Release schedule for sci fi, fantasy, and horror movies for the upcoming months coming to theaters, VOD, streaming, and home video. Be sure to check back on a regular basis for updates. If we have missed something, let us know in the comments below or at axiomsedgescifi@gmail.com.
September to November 2026
Primary Source: MovieInsider.com
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September
Onslaught
In Theaters, September 4
When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.
Directed by: Adam Wingard
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Adria Arjona, Michael Biehn, Drew Starkey, Eric Wareheim, Reginald VelJohnson, Alex Pereira
Dark Hollow
On Demand, September 4
When a nightmarish monster emerges from the depths of an Appalachian coal mine, a young mother must hunt down the creature to protect her home and save her family.
Directed by: Daniel Byers
Starring: Sean Michael Wilkinson, Ian Deighan, J. Stephen Brantley, David Garelik, Annie Cook
Parasomnia
Streaming-Shudder, September 4
After her friend vanishes, Riley must confront the demon from her night terrors that may have crossed into reality, while facing her own tragic past.
Directed by: James Ross II
Starring: Jasmine Mathews, RJ Brown, Sally Stewart
Hope
In Theaters-Limited, September 9
In the remote village of Hope Harbor, near the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the community is thrown into chaos when a tiger is suspected to have appeared and local police chief Bum-seok is alerted. But what begins as a local emergency soon spirals into a deeper, more terrifying mystery, one that forces the town’s residents to confront the unknown.
Directed by: Na Hong-jin
Starring: Taylor Russell, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Cameron Britton, Jung Ho-yeon, Zo In-sung, Hwang Jung-min
Practical Magic 2
In Theaters, September 11
Set 25 years after the events of the first movie, the story follows the Owens family as they face a new crisis when a discovery regarding the family’s history & the origins of their magic comes to light. When Sally’s daughter (Joey King) begins to uncover hidden family secrets & develops her own dark abilities, they are plunged into a multi-generational struggle to finally break the curse that has haunted their lineage for centuries. The Owens women (Sally, Gillian, and their aunts) must once again unite, traveling from their home in Massachusetts to the UK to confront the source of their magic and save the next generation of their family.
Directed by: Susanne Bier
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Lee Pace, Akiva Goldsman, Xolo Maridueña, Joey King, Denise Di Novi, Dianne Wiest
City of Blood
Streaming-Hulu, September 16
Berlin — a city-state on the brink. Crime shapes everyday life in a world destroyed by climate change. While a privileged few live beneath a fully climate-controlled dome, the rest of the city sinks into corruption and violence. The sisters Bea and Phoebe were separated as children by a twist of fate. Bea, chronically ill, grows up sheltered with her adoptive mother, while Phoebe fights for survival on the streets of Berlin. When their worlds collide again on the eve of pivotal elections, they uncover a terrifying truth: Vampires control organized crime and are determined to seize political power. Blood has become the city’s true currency. Caught between rival forces, Bea and Phoebe must confront the ultimate question: Who poses the greater threat — humans or vampires?
Directed by: Philipp Kadelbach
Starring: Lea Drinda, Soma Pysall, Franz Hartwig, David Schütter, Lars Eidinger
Resident Evil
In Theaters, September 18
From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise. In an all-new story, Resident Evil follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
Directed by: Zach Cregger
Starring: Paul Walter Hauser, Austin Abrams, Robert Kulzer, Shay Hatten, Kali Reis, Zach Cherry
April X
In Theaters-Limited, September 18
When his twin sister April goes missing, Bax searches every corner of their futuristic, post-Soviet cityscape to find her, ultimately descending into madness.
Directed by: Dave Boyle
Starring: Connor Storrie, Lilly Krug, Tudor Chirila
Goody Goody
Streaming-Shudder, September 18
Lulled into a necessary sense of comfort during a long home birth process, expecting parents and their midwife begin to realize something may be horribly wrong. A blizzard rages outside, trapping the family in their home as increasingly sinister complications arise.
Directed by: Raymond Creamer
Starring: Samantha Robinson, Zoe Renee, Colby Hollman, Colleen Foy
Never After Dark
In Theaters-Limited, September 25
This film focuses on a wandering medium who spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living. Summoned to an isolated country house, she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy Airi’s experience. As she digs deeper into the house’s past, a secret comes to light — and Airi finds herself hunted by a far more unpredictable force. For the first time, her greatest adversary is not the supernatural, but the living.
Directed by: Dave Boyle
Starring: Bokuzo Masana, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Kento Kaku, Tae Kimura, Kurumi Inagaki, Moeka Hoshi
Battle Cabin
On Demand, September 29
This film focuses on a wandering medium who spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living. Summoned to an isolated country house, she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy Airi’s experience. As she digs deeper into the house’s past, a secret comes to light — and Airi finds herself hunted by a far more unpredictable force. For the first time, her greatest adversary is not the supernatural, but the living.
Directed by: Aaron Falvey
Starring: Josh McKenzie, Delaney Tabron, Marshall Napier, Nell Fisher, Michael Hurst, Kali Kopae, Rama Marrow
October
Digger
In Theaters, October 2
The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove that he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.
Directed by: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: John Goodman, Tom Cruise, Jesse Plemons, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg
Infirmary
Streaming-Shudder, October 2
A guard vanished on his first night at an old psych hospital in 2023. His bodycam footage shows unexplainable incidents that continue to baffle investigators.
Directed by: Nicholas Pineda
Starring: Paul Syre, Mark Anthony Williams, Katy Krauland, Danielle Kennedy
Other Mommy
In Theaters, October 9
A terrifying, supernatural trip into the darkening world of a young girl as her family, and their home, are haunted by a sinister entity that is determined to take up residence inside her. But first, it needs to persuade her to let it in…
Directed by: Rob Savage
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Sean Kaufman, Karen Allen, Jay Duplass, Michael Clear, Dichen Lachman
Crawlers
In Theaters, October 16
Serena (Lutz), the overworked and underappreciated manager of the Paradiso Palms apartment complex, discovers a mysterious death. But what begins as a suspected viral outbreak quickly spirals into something far more terrifying: a catastrophic infestation of venomous spiders spreading rapidly through the building. Trapped by a quarantine with no way out, residents are forced into a desperate fight for survival as the threat multiplies by the second. Armed only with her intimate knowledge of the building, Serena may be the only one who can keep them alive — if she can confront her deepest fear.
Directed by: Angel Gómez Hernández
Starring: Matilda Lutz, Gregg Sulkin, Chris Rogers
Terrestrial
In Theaters-Limited, October 16
A long overdue reunion weekend spirals out of control for four college friends. The host, an aspiring science fiction writer on the verge of sudden success, fights to maintain his sense of reality — a struggle which becomes increasingly difficult in the face of otherworldly dangers.
Directed by: Steve Pink
Starring: Jermaine Fowler, James Morosini, Pauline Chalamet, Edy Modica, Rob Yang, Brendan Hunt
Hallowarrior
Streaming-Shudder, October 16
Pumpkin, the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenges the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween. Her lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by the fearsome Thalia. Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.
Directed by: Ben Sottack
Starring: Shannyn Sossamon, Milly Shapiro, AJ Bowen, Ajani Russell
Clayface
In Theaters, October 23
Matt Hagen’s meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss’s actions leave him horribly disfigured. Abandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt seeks out a cutting edge treatment that miraculously returns him to his former self… but also unexpectedly affects his grip on reality, spiraling him down a destructive path of all-consuming revenge.
Directed by: James Watkins
Starring: Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, Eddie Marsan
Wildwood
In Theaters, October 23
From the makers of Coraline, Wildwood is a sweeping, darkly magical adventure about Prue, a young girl who journeys into a hidden forest to rescue her younger brother. Along the way she encounters warring factions, extraordinary creatures, and a world unlike anything she’s ever known.
Directed by: Travis Knight
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Angela Bassett
The Cycle
Streaming-Shudder, October 23
When the body of a man missing for thirty-six years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past.
Directed by: Jordan Downey
Starring: Deborah Ann Woll, Jeffrey Donovan, Will Hochman, Jack Doolan, Carl W. Crudup, Jeb Berrier, Gretchen Corbett, David Myers Gregory
The Vampires of New Orleans
In Theaters-Limited, October 2026
The horrors of New Orleans history reverberate down to the present in this docudrama combining Southern Gothic terror with investigations into the city’s real-life folklore.
Directed by: Andrew Rakich
Starring: Courtnee Carter, Andrew Rakich, Mekhai Lee, Benton Guinness, Linnea Gregg
R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2
Streaming Tubi, October
A bullied student named Evan discovers a forbidden spellbook that reawakens an old curse in Redhaven, causing the pumpkin‑headed children from past sacrifices to rise during the town’s Harvest Festival.
Directed by: Jem Garrard
Starring: Harvey Kahn, Rama Diall, Yvonne Bernard, Joan Waricha, James Mattagne, Allen Lewis
November
Godzilla Minus Zero
In Theaters, November 6
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO picks up in 1949, two years after the tumultuous events of Godzilla Minus One, and continues the story of the Shikishima family as they face an all-new calamity. Additionally confirmed out of CinemaCon, Ryunosuke Kamiki, the hero who faced Godzilla’s terror in Godzilla Minus One, returns as Koichi Shikishima, and is joined by Minami Hamabe as Noriko Oishi, who miraculously survived Godzilla’s first attack on Tokyo.
Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
Starring: TBA
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol
In Theaters, November 13
A thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, following one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future as he fights for a second chance at redemption.
Directed by: Ti West
Starring: Johnny Depp, Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Ian McKellen
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
In Theaters, November 20
THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Joseph Zada, Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin, Mckenna Grace, Ben Wang
Later in 2026
Dune Part Three
In Theaters, December 18
Dune: Part Three is set nearly two decades after Paul Atreides seized control of the Imperium. Now a ruthless Emperor, Paul must face the consequences of his reign as old allies return, terrifying new threats emerge, and betrayal lurks in every shadow. Haunted by visions of Imperial collapse and the reappearance of his long-lost love, Paul is drawn into a sweeping conspiracy, with Chani at the heart of its unfolding mystery. As rebellion brews and enemies close in, Paul must confront the true cost of power and the fate of those he loves the most.
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaach de Bankolé
Avengers: Doomsday
In Theaters, December 18
Avengers: Doomsday follows beloved heroes from three distinct universes as they’re set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.
Directed by: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie, Florence Pugh, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Wyatt Russell, Channing Tatum, Simu Liu, Ian McKellen, Tom Hiddleston, James Marsden, Patrick Stewart, Joseph Quinn, Sebastian Stan
Werwulf
In Theaters, December 25
In medieval Britain, a mysterious creature stalks the foggy countryside, transforming local folklore into terrifying reality as villagers face an ancient supernatural threat.
Directed by: Robert Eggers
Starring: Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp
Trees Are Watching
In Theaters, Coming Soon
Novelist Darya returns to her hometown with her deaf daughter to work on her new book. There she is haunted by the memory of twin girls from her childhood, and the two trees planted as their memorials.
Directed by: Bahman Ghobadi
Starring: Eva Green, Lucas Akoskin, Zeynep Çamci
