The Best Horror Movie Of 2026 Has A Near-Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score

We are a third of the way through 2026 at this point, and we‘re already starting to see a number of high-quality horror movies released. Now, a new one is out this weekend, and it’s got the best Rotten Tomatoes score of them all so far. Just by a hair, at least.

That would be , currently with 94% Rotten Tomatoes score, a new horror film that is out this Friday, May 1. Heres the synopsis:

“When novelist Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott) retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.”

That is, of course, Adam Scott of and now fame. I suppose you could consider a horror series at times, but now he‘s fully in the genre with this movie. I believe he may be one of the only names you’d recognize in the cast, but I also know Austin Amelio from

is written and directed by Damian McCarthy, who was behind 2024s Oddity, which was the second-highest-scoring horror movie of that year, with a 96%, just shy of 97%. No audience scores in on yet, but it should not be a great surprise that his follow-up is doing this well.

What are the scores for the rest of the big horror films of 2026 so far？ Heres the list, along with a brief take from me:

• Send Help – 93% – Deserves the praise with an all-timer performance with Rachel McAdams.
• 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – 92% – Better than the first installment and the best in the series outside of the original
• We Bury the Dead – 88% – Unfortunately, rather forgettable, and I agree more with the 46% audience score.
• Primate – 78% – I did not watch the monkey horror film, but apparently it was okay.
• Undertone – 74% – I literally fell asleep during this sound-based horror film.
• Forbidden Fruits – 74% – Stars some of the biggest young actresses today, Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti and Alexandra Shipp, but it only just came to streaming, so I haven‘t watched it yet. I may wait until it’s not $20 to rent.
• Ready or Not 2: Here I Come – 73% – Have not seen it yet, but its high on my list as I loved the first one. It also features Pitt star Shawn Hatosy as a villain.

But yes, . Even if scores fluctuate, it will stay one of the top entries of the year, no doubt. For that reason, Im heading to theaters rather than waiting for streaming.