Sundance Film Festival Reveals Its Star-Studded 2026 Horror Titles
The festival's final year in Park City is going to be a big one.
It’s that time of year: Sundance Film Festival is right around the corner, and as it prepares for its final year in Park City, Utah, where the festival was founded by the late Robert Redford, the Sundance Institute has announced the feature-length films that will be screening both in person and online — including several hotly anticipated horror films.
Some of the horror titles featured in Sundance’s Midnight section, which includes everything from horror and thrillers to off-the-wall comedies, include Buddy, starring Cristin Milioti and Topher Grace, Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant, Rock Springs, starring Benedict Wong and Kelly Marie Tran, the Australian horror Saccharine, Ian Tuason’s undertone, and queer horror Leviticus. These terrifying titles are also joined by the documentary The Best Summer, a documentary featuring bands like Bikini Kill, Sonic Youth, and the Beastie Boys.
Also screening as part of the festival’s Episodic Programming are the first three episodes of Bait, a new thriller series starring and created by Riz Ahmed. Also featuring comedian Guz Khan, the series follows a struggling actor whose life spirals out of control after auditioning for the role of a lifetime, landing himself in the middle of a terrifying conspiracy.
But that’s not all — a few thrillers have snuck their way into the festival’s main programming. With a cast that includes Natalie Portman, Jenna Ortega