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January 2026

January 2 – We Bury The Dead (Theaters)

January 6 – Will Trent (ABC, Next day Hulu)

January 8 – The Traitors (Peacock)

January 8 – His & Hers (Netflix)

January 9 – People We Meet On Vacation (Netflix)

January 9 – Sleepwalker (Theaters)

January 9 – Primate (Theaters)

January 16 – Night Patrol (Theaters)

January 16 – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Theaters)

January 21 – The Beauty (FX, Next day Hulu)

January 21 – Queer Eye (Netflix)

January 22 – Finding Her Edge (Netflix)

January 23 – Return to Silent Hill (Theaters)

January 28 – School Spirits (Paramount+)

January 28 – Shrinking (Apple TV+)

January 30 – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (Theaters)

January 30 – Iron Lung (Theaters)

January 30 – Send Help (Theaters)

February 2026

February 6 – The Strangers: Chapter 3 (Theaters)

February 6 – Dracula (Theaters)

February 6 – Pillion (Theaters)

February 6 – Whistle (Theaters)

February 8 – The ‘Burbs (Peacock)

February 13 – “Wuthering Heights” (Theaters)

February 13 – GOAT (Theaters)

February 13 – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Theaters)

February 18 – 56 Days (Prime)

February 20 – This is Not a Test (Theaters)

February 25 – Scrubs (ABC, next day Hulu)

February 27 – Scream 7 (Theaters)

March 2026

March 5 – Ted (Peacock)

March 6 – The Bride (Theaters)

March 6 – Peaky Blinders: The Eternal Man (Theaters, Netflix on March 20)

March 11 – Scarpetta (Prime)

March 18 – Imperfect Women (Apple TV+)

March 20 – Project Hail Mary (Theaters)

March 27 – Ready or Not: Here I Come (Theaters)

March 27 – Fantasy Life (Theaters)

March 27 – They Will Kill You (Theaters)

April 2026

April 3 – The Drama (Theaters)

April 8 – The Boys (Prime)

April 10 – Malcolm in the Middle (Hulu)

April 15 – Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV+)

April 17 – The Mummy (Theaters)

April 17 – Normal (Theaters)

May 2026

May 1 – The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Theaters)

May 1 – Hokum (Theaters)

May 15 – Obsession (Theaters)

May 22 – I Love Boosters (Theaters)

June 2026

June 12 – Scary Movie 6 (Theaters)

June 19 – Toy Story 5 (Theaters)

July 2026

July 12 – Disclosure Day (Theaters)

July 17 – The Odyssey (Theaters)

August 2026

August 21 – Insidious: The Bleeding World (Theaters)

August 28 – The Dog Star (Theaters)

August 28 – Coyote vs. ACME (Theaters)

September 2026

September 11 – Sense and Sensibility (Theaters)

September 18 – Practical Magic 2 (Theaters)

September 18 – Play House (Theaters)

September 18 – Resident Evil (Theaters)

October 2026

October 1 – Terrifier 4 (Theaters)

October 2 – Digger (Theaters)

October 9 – Other Mommy (Theaters)

October 16 – Street Fighter (Theaters)

October 23 – Remain (Theaters)

November 2026

November 20 – The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (Theaters)

December 2026

December 18 – Avengers: Doomsday (Theaters)

December 18 – Dune: Part Three (Theaters)

December 25 – Werewulf (Theaters)

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise into the ol’ VCR. 

Okay, friends, the time has come to tackle another iconic franchise. Not only can we thank Wes Craven for directing Scream, but he also introduced us to Freddy Krueger. 

Much like Chucky, Freddy has evolved over the years into a campy (and petty) villain who honestly does some of the most fucked up stuff I’ve ever seen, including, but not limited to: 

• Contorting the souls of multiple teens into pizza toppings 
• Using someone’s tendons to control them like a marionette 
• Fusing someone’s body into a motorcycle, as they sped down a highway 

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. 

This is the horror equivalent of running your finger in-between tiles as a kid. 

When we were first introduced to Freddy, all the way back in ‘84, there was a dash of camp, but Freddy was more of a traditional villain, a la Jason or Michael. However, as I mentioned earlier, Freddy has become campier and throws out puns like it’s his job. 

Additionally, like we see in Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, I would argue that the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise has become increasingly queer. We’ve talked about this previously, but horror and queerness go hand-in-hand, so it makes sense to me for NOES to also be queer-coded at times. 

I’d also like to go ahead and throw out my controversial opinion of the piece, which is my defense of Alice. I actually really like her character development, and I think she’s an excellent final girl. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

When your nails are wet, and you turn to ask someone to do something for you. 

Before we get to the reason we’re all here, aka my ranking of the franchise, I want to hop on one last soapbox. I’ve heard the rumors about Blumhouse relaunching the franchise with a requel… and I’m skeptical. I really enjoyed the first two Halloween reboots, but Halloween Ends was AWFUL. I also have a lot of hesitation around the new Exorcist film. 

I really like Blumhouse, but I think they do better with original works than reboots, so I’m approaching this news with extreme caution. 

Okay, friends, you’ve officially made it! The moment we’ve all been waiting for. My ranking of the NOES franchise. My definitive ranking is as follows: 

Nightmare on Elm Street 

Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 

Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge 

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare 

Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child 

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare

We’ll go ahead and leave this piece here. The NOES franchise isn’t my favorite franchise, but it’s up there, and I think it’s more than earned its spot as horror royalty. 

Let’s all agree to forget about the 2010 remake, though.

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some of my favorite final girls into the ol’ VCR. 

If you couldn’t tell by my piece about I Am Not Your Final Girl, I respect the hell out of final girls. They represent the fight that women (including trans women) and femme presenting peeps face each and every day. 

Before I start throwing out some of my favorite final girls, I want to say a couple of things. 

First and foremost, I’m not listing out every single final girl in horror history because this piece would be unending. Just because they aren’t on this list doesn’t mean I don’t believe in what they represent. 

Secondly, I want to address the lack of diversity. I am fully aware that this list is almost exclusively white, straight, cis women. 

Dear future horror writers, directors, etc…

Let’s shake this up. 

Add women of color and women and non-binary folks from the LGBTQIA+ community into the mix, please. 

We’re starting to build stronger female and non-binary characters within the horror genre, and I greatly appreciate it, but now, let’s work on the final girl herself. 

Deal? Deal. 

P.S. Let’s also continue to increase this same diversity in the writers’ room, director’s chair, and all other aspects of the genre. 

Alrighty, let’s get to it. 

My favorite final girls, in no particular order, are: 

• Laurie Strode
• Sidney Prescott
• Gale Weathers 
• Erin Harson 
• Grace Le Domas
• Ellen Ripley 
• Tree Gelbman
• Dani Ardor 
• Alice Johnson
• Sienna Shaw 

Honorable mentions 

• Deena Johnson 
• Sarah Connor 

Now, I feel like I need to explain myself a little bit here. I love Heather Langenkamp, but for some reason, I like Alice more than Nancy. I know that’s a HOT take, and I can’t fully explain it, but I just connect with Alice more. 

Additionally, I’m aware that Sarah Connor *technically* isn’t a horror final girl, but Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a) the best action movie of all time and b) it could be argued that it borders on dystopian horror. 

Hasta la vista, baby.

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the Child’s Play franchise into the ol’ VCR. 

Okay, friends, I have to be honest. When I was a kid, I hated dolls, including Chucky. 

We’ve already talked about almost all of my bizarre childhood fears, so it’s time we tackle the big one. I also knew this piece was coming and wanted to leave something for it. I digress. 

When I was around 13, I finally took the plunge into the Child’s Play series, and I finally appreciated everything about Chucky and Co. The character I really fell in love with, however, was Tiffany Valentine (she said to no one’s surprise). 

You can’t tell me she doesn’t look great for someone who was electrocuted, only to be resurrected and trapped in a doll’s body. 

In fact, I’ll be so bold as to say that Bride of Chucky is my favorite movie in the entire Child’s Play franchise. And I’m not just saying that because I’ve been Tiffany Valentine for Halloween.

Jennifer Tilly is a GEM, and I would argue that she was exactly what Don Mancini’s creation was missing. She’s the perfect foil to Chucky, and honestly, she serves as the black, twisted, beating heart of the franchise. 

Additionally, I can’t rave enough about the Chucky series. It’s camp, meta, and, take notes, Texas, but there’s something to be said when even a doll that serves as a vessel for a serial killer supports the LGBTQIA+ community 👀

I’m just going to leave this here for Greg Abbott no one in particular. 

The Child’s Play franchise might only sit at seven movies, but it’s a lot of fun to marathon. Much like Nightmare on Elm Street, we get to watch Chucky evolve as a villain. It’s also really cool to see a generational tradition continued as Fiona Dourif has been added into the fold. 

I also like to think that 7th Heaven is an unofficial sequel, and Karen Barclay went into Witness Protection after the first movie.

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some punk rock horror into the ol’ VCR. 

We’ve talked all about Nu Metal horror movies, but now it’s time to dive into another one of my favorite horror subgenres: Punk Rock horror. 

Punk Rock horror encompasses a variety of flicks, from low-budget classics with a miniscule budget to movies about actual punk rock bands. Today, we’re going to focus on the latter and save things like Slime City and Troma films for a different piece and/or pieces. 

Additionally, we’re going to skip things like Trick Or Treat for now because it teeters on a horror musical IMO, and that’s also going to be another piece. 

RIP Anton Yelchin

Now that I’ve told you everything we aren’t going to talk about, let’s get into what we are. 

I had to use some pretty strict criteria for this list, and I’ll go ahead and address the elephant in the room. Yes, one of these movies is a Christmas horror movie. BUT it fits so well with the other three and our honorable mention that I couldn’t resist. 

These movies either a) predominantly feature a punk rock band and/or b) feel like they could be perfectly nestled into the lineup at Warped Tour. 

With this in mind, here are four of my favorite Punk Rock horror movies of all time: 

• The Ranger
• Uncle Peckerhead
• Green Room 
• Christmas Bloody Christmas 
• With an honorable mention to Deathgasm

I’d love to see DUH and Bitch Cat co-headline a show.

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Fear Itself into the ol’ VCR. 

Me? Writing about a horror anthology series from 2008 that only ran for one season? Never. 

I’m just a sucker for a good anthology series. I even watch AHS every season, even though I’ve lost all faith in it. 

That being said, it should come as no surprise that I love Fear Itself. If you aren’t familiar with this gem, it originated from Mick Garris’s Masters of Horror, and the format was just slightly reworked to take the concept from Showtime to NBC. 

“No, the Barbie movie isn’t anti-man.” 

Each episode features a different horror director, and both series include everyone from Stuart Gordon to John Landis. Additionally, each episode features some sort of twist, a la The Twilight Zone. 

Despite being well-executed (sometimes literally) and including up and comers like Elisabeth Moss, Jesse Plemons, and Anna Kendrick, Fear Itself was canceled, leaving us with 13 episodes to binge, over and over again. 

Since we’re in the midst of the spooky times, I thought I would give Fear Itself a well-deserved spotlight because it’s the perfect addition to your wicked watches. 

If I haven’t sold you on Fear Itself, this title card should. 

If you’re watching this series for the first time, never fear. I’ve curated a recommended watch order, so you can get the most out of your viewing experience. 

• “Eater”
• “Community”
• “New Year’s Eve” 
• “Family Man” 
• “Skin and Bones” 
• “In Sickness and in Health” 
• “Something with Bite” 
• “Echoes”
• “The Sacrifice”
• “Chance” 
• “Spooked” 
• “The Circle” 
• “The Spirit Box”

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping a dedication to KP (my mom) and Matt (my brother-in-law) into the ol’ VCR. 

Well, friends, it’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a cheesy post, so it’s time for my next one. 

You see, KP is the one who introduced me to horror, and Matt has been my horror partner-in-crime for over half of my life. Not only were the two of them born during spooky season, but they were born on the same day. Today, in fact. 

I know this is a pop culture blog, but without the two of them, I wouldn’t have been exposed to a lot of horror movies I’ve grown to love. 

Me calling my brother-in-law and telling him to watch a deranged movie. 

KP showed me all the classics like Carrie and Halloween, while Matt brought me modern gems like Slither and The Descent. 

Growing up, KP and I would binge movies on Sundays, as well as when I caught Swine Flu my senior year of high school. And, y’all, they weren’t all winners. 

However, we always had a good time, and I would give ANYTHING to have one more movie day with her. 

When Matt came into our family, he gained a movie buddy in me. My sister won’t touch most horror movies (except for Midsommar, which is truly baffling), so Matt and I would catch matinees and trade DVDs (by trade, I mean I would mostly steal and/or borrow his DVDs). 

KP whenever an explicit sex scene popped up in a horror movie. 

I still send Matt trailers, analog horror series, and everything in-between. 

Matt and KP also had a tradition of going to see the rebooted Halloween series together, and it broke his heart that she passed before Halloween Ends was released. 

I want to thank them both because they’re both very important people to me. 

KP, thank you for being my biggest fan for your entire life and beyond. 

Matt, thank you for being such a welcome addition to our family.  

I love you both very, very much. 

For KP, For Always

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the V/H/S movies into the ol’ VCR. 

Now, I’m not totally sure how to categorize these movies. I’m hesitant to label them a franchise because each film has its own wraparound and anthology entries, but the overarching theme is the same. Either way, I really dig them, with one exception. 

We won’t be talking about V/H/S: Viral. I’ve seen it exactly once, and I think it’s one of my least favorite movies of all time. However, the rest of the V/H/S movies are so good that they shouldn’t suffer for its mistakes. I digress. 

I also won’t be focusing on the individual directors for each segment. Don’t worry, several of these directors, including Adam Wingard and Ti West, will be getting their own, individual spotlights in the future. 

The one thing I would love to bring to your attention that blew my mind is that “10/31/98” from the first V/H/S film is directed by Radio Silence, aka Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, and Chad Villella, who you might know from little movies such as Scream (2022), Scream VI, and Ready or Not. Yeah, THAT Radio Silence. Shoutout to Random Number Generator Horror Podcast No. 9 for bringing that to my attention. 

Me to my dogs when I’m trying to get through a single Zoom meeting without them barking.

Before we dive into my rankings, there are a couple of things I want to talk about. First and foremost, to fully understand the V/H/S movies, we have to talk about this weird little pocket of 2012-2015 horror. During these years, we saw the likes of The Guest, It Follows, and other little gems including the first two V/H/S movies. 

Good horror comes in ebbs and flows (fortunately for us, we’ve been on the upswing for the past couple of years), and for some reason, this three or four year pocket gave us several of my favorite horror movies of all time. 

Secondly, I’m not going to rank the wraparound segments. I don’t think the wraparound segments of the V/H/S movies are bad by any means, but they tend to be the weakest entries of each film. 

I feel like “Storm Drain” is just a metaphor for how it felt to sell LuLaRoe. 

Alrighty. I’ve made you all wait long enough. I went through each of the four V/H/S movies (I meant what I said about V/H/S Viral) and ranked all of the segments (V/H/S 2 was a doozy to rank, I’ll tell you what). Let’s do this. 

V/H/S 

• “10/31/98”
• “Tuesday the 17th”
• “Amateur Night”*
• “Second Honeymoon”
• “The Sick Thing That Happened To Emily When She Was Younger” 

*This segment was adapted into the movie The Siren. 

V/H/S 2 

• “Safe Haven”
• “Slumber Party Alien Abduction”*
• “A Ride in the Park”
• “Phase I Clinical Trials”

*This segment was adapted into the movie Kids v. Aliens. 

V/H/S/94 

• “The Subject”
• “Storm Drain” 
• “The Wake” 
• “Terror” 

V/H/S/99 

• “To Hell and Back”
• “Shredding”*
• “Ozzy’s Dungeon” 
• “Suicide Bid” 

*I need a full Bitch Cat album

There you have it, friends. I can’t wait for V/H/S/85, and I love how these movies showcase amazingly talented horror directors, writers, etc…  And, tbh, some of these segments are better than full-length horror movies I’ve watched. It’s also one of the only series that I still look forward to new entries of. 

Hail Raatma.

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Claire C. Holland’s I Am Not Your Final Girl into the ol’ VCR. 

Note: This piece won’t contain my regular photos with jokes in the captions because it didn’t seem appropriate. 

I stumbled upon I Am Not Your Final Girl while scrolling through the internet one day, and I was immediately sold. Published in 2017, Claire C. Holland takes the final girls we’ve come to know and love and examines their trauma through a realistic lens. Sure, we cheer and applaud when our girl finally defeats the big bad, but what happens after the credits roll?

More importantly, Holland strips away the haunting score and special effects, and not only portrays the likes of Laurie and Sally, but more complex female horror leads like May and Carrie. Additionally, the phrase “final girl” doesn’t necessarily apply to all of the women Holland drew inspiration from; some of these characters don’t make it out alive. 

However, I think it makes it all the more powerful. Not to mention this was written during a certain administration with a certain orange man with tiny hands who doesn’t deserve to be named. 

I do want to give some CWs/TWs in advance. This collection is broken into four sections, with the first being Assault. These poems are from the perspective of women who have been r*ped, experienced SA, and/or were brutally attacked. Many of these themes do continue throughout the collection, so I’d recommend reading with caution if any of the things I’ve mentioned are triggering. 

I Am Not Your Final Girl is not only a must-read for horror fans, but for any women, trans women (who are women, thank you), femme-presenting peeps, and/or non-binary peeps (if you aren’t triggered by the things I mentioned earlier). It’s poignant, and the way Holland describes iconic works of horror is truly beautiful. 

I’d also say I Am Not Your Final Girl is a must-read for men. The people in your life who identify in the groups I mentioned above more than likely have a horror story. Whether they’ve been catcalled in the street, groped without permission at a bar, or worse, they have a story.

I’ve personally been groped, gaslit, grabbed, you name it. 

To bring us home, I’ll leave you with an excerpt from the Introduction. 

“Not all the women in this book are survivors, much as I wish they were. They’re final girls in my heart, though, and I hold them the closest. These are the women I feel raging inside me, the women whose pain and fury help me deal with my own darkest moments. They show me I can be stronger. They show me that I’m not alone. I cherish them all for going down fighting, and for taking a piece of their oppressors as they go.”

Claire C. Holland, I Am Not Your Final Girl

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the Friday the 13th franchise into the ol’ VCR. 

I feel like I’ve made a lot of controversial statements on this blog, and I’m about to make another: the Friday the 13th franchise isn’t my favorite. 

Now, before you run off with another counselor and leave me to drown, hear me out. 

I still enjoy the franchise, and I respect it. Any franchise that has appearances from both Kevin Bacon and Crispin Glover is a-okay in my book. Additionally, I’ve made multiple people watch Jason X with me on dates, and I don’t know what that says about me as a person. 

Who knew Jason was a comedian at heart?

Jason’s just never really done it for me like Michael Myers or Ghostface. He doesn’t have the (metaphorical) camp of Freddy or Chucky. He just does his own thing, unless he’s ripped out of hell and forced to cut down every single popular teen star of the early 2000s. 

However, it felt wrong to not throw him a bone when I was doing pieces about the other franchises, let alone the fact that there’s a Friday the 13th in October this year. 

Jason, I salute you, and I feel like we would be the kind of friends who never hang out and only like each other’s posts on Instagram. 🫡

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Vintage Eight’s YouTube channel into the ol’ VCR. 

Okay, friends. YouTube is, once again, running the horror game. Instead of a specific series, we’re going to focus on an entire channel, Vintage Eight. 

Vintage Eight’s analog horror series are crafted in a way I haven’t seen from other accounts. The basic format of each series is simple, but I think that’s what makes it most effective. 

Vintage Eight relies on the story instead of its accompanying media to make our skin crawl. Through a mix of voice-over and stock photos and images mixed with new and/or altered images and videos, Vintage Eight’s unique storytelling is what really drew me to their channel. 

To no one’s surprise, I first learned of Vintage Eight from Baz’s channel (go like their videos and subscribe to both of their channels, plz) when I watched him cover The Children Under the House. 

I know I’ve said this before, but I would watch the HELL out of a film adaptation of The Children Under the House. I can see how the scenes would potentially play out in my head. Lin Shaye would absolutely be involved. Blumhouse, you know what to do. 

Additionally, I watched Baz’s reaction video for The Tangi Virus and was immediately transported back to watching the likes of Resident Evil for the first time. 

I was most recently smitten with The Oracle Project/The Human Trial series, wherein we see first-hand how dangerous AI can become. 

Another truly impressive component to the Vintage Eight channel is that many of these series are interconnected. Much like Kris Straub’s Ichor Falls, Vintage Eight has created Cate’s Crossing, a fictional mecca for supernatural, paranormal, and uh, all-around super messed up activity. 

Vintage Eight’s channel is a delightful hub of creepy content and diabolical delights. From series to shorts, there’s plenty of content to enjoy until it’s time to turn off the lights. 

Just know you might not be alone once you flip the light switch.