Here are this weeks new horror/horror-thriller movie releases for you to keep an eye on, either in theaters or new to streaming.
Doctor Plague
Doctor Plague is hitting VOD from January 12th, 2026.
Cynical London detective John Verney (Kemp) is on the trail of an ominous masked serial killer cutting a swathe through London under the guise of a 17th century Plague Doctor. As the bodies pile up, John faces scrutiny from his superior (Yip) who dismisses the crimes as gang killings.
To make matters worse, journalists, desperate for a news story, are fearmongering with explosive headlines and outlandish social media videos encouraging public unrest. As the pressure mounts, John falls into a terrifying web of deception and deadly rituals involving secret cults, Jack the Ripper and the Plague Doctors of old. When his son is kidnapped and his colleagues turn against him, John must take the law into his own hands, risking everything to uncover the ancient evil lurking within the tunnels beneath the city.
Dust Bunny
Releases on digital from January 13th.
10-year-old Aurora recruits her hitman neighbor, played by Mads Mikkelsen, to kill the monster under her bed that she believes ate her family, leading him to confront real-life assassins targeting him and realize some monsters are terrifyingly real. The whimsical but dark film follows their unlikely alliance as they battle threats, blurring lines between childhood fears and adult dangers, with Sigourney Weaver as a villainous mob boss.
The Confession
The Confession will be available to stream from January 16th.
Naomi, a recently widowed musician, moves with her young son, Dylan, back into her childhood home after her father's death. While going through his belongings in the attic, she discovers a cassette tape on which her father details a grisly murder he committed. The shocking part of the confession is his claim that he carried out the act to protect himself from an unknown, malevolent force.
The Raven
Gothic horror The Raven hits streaming from January 16th.
The story is set in a dark and eerie 1940s-inspired world. A man, hours after burying his loved one, Annabel Lee, is consumed by overwhelming grief and begins to spiral into madness. A mysterious raven appears, acting as a "harbinger of death," tormenting him with guilt and leading him through a series of supernatural encounters.
Night Patrol
Night Patrol is coming to a theater near you from January 16th, 2026.
An LAPD officer must put aside his differences with the area’s street gangs when he discovers a local police task force is harboring a horrific secret that endangers the residents of the housing projects he grew up in.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
The big release of the week, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, hits theaters from January 16th, 2026.
In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's (Alfie Williams) encounter with Jimmy Crystal (Jack O'Connell) becomes a nightmare he can't escape. In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival - the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying.
Leave
Psychological horror/thriller hits limited theaters on January 16th.
Aarchitect Jesse Hughes and his family move to a remote Florida house for a fresh start, only to encounter disturbing secrets, unwanted visitors, and escalating psychological terror rooted in the town's history as a settlement for freed slaves, transforming their dream home into a fight for survival.
Killer Whale
If you fancy a creature-feature horror/survival horror, Killer Whale also releases on January 16th.
Two friends, Maddie and Trish, become stranded in a secluded Thai lagoon with Ceto, an abused killer whale seeking revenge after escaping captivity; the film follows their terrifying fight for survival against the apex predator as past secrets unravel
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