All the Horror Movies and Shows You Can Stream This Week at Home or Watch in Theaters, Including a New Sequel
The first week of March brings a terrifyingly diverse slate of new horror content to screens across the world, offering something to haunt every type of viewer. From high-octane sci-fi survival stories to grotesque psychological thrillers and backwoods slasher sequels, the genre is delivering massive thrills. Whether you are heading to the cinema for a highly anticipated theatrical screening or searching for a chilling new television series to binge at home, the upcoming lineup is stacked with intense scares. Here is a comprehensive look at all the major horror movies and shows coming out this week to satisfy your craving for fear.
‘Whistle’ (2026)
A group of high school misfits unleashes terror after discovering an ancient Aztec death whistle tied to a sinister supernatural force. Directed by Corin Hardy, this supernatural horror film stars Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, and Nick Frost as individuals who discover that the sound the whistle emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events. Audiences can catch ‘Whistle’ when it has its VOD and streaming premiere on March 3.
‘The Strangers: Chapter 3’ (2026)
Maya faces masked killers in the climactic installment of the brutal slasher saga, escalating the terror to its final confrontation. Madelaine Petsch returns to finish out the trilogy as her character finds herself hiding from murderous Venus locals with smiley face tattoos. The film answers lingering questions with flashbacks revealing the backstories of the killers, known as Scarecrow and Dollface, as well as the dark history of the rural timber town. The concluding movie, ‘The Strangers: Chapter 3’, hits VOD and streaming platforms for its premiere on March 6.
‘War Machine’ (2026)
Army Ranger trainees encounter a deadly, unknown threat during a survival exercise that quickly turns into a desperate fight for their lives. Alan Ritchson stars as Candidate 81, a combat engineer who must lead his anonymous team against a giant otherworldly killing machine during the final 24 hours of the world’s toughest selection program. Directed and co-written by Patrick Hughes, the sci-fi action film also features Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, and Jai Courtney. ‘War Machine’ will make its exclusive movie premiere globally on the Netflix platform on March 6.
‘The Bride!’ (2026)
Starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Peter Sarsgaard, this genre-blending drama-horror-romance explores a terrifying supernatural mystery. Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the narrative reimagines Mary Shelley’s classic novel as a lonely Frankenstein travels to Chicago in the 1930s to ask a scientist to create a companion for him. They revive a murdered young woman, and the titular bride is born, unleashing a wild movement and a combustible romance. Filmed entirely with IMAX-certified digital cameras, ‘The Bride!’ is scheduled for a limited theatrical IMAX release on March 6.
‘The Good Boy’ (2026)
Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough star in a twisted story of crime, horror, and mystery that keeps audiences entirely on edge. The narrative follows a 19-year-old hooligan who is abducted by a mysterious man after a bender and wakes up chained in the basement of an isolated suburban family home. The dysfunctional married couple and their young son set out to reform the unruly teenager’s behavior, forcing him to comply with relentless mind games in a bizarre forced rehabilitation process. Originally titled ‘Good Boy’, ‘Heel’ arrives in cinemas for a limited release via Magnolia Pictures on March 4.
‘Dolly’ (2026)
Fabianne Therese, Russ Tiller, Michalina Scorzelli, and Kate Cobb confront a chilling horror scenario in this indie psychological thriller. The story centers on a young woman who is abducted during a woodland camping trip with her boyfriend by a menacing, towering figure wearing a cracked porcelain doll mask. The uncommunicative killer, played by professional wrestler Max the Impaler, craves a child and treats the kidnapped woman like a baby in a grotesque domestic nightmare. Heavily inspired by 1970s grindhouse cinema, ‘Dolly’ arrives in theaters for a limited release from IFC Films on March 4.
‘NFT: Cursed Images’ (2026)
A group of crypto-savvy friends begins experiencing strange occurrences after buying into a highly coveted NFT collection called Crypto Horrors. The collection turns out to be cursed, and the digital monsters depicted in the non-fungible tokens soon begin to physically manifest in the real world to stalk their owners. As conventional methods of deleting or reselling the digital assets fail, panic spreads across online communities reporting similar deadly phenomena. Directed by Jonas Odenheimer, ‘NFT: Cursed Images’ will make its streaming premiere on March 6.
‘The Hermit’ (2026)
Two teenagers venture off the trail during a woodland vacation and suddenly find a heap of human body parts hanging around an isolated farm. They are soon forced to fight for their lives against a feral, hearing-impaired pig farmer who hunts humans and processes them into jerky. Starring Lou Ferrigno in his first creature role since his days playing the titular character in ‘The Incredible Hulk’, the film delivers a heavy dose of action-packed cannibalistic terror. This unconventional backwoods slasher, ‘The Hermit’, makes its digital debut when it arrives for its streaming premiere on March 3.
Please share your thoughts in the comments regarding which of these terrifying new horror releases you are most excited to watch this week.