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 just got 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 COMPANION are about to turn screens red. There's a long-awaited remaster of HELLRAISER coming! And we've got the full TWILIGHT saga and a selection of romantically-leaning horror classics as well, in our Love You to Death series.
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?
Presence
A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone. Steven Soderbergh makes his first real horror movie, and uses a first-person perspective to turn it into a ghost story unlike any other. Read more about PRESENCE here.
Wolf Man
Leigh Whannell, who modernized THE INVISIBLE MAN into a wonderfully nasty story about a bad relationship, creates a new take on another one of Universal's classic monsters. Christopher Abbott 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, fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger. 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. Read more about WOLF MAN here.
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. Read more about NOSFERATU here.
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.
Companion
New Line Cinema and the unhinged creators of BARBARIAN cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story. Written and directed by Drew Hancock, COMPANION stars Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid as a very unconventional couple who are about to undergo an even more unconventional breakup. The film also features Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén and Rupert Friend. [January 31]
Hellraiser
Go back to where it all started. Stephen King was once famously quoted as saying, “I have seen the future of horror… his name is Clive Barker.” That future was realized in 1987 with the release of Barker’s directorial debut Hellraiser. Based on his own novella The Hellbound Heart, Barker’s Hellraiser sees Larry (Andrew Robinson) and his wife Julia (Clare Higgins) move into their new home, unaware that something evil lurks beneath the floorboards of the dilapidated house – something that wants human blood… Introducing the world to the iconic Pinhead and his sadistic band of Cenobites, Hellraiser became an instant genre classic upon release and remains one of the most frighteningly original visions in horror. Added value includes Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser – archival interview with the iconic actor about his first appearance as ‘Pinhead.’ [February 5 and 6]
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]
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. [February 21]
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
A group spends the weekend in a ski lodge on the anniversary of their friends' disappearance, unaware that they are not alone. 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. We don't know much about the story, but expect to see gruesome accidents and elaborate chain reaction setpieces. [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. Allison Williams and Violet McGraw are back as well, and while we know virtually nothing about the story, we expect to see a lot more of M3gan's violently unpredictable brand of family protection. [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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