LONDON, September 12 — The story begins, as these things often do, with a list.
On September 8, culture and entertainment editor Trent Moore published his fall 2026 movie preview on his Substack newsletter, Static on the TV, under the title “Fall 2026 movie preview: 10 sci-fi and horror movies to watch this fall.” The subtitle sets the terms plainly: “Here’s what to keep an eye out for on the big screen (and streaming) this fall.” Moore is a freelancer whose work has appeared at the AV Club, SYFY, Paste Magazine and NBC Insider, and he describes himself, with some humour, as an award-winning (and -losing) journalist.
The post is a personal list, he states, one that skews hard into sci-fi and horror with a few action and general-interest titles mixed in. He had already published a companion deep dive into the television he planned to watch that fall; the movie calendar update, he writes, covers what is worth watching as the year heads toward winter.
A loaded slate, and where it ends
Moore characterises the fall slate as loaded. At its heart is a run of horror for Halloween season, alongside mid-level franchise fare and originals that will hold down the calendar until the next big Marvel release, Avengers: Doomsday, arrives in December. That December arrival is the end point of the fall window as Moore frames it.
The preview names three titles in the excerpted portion. First, an Apple streaming original movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh — a buddy-cop action vibe built around a road trip across Soviet Russia.
Moore says the film has gotten solid reviews and is a lot of fun for fans of Reynolds’ vibe. Second, an A24 action-horror film directed by Adam Wingard, centred on a sniper fighting to protect her daughter from an army of engineered super soldiers who have broken loose from a secret military facility. Reviews have been mixed, Moore notes, but he calls it worth adding to the watch list for fans of big, wild action.
Cregger’s turn at an IP property
Third, a film from horror filmmaker Zach Cregger, described as his take on an IP property — his own spin on a side story set within the Resident Evil universe. For those involved, it is a notable pairing: a director known for original horror working inside an established franchise. The full post is accessible for free and lists ten sci-fi and horror movies in total.
No box office figures, budgets, release dates for individual films, or additional cast names appear in the source material. What to watch next, then, is the calendar itself.
Moore’s list runs toward winter, and the next big Marvel release waits at the far end of it.
