From bone-chilling thrillers to cerebral slow burns, 2025 has delivered one of the most diverse years for horror yet. Whether you crave supernatural scares, psychological tension, or monsters born from human nature itself, this lineup of films has something for every kind of thrill lover.
This year’s slate pushes boundaries—melding folk horror with social commentary, sci-fi nightmares with heart, and deeply personal stories of grief, obsession, and survival. From Ryan Coogler’s haunting Sinners to Danny Boyle’s long-awaited 28 Years Later, these releases remind us why horror remains the most fearless genre in film.
So dim the lights, grab a blanket (and maybe a friend), and dive into the terrifying, twisted, and brilliant world of 2025’s standout horror films.
Sinners
Twin brothers who return to their Mississippi hometown in 1932 hoping for a new start are confronted by a supernatural evil lurking in the shadows. The film explores themes of trauma, racism, and folk terror as the community’s secrets unravel around them.
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Michael B. Jordan (dual roles as the brothers), Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, Delroy Lindo
Him
A rising football star, after a horrific attack, is invited to train at the secluded compound of his idol, an aging quarterback. His therapy becomes a dangerous descent as his mentor’s intentions darken, and the boundaries between greatness and obsession blur. Themes include fame, idolatry, and psychological horror.
Director: Justin Tipping
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox, Tim Heidecker, Jim Jefferies
Stay
A couple navigating the end of their marriage must join forces when their home is invaded by terrifying supernatural forces, their only hope for survival lying in the power of love and confronting personal demons. The film blends psychological suspense with supernatural terror in a story of marital discord and redemption.
Director: Jas Summers
Cast: Megalyn Echikunwoke, Mo McRae, Brandon Firla, Dominic Stephens, Patrick Cloud, Rustic Bodomov, Sade Whiting
Good Boy
Todd, battling illness, moves to his late grandfather’s rural farmhouse with his dog Indy. The story is told from Indy’s perspective as he senses a ghostly presence humans cannot see. As supernatural events escalate, Todd faces both the haunting and the limits of human-pet connection. A fresh twist on the haunted house genre, uniquely viewed through a dog’s eyes.
Director: Ben Leonberg (with Alex Cannon)
Cast: Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry Fessenden, Ben Leonberg, Indy (the dog)
40 Acres
In a famine-decimated near future, a resilient family lives on ancestral farmland and must defend their land against a vicious militia determined to seize everything. The film pairs survival horror with themes of legacy, resistance, and the cost of holding ground.
Director: R.T. Thorne
Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Kataem O’Connor, Michael Greyeyes, Milcania Diaz-Rojas, Leenah Robinson
Mya’s House
A young paralegal named Mya buys her first home and invites an old high school friend to her housewarming. What starts as a friendly gesture awakens a dangerous obsession, trapping Mya in a nightmare as her darkest secrets surface and she is hunted by a relentless stalker. The film explores psychological horror centered on trust, past trauma, and survival.
Director: Jahmar Hill
Cast: Yahne Coleman, Sade Whiting, Aundre Dean, Jahmar Hill, Nick Mangino, Toryan Rogers, Heidy Javier, Mona Bell
The Long Walk
In a dystopian future, fifty teenage boys are forced to compete in an annual deadly contest known as The Long Walk—if they slow below 3 mph, they’re executed. The winner gains wealth and can fulfill any wish. It’s a brutal critique of authoritarian regimes and the cost of survival.
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Josh Hamilton, Judy Greer, Mark Hamill
Opus
A music journalist is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star who vanished thirty years ago. Surrounded by cult-like followers and fellow journalists, she soon uncovers a sinister plan at the heart of celebrity worship and fandom.
Director: Mark Anthony Green
Cast: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder, Tatanka Means, Young Mazino, Stephanie Suganami, Tamera Tomakili, Tony Hale
Woman in the Yard
After a tragic accident, a widowed mother and her children are haunted by a mysterious woman who appears in their yard, bringing supernatural terror and testing family bonds and resilience.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson, Russell Hornsby, Estella Kahiha
Weapons
The inexplicable mass disappearance of seventeen children from the same classroom shakes a community, with a police investigation revealing supernatural and psychological horrors beneath the mystery.
Director: Zach Cregger
Cast: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan
Both Eyes Open
After escaping abuse, Ally is haunted by visions of her tormentor and receives cryptic messages suggesting he is near. As these intensify, her reality unravels, and she uncovers a startling truth within her circle.
Director: Ariel Julia Hairston
Cast: Gail Bean, Joy Brunson, Taye Diggs, Katerina Eichenberger, Carla Fisher, Joanie Geiger, Christie Leverette, Michael Oloyede, Tristan Mack Wilds
Eye for an Eye
Grieving her parents’ deaths, Anna moves to Florida to live with her grandmother and falls in with local teens. After witnessing a brutal act, Anna finds herself marked by Mr. Sandman—a vengeful supernatural entity haunting bullies’ dreams and feeding on their fear.
Director: Colin Tilley
Cast: Whitney Peak, S. Epatha Merkerson, Golda Rosheuvel, Finn Bennett, Laken Giles, Ben Bladon, Carson Minniear, Michika McClinton
Companion
Friends gather at a secluded cabin for a weekend getaway. Chaos erupts after they discover one among them is a “companion” robot, forcing the group to question trust, humanity, and their own survival.
Director: Drew Hancock
Cast: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, Rupert Friend
The Man in the Basement
Charles Blakey, down on his luck and nearly losing his ancestral home, agrees to rent his basement to a mysterious businessman. As the man settles in, eerie events cast doubt on his true intentions, unraveling secrets and testing Charles’s sanity.
Director: Nadia Latif
Cast: Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Tamara Lawrance
Presence
A dysfunctional family moves into a new suburban house, only to realize an unseen supernatural presence is watching them, driving them toward psychological breakdown as secrets and trauma surface.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, West Mulholland
Ash
On the isolated planet Ash, astronaut Riya emerges to find her crew slaughtered and is caught in a mind-bending struggle for survival, battling amnesia, paranoia, and a possibly hostile rescuer as the station falls into chaos.
Director: Flying Lotus
Cast: Eiza González, Aaron Paul, Iko Uwais, Kate Elliott, Beulah Koale, Flying Lotus
Drop
Violet, a widowed mother, braces for her first date in years but receives threatening messages through her phone, revealing a masked man threatening her son and sister at home. Forced to obey or see them killed, Violet faces a harrowing night of psychological terror inside a high-rise restaurant.
Director: Christopher Landon
Cast: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, Gabrielle Ryan, Jeffery Self, Ed Weeks, Travis Nelson
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren confront one final terrifying case based on real-life events—the Smurl haunting—bringing the Conjuring Universe to its most harrowing entry yet.
Director: Michael Chaves
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Mia Tomlinson, Ben Hardy
The Monkey
Twin brothers discover a cursed wind-up monkey toy that triggers grisly deaths whenever it plays. As the horror escalates across decades, family ties unravel and paranoia grows in this dark comic adaptation of Stephen King’s story.
Director: Osgood Perkins
Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, Elijah Wood
28 Years Later
Decades after the initial Rage virus outbreak, a group of survivors living on a quarantined island venture into the mainland and discover horrific new mutations among both the infected and the survivors, as secrets about the virus’s evolution and their own fate come to light.
Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: Alex Garland
Cast: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes
Resurrection Road
Set during the Civil War in 1863, an elite squad of six Black soldiers led by ex-slave Barabbas is tasked with a suicide mission to infiltrate a hidden Confederate fort in the Arkansas wilderness. The squad faces unearthly horrors inside the forested enemy territory, testing their courage and loyalty as they battle to destroy the fort’s guns and survive against sinister forces.
Director: Ashley Cahill
Cast: Malcolm Goodwin, Furly Mac, Triana Browne, Okea Eme-Akwari, Randall J. Bacon, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Michael Madsen
Until Dawn
Inspired by the PlayStation video game, a group of friends track the last known movements of a missing woman in a valley infamous for disappearances. They are brutally murdered by a masked killer—only to wake up and restart the same night, facing relentless threats in a deadly time loop. Their survival depends on uncovering the mystery behind the killer and breaking the cycle before their deaths become permanent.
Director: David F. Sandberg
Cast: Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A’zion, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, Maia Mitchell, Peter Stormare
Bring Her Back
Australian siblings Andy and Piper, orphaned and sent to a new foster home, discover that their foster mother is planning an occult resurrection ritual involving demons and corpse consumption. The narrative mixes possession horror, family tragedy, and ritual terror as the siblings fight for survival.
Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
Cast: Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Sally Hawkins, Jonah Wren Phillips, Mischa Heywood, Sally-Anne Upton, Stephen Phillips
Final Destination: Bloodlines
A college student inherits deadly premonitions from her grandmother, tied to a 1968 disaster that changed her family’s fate. As Death comes hunting, she seeks the one person who may hold the key to breaking the bloodline curse, in this sixth supernatural installment.
Directors: Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein
Cast: Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Brec Bassinger, Tony Todd