Fans will tell you that horror is the most robust of all movie genres. The box office — not to mention the amazing diversity of horror movies — proves that point. Horror keeps growing as filmmakers find new ways to tell stories of all sizes, from new perspectives, and with new ideas that keep scary movies fresh every year.
And what a time for horror! THE SUBSTANCE has a Best Picture Oscar nomination. That is WILD. (And that means, if you missed THE SUBSTANCE in theaters last year, you'll get another chance to see it on the big screen thanks to Oscar Movie Week.) Movies like HEART EYES and THE MONKEY have turned screens red and delighted audiences. And there's so much more on the way!
Here are the scary movies in theaters now, and the new horror movies coming to theaters in 2025.
Scary Movies Out Now
Want to know what scary movies you can see right now in movie theaters?
The Monkey
LONGLEGS filmmaker Osgood Perkins adapts Stephen King's 1980 short story about a mechanical toy monkey that causes death every time it is activated. This gleefully gory movie stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Colin O'Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy. Read more about THE MONKEY here.
Heart Eyes
When the Heart Eyes Killer strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine’s Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. Now they must spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives. [February 7]
Horror Movies Coming Soon
Are there any horror movies coming out in 2025? Are there ever! You can watch these titles in movie theaters in 2025. We expect more to be announced, too.
Night of the Zoopocalypse
It's kid-friendly horror when a meteor unleashes a virus that turns zoo animals into mutants. A mountain lion (David Harbour) and wolf (Gabbi Kosmidis) lead a team of surviving animals to stop the virus and rescue their zoo. [March 7]
Opus
A young writer (Ayo Edebiri) is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star (John Malkovich) who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star's cult of sycophants and intoxicated journalists, she finds herself in the middle of his twisted plan. [March 14]
The Woman in the Yard
Danielle Deadwyler and Russell Hornsby star in this psychological horror movie from Blumhouse and director Jaume Collet-Serra (CARRY-ON, ORPHAN, HOUSE OF WAX). [March 28]
Drop
A widowed mother's first date in years takes a terrifying turn when she's bombarded with anonymous threatening messages on her phone during their upscale dinner, leaving her questioning if her charming date is behind the harassment. [April 11]
Hell of a Summer
"Stranger Things" star Finn Wolfhard and actor Billy Bryk have become frequent collaborators. They co-direct this new take on the classic "killer stalks teens at summer camp" concept. HELL OF A SUMMER follows 24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg, who arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers. What he doesn't know is that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one. [April 18]
Sinners
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Read more about SINNERS here. [April 18]
Until Dawn
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening. Trapped in the valley, they’re forced to relive the nightmare again and again - only each time the killer threat is different, each more terrifying than the last. Hope dwindling, the group soon realizes they have a limited number of deaths left, and the only way to escape is to survive until dawn. Read more about UNTIL DAWN here. [April 25]
Final Destination: Bloodlines
It's been fourteen years since the last FINAL DESTINATION movie (that was the fifth film, released in 2011) but Death never really goes away. Now, just in time for the 25th anniversary of the original movie, the series returns, complete with a final appearance from the late Tony Todd, a mainstay of the series. Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all. [May 16]
28 Years Later
Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award®-nominated writer Alex Garland reunite for 28 Years Later, a terrifying new story set in the world created by 28 Days Later. It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well. [June 20]
M3GAN 2.0
Gerard Johnstone returns to direct the sequel to 2022's tech-horror hit, M3GAN. Two years after M3GAN, a marvel of artificial intelligence, went rogue and embarked on a murderous rampage and was subsequently destroyed, her creator Gemma (Allison Williams) has become a high-profile author and advocate for government oversight of A.I. Meanwhile, Gemma’s niece Cady (Violet McGraw), now 14, has become a teenager, rebelling against Gemma’s overprotective rules. Unbeknownst to them, the underlying tech for M3GAN has been stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia (Ivanna Sakhno; Ahsoka, Pacific Rim: Uprising), the ultimate killer infiltration spy. But as Amelia’s self-awareness increases, she becomes decidedly less interested in taking orders from humans. Or in keeping them around. With the future of human existence on the line, Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN and give her a few upgrades, making her faster, stronger, and more lethal. [June 27]
Untitled I Know What You Did Last Summer Sequel
This legacy sequel picks up right where I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, released in 1998 following the success of SCREAM, left off. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prince Jr. reprise their original roles with a whole new cast around them. [July 18]
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront. [September 5]
Untitled Saw XI
The eleventh SAW movie arrives in the fall of 2025. Kevin Greutert, who has been a longtime editor for the series and directed the sixth, seventh, and most recent tenth movies, returns to direct. We expect this to be a direct sequel to 2023's SAW X, but the studio and filmmakers have been quiet about the story and cast. [September 26]
The Black Phone 2
The main cast and crew of THE BLACK PHONE return for the sequel: director Scott Derrickson and writer C. Robert Cargill, and stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Ethan Hawke. All we know about the movie is that the story is based upon a pitch by Joe Hill, the novelist who wrote the short story that inspired the original movie. [October 17]
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Scott Cawthorn, the man behind the "Five Nights at Freddy's" game series, and writer/producer of the first movie, has said that the sequel will adapt the game "Five Nights at Freddy's 2," which isn't much of a surprise. The movie began filming in fall of 2024 with the Jim Henson Creature Shop once again working on the large animatronic characters — and building more of them, based on comments from returning star Josh Hutcherson. [December 5]
We'll add more new horror movies as they're announced!
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