What to See and When: 2025 Horror Movies at a Glance

It’s a new year, and with no shortage in sight of horror movie offerings in 2025!

I’ve rounded up a complete and comprehensive summary (director, cast, storyline) below of 33 horror films set for release this year, listed in chronological order of their North America release dates. I’ve also done my usual deeper dig to uncover 10 other films that are anticipated to be released in 2025, but presently do not yet have a specific release date locked in.

So, which of the listed below 43 (!!!) horror films set for release in 2025 are you most excited to see? And any early predictions on which movie will be the top performer at the box office?

33 FILMS WITH CONFIRMED RELEASE DATES IN 2025 (listed chronologically):

THE DAMNED

Release date: January 3, 2025

Director: Thordur Palsson

Cast: Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Lewis Gribben, Siobhan Finneran

Storyline: A 19^th-Century widow has to make an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a foreign ship sinks off the coast of her Icelandic fishing village.

THE MONSTER BENEATH US

Release date: January 3, 2025

Director: Sophie Osbourne

Cast: Becca Hirani, Nicola Wright, Jennifer Lim, Marshall Hawkes

Storyline: Yorkshire, 1898. A grieving woman and her son move back to the unoccupied house of her ex-husband, recently found dead, but they discover that they are not alone in the house.

COMPANION

Release date: January 10, 2025

Director: Drew Hancock

Cast: Jack Quaid, Harvey Guillen, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Sophie Thatcher, Rupert Friend

Storyline: A billionaire’s death sets off a chain of events for Iris and her friends during a weekend trip to his lakeside estate.

PETER PAN’S NEVERLAND NIGHTMARE

Release date: January 13, 2025

Director: Scott Jeffrey

Cast: Jenny Miller, Chrissie Wunna, Kierston Wareing, Nicholas Woodeson

Storyline: Wendy Darling strikes out on an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from the clutches of the evil Peter Pan.

WOLF MAN

Release date: January 17, 2025

Director: Leigh Whannell

Cast: Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, Sam Jaeger, Matilda Firth

Storyline: A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by am unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable.

PRESENCE

Release date: January 24, 2025

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Cast: Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang

Storyline: A family becomes convinced that they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.

SCREAMBOAT

Release date: January 31, 2025

Director: Steven LaMorte

Cast: David Howard Thornton, Tyler Posey, Kailey Hyman, Jesse Kove

Storyline: A late-night boat ride turns into a desperate fight for survival in New York City when a mischievous mouse becomes a monstrous reality.

HEART EYES

Release date: February 7, 2025

Director: Josh Ruben

Cast: Jordana Brewster, Olivia Holt, Devon Sawa, Mason Gooding

Storyline: For the past several years the “Heart Eyes” killer has wreaked havoc on Valentine’s Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine’s Day, no couple is safe.

THE MONKEY

Release date: February 21, 2025

Director: Osgood Perkins

Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Rohan Campbell

Storyline: When twin brother 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.

VICIOUS

Release date: February 28, 2025

Director: Bryan Bertino

Cast: Dakota Fanning, Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Devyn Nekoda

Storyline: 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.

NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE

Release date: March 7, 2025

Directors: Ricardo Curtis and Rodrigo Perez-Castro

Cast: Kyle Derek, Scott Farley, Joshua Graham, David Harbour

Storyline: A wolf and a mountain lion team up when a meteor unleashes a virus turning zoo animals into zombies. They join forces with other survivors to rescue the zoo and stop the deranged mutant leader from spreading the virus.

OPUS

Release date: March 14, 2025

Director: Mark Anthony Green

Cast: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder

Storyline: An iconic pop star returns after decades missing.

ASH

Release date: March 21, 2025

Director: Flying Lotus

Cast: Eiza Gonzalez, Aaron Paul, Iko Uwais, Kate Elliott

Storyline: A woman wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed. Her investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events.

THE WOMAN IN THE YARD

Release date: March 28, 2025

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Russell Hornsby, Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

DROP

Release date: April 11, 2025

Director: Christopher Landon

Cast: Brandon Sklenar, Meghann Fahy, Violett Beane, Ed Weeks

Storyline: 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.

EXORCIST: DECEIVER

Release date: April 18, 2025

Director: T.B.A.

Cast: T.B.A.

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

SINNERS

Release date: April 18, 2025

Director: Ryan Coogler

Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Michael B. Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku

Storyline: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

UNTIL DAWN

Release date: April 25, 2025

Director: David F. Sandberg

Cast: Peter Stormare, Odessa A’zion, Maia Mitchell, Ella Rubin

Storyline: A group spends the weekend in a ski lodge on the anniversary of their friends’ disappearance, unaware that they are not alone.

CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD

Release date: May 9, 2025

Director: Eli Craig

Cast: Kevin Durand, Will Sasso, Katie Douglas, Verity Marks

Storyline: A fading midwestern town in which Frendo the clown, a symbol of bygone success, reemerges as a terrifying scourge.

FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES

Release date: May 16, 2025

Directors: Zach Lipovsky

Cast: Tony Todd, Rya Kihlstedt, Brec Bassinger, Richard Harmon

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

28 YEARS LATER

Release date: June 20, 2025

Director: Danny Boyle

Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Cillian Murphy, Ralph Fiennes

Storyline: A group of survivors of the rage virus lives on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.

M3GAN 2.0

Release date: June 27, 2025

Director: Gerard Johnstone

Cast: Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jemaine Clement, Allison Williams, Violet McGraw

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

[UNTITLED] I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER SEQUEL

Release date: July 18, 2025

Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Madelyn Cline, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Freddie Prinze Jr.

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

A CORPSE IN KENSINGTON

Release date: August 2025

Director: Brian Patrick Butler

Cast: Derrick Acosta, Savannah Porter, Alex Chernow, Michael Madsen

Storyline:

THREAD: AN INSIDIOUS TALE

Release date: August 29, 2025

Director: T.B.A.

Cast: T.B.A.

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

THE CONJURING: LAST RITES

Release date: September 5, 2025

Director: Michael Chaves

Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ben Hardy, Mia Tomlinson

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

HIM

Release date: September 19, 2025

Director: Justin Tipping

Cast: Julia Fox, Marlon Wayans, Tim Heidecker, Tyriq Withers

Storyline: A promising young football player joins an isolated compound to train under a dynasty team’s aging quarterback.

THE BRIDE

Release date: September 26, 2025

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Christian Bale, Jessie Buckley, John Magaro

Storyline: In 1930’s 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.

SAW XI

Release date: September 26, 2025

Director: Kevin Greutert

Cast: Tobin Bell

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

THE BLACK PHONE 2

Release date: October 17, 2025

Director: Scott Derrickson

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Jeremy Davies, Madeleine McGraw

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

PREDATOR: BADLANDS

Release date: November 7, 2025

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Cast: Elle Fanning

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2

Release date: December 5, 2025

Director: T.B.A.

Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard, Piper Rubio

Storyline: Anyone can survive five nights. This time there are no second chances.

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD

Release date: December 25, 2025

Director: Steve Wolsh

Cast: T.B.A.

Storyline: Taking place 18 months after the events at the UNEEDA Warehouse in Louisville, KY, a new Trioxin 2-4-5 leak puts a small Pennsylvania town on the brink of a zombie outbreak during Christmas 1985.

10 FILMS RUMORED TO BE RELEASED IN 2025 BUT NOT YET WITH A CONFIRMED DATE (listed alphabetically):

A QUIET PLACE PART III

Director: John Krasinski

Cast: T.B.A.

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

BAMBI: THE RECKONING

Director: Dan Allen

Cast: Roxanna McKee, Nicola Wright, Tom Mulheron, Samira Mighty

Storyline: After a mother and son get in a car wreck, they soon become hunted by Bambi, a mutated grief-stricken deer on a deadly rampage seeking revenge for the death of his mother.

DEATH OF A UNICORN

Director: Alex Scharfman

Cast: Paul Rudd, Jenny Ortega, Richard E. Grant, Tea Leoni, Will Poulter

Storyline: Father-Daughter duo Riley and Elliot hit a unicorn with their car and bring it to the wilderness retreat of a mega-wealthy pharmaceutical CEO

FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN

Director: Matt Palmer

Cast: India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, David Iacono,

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

FRANKENSTEIN

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Lars Mikkelsen, Christoph Waltz

Storyline: Dr. Pretorius tracks down Frankenstein’s monster, who is believed to have died in a fire forty years before, to continue the experiments of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE

Director: Stephen Cognetti

Cast: Elizabeth Vermilyea, Searra Sawka, Mike Sutton, Joe Bandelli

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.

PINOCCHIO: UNSTRUNG

Director: Rhys Frake-Waterfield

Cast: Robert Englund, Richard Brake, Cameron Bell, Jessica Balmer

Storyline: A dark reimagining of Pinocchio, this unsettling tale explores the eerie nature of the iconic puppet, blurring reality and fantasy.

POOHNIVERSE: MONSTERS ASSEMBLE

Director: Rhys Frake-Waterfield

Cast: Scott Chambers, Megan Platico, Roxanne McKee, Lewis Santer

Storyline: Plot currently unknown.