing without a trace. Rose of Nevada was written, directed, edited, and scored by Jenkin, who shot the film on a 16mm Bolex camera and is described as a “hallucinatory time-travel mystery.”

Hungry – June 23 (VOD)

James Nunn (Shark Bait, One Shot) writes and directs a new killer animal flick that dares to answer what would happen if you transformed the board game Hungry Hungry Hippo into a horror movie. A ravenous hippopotamus terrorizes tourists in Louisiana swamplands. Madison Davenport (It’s What’s Inside), Tracey Bonner (Greenland), Michel Curiel (“She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”), Jim Meskimen (“Parks and Recreation”), Samantha Coughlan (Arcadian), Olivia Bernstone (Fighting with My Family), River Codack (“Happy Face”), and Joaquim de Almeida (Desperado) star.

Strung – June 26 (Peacock)

A gifted violinist whose prestigious new role as a music tutor for an enigmatic, elite family spirals into a psychological battle for her safety and sanity in Jason Blum and Tyler Perry‘s first co-production. Chloe Bailey (“Swarm“) stars in the film directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Scary Movie 5, Space Jam: A New Legacy) and written by Alan B. McElroy (Wrong Turn, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers).

Evil Dead Burn – July 10 (Theaters)

Pesky Deadites begin picking family members apart at a family reunion in the newest entry in the Evil Dead franchise. Sébastien Vaniček (Infested) directs from a script he co-wrote with Florent Bernard (Infested). Souheila Yacoub (Dune: Part Two), Tandi Wright (Pearl), Hunter Doohan (“Wednesday”), Luciane Buchanan (“The Night Agent”), Errol Shand (Deathgasm), Maude Davey (“The Leftovers”), George Pullar, and Greta Van Den Brink (“Territory”) star.

Fall 2 – August 7 (Theaters)

Harriet Slater (Tarot), Arsema Thomas (“Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”), and Tom Brittney (Greyhound) star in the sequel that sends two new sisters up to dizzying heights, trapping them in a terrifying survival bid. Michael & Peter Spierig (Predestination, Jigsaw) direct from a script by Fall writers Scott Mann (who also directed the original) and Jonathan Frank.

Ice Cream Man – August 7 (Theaters)

Madness ensues when an ice cream man serves kids sweet treats that yield horrifying results, written by Eli Roth and longtime friend Noah Belson. Snoop Dogg is contributing music to the film, along with composer Brandon Roberts (Thanksgiving, “Andor”). Ari Millen (“Orphan Black”) stars in the titular role along with Benjamin Byron Davis (Red Dead Redemption), Karen Cliche (Thanksgiving).

The Last House – August 7 (Netflix)

Previously known as 11817, director Louis Leterrier‘s sci-fi horror thriller follows a family of four as they’re trapped within their home by a mysterious threat as supples dwindle. Greta Lee (“Russian Doll”), Wagner Moura (“Narcos”), Riley Chung (Sunrise), Emma Ho (“The Expanse”), Noah Alexander Sosnowski (Section 8), and Gabriel Barbosa (May December) star. Matthew Robinson (Love and Monsters, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die) penned the script.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma – August 7 (Theaters)

Described as “Portrait of a Lady on Fire set in a Friday the 13th sequel,” this sapphic slasher goes meta as it centers around a fictional slasher franchise whose reboot causes its star and an upcoming director to descend into a blood-soaked world of delirium and desire. Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”) and Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”) star with Jack Haven (I Saw the TV Glow) as Little Death in the newest film from writer/director Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow).

The End of Oak Street – August 14 (Theaters)

The Platt family must band together when their suburban street gets transported to a strange new place by a bizarre cosmic anomaly. Previously known as Flowervale Street, It Follows writer/director David Robert Mitchell‘s new film stars Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella (My Old Ass), Christian Convery (Frankenstein, “Sweet Tooth”), Chris Coy (“The Peripheral”), P.J. Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street), and Jordan Alexa Davis (“Defending Jacob”).

Train to Busan 10th Anniversary Remaster – August 14 (Theaters)

Yeon Sang-ho’s global phenomenon arrives back in theaters to celebrate its 10th Anniversary with a brand new 4K remaster. What begins as a simple birthday trip for a father and daughter turns into a high-octane fight for survival when a zombie outbreak ravages South Korea. Trapped on a speeding train, they must navigate a landscape of terror to reach safety. Experience the relentless action and heart-wrenching drama on the big screen like never before.

Insidious: Out of the Further – August 21 (Theaters)

The sixth installment brings the ghosts out of The Further and into the real world and a young mom discovers she can cross into the purgatorial realm. Franchise star Lin Shaye reprises her role as Elise Rainier alongside Amelia Eve (“The Haunting of Bly Manor”) and Brandon Perea (Nope). Island Austin, Sam Spruell (“Fargo”), and Maisie Richardson-Sellers (“Legends of Tomorrow”) round out the cast. Jacob Chase (Come Play) writes and directs.

Colony – August 28 (Theaters)

A biotech conference becomes a harrowing quarantine zone when a mutating virus is unleashed in the latest from South Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan, “Parasyte: The Grey,” The Ugly).  Gianna Jun (“My Sassy Girl”) and Koo Kyo-hwan (Peninsula, Escape from Mogadishu) star.

The Dog Stars – August 28 (Theaters)

Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Josh Brolin (Weapons), and Margaret Qualley (The Substance) seek hope and humanity at the end of the world in Ridley Scott‘s post-apocalyptic thriller. The film is based on Peter Heller’s bestselling novel and written by Mark L. Smith (Overlord, The Revenant). 

The Whisper Man – August 28 (Netflix)

Based on Alex North‘s 2019 novel of the same name, Netflix’s serial killer thriller sees a widowed crime writer team with his estranged father when his son is kidnapped that may be directly tied to a convicted serial killer known as The Whisper Man. James Ashcroft (The Rule of Jenny Pen) directs from a script by Ben Jacoby (The First Omen) and Chase Palmer (IT). Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, and Robert De Niro star alongside Michael Keaton, John Carroll Lynch, Hamish Linklater, Owen Teague, Will Brill, and Acston Luca Porto.

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Three other photos show Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man) as Daniel Kellner, a cyber-security expert on the run after stumbling upon highly-classified information, in the sci-fi film.

O’Connor describes his character as an “unglamorous hero” to EW. “We were trying to create a character that was fairly everyday — sort of an average Joe in some respects.”

He isn’t entirely ordinary, however. “He has this very special talent or skill that he’s almost unaware of — it’s become part of him over time,” O’Connor explains. “And as the film progresses, we start to see where that’s come from.”

O’Connor clarifies, “I think, actually, it’s less about the skills that he has. It’s more about where they came from that’s important.”

Part of that talent is his ability to understand the otherworldly communication delivered by Margaret Fairchild, a journalist-turned-weather presenter at the center of a bizarre on-air incident, played by Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place).

Disclosure Day also stars Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Colman Domingo (The Running Man), and Wyatt Russell (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”).

David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) penned the script, based on a story by Spielberg.

Spielberg produces for Amblin Entertainment alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans). Adam Somner (Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies) and Chris Brigham (Inception, Shutter Island) executive produce.

Invading theaters and IMAX on June 12, Disclosure Day is rated PG-13 for “action/violence, some bloody images, and strong language.”

Emily Blunt & Josh O’Connor in ‘Disclosure Day’

Josh O’Connor in ‘Disclosure Day’

Emily Blunt & Josh O’Connor in ‘Disclosure Day’

‘Disclosure Day’

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Directed by Steven Spielberg, the sci-fi film invades theaters and IMAX on June 12 via Universal.

The vague synopsis reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) penned the script, based on a story by Spielberg.

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Colman Domingo (The Running Man), and Wyatt Russell (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) star.

Spielberg reunites with several frequent collaborators, including cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List), production designer Adam Stockhausen (Ready Player One, West Side Story), editors Michael Kahn (Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Sarah Broshar (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans), and composer John Williams (Jaws, Jurassic Park).

Spielberg produces for Amblin Entertainment alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans). Adam Somner (Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies) and Chris Brigham (Inception, Shutter Island) executive produce.

Disclosure Day is rated PG-13 for “action/violence, some bloody images, and strong language.”

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This is the rating we expected — the sci-fi film is positioned as a summer blockbuster, and Speilberg hasn’t made an R-rated movie since 2005’s Munich — but it’s nice to know we’ll see a little bit of bloodshed.

Disclosure Day invades theaters and IMAX on June 12 via Universal.

The vague synopsis reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) penned the script, based on a story by Spielberg.

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Colman Domingo (The Running Man), and Wyatt Russell (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) star.

Spielberg reunites with several frequent collaborators, including cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List), production designer Adam Stockhausen (Ready Player One, West Side Story), editors Michael Kahn (Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Sarah Broshar (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans), and composer John Williams (Jaws, Jurassic Park).

Spielberg produces for Amblin Entertainment alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans). Adam Somner (Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies) and Chris Brigham (Inception, Shutter Island) executive produce.

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Check it out below and pause at :25 seconds for an alien sighting…

Steven Spielberg is looking up at the night skies once again with Disclosure Day this summer, and he offered a pretty intriguing tease live on stage at CinemaCon earlier this month.

Discussing Film reported from the event, “Steven Spielberg has revealed that the entire third act of Disclosure Day is being kept out of the marketing.”

Spielberg also said during Universal’s CinemaCon presentation, “I really truly believe that this movie is going to answer questions and cause you to ask a lot of questions.”

He teased, “All you need to get from the beginning to the end (of this movie) is a seatbelt.”

All will become clear when the sci-fi blockbuster invades theaters and IMAX June 12.

The vague synopsis for Disclosure Day reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

Steven Spielberg is of course no stranger to extraterrestrial encounters, directing two of the greatest alien movies of all time: Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977 and E.T. in 1982. It’s an arena he returned to in 2005, directing an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.

New teaser for Spielberg’s DISCLOSURE DAY.

Pause at :25 seconds for an sighting. pic.twitter.com/mXDj0BcThL

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Discussing Film reports from the event, “Steven Spielberg has revealed that the entire third act of Disclosure Day is being kept out of the marketing.”

The official CinemaCon account similarly tweets, “Spielberg says he was very careful and protective of NOT revealing the third act in any of the trailers or previews.”

Spielberg also said during Universal’s CinemaCon presentation tonight, “I really truly believe that this movie is going to answer questions and cause you to ask a lot of questions.”

He teases, “All you need to get from the beginning to the end (of this movie) is a seatbelt.”

All will become clear when the sci-fi blockbuster invades theaters and IMAX June 12.

The vague synopsis for Disclosure Day reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) wrote the script, based on a story by Spielberg.

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Colman Domingo (The Running Man), and Wyatt Russell (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) star in Spielberg’s latest.

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Steven Spielberg, the director behind Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and so many other classics, is getting set to unleash his next otherworldly epic, Disclosure Day.

The announcement of the film in early 2026 immediately set off internet-wide speculation about the story and tone of the film. While the only way to learn the truth will be buying a ticket and seeing for yourself, Bloody Disgusting has tried to answer some of the most pressing questions about the upcoming film.

Reminder, this is merely an FAQ page for an alien movie. Bloody Disgusting has no official comment on the existence of life throughout the galaxy… or do we?

What We Know: Disclosure Day is an upcoming science-fiction film directed by the man who invented blockbuster storytelling, Steven Spielberg. Details are sparse but the trailers released so far suggest that Spielberg is telling another story about aliens, possibly through the lens of journalists or researchers informing humanity about the existence of life beyond Earth.

For Disclosure Day, Spielberg re-teams with writer David Koepp who also wrote the scripts for Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Some outlets have speculated that this might even be a sequel to Spielberg’s 1977 moody alien thriller Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The only way to find out will be to go see it in theaters June 12, 2026.

Official Synopsis: If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to … Disclosure Day.

Release Date: June 12, 2026.

Genre: Thriller, Science-Fiction, Horror

Cast:
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, The Devil Wears Prada)
Josh O’Connor (Challengers, Wake Up Dead Man)
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies, Robin Hood)
Colman Domingo (The Running Man, Wicked: For Good)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Screenplay by: David Koepp

Story By: Steven Spielberg

FAQ

Who directed Disclosure Day?
Disclosure Day was created and directed by Steven Spielberg. You should check out a few of his other movies.

Who is in the cast of Disclosure Day?
Disclosure Day stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo. This is the first time Spielberg has collaborated with any of these stars, with the exception of Colman Domingo who appeared in 2012’s Lincoln.

Will Disclosure Day play in IMAX theaters?
Yes, Disclosure Day will release in IMAX theaters on June 12, 2026.

Is there a trailer for Disclosure Day?
Yes, an official trailer for Disclosure Day was released on March 12, 2026.

Spielberg promised at CinemaCon that the entire third act of Disclosure Day is being kept out of the marketing, so it’s safe to say that many surprises are in store later this summer.

A second teaser trailer featuring a brief alien sighting is viewable here. But don’t worry, Spielberg has said that none of the marketing features anything from the third act of the movie.

Who shot Disclosure Day?
Disclosure Day was filmed by longtime Steven Spielberg collaborator Janusz Kaminski. Kaminski and Spielberg have collaborated on many other films including Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and Minority Report.

Is Disclosure Day a sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
No one knows besides Steven Spielberg and his collaborators. In an interview with Empire, however, Emily Blunt said: “There are definitely questions posed by Close Encounters that are answered in Disclosure Day.” So make of that what you will.

Is there a Disclosure Day Reddit?
While there is a subreddit dedicated to Disclosure Day, /r/disclosureday, the Steven Spielberg subreddit, /r/Spielberg, is much more active.

Is Disclosure Day based on anything?
The official synopsis says only that Disclosure Day is based on a story by Steven Spielberg. A documentary called The Age of Disclosure premiered at the SXSW Film Festival around the time shooting began on Disclosure Day. No official link between the two films has been confirmed.

Does Steven Spielberg believe in aliens?
At the 2026 South By Southwest Film Festival, Steven Spielberg said, “I don’t know any more than any of you do, but I have a very strong suspicion that we are not alone here on Earth right now — and I made a movie about that.”

Spielberg’s fascination with extraterrestrial life began when he was a child and his father took him to view a meteor shower. Spielberg later became interested in the work of J. Allen Hynek, an astronomer who did consulting work for the U.S. Air Force with regards to the possibility of alien life. The title of Spielberg’s original alien movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, comes from Hynek’s book, The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry.

What other alien movies has Steven Spielberg made?
Steven Spielberg’s initial alien movie was 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Spielberg also directed E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, an original story about a young boy who meets a friendly alien, and War of the Worlds, an adaptation of H. G. Well’s science-fiction novel from 1898.

See below for official key art and cast photos for Disclosure Day.

Emily Blunt in DISCLOSURE DAY, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Crop circles seen in the official trailer for DISCLOSURE DAY.

Colin Firth attached to a brain monitor in DISCLOSURE DAY.

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His latest exploration of these notions takes shape in Disclosure Day.

“There are definitely questions posed by Close Encounters that are answered in Disclosure Day,” star Emily Blunt tells Empire.

“The question has always remained for me: are we alone on our own planet?” comments Spielberg. “I cannot imagine that we are alone out there. That question has not only haunted me, but it has inspired me. But, I think, it has now resolved itself to my satisfaction in Disclosure Day.”

The filmmaker adds, “If I could know, I would want to know. Who would not want to know?”

Empire debuted two new images from the film, pictured below, and divulged new details about the main characters.

Blunt stars as Margaret Fairchild, a journalist-turned-weather presenter at the center of a bizarre on-air incident, as seen in the trailer.

Josh O’Connor plays Daniel Kellner, a cyber-security expert with a target on his back after stumbling upon highly-classified knowledge, with Eve Hewson as his girlfriend, Jane Blakenship, who faces her own fallout from Daniel’s quest for the truth.

Colin Firth plays antagonist Noah Scanlon, leader of Wardex, contracted by the government to maintain the biggest secret in the cosmos, with major consequences if he fails. Colman Domingo plays Hugo Wakefield, an advocate for disclosure fresh out of Wardex.

Written by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man), Disclosure Day invades theaters June 12 via Universal.

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Spielberg sat down with host Sean Fennessey for a live episode of The Big Picture, where he discussed his career and provided more insight into his upcoming feature.

Fennessey pointed out in the discussion that Disclosure Day shares some thematic overlap with Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but his latest revolves around the concept of a government cover-up over the existence of alien lifeforms.

Yet Spielberg hadn’t really considered exploring that aspect with Close Encounters. The legendary filmmaker explained why.

“Because one of my consultants on Close Encounters was the former head of Project Blue Book, the Air Force investigation. It was federally funded, the Air Force was investigating these anomalies in this guy, and J. Allen Hynek worked for them until he sent the Air Force on those sightings he had investigated and could not explain when he sensed there was a cover-up of even his efforts to investigate the project going into the private sector. He consulted with me a bit on Close Encounters, and he was very helpful because I introduced him to some people who had close encounters of their own.”

Spielberg himself has yet to experience a close encounter of his own, but would very much like to.

“Now, here’s the thing that I just want to say right now. I’ve made Close Encounters, I’ve made E.T. You’re about to see Disclosure Day very soon. June 12th, it comes out. I’m really into this. Why haven’t I seen anything? How have my friends have seen UFOs, now called UAPs, and I haven’t? I made a movie called Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I haven’t even had a Close Encounter, the first or second kind. Where’s the justice in that?”

“I’m not afraid of any aliens there or here. I have no fears about that whatsoever.”

He continued, “I think our movie does take into consideration, without giving too much away, the social dislocation that could occur theologically if it were announced that there’s evidence. Not only evidence, there’s interaction that has been going on for decades that we are not just now finding out about. It’s going to cause a disruption in a lot of belief systems, but I don’t think it is a lethal disruption at all.”

Don’t expect a slow, meditative film, though. “Disclosure Day moves really fast. It’s fast.”

Spielberg isn’t slowing down anytime soon, either. The SXSW keynote revealed that he’s currently developing a Western, with the aim to shoot in Texas and eschew Western tropes and stereotypes.

Look for Disclosure Day in theaters and IMAX on June 12, via Universal.

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Everything will become clear when the sci-fi blockbuster invades theaters and IMAX on June 12 via Universal.

The vague synopsis reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) penned the script, based on a story by Spielberg.

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Colman Domingo (The Running Man), and Wyatt Russell (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) star.

Spielberg reunites with several frequent collaborators, including cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List), production designer Adam Stockhausen (Ready Player One, West Side Story), editors Michael Kahn (Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Sarah Broshar (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans), and composer John Williams (Jaws, Jurassic Park).

Spielberg produces for Amblin Entertainment alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans). Adam Somner (Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies) and Chris Brigham (Inception, Shutter Island) executive produce.

Watch the Disclosure Day trailer below, where you can also see a new poster.

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“I’ve always been fascinated with things that cannot be explained, and I’ve made a lot of movies about things that cannot be explained — from sharks to saucers,” Spielberg notes.

He continues, “People’s questions about what is not only going on in our skies but what is going on in our worlds, in our realities, has reached a critical mass of peoples’ complete fascination with, are we alone or are we not alone? And if someone knows we’re not alone, why haven’t we been told?”

The mysterious sci-fi spectacle invades theaters and IMAX on June 12 from Universal.

Plot details are being kept under wraps beyond the vague synopsis: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) penned the script, based on a story by Spielberg.

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Colman Domingo (The Running Man), and Wyatt Russell (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) star.

Spielberg reunites with several frequent collaborators, including cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List), production designer Adam Stockhausen (Ready Player One, West Side Story), editors Michael Kahn (Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Sarah Broshar (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans), and composer John Williams (Jaws, Jurassic Park).

Spielberg produces for Amblin Entertainment alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans). Adam Somner (Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies) and Chris Brigham (Inception, Shutter Island) executive produce.

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There will be no other day like June 12, when the mysterious sci-fi movie invades theaters via Universal.

Plot details are being kept under wraps beyond the vague synopsis: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) penned the script, based on a story by Spielberg.

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Colman Domingo (The Running Man), and Wyatt Russell (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) star.

Spielberg reunites with several frequent collaborators, including cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List), production designer Adam Stockhausen (Ready Player One, West Side Story), editors Michael Kahn (Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Sarah Broshar (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans), and composer John Williams (Jaws, Jurassic Park).

Spielberg produces for Amblin Entertainment alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans). Adam Somner (Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies) and Chris Brigham (Inception, Shutter Island) executive produce.

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The mysterious sci-fi movie invades theaters on June 12 via Universal.

David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) penned the script, based on a story by Spielberg.

Details are being kept under wraps beyond the vague synopsis: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Colman Domingo (The Running Man), and Wyatt Russell (“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) also star.

Spielberg reunites with several frequent collaborators, including cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List), production designer Adam Stockhausen (Ready Player One, West Side Story), editors Michael Kahn (Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Sarah Broshar (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans), and composer John Williams (Jaws, Jurassic Park).

Spielberg produces for Amblin Entertainment alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger (Ready Player One, The Fabelmans). Adam Somner (Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies) and Chris Brigham (Inception, Shutter Island) executive produce.

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Even more exciting is that this only covers what’s already been announced; expect to get inundated with surprise announcements and film festival discoveries to further fill the calendar with horror goodies. Until then, this guide covers the notable highlights, from big releases like Scream 7 and Evil Dead Burn to anticipated chillers like Hokum, Obsession, and beyond.

Welcome to Bloody Disgusting’s 2026 Horror Preview.

If this preview of the year’s looming horror offerings is any indication, 2026 is going to be a whirlwind for nonstop horror. Of course, expect some release dates to shift and many surprises yet to be announced in the coming months. In other words, this is only the beginning of the year’s horror offerings. Could this be the year for Adam Wingard’s Onslaught, for example? We’re keeping our fingers crossed. Mike Flanagan’s Untitled Exorcist film shifted off its March release date, but could it still arrive in 2026? We’ll have to wait and see. 

In the meantime, buckle up for all the horror on the horizon.

Here are over 50 horror movies we’re excited to check out in 2026.

We Bury the Dead – January 2

Daisy Ridley stars as a woman searching for her husband after a catastrophic military disaster causes mass casualties, who then return from the dead.  And they’re growing more violent the longer they’re undead. The latest from writer/director Zak Hilditch (1922) also stars Brenton Thwaites (Ghosts of War, Maleficent), Mark Coles Smith (Beast of War), and Matt Whelan (“Narcos”).

Primate – January 9

The Strangers: Prey at Night and 47 Meters Down director Johannes Roberts revives the killer chimp horror movie with mischievous glee. It stars Johnny Sequoyah and Oscar®-winning Troy Kotsur (CODA) in his first horror role. The plot sees a tropical getaway interrupted by a family’s pet turned violent, prompting a terrifying bid for survival.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – January 16

Sir Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) with the Jimmies in Columbia Pictures’ 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE.

Nia DaCosta takes the helm for the second installment of this trilogy. It’ll pick up from the previous film, following Jack O’Connell’s “Sir Jimmy Crystal“ and his merry band of evil-doers, with young hero Spike (Alfie Williams) now under his wing. Also expect Ralph Fiennes’ Dr. Kelson and his breathtaking memorial to death to play a major role.

A Useful Ghost – January 16

Thailand’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards introduces an unconventional love story. It follows a grieving widower who discovers his deceased wife has possessed a vacuum cleaner. Love sucks in this supernatural comedy.

Killer Whale – January 16

Halloween 2018’s Virginia Gardner, Mel Jarnson, and Mitchell Hope star in an aquatic thriller that sees a beach getaway upended by not a shark, but a killer whale. Jo-Anne Brechin (Designing Christmas With You) directs from a script co-written with Katharine E. McPhee.

Night Patrol – January 16

An LAPD officer puts aside differences with the local street gangs when he discovers the local force is harboring a dangerous secret in the latest from Lowlife and V/H/S/94 director Ryan Prows. Justin Long, CM Punk, Jermaine Fowler, RJ Cyler, Freddie Gibbs, YG, Flying Lotus, Dermot Mulroney, Jon Oswald, and Nicki Micheaux star.

Dooba Dooba – January 23

A babysitting gig grows increasingly uncomfortable by the child’s baffling behavior in the found footage horror movie from Ehrland Hollingsworth. Dooba Dooba was shot entirely on an in-home security camera and draws on elements of analog horror popularized on YouTube. 

Mother of Flies – January 23

A young woman facing mortality ventures into the woods to escape death in the latest from filmmaking trio Toby Poser, John Adams, and Zelda Adams (Hellbender, Where the Devil Roams, Hell Hole), collectively known as the Adams Family. Lulu Adams also stars in the witchy tale.

Return to Silent Hill – January 23

Director Christophe Gans returns to the Silent Hill franchise with an adaptation of the beloved game Silent Hill 2. Jeremy Irvine is James, alongside Hannah Emily Anderson as Mary Crane. You live here now…

Iron Lung – January 30

A convict navigates an ocean of blood on a desolate moon via submarine in a desperate search for survival resources. Content creator Markiplier self-releases his self-financed adaptation of the indie horror game created by David Szymanski, named by Bloody Disgusting as one of the Best Indie Horror Video Games You Might’ve Missed in 2022.

Send Help – January 30

Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Drag Me to Hell) is back in the director’s seat with the darkly comedic psychological thriller written by Damian Shannon & Mark Swift (Friday the 13th, Freddy vs Jason). Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams) and Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien) find themselves dealing with violent work grievances once marooned on an island.

Worldbreaker – January 30

Director Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist) teams with stars Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil franchise) on a post-apocalyptic sci-fi action thriller that puts a family in the crosshairs of a monster siege that’s destroying humanity.

Dracula – February 6 

Luc Besson (Léon: The Professional, The Fifth Element) puts his own spin on the literary classic, with Caleb Landry Jones (Get Out) as the bloodsucking prince. Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) and Zoë Bleu also star; Danny Elfman (Batman, Beetlejuice) composed the score.

The Strangers: Chapter 3 – February 6

Renny Harlin’s reboot trilogy comes to a close, with Madelaine Petsch returning as Maya for the final girl’s ultimate confrontation with the masked killers. Gabriel Basso (Super 8), Ema Horvath (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”), Pablo Sandstrom, and Richard Brake (Barbarian) round out the cast.

Whistle – February 6

Ali Skovbye in Whistle

 The Nun director Corin Hardy is back with cursed object horror movie Whistle, which sees high school teens dealing with a deadly curse they unwittingly unleash when they discover an Aztec Death Whistle. Dafne Keen (Logan, “The Acolyte “), Sophie Nélisse (“Yellowjackets”), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (“Wednesday”), and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) star.

Cold Storage – February 13

COLD STORAGE, StudioCanal 2023

A quiet nightshift turns deadly when a parasitic fungus escapes from the lowest sublevel of a buried military base in the horror-comedy adaptation of the novel by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her). Liam Neeson, Joe Keery (“Stranger Things “) and Georgina Campbell (Barbarian, The Watchers) star in the film helmed by Jonny Campbell (Netflix’s Dracula). 

Honey Bunch – February 13

Violation filmmakers Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s twisted love story tests a couple’s marriage when they check in at an experimental medical facility in a bid to reverse amnesia. Instead, mistrust ensues as signs emerge that the place isn’t what it appears. Grace Glowicki (Dead Lover), Ben Petrie (Dead Lover), Jason Isaacs (“The White Lotus”, Event Horizon), Kate Dickie (The Witch), India Brown (“Invasion”), and Julian Richings (Beau is Afraid, Anything for Jackson) star.

Psycho Killer – February 20

James Preston Rogers as Psycho Killer in 20th Century Studios’ PSYCHO KILLER. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

A Kansas highway patrol officer tracks her husband’s murderer, one far more depraved and sadistic than she could’ve predicted in the Satanic slasher directed by Gavin Polone (Zombieland, Panic Room) and written by  Andrew Kevin Walker (Sleepy Hollow).  Georgina Campbell, James Preston Rogers (The Blackening), Grace Dove (The Revenant), Logan Miller (Escape Room), and Malcolm McDowell (Halloween, A Clockwork Orange) star.

Redux Redux – February 20

Irene Kelly travels through parallel universes, killing her daughter’s murderer over and over again, putting her humanity at stake in the sci-fi revenge thriller written and directed by brothers Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus (The Block Island Sound). Michaela McManus (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Jim Cummings (Halloween Kills), Jeremy Holm (“Mr. Robot”), Taylor Misiak (“Dave”), Grace Van Dien (“Stranger Things”), and newcomer Stella Marcus star.

This is Not a Test – February 20

Writer/Director Adam MacDonald (Out Come the Wolves, Pyewacket) adapts the 2012 young adult novel of the same name by Courtney Summers, which follows a group of high schoolers as the zombie apocalypse erupts mid-class. The YA horror movie stars Olivia Holt (Heart Eyes), Froy Gutierrez (The Strangers), Luke MacFarlane (“Bros”), Corteon Moore (“From”), Chloe Avakian (“Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy”), and Carson MacCormac (Clown in a Cornfield).

Scream 7 – February 27

Ghostface in Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group’s “Scream 7.” © 2025 Paramount Pictures. Ghost Face is a Registered Trademark of Fun World Div., Easter Unlimited, Inc. ©1999. All Rights Reserved.”.

Neve Campbell is back as Sidney Prescott, with the character taking center stage when Ghostface targets her daughter (Isabel May) in the seventh installment. She’ll be joined by returning players, including David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, and Matthew Lillard, with Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown also set to reprise their roles from the previous two installments. Original Scream writer Kevin Williamson directs from a script by Guy Busick (Scream 2022, Scream VI) and Williamson.

The Bride! – March 6

Christian Bale is Frankenstein’s Monster and Jessie Buckley is the Bride of Frankenstein in director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s 1930s radical reimagining inspired by James Whale’s classic horror movie. One that will put the Bride first in her own story. The film also stars Peter Sarsgaard, Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, and Oscar winner Penélope Cruz.

undertone – March 13

A paranormal podcast host finds more than she bargained for when she moves into her dying mother’s house to become her primary caregiver. The slow-burn liminal horror film stars Nina Kiri (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), Kris Holden-Ried (“The Umbrella Academy”), Michèle Duquet (The Virgin Suicides), Keana Lyn Bastidas (“The Hardy Boys”), and Jeff Yung (The Shrouds).

Alpha – March 27

The world collapses the day 13-year-old Alpha returns home with a tattoo on her arm in the latest from writer/director  Julia Ducournau (Raw, Titane). Golshifteh Farahani (The Patience Stone) and Tahar Rahim (“The Serpent”) star.

Hunting Matthew Nichols – March 27

Markian Tarasiuk’s directorial debut takes a pseudo-documentary approach and follows a sister searching for her brother, Matthew, who vanished in 2001 while filming a Blair Witch Project-inspired investigation into a local cult legend. Tarasiuk stars as himself alongside Miranda MacDougall and Ryan Alexander McDonald.

 Ready or Not: Here I Come – March 27

Ready or Not star Samara Weaving, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, and writers Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy are all back for the sequel that picks up moments after the last film. A new game ensues, this time with Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, David Cronenberg, Elijah Wood, Kevin Durand, Olivia Cheng, Varun Saranga, and Daniel Beirne joining the explosive fun.

They Will Kill You – March 27

Zazie Beetz (Joker, Wounds) stars as a woman who answers a housekeeping ad for a New York high-rise, unaware that its inhabitants tend to go missing. Kirill Sokolov (Why Don’t You Just Die!) directs from a script co-written with Alex Litvak. The film also stars Myha’la (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Patricia Arquette, Heather Graham, and Tom Felton. Considering Ready or Not 2 shifted into the same release date, They Will Kill You may likely shift release dates.

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – April 17

Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin gives his unique spin on the Mummy movie, with plot details under wraps. Jack Reynor (Midsommar) and Laia Costa (“The Wheel of Time”) star in the fresh take on the classic monster.

Apex – April 24

Charlize Theron will be fighting for her life next year in the Netflix survival thriller described as Free Solo meets Silence of the Lambs. Theron stars as a rock climber being hunted by a killer played by Taron Egerton (Carry-On). Baltasar Kormákur (Touch) directs from a script by Jeremy Robbins (“The Purge“ television series).  Eric Bana (Deliver Us from Evil) also stars. 

Deep Water – May 1

International passengers en route to Shanghai from LA instead find themselves in shark-infested waters in the new shark thriller from Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin. It stars Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley, with Molly Wright (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever), Angus Sampson (Insidious), Kelly Gale (Plane), and Li Wenhan from K-pop group UNIQ.

Hokum – May 1

Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars as a reclusive novelist disturbed by witchy tales at an Irish inn. The new nightmare from Oddity writer/director Damian McCarthy also stars Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), and Michael Patric (“Frontier”).

Obsession – May 15

A hopeless romantic gets far more than he bargained for after breaking the mysterious One Wish Willow to win his crush’s heart. Writer/Director Curry Barker (Milk & Serial) brings the scares and intensity in this wish-fulfillment horror movie starring Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter. Prepare to meet your newest horror Obsession.

Disclosure Day – June 12

Emily Blunt in DISCLOSURE DAY, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Steven Spielberg is back in the science fiction world with Disclosure Day, written by frequent Spielberg collaborator David Koepp. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple), and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

Scary Movie 6 – June 12

Miramax and Paramount are bringing the beloved horror spoof franchise back, and they’re getting the gang back together in celebration. Original creators Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Keenen Ivory Wayans are back, and so are Regina Hall, Anna Faris, Lochlyn Munro, Dave Sheridan, and Jon Abrahams. 

Shiver – July 3

What’s Fourth of July without sharks? Plot details are scarce for this shark thriller that stars Phoebe Dynevor (Fair Play), Whitney Peak (Hocus Pocus 2), and Djimon Hounsou (A Quiet Place: Part II). But it’s the director that signals violent fun ahead: Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow, Violent Night).

Evil Dead Burn – July 24

Director Sébastien Vaniček (Infested) aims to deliver one nasty Evil Dead movie, “a film that hurts.“ Souheila Yacoub (Dune: Part Two), Hunter Doohan (“Wednesday”), Luciane Buchanan (“The Night Agent”), and Tandi Wright (Pearl) star.

Flowervale Street – August 14

Up next from director David Robert Mitchell (It Follows) is a mysterious genre movie for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot that’s rumored to feature dinosaurs. Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, and Christian Convery star in the film described as a “thrill ride.”

Insidious: The Bleeding World – August 21

Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) is back in the latest sequel, destined to venture into the Further once more to stomp some ghost butt.  Jacob Chase (Come Play) helms the sixth installment starring Amelia Eve (“The Haunting of Bly Manor”), Brandon Perea (Nope), Maisie Richardson-Sellers (“Legends of Tomorrow”), Sam Spruell (“Fargo”), and Island Austin. Chase co-wrote the script with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2, Orphan).

Clayface – September 11

DC is giving Batman villain Clayface the body horror treatment that’s being compared to David Cronenberg’s The Fly. James Watkins (The Woman in Black, Speak No Evil) directs from a script by Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,“ Doctor Sleep) and Hossein Amini (Drive). Tom Rhys Harries (The Gentlemen) and Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice) star.

Resident Evil – September 18

Austin Abrams in Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’. Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

Zach Cregger takes on the Resident Evil franchise with a new entry designed to take the film back to the IP’s horror roots, one that won’t be too beholden to the lore. Kali Reis (“True Detective: Night Country”), Zach Cherry (“Severance”), Johnno Wilson (“Twisted Metal”), Austin Abrams (Weapons), and Paul Walter Hauser (The Naked Gun) are among the cast.

Other Mommy – October 9

Up next from director Rob Savage (Host) is an adaptation of Josh Malerman’s (Bird Box) horror novel that follows 8-year-old Bela, who lives in a home strained by her parents’ troubled marriage, only to see her life further upended by a sinister entity she calls “Other Mommy.“  Arabella Olivia Clark (The Housemaid), Jessica Chastain (IT: Chapter Two, Crimson Peak), Jay Duplass (“The Creep Tapes “), Dichen Lachman (“Severance”, Jurassic World: Dominion), Sean Kaufman (“The Summer I Turned Pretty”), and Adam Silver (Velvet Buzzsaw) star.

Whalefall – October 16

‘Whalefall’

Austin Abrams stars as a diver in search of his deceased father’s remains who gets swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has only one hour before his oxygen runs out. Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You) directs 20th Century Studios’ aquatic survival thriller from a script he co-wrote with Daniel Kraus, based on Kraus’ 2023 novel. Josh Brolin,  Elisabeth Shue (“The Boys”), Jane Levy (Evil Dead), John Ortiz (Kong: Skull Island), and Emily Rudd (Fear Street Part Two: 1978) also star.

Remain – October 23

A grieving architect moves to Cape Cod for work after leaving a psychiatric facility, where he meets a mysterious woman in the supernatural romance thriller from M. Night Shyamalan, based on the novel he co-wrote with author Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, A Walk to Remember). Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko), Phoebe Dynevor (“Bridgerton”), and Ashley Walters (“Adolescence”) lead the cast.

Violent Night 2 – December 4

Santa Claus (David Harbour) is back and ready to smash skulls in the follow-up to 2022’s yuletide action thriller. Director Tommy Wirkola is also back to direct, alongside returning writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller. Daniela Melchiorand Kristen Belljoin the sequel.

Werwulf – December 25

Willem Dafoe stars as Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz in director Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU, a Focus Features release. Credit: Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

The next movie from director Robert Eggers (The Witch, Nosferatu) is a 13th-century period piece described as a medieval horror movie. In it, a werewolf terrorizes a foggy countryside. The filmmaker co-wrote the screenplay for Werwulf alongside Sjón, the Icelandic poet and novelist who previously co-wrote the Viking movie The Northman with Eggers. The filmmaker reteams with Nosferatu stars Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Lily-Rose Depp.

The Backrooms – TBD

Kane Parsons’ massively viral YouTube horror universe, known as The Backrooms, is headed to the big screen courtesy of A24. It stars Creep actor Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett (“True Detective”), Lukita Maxwell (Afraid), Avan Jogia (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City), Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Renate Reinsve. Considering production took place over the summer of 2025, odds are likely this liminal horror movie will appear sometime in 2026.

Bodycam – TBD

When two police officers show up to investigate a domestic dispute, a startling escalation leads to a tragic accident. Not wanting to be crucified by the public, the officers attempt to cover it up – only to reveal that their body cameras aren’t the only things watching them. The latest from Night of the Reaper director Brandon Christensen is set to arrive on Shudder in 2026.

Crazy Old Lady – TBD

On a stormy evening, Pedro receives a desperate call from his ex-girlfriend asking him to look after her senile mother, Alicia. What begins as a simple favor soon turns into a terrifying ordeal when Alicia refuses to let him leave. Trapped in the house, he’s forced to play along with her sadistic games to survive the night. Crazy Old Lady will head to Shudder sometime in 2026.

Dolly – TBD

A young woman, Macy, fights for survival after being abducted by a deranged, monster-like figure who wants to raise Macy as their child in this grimy 70s-style horror movie from director Rod Blackhurst. Fabianne Therese, Seann William Scott, Ethan Suplee, and Max the Impaler star.

Forbidden Fruits – TBD

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 in this Diablo Cody-produced horror comedy. Lili Reinhart leads a cast that includes Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Chamberlain, and Gabrielle Union.

The Mortuary Assistant – TBD

A recent Mortician graduate discovers a sinister presence when she begins the night shift at her new job in this video game adaptation. The film is being directed by Jeremiah Kipp (Slapface) and co-written by Tracee Beebe (Dog Years) and game designer Brian Clarke. Willa Holland (“Arrow”) and Emmy Award Nominee Paul Sparks (“Boardwalk Empire”) star in the undated Shudder release.

Orphans – TBD

Isabelle Fuhrman returns as Esther in the upcoming prequel, also starring Stephen Moyer (“True Blood”), Susanne Wuest (Goodnight Mommy), and Simon Man (“Westworld”). William Brent Bell (Orphan: First Kill, The Boy) directs Orphans from a script by David Coggeshall (Orphan: First Kill, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia).

Over Your Dead Body – TBD 

Samara Weaving and Jason Segel star as a couple who embark on a weekend getaway with secret plans to murder each other in the remake of Tommy Wirkola’s darkly comedic thriller The Trip. The film, adapted by Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney, features an all-star lineup also including Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, and Keith Jardine. The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone directs.

River – TBD

Jane Levy in Evil Dead; Jessica Rothe in Happy Death Day

Genre favorites Jane Levy (Evil Dead) and Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day) will face off against a masked killer in this Shudder release heading to theaters sometime in 2026. Max Mattern (“Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy”) and Dane DiLiegro (Prey) also star in the feature debut of writer/director Joshua Giuliano.

The Young People – TBD

Lola Tung in “The Summer I Turned Pretty”

Filmmaker Osgood Perkins continues his partnership with Neon with their fourth collaboration. Plot details are scarce, but it’s said to follow school friends, one of whom begins exhibiting strange behavior. Lola Tung and Nico Parker lead the ensemble, which also includes Nicole Kidman, Brendan Hines, Cush Jumbo, Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville, Lexi Minetree, Lily Collias, and Tatiana Maslany.

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Disclosure Day will release in theaters on June 12, 2026.

Universal previews, “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. 

“We are coming close to … Disclosure Day.”

The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

Based on a story by Steven Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Disclosure Day is produced by five-time Academy Award® nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) and by Steven Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment. The executive producers are Adam Somner and Chris Brigham.

Steven Spielberg is of course no stranger to extraterrestrial encounters, directing two of the greatest alien movies of all time: Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977 and E.T. in 1982. It’s an arena he returned to in 2005, directing an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.

Even more recently, Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment produced the Netflix docuseries “Encounters” last year, which explores true stories of human contact with otherworldly phenomena. You can stream all four episodes of “Encounters” over on Netflix right now.

Josh O’Connor in DISCLOSURE DAY, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Emily Blunt in DISCLOSURE DAY, directed by Steven Spielberg.

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