Our Most Anticipated November Horror Releases
From Victorian Psycho to The Body
by Alex Kaan 2 November 2026
Bleecker Street
While Halloween may be over, there are plenty of chilling films and TV series to ensure your spooky season doesn’t have to end on October 31st. From serial killer series (Dexter: Resurrection, Sweetpea) to a Gothic horror comedy with Maika Monroe (Victorian Psycho), these are the horror titles you can’t miss this November.
Trauma or, Monsters All (November 4th)
Dark Sky Films
When an aspiring author writes an article for a local paper about a small town’s dark history, buried secrets begin to surface as a werewolf, a vampire, and a Frankenstein creation all emerge to terrorise Talbot Falls in Larry Fessenden’s crossover sequel to Habit, Depraved, and Blackout.
Godzilla Minus Zero (November 6th)
Toho
In this sequel to the 2023 kaiju epic Godzilla Minus One, a critical and commercial hit which took home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, the titular monster sets his sights on America. Stars Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe return in what will be the first-ever Japanese production filmed for IMAX.
New Group (November 6th)
Shudder
Japanese director Yûta Shimotsu’s follow-up to Best Wishes to All, which won the Overlook Film Festival’s Scariest Feature Award in 2025, is an uncanny film about a cult-like high school which forces its students to participate in a series of increasingly disturbing tasks under threat of violence.
The Institute (November 8th)
MGM+
MGM+’s Stephen King adaptation starring Ben Barnes returns for a second season in which Luke (Joe Freeman) and his supernaturally gifted friends try to definitively defeat the nefarious Institute, which has now received backing from a sinister Elon Musk-esque tech billionaire (Alfie Allen).
The Body (November 11th)
Netflix
On Halloween night, an all-girls dance squad tumbles into Catholic guilt, unholy desires, and ghostly visions when an initiation goes to hell. Describing the series as “gritty camp”, showrunner Quinn Shephard has cited Jennifer’s Body, Mean Girls, and Carrie as inspirations.
The Good Daughter (November 12th)
Sky / Peacock
Renowned crime novelist Karin Slaughter adapts her best-selling novel of the same name with this Southern Gothic psychological thriller series about an act of violence that forces two sisters (Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy) to confront the buried secrets of a tragedy from two decades earlier.
Victorian Psycho (November 13th)
Bleecker Street
Adapted from Virginia Feito’s novel of the same name (billed as Jane Eyre meets American Psycho), this Gothic horror film follows a governess (scream queen Maika Monroe) who arrives at a remote manor, where staff members begin to inexplicably disappear.
Tinsman Road (November 13th)
Shudder
From queer horror filmmaker Robbie Banfitch (The Outwaters), this Shudder exclusive follows a young filmmaker who ventures into the backwoods of New Jersey to find his missing sister in an atmospheric found footage nightmare filled with a haunted house, a creepy music box, and eerie home video tapes.
Dead of Night (November 13th)
Level 33 Entertainment
In this small-town slasher starring Dermot Mulroney (Insidious: Chapter 3, American Horror Story), a sheriff and his determined daughter rally to uncover the brutal killer’s identity and save their home.
The Host (November 20th)
Tri-Star Pictures
Returning to theatres for its 20th anniversary, this monster film from Bong Joon-ho (Memories of Murder, Parasite) follows a food vendor (Song Kang-ho) and his family who rally to rescue his daughter when she is captured by a giant squid-like creature.
Point Pleasant Tapes (November 24th)
Wild Eye Releasing
Presented as recovered tapes from 1987, this riff on The Blair Witch Project follows three friends who went looking for the legendary Mothman in the woods of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and never returned.
Sweetpea (November 26th)
Sky
In this darkly comic serial killer series in the vein of Dexter, Ella Purnell returns as the wallflower-turned-murderer Rhiannon Lewis (Fallout, Yellowjackets) as she navigates a new promotion, an irresistible rebound (Rish Shah of Overcompensating and Do Revenge), and a copycat killer threatening to expose her.
The Holy Boy (November 27th)
Shudder
When a grief-stricken teacher accepts a job at an Italian mountain village, dubbed “The Valley of Smiles” by locals, he discovers the strange secret to the community’s happiness: a lonely teen can rid them of their pain with a single hug. Blending Carrie and The Wicker Man, this queer horror film was a hit at Venice last year.
Dexter: Resurrection (Streaming every Friday)
Paramount+
This second season of the revival series of the Showtime classic follows America’s favourite serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) as he navigates a midlife crisis and two new murderers, the New York Ripper (Brian Cox of The Ring and Succession) and the Five Borough Killer (scream king Dan Stevens, Abigail).
Nocturne (Streaming every Friday)
Apple TV
In this new psychological crime thriller series from Apple TV, a former homicide detective (Liev Schreiber, Scream 2) relocates to a small Pennsylvania town, which comes under attack from an imprisoned serial killer (Stephen Graham, Adolescence). To stop him, he must team up with an undercover agent (Zazie Beetz, They Will Kill You).
Yaga (Streaming every Friday)
Sky
With sex, witchcraft, and an atmospheric coastal small-town setting, this eerie horror mystery follows a detective (The Vampire Lestat’s Noah Reid) investigating the disappearance of the young heir to a powerful fishery (Hudson Williams of Heated Rivalry fame). Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix) also stars.