{"id":467171,"date":"2026-02-13T23:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/467171\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:52:12","slug":"friday-february-13-these-8-new-horror-movies-just-released-for-friday-the-13th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/467171\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, February 13 – These 8 New Horror Movies Just Released for Friday the 13th"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the first of three Friday the 13ths this year, and the horror genre never lets a Friday the 13th pass by without unleashing a handful of new nightmares. This one is no exception.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s all the new horror released on Friday, February 13, 2026!<\/p>\n

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.<\/a><\/p>\n

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After\u00a0Good Boy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Presence<\/a> told haunted house tales from unique perspectives \u2014 a dog and a ghost, respectively \u2014 we now have a haunted house movie from the house\u2019s point of view.<\/p>\n

The House Was Not Hungry Then is available on Digital now.<\/p>\n

The unique Scottish horror movie revolves around an abandoned house in the Scottish countryside that holds a terrible secret. Day after day, a man posing as a real estate agent lures visitors inside, and one by one they disappear. One night a young woman searching for her estranged father takes refuge inside, but soon begins to feel she\u2019s not alone.<\/p>\n

As she gets closer to learning the truth about her father, she explores the dark interior and eavesdrops on the disturbing relationship between the house and its caretaker.<\/p>\n

Writer-director\u00a0Harry Aspinwall\u00a0makes his feature debut on the film, which stars\u00a0Bobby Rainsbury\u00a0(Filth),\u00a0Clive Russell\u00a0(\u201cGame of Thrones\u201d), and\u00a0Bill Paterson\u00a0(The Witches).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0psychological sci-fi horror slow-burner Honey Bunch from Dusty Mancinelli\u00a0and Madeleine Sims-Fewer (Violation) is now streaming exclusively on Shudder in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The film follows Diana, who wakes from a coma with fragmented memories. Her husband takes her to a facility deep in the wilderness, but she can\u2019t remember why. As her memories begin to creep back in, so do some unwelcome sinister truths about her marriage.<\/p>\n

Grace Glowicki\u00a0(\u201cStrawberry Mansion\u201d),\u00a0Ben Petrie\u00a0(BlackBerry),\u00a0Jason Isaacs\u00a0(\u201cThe White Lotus\u201d),\u00a0Kate Dickie\u00a0(The Witch),\u00a0India Brown\u00a0(\u201cInvasion\u201d), and\u00a0Julian Richings\u00a0(Cube) star.<\/p>\n

Meagan Navarro\u00a0wrote in her review<\/a>\u00a0out of TIFF, \u201cIt\u2019s as ambitious as it is weird, making for one unpredictable foray into sci-fi horror weirdness with a sticky-sweet center.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Based on the hit horror video game, The Mortuary Assistant is now playing only in select theaters via Epic Pictures. You\u2019ll find it streaming on Shudder beginning\u00a0March 27.<\/p>\n

The Mortuary Assistant follows newly certified mortician Rebecca Owens, who accepts a night shift at a mortuary, embalming bodies alone after hours. As disturbing events escalate, Rebecca uncovers demonic rituals, the dark secrets of her enigmatic mentor, and her own buried trauma \u2014 racing to survive the night before her body becomes a vessel for possession.<\/p>\n

Willa Holland\u00a0(\u201cArrow\u201d) and\u00a0Paul Sparks\u00a0(\u201cBoardwalk Empire\u201d) star, with\u00a0Mark Steger (\u201cStranger Things\u201d) as The Mimic.\u00a0The Mortuary Assistant\u00a0creator\u00a0Brian Clarke\u00a0co-wrote the script with\u00a0Tracee Beebe.\u00a0Jeremiah Kipp\u00a0(Slapface) directs.<\/p>\n

Originally released on PC in 2022, The Mortuary Assistant quickly became a viral sensation and made its way to Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. The film will expand on the game\u2019s world, delving deeper into the lore of the demonic entities plaguing River Fields.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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A quiet night shift gets explosive in gross-out ways for\u00a0Joe Keery\u00a0(\u201cStranger Things\u00a0\u201c) and\u00a0Georgina Campbell\u00a0(Barbarian,\u00a0The Watchers) in the sci-fi horror comedy Cold Storage.<\/p>\n

The film is now playing only in theaters.<\/p>\n

In Cold Storage, \u201cTeacake (Keery) and Naomi (Campbell), two young employees of a self-storage company built on the site of an old US military base, have their wildest night shift ever when a parasitic fungus escapes from the lowest sublevel of the base, where it was sealed by the government decades before. As the temperature rises underground, this highly contagious and rapidly mutating microorganism multiplies and unleashes its brain-controlling, body-bursting terrors on the facility\u2019s inhabitants \u2013 human and otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith time running out, it\u2019s down to Teacake and Naomi, with the help of a grizzled retired bioterror operative (Liam Neeson), to contain the merciless menace and prevent the explosive extinction of Mankind itself.\u201d Sosie Bacon<\/a>\u00a0(Smile),\u00a0Vanessa Redgrave\u00a0(Mission: Impossible), and\u00a0Lesley Manville\u00a0(Phantom Thread) also star in the horror-comedy.<\/p>\n

The follow-up feature to\u00a0Jurassic World: Rebirth\u00a0and\u00a0Presence\u00a0from esteemed writer\u00a0David Koepp\u00a0(Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her), based on Koepp\u2019s novel of the same name, is directed by\u00a0Jonny Campbell\u00a0(Netflix\u2019s\u00a0Dracula).\u00a0Zombieland\u2019s\u00a0Gavin Polone\u00a0produces.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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A teenage dream becomes a rock star\u2019s nightmare in\u00a0Sweetness, which looks like a modern riff on\u00a0Misery through a Gen Z lens. The thriller is now available on VOD via Saban Films.<\/p>\n

In Sweetness, \u201cWhen a superfan learns that her rock star idol is spiraling into addiction, she makes it her mission to save him, whether he wants her help or not. But when her desperate plan spirals out of control, she kidnaps him in a delusional attempt to \u201cfix\u201d him. What begins as compassion turns into captivity, as she locks him away in the name of love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kate Hallett\u00a0(Women Talking) and\u00a0Herman T\u00f8mmeraas\u00a0(\u201cRagnarok\u201d) star with\u00a0Aya Furukawa\u00a0(\u201cThe Midnight Club\u201d),\u00a0Justin Chatwin\u00a0(War of the Worlds),\u00a0Steven Ogg\u00a0(\u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d), and\u00a0Amanda Brugel\u00a0(Jason X). Juno Award-winning Canadian writer-director\u00a0Emma Higgins makes her feature debut with Sweetness.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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From\u00a0Popeye the Slayer Man\u00a0producer Jeff Miller, the\u00a0Twisted Serial Killer Universe\u00a0kicks off with\u00a0Ted Bunny. No, that\u2019s not a typo. And it\u2019s now available on VOD outlets.<\/p>\n

Ted Bunny introduces the illegitimate son of serial killer Ted Bundy. Raised around rabbits, the crazed heir goes on a killing spree after a documentary crew shows up at his house.<\/p>\n

Genre legend\u00a0Dee Wallace\u00a0(E.T., Cujo) stars alongside\u00a0Diana Roman, Brad Satterwhite, Trent Avvenire, Zanna Wyatt,\u00a0and\u00a0Bryan Palacios\u00a0as Ted Bundy.<\/p>\n

Michael Fredianelli directs from a script he wrote with Maralynn Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe film is a throwback to old school horror with a traditional \u201980s style primarily meant to evoke nostalgic thrills,\u201d said Fredianelli. \u201cMy goal was to balance an interesting and compelling origin story that ties into real-life horror, while maintaining the slasher spirit of crazy kills, idiots in the woods, and awful characters ultimately getting exactly what they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller\u2019s Twisted Serial Killer Universe will continue in\u00a0Jeffrey Dollmer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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From the mind of\u00a0Kristoffer Polaha\u00a0comes his directorial debut,\u00a0Mimics, a genre-bending blend of horror, fun, and romance that\u2019s now playing in theaters for Friday the 13th.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the logline: \u201cDown-on-his-luck impressionist Sam Reinhold makes a pact with Fergus\u2014a wicked, strings-attached puppet\u2014that holds the promise to propel Sam to stardom, unleashing a nightmare that threatens the safety of those he holds dear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Filmed in Reno, Nevada,\u00a0Mimics\u00a0stars Nashville-based Latina Country singer M\u014driah,\u00a0Saturday Night Live\u00a0icon\u00a0Chris Parnell, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Polaha himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was drawn to this unique story that explores fame and the supernatural, while managing to be at turns funny, romantic, and spooky,\u201d says Polaha. \u201cThe movie is a romp. Working on both sides of the camera to tell this story was an extremely gratifying experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s all just part of the show\u2026 right? The latest horror movie to turn a haunted attraction into a real-life murder party is The Haunted Forest, which is now available on VOD outlets.<\/p>\n

In The Haunted Forest, \u201cWhen Zach, a high-school senior obsessed with all things horror and Halloween, goes to work at his cousin\u2019s famous haunted forest attraction, a series of real-life killings makes him question his devotion to the world of the macabre.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indie horror newcomer Keith Boynton wrote and directed The Haunted Forest.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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