New Horror Movies 2025

Wolf Man

Release date: January 17, 2025

A man must protect himself and his family when they are being stalked, terrorized, and haunted by a deadly werewolf at night during a full moon.

WOLF MAN is directed by Leigh Whannell who also made the Universal monster movie The Invisible Man.

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Presence

Release date: January 24, 2025

A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone.

A supernatural horror film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by David Koepp.

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Companion

Release date: January 31, 2025

You are cordially invited to experience a new kind of love story. 

New Line Cinema—the studio that brought you “The Notebook”—and the unhinged creators of Barbarian cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story…

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Heart Eyes

Release date: February 7, 2025

Two co-workers are mistaken for a couple by a murderer in Seattle on Valentine’s Day. Forced to evade the killer, they navigate the city’s romantic landscape while working together to survive.

The Monkey

Release date: February 21, 2025

When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.

Based on Stephen King’s short story from the book ‘Skeleton Crew’. James Wan is producing, and Oz Perkins is directing.

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The Rule of Jenny Pen

Release date: March 7, 2025

Arrogant Judge Stefan Mortensen suffers a near-fatal stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed and confined to a retirement home. Resistant to the staff and distant from his friendly roommate, Mortensen soon clashes with seemingly gentle resident Dave Crealy who secretly terrorizes the home with a sadistic game called “The Rule of Jenny Pen” while wielding his dementia doll as an instrument of cruelty.

What begins as childish torment quickly escalates into far more sinister and disturbing incidents. When Mortensen’s pleas to the staff go unanswered, he takes it upon himself to put an end to Crealy’s reign of terror.

The Rule of Jenny Pen is directed by James Ashcroft (Coming Home in the Dark), and it stars Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow.

Opus

Release date: March 14, 2025

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.

Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich star in OPUS, a pop thriller from writer and director Mark Anthony Green.

The Woman in the Yard

Release date: March 28, 2025

When a dangerous stranger shows up at the front door, a depressed person must confront their own past in order to protect their two children.

The horror movie is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by Sam Stefanak. It stars Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Russell Hornsby, Peyton Jackson, and Estella Kahiha.

Drop

Release date: April 11, 2025

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.

DROP is directed by Christopher Landon (Freaky, Happy Death Day, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse)

Sinners

Release date: April 18, 2025

Sinners is set in the Jim Crow-era South and involves both vampires and Southern supernatural traditions.

Sinners is the next film by director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station), and the cast includes Michael B. Jordan, Delroy Lindo, Jack O’Connell, and Hailee Steinfeld.

Until Dawn

Release date: April 25, 2025

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.

Until Dawn (2025) is directed by ​​David F. Sandberg​​​ (Lights Out, Annabelle 2)

Final Destination: Bloodlines

Release date: May 16, 2025

Just as she’s about to leave home for college, 18-year-old STEFANI, who’s been having horrific nightmares about dying in a tower accident in the 1960s, discovers that her dream is actually a premonition that happened to her grandmother, Esther, who thwarted death fifty years ago but is now running out of time. Stefani learns that though her grandmother thwarted Death (until she died in her 80s), and Death has been going after the would-have-been victims of that long-ago catastrophe, killing them off and then going after their children. Stefani and her family realize that their bloodline isn’t safe from Death, who will take them violently and gruesomely, in order, unless someone like Stefani figures out a way to stop it.

Bring Her Back

Release date: May 30, 2025

A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.

The visceral new horror movie BRING HER BACK is directed by the Talk To Me directors Danny and Michael Philippou.

28 Years Later

Release date: June 20, 2025

Britain is 28 years into this terrible plague of infected people who are violent, rabid humans with a few pockets of uninfected communities. A young boy wants to find a doctor to help his dying mother so he leads his mother through this beautiful northern English terrain filled with the infected.

28 Years Later is the third film in the “28 Days Later” franchise. It stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Cillian Murphy.

M3GAN 2.0

Release date: June 27, 2025

Two years after M3GAN, M3GAN’s creator Gemma has become a high-profile author and advocate for government oversight of A.I. Meanwhile, Gemma’s niece Cady, 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, 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. As their paths collide, the original A.I bitch is about to meet her match.

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Release date: July 18, 2025

A group of friends are terrorized by a stalker who knows about a gruesome incident from their past.

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (2025) will include Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. from the original cast.

Beneath the Storm

Release date: August 1, 2025

The plot details for Beneath the Storm are currently under wraps. But it’s a shark attack movie starring Phoebe Dynevor, Djimon Hounsou, and Whitney Peak, and it’s written and directed by Tommy Wirkola.

Thread: An Insidious Tale

Release date: August 29, 2025

In Thread: An Insidious Tale, a married couple (Mandy Moore and Kumail Nanjiani) enlist the help of a magic spell so that they can travel back in time to prevent the death of their young daughter.

Thread: An Insidious Tale is an INSIDIOUS spin-off and is the sixth movie in the horror franchise. It will be a standalone story.

The Conjuring 4: Last Rites

Release date: September 5, 2025

The Conjuring 4: Last Rites will be the final The Conjuring movie following paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga).

Him

Release date: September 19, 2025

HIM centers on a promising young football player (Tyriq Withers), invited to train at the isolated compound of a dynasty team’s aging QB1. The legendary quarterback (Marlon Wayans) takes his protégé on a blood-chilling journey into the inner sanctum of fame, power and pursuit of excellence at any cost.

HIM is produced by Jordan Peele.

Saw XI

Release date: September 26, 2025

Saw XI is the 11th installment of the “Saw” film series.

The Bride!

Release date: September 26, 2025

In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.

THE BRIDE! is the classic story of The Bride of Frankenstein, and the script is written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. The movie stars Jessie Buckley, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Christian Bale.

The Black Phone 2

Release date: October 17, 2025

The plot of The Black Phone 2 under wraps.

The Black Phone 2 is the sequel to The Black Phone (2022). The cast as well as the writer and director of the first movie will be back.

Predator: Badlands

Release date: November 7, 2025

Predator: Badlands is the sixth film in the main series and eighth in the overall franchise. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, co-written by Trachtenberg and Patrick Aison, and stars Elle Fanning.

The Running Man

Release date: November 7, 2025

A game show called The Running Man has people chased by murderous Hunters across the world to win money.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

Release date: December 5, 2025

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is the second installment in the Five Nights at Freddy’s film series based on the video game series of the same name. 

Vicious

Release date: TBA

A woman spends the night fighting for her existence as she slips down a rabbit hole contained inside a gift from a late-night visitor

Vicious stars Dakota Fanning and is directed by Bryan Bertino (The Strangers).

A Quiet Place Part III

Release date: TBA

There is no officials plot details for A Quiet Place 3, but it is expected to follow the same family from A Quiet Place 2.