Water Rites

About Water Rites

A couple takes a break from their work-a-day lives by spending the summer at a secluded lakefront community. After uncovering the locals' secrets, the couple's idyllic retreat quickly turns into something neither of them can return from.

Water Rites is a 2026 horror film directed by Dean Jacobs. The film is filed under folk horror, summer vacation, dark secret, and young couple.

Katy Bentz appears as Katie Beckett, Dean Jacobs as James Anders, Dee Wallace as Caroline, and Lynn Lowry as Abigail. At 99 minutes long, it arrived in January 2026.

The screenplay is by Dean Jacobs. It streams on Chilling in the United States.

Weapons, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and The Wailing make useful companions to Water Rites, all filed under small town. It carries a NR rating.