Best Horror of September 2026: Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil,’ Adam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught,’ a Lizzie Borden Miniseries and More — SkimNews
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- Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' opens Sept. 18 via Columbia Pictures/Sony, with Austin Abrams starring in a gory zombie adaptation the column calls 'a departure from the director's previous work' following his 'Weapons' breakout.
- Adam Wingard's 'Onslaught' opens Sept. 4 via A24, starring Adria Arjona as a trailer-park mother fighting super soldiers — described as 'a little John Carpenter, a little Terminator and a ton of fun.'
- 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story' debuts Sept. 17 on Netflix, with Sarah Paulson, Vicky Krieps, Charlie Hunnam and Rebecca Hall starring in Ian Brennan's anthology take on the late-1800s axe murders.
- Na Hong-jin's 'Hope' opens Sept. 9 via Neon — the 'The Wailing' director's creature feature about monsters descending on an isolated community, which debuted at Cannes earlier this year.
- 'The Creep Tapes' returns for Season 3 on Shudder on Sept. 15, with Mark Duplass reprising his slasher role as Peachfuzz and Kate Siegel among the guest stars.
- Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness program runs Sept. 10-20, world-premiering Anna Biller's 'The Face of Horror' — her follow-up to 'The Love Witch' — alongside the vampire martial arts Western 'HALF.'
- Fantastic Fest runs Sept. 17-24 in Austin, with world premieres including Adam Egypt Mortimer's 'Pathetic Fallacy' and Mike P. Nelson's giant snake movie 'Beware Boiuna.'
Why it matters: With Resident Evil, Onslaught, and the Lizzie Borden series debuting within a two-week stretch — and TIFF Midnight Madness (Sept. 10-20) and Fantastic Fest (Sept. 17-24) overlapping — September 2026 becomes an unusually compressed horror pipeline spanning theaters, streaming, and festival premieres in a single calendar month.
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