SHRINK CHAT: Iron Lung, The Backrooms, Spider Noir - Horror Reviews 2026

What does it mean to be scared in 2026?

Horror Facts with Cath is back — and so is the watch list that somehow kept growing. This month Shannon and Cathy work through thirteen titles across film and series, from a claustrophobic submarine nightmare and a wedding week that was never going to end well, to a spider in a 1930s trench coat and a medical examiner who doesn't know when to quit.

This episode covers:

Film:

• Iron Lung — claustrophobic, gorgeous, more blood than any horror film in history
• The Backrooms — A24's liminal space debut from the youngest director to ever hit number one at the box office
• Hokum — Damian McCarthy's follow-up to Oddity, atmospheric Irish horror
• Lee Cronin's The Mummy — demon possession, practical gore, and a Blumhouse/Atomic Monster collaboration
• Whistle — teen slasher meets cursed artifact meets Final Destination logic
• Thrash — hurricane sharks, Netflix, Tommy Wirkola, exactly what it sounds like
• Undertone — audio-driven A24 horror built almost entirely on sound design
• Return to Silent Hill — the third attempt to adapt the greatest horror game ever made
• Send Help — 2026's genre wildcard
• Scream 7 — Sidney Prescott returns. Ghostface returns. Shannon and Cathy have thoughts.

Series:

• Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen — Netflix, Duffer Brothers produced, wedding horror, 8 episodes of dread
• Scarpetta — Nicole Kidman as Kay Scarpetta, Prime Video, forensic thriller
• Spider-Noir — Nicolas Cage as a 1930s New York superhero-turned-private investigator, Prime Video

Two licensed therapists — one forensic psychologist, one clinical marriage and family therapist — reviewing horror so you know what's worth your time and what's worth avoiding entirely.

Until then... sleep safe. 😴

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