This Weeks New Horror Movies Being Released: April 6th - April 12th 2026

The Bride releases on digital on April 7th

Here are this weeks new horror movie releases in theaters and on streaming for the first time.

And if you want some more recent horror movie releases you may have missed out on, check out the last few weeks.

The Bride

The Bride releases on April 7th via VOD.
A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (five-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!

I Know Exactly How You Die

 Releases on April 7th via VOD

Follows hack writer Rian Burman, whose slasher-fiction novel begins to manifest in real life. As the body count rises, Rian must finish his story before his protagonist is murdered by a sadistic stalker determined to control the ending.

Psycho Killer

Psycho Killer releases on April 7th via VOD

Following the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer (Georgina Campbell) sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible (James Preston Rogers) is a sadistic serial killer, and the depth of his mental depravity and his sinister agenda is more twisted than anyone could have imagined.

Smother

Releases April 7th via VOD.
After the sudden death of Michi's estranged father, Michi, a young mother and dry alcoholic, decides to stay in the inherited summer house for a few days with her young daughter Hanna, hoping to regain the motherly trust she lost. Already during the first night, long repressed memories of Michi's childhood and her mother’s suicide begin to haunt Michi. Trying to numb herself again with alcohol only drives her daughter Hanna further away and accelerates Michi’s paranoid state. When her demons also start threatening her daughter, Michi must confront them to save Hanna.

Exit 8

Releases on April 10 in limited theaters.

A man trapped in a endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

Faces of Death

Releases on April 10th in theaters.
In Faces of Death, the exploration of the original film’s infamous “is it real or not?” conceit continues as a woman (Ferreira) working as a content moderator for a major video platform discovers what appears to be re-enactments of murders from the original film. In an online world where nothing can be trusted, she must determine whether the violence is fiction, or unfolding in real time.

Hunting Matthew Nichols

Releases April 10th in limited theaters.
Twenty-three years after her brother vanished, a filmmaker investigates his disappearance. Uncovering evidence, she suspects he may still be alive, fueling her quest to unravel the mystery. A found footage horror movie.

The Yeti

Releases on March 10th via VOD.
When an oil tycoon and a famous adventurer vanish into the harsh winter of remote northern Alaska, a hand-picked rescue team endeavors to bring them home. What they don’t know is that they are trespassing on The Yeti’s territory, and the elements are the least of their worries.

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