If you’re looking for a new horror movie that will have you watching from behind the sofa and sleeping with the light on for days (maybe weeks) afterwards, you’ve come to the right place.
I’m Rory Mellon, one of the biggest horror fanatics at Tom’s Guide, and I’ve roped in my colleague Alix Blackburn, who is also a dedicated genre superfan, to look over the biggest scary movies released in 2026 (so far) and rate them based on a single aspect: how much they truly scared us.
