Horror might be the most robust movie genre around, and it keeps going and growing. There are more horror movies of different tones and ambitions than ever before. Big and small, loud and quiet, there's a horror movie for pretty much everyone. Zach Cregger, the director of BARBARIAN, recently noted that horror "hasn’t abandoned its core, it’s just attracted a lot more people that would not necessarily think about horror movies to get on board and get on the horror train."
And the train keeps gaining momentum! A wide range of horror movies is set for release in 2024. There are new stories, sequels, reimaginings, horror comedies, and some reissued classics.
In short, the theatrical horror scene is going to be great going forward. As Cregger says, "Horror offers this collective experience, the vibration in the room when you’re all together feeling fear, and it’s so much more powerful than when you’re just watching it at home on your TV." Here are the scary movies in theaters now, and the new horror movies coming to theaters in 2024.
And through October, we're running our Fear of Missing Out series, which features loads of new and old horror movies. Many are playing as limited events, so check the schedule for all the details.
Scary Movies Out Now
Want to know what scary movies you can see right now in movie theaters?
Smile 2
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control. [October 18]
Terrifier 3
Things are just coming together for the sequel to the surprise horror hit fall 2022. TERRIFIER 3 will pit franchise villain Art The Clown (David Howard Thornton) against returning heroine Sienna (Lauren LaVera) in a rematch that somehow moves forward from the bizarre ending of TERRIFIER 2. Director Damien Leone returns with a much larger budget — oh, and this one is set at Christmas. [October 11]
Horror Movies Coming Soon
Are there any horror movies coming out in 2024? Are there ever! You can watch the following movies in movie theaters in 2024. We expect many more to be announced, too.
Your Monster
Your Monster tells the story of the soft-spoken actor Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend (Edmund Donovan) while recovering from surgery and retreats to her childhood home to recover. With her future looking bleak, insult is added to injury when Laura discovers her ex is staging a musical that she helped him develop. But out of these gut-wrenching life changes emerges a monster (Tommy Dewey) with whom she finds a connection, encouraging Laura to follow her dreams, open her heart and fall in love with her inner rage. [October 25]
IT (2017)
Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare -- an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town's children. Banding together over the course of one horrifying summer, the friends must overcome their own personal fears to battle the murderous, bloodthirsty clown known as Pennywise. [October 29]
Bride of Chucky
After being cut apart by the police, killer doll Chucky (Brad Dourif) is resurrected by Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly), an ex-girlfriend of the serial murderer whose soul is inside the toy. Following an argument, Chucky kills Tiffany and transfers her soul into a bride doll. To find the magical amulet that can restore them both to human form, Chucky and Tiffany arrange to be driven to New Jersey by Jesse (Nick Stabile) and Jade (Katherine Heigl), who are unaware that their cargo is alive. [October 30]
Halloween (1978) on Halloween
On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He has spent the last 15 years locked away inside Smith's Grove Sanitarium under the care of child psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis. But on the night of October 30, 1978, Myers escapes and makes his way back to Haddonfield – the night HE came home – turning a night of tricks and treats into something much more sinister for three young women, including Laurie Strode, the star-making role for Jamie Lee Curtis. Halloween premiered in cinemas and on drive-in screens on October 25, 1978, changing the landscape of horror cinema. It stunned audiences worldwide and has since inspired countless films in the genre. In 2006, it was selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the U.S. National Film Registry for its cultural significance. The version of Halloween being exhibited is a restored and remastered digital print, created under the supervision of the world-renowned cinematographer, Dean Cundey. [October 31]
Heretic
Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. [November 15]
Y2K
On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in this dial-up disaster comedy. [December 6]
Nosferatu
Filmmaker Robert Eggers (THE WITCH, THE LIGHTHOUSE, THE NORTHMAN) reveals his take on the vampire classic. “It’s a scary film," Eggers told Empire. "And I do think that there hasn’t been an old-school Gothic movie that’s actually scary in a while. And I think that the majority of audiences will find this one to be the case." NOSFERATU stars Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, and Willem Dafoe. [December 25]
Wolf Man
From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man. Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, It Comes at Night) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte (Emmy winner Julia Garner; Ozark, Inventing Anna), fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger (Matlida Firth; Hullraisers, Coma). But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without. [January 17]
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. Stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Colin O'Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy. [February 21, 2025]
We'll add more new horror movies as they're announced!
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