Friday, May 1 – These 5 New Horror Movies Released at Home Today
May 2026 goes to be a massive month for brand new original horrorand all of it begins TODAY with the discharge of 5 model new horror films in theaters and at house.
Here’s all the brand new horror that launched on Friday, May 1, 2026!
Renny Harlin is again with new horror film Deep Waterwhich seems to be to convey collectively the motion of Die Hard 2 with the shark assault horror of Deep Blue Sea. We convey up these two films compared to Deep Wateras a result of, nicely, Renny Harlin directed all three of ’em!
Produced by Gene Simmons Deep Water is now enjoying in theaters.
Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kinsgley star alongside Molly Wright (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever), Angus Sampson (Insidious), Kelly Gale (Plane), and Li Wenhan from Ok-Pop group UNIQ.
In Renny Harlin’s Deep Water“A flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai goes down in the middle of the Pacific. After surviving the crash, the survivors soon discover they’re not alone and they must survive the shark infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their differences if they hope to escape their sinking plane and the frenzy of sharks.”
The screenplay was written by Pete Bridges and Shayne Armstrong & SP Krause.
Renny Harlin stated in a current assertion, “Deep Water represents the kind of movie I’ve dreamed of making since I grew up loving the ’70s disaster movies. Spectacular action and unforgettable characters who didn’t leave a dry eye in the movie theater.”
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From Damian McCarthy (Caveat, Oddity), Hokum is now enjoying in theaters.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a distant Irish inn to scatter his mother and father’ ashes, the workers’s tales of an historical witch haunting the honeymoon suite grasp his thoughts. Disturbing visions and a stunning disappearance drew Ohm right into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his previous.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patrick (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) additionally star.
Meagan Navarro raves in her review for Bloody Disgusting“A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
Dutch folks horror movie Heresy is now streaming solely on Shudder.
Set in a medieval Dutch village, Heresy follows a younger girl who’s caught between her religion, fanatic townsfolk, and the darkish forces lurking within the woods.
The movie marks the characteristic directorial debut of Didier Koningsan idea artist on the likes of “Stranger Things,” Ghostbusters: Afterlifeand Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He additionally has visible results credit on The Conjuring 2 and Lights Out.
Anneke Sluiters, Len Leo Vincent, Reinout Bussemaker, Léon van Waas, and Nola Elvis Kemper star in Heresy. Marc S. Nollkaemper penned the screenplay.
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A surreal and stylized mix of witchcraft, folks horror, physique horror, and familial trauma, Salt Along the Tongue is now accessible on Digital from Yellow Veil Pictures.
Calling the Australian manufacturing “a love letter to my mother,” writer-director Parish Malfitano Explore his Italian heritage with a haunting story rooted within the evil eye superstition.
After teenager Mattia’s mom dies unexpectedly, she has no selection however to maneuver in along with her aunt Carol, her mom’s equivalent twin. As Mattia grapples with the lack of his mom and this new lifestyle, a treacherous household secret begins to come back to gentle. From past the grave, Mattia’s mom possesses her daughter — not solely making an attempt to guard Mattia from the identical destiny that befell her, but additionally to seek out reconciliation along with her twin sister, utilizing meals as a gateway.
Appointment Return, Possession3 Women, and Don’t Look Now As inspirations, Malfitano’s script was a semi-finalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition.
Dina Panozzo and Laneikka Denne star with Mayu Iwasaki, Maria de Marco, Nicole Toum, Caroline Levien, Olga Olshansky, Helen Vassiliadis, and Liz Lin.
Terror Films Releasing has teamed with filmmakers Josh Funk and Dustin Vaught to launch horror-comedy The Fuzziescentered round puppetry and sensible results.
The Fuzzies is now accessible on Digital retailers at house.
The movie follows a bunch of buddies who reunite of their childhood buddy’s eerie property after her loss of life, the place they quickly uncover a nightmare: the grotesque puppets from her well-known kids’s TV present are alive. Blending sensible puppetry, stop-motion horror, and darkish humor, The Fuzzies discover friendship, fame, and buried monsters.”
Grana Dew (Rose), Baylee Toney (Mary), Dustin Vaught (Mick), and Gordy Cassell (Shirley/Sunny Smiles) star.
Director Josh Funk, who co-wrote and produced with Dustin Vaught, stated in a press release, “The Fuzzies is a horror-comedy born from a fascination with the uncanny, specifically the strange power of puppets and stop-motion animation to feel both comforting and deeply unsettling. Drawing inspiration from children’s television of the 1970s and ’80sthe film explores how bright sets, felt textures, and cheerful characters become disorienting when stripped of their warmth. TI have Fuzzies embraces the tactile imperfections of handmade filmmaking to tell a story about nostalgia curdling into terror, and the monsters we carry with us from childhood.”
