Polygon has published a preview of horror films arriving in October 2026, part of the outlet's wider Fall Preview coverage, noting that this year has already been strong for the genre thanks to releases like 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Backrooms. The roundup highlights the variety on offer, from creature features and found-footage chillers to a restored classic, reflecting October's long-standing status as the horror industry's peak release month across cinemas and streaming.

Featured titles include Beware Boiúna, about doctors in the Amazon confronted by a mythical serpent, and Verity, an erotic thriller adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel starring Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett. Other entries are The Influencer Project, a found-footage film from Blair Witch producers about a stalked influencer; Appofeniacs, an AI-themed anthology with Sean Gunn; Other Mommy, starring Jessica Chastain as a supernatural doppelganger; a restored 4K director's cut of Ken Russell's controversial 1971 film The Devils; and Crawlers, a venomous-spider outbreak thriller directed by Ángel Gómez Hernández.