Eli Roth’s Latest Film a Sticky Mess, X-Files Goes R-Rated, and Can a Slasher Really be Elevated? Horror Roundup
Catch up on all the horror headlines in our early August 2026 roundup. Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man faces brutal walkouts and AI accusations during early previews, Chris Carter announces an R-rated director’s cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe for Hulu, and Jane Schoenbrun’s elevated slasher Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma earns rave critical reviews.
The Devil’s Mouth (2026) Ending Explained – Did Sara Survive and Was Max Toxic?
We are diving deep into the murky waters of Jeff Wadlow’s The Devil’s Mouth (2026) to explain that crushing ending. How exactly is a massive bull shark surviving in a freshwater cave system? And how does Sara’s incredibly toxic friendship with Max lead to catastrophe? Read our full breakdown of this thoroughly disappointing creature feature.
SOULM8TE (2026) Ending Explained – Examining AI Logic and Those Final Scenes
We are breaking down the ending of Kate Dolan’s sci-fi B-movie Soulm8te (2026). Why did Sara spiral from a helpful android companion into a limb-snapping stalker? It turns out that trying to code the perfect, submissive yet independent woman creates an impossible paradox. Read our full explanation of the bittersweet climax and what that creepy epilogue actually means.
SOULM8TE (2026) Review – Enjoyable Cheesy B-Movie Fun
Director Kate Dolan heads into the M3GAN universe with Soulm8te (2026), a campy sci-fi thriller about a grieving widower who buys a companion android and stupidly disables her safety protocols. While it lacks the razor-sharp script and slick presentation of something like Companion, Lily Sullivan delivers a fun, uncanny performance as the limb-snapping AI. Go in expecting 1950s-style robot cheese rather than serious eroticism and you will have a good time.
The Devil’s Mouth (2026) Review – A Killer Shark With No Teeth
Amazon Prime’s The Devil’s Mouth (2026) traps a talented Kathryn Newton in a painfully dull, PG-13 cave shark thriller. With barely ten minutes of actual aquatic action stretched across a bloated runtime, you will spend most of this movie watching unlikable characters clinging to wet rocks in the dark. Skip this bloodless slog unless you are a die hard Newton fan.
Velvicide (2026) Review – Flawed but Enjoyable Indie Horror
Taking a spin on the Tubi roulette wheel brings us to Velvicide (2026), a micro-budget psychological horror that punches way above its weight. While it suffers from a padded runtime and laughable props like a googly-eyed villain mask, an absolutely stellar lead performance from Gea Rose Henry makes this a character study worth your time. If you like intimate indie horror, check it out.
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SOULM8TE (2026) Review – Enjoyable Cheesy B-Movie Fun
Director Kate Dolan heads into the M3GAN universe with Soulm8te (2026), a campy sci-fi thriller about a grieving widower who buys a companion android and stupidly disables her safety protocols. While it lacks the razor-sharp script and slick presentation of something like Companion, Lily Sullivan delivers a fun, uncanny performance as the limb-snapping AI. Go in expecting 1950s-style robot cheese rather than serious eroticism and you will have a good time.
The Devil’s Mouth (2026) Review – A Killer Shark With No Teeth
Amazon Prime’s The Devil’s Mouth (2026) traps a talented Kathryn Newton in a painfully dull, PG-13 cave shark thriller. With barely ten minutes of actual aquatic action stretched across a bloated runtime, you will spend most of this movie watching unlikable characters clinging to wet rocks in the dark. Skip this bloodless slog unless you are a die hard Newton fan.
Velvicide (2026) Review – Flawed but Enjoyable Indie Horror
Taking a spin on the Tubi roulette wheel brings us to Velvicide (2026), a micro-budget psychological horror that punches way above its weight. While it suffers from a padded runtime and laughable props like a googly-eyed villain mask, an absolutely stellar lead performance from Gea Rose Henry makes this a character study worth your time. If you like intimate indie horror, check it out.
Scary Movie (2026) Review – Spoof Rebootical Disappoints
The long awaited Scary Movie (2026) rebootical reunites the Wayans brothers with Anna Faris and Regina Hall, but it completely fumbles the execution. Weighed down by a severely bloated cast and thirty minutes of joke-free character introductions, it misses obvious parody targets in favour of baffling choices. Faris and Hall still bring the laughs, but you should save your money and wait for streaming.
The Bay (2026) Review – Dishwater Dull Plunge Into Boredom
Marketed as a killer tiger shark film, The Bay (2026) is actually just a dishwater dull drama about unlikable people bailing water out of a sinking boat. If you are looking for actual toothy carnage and b-movie thrills, you need to look elsewhere. This aquatic thriller completely forgets to include the sharks. Skip it and watch Deep Water instead.
Evil Dead Burn (2026) Review – Deadites are Back in Gross-Out Splatter-Horror
Evil Dead Burn (2026) brings the Deadites back for another round of glorious, stomach-turning splatter. While it gets completely bogged down by a sluggish 40-minute setup and a laughably bad CGI climax, the practical gore effects and downright repulsive kills make it a blast for hardcore hounds. Just think of it as a standalone monster movie rather than a true Evil Dead classic.
The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026) Review – It’s Finally Over
Renny Harlin’s disastrous reboot trilogy finally comes to a merciful close with The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026). This final entry strips away everything that made the 2008 original a modern classic, replacing genuine terror with mind-numbing repetition and an exhausted performance from Madelaine Petsch. Unless you are a desperate completionist, this is an incredibly easy skip.
Primate (2025) Review – Enormously Fun Killer Chimp B-Movie
Director Johannes Roberts trades the sharks for a killer chimpanzee in Primate (2025). While the script is thin and the human cast is completely unlikable, the movie leans hard into brutal splatter gore and genuine B-movie tension. It takes a minute to get going but once Ben the chimp starts tearing faces off, it becomes a ridiculously fun and visceral watch.
Horror Lists
The Naughty List: 14 Dark Christmas Horror Movies for Festive Nihilists (Updated 2025)
Tired of forced festive cheer? Lock the doors and embrace the gloom. We rank 14 of the bleakest, most disturbing Dark Christmas Horror Movies ever made. From Inside to Terrifier 3, this is the ultimate watch list for the holiday scrooge.
Holiday Screams: 12 So-Bad-They’re-Good Christmas Horror Films… Plus One Bonus Nightmare
Sick of the same old festive frights? I scraped the bottom of the streaming barrel to find 12 obscure, so-bad-they’re-good Christmas horror movies you’ve probably never heard of. Featuring budget-less slashers, luchador ghosts, and questionable acting, this is the ultimate countdown of festive trash.
Season’s Bleedings: 14 Goriest Christmas Horror Movies of All Time (Updated 2025)
Forget the mulled wine and mince pies; we are serving up buckets of blood today. If you are sick of the saccharine sweetness of the season and want something a little sharper, you’ve come to the right place. We have expanded our list to bring you the 14 absolute goriest Christmas horror movies ever made. From French Extremity nightmares to cannibalistic family feasts, these films are guaranteed to ruin your festive spirit. Let’s take a look.
The Frights Before Christmas: 25 Festive Horror Movies Ranked
Yule Be Screaming! We have updated our ultimate festive guide to include 25 Christmas Horror Movies Ranked. From absolute lumps of coal like the 2019 Black Christmas remake to festive masterpieces like Gremlins and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Find out which holiday horrors deserve a spot on your Nice list this year.
30 November & Thanksgiving Horror Movies Perfect For Following Up On Halloween
Halloween’s nearly over, but the dread lingers… November brings its own unique chills. We’ve gathered 30 horror films set against the backdrop of late autumn and Thanksgiving. Discover your perfect gloomy-weather watch inside!
Ho-Ho-Homicide: 20 Christmas Slasher Movies Ranked From Naughty to Nice (Updated 2025)
Ho-Ho-Homicide! We’ve updated our ultimate festive guide to include 20 Christmas Slasher Movies Ranked. From the coal-worthy disasters like Jack Frost to genre-defining classics like Black Christmas and modern gore-fests like Terrifier 3. Find out which killer Santa movies belong on your Nice list this year.
Endings Explained
The Devil’s Mouth (2026) Ending Explained – Did Sara Survive and Was Max Toxic?
We are diving deep into the murky waters of Jeff Wadlow’s The Devil’s Mouth (2026) to explain that crushing ending. How exactly is a massive bull shark surviving in a freshwater cave system? And how does Sara’s incredibly toxic friendship with Max lead to catastrophe? Read our full breakdown of this thoroughly disappointing creature feature.
SOULM8TE (2026) Ending Explained – Examining AI Logic and Those Final Scenes
We are breaking down the ending of Kate Dolan’s sci-fi B-movie Soulm8te (2026). Why did Sara spiral from a helpful android companion into a limb-snapping stalker? It turns out that trying to code the perfect, submissive yet independent woman creates an impossible paradox. Read our full explanation of the bittersweet climax and what that creepy epilogue actually means.
Hive (2026) Ending Explained – The Hive Mind and the Missing Babysitters
Think pristine suburban lawns are safe? Try looking beneath the playground slides of Coral Grove. If thq frantic, sugar-fueled climax of Tubi Original Hive (2026) left you scratching your head, we are completely untangling the puzzle box. From the monstrous mechanics of the parasitic hive mind to the film’s sharp allegory on racialised class warfare. We break it all down in this Hive ending explained.
Passenger (2026) Ending Explained – The Highwayman Demon & The Hobo Code
“Think ‘van life’ is an aesthetic dream? Think again. In Passenger (2026), a couple’s search for ultimate freedom on the open road turns into a supernatural drag race with a shape-shifting demon from hell. If that chaotic final showdown at the unmapped church left you spinning, we are breaking down the entire highway mythos… From the historical Hobo Code cryptograms to the dark, theological inversion of Saint Christopher himself”. We explain it all.
Affection (2025) Ending Explained – Clearing Up The Madness
Affection (2025) flips the standard domestic thriller on its head, trading spooky hauntings for a cold, mechanised nightmare of sci-fi necromancy. If that explosive final act left your brain completely fried, we are breaking down the entire puzzle box. From the horrific mechanics of “Total Identity Rejection” and the tragic reality behind little Alice, to that devastating double-twist in the burning barn – here is the ending to Affection completely untangled.
Obsession (2026) Ending Explained – Be Careful what You Wish For!
What does that twisted ending mean for Bear and Nikki? We dissect Curry Barker’s Obsession (2026), breaking down the rules of the One Wish Willow, the horror of the identity overwrite, and why Bear is the real villain of the story. No dull plot recaps, just the answers you need.
