Attention horror fans, we’re walking through the terrifying but exhilarating revival of the genre at the moment. Supernatural ghost stories, fake blood, gore and jump scares are welcome all year round and, thankfully, there are a bunch of chilling horror movies planned to come our way within the next few years. Whether it’s the return of popular franchises like A Quiet Place and Alien or original scares from new filmmakers, there are a ton of upcoming horror movies to get ready for.
We have a solid line up of horror titles confirmed to be available to enter our eyeballs from 2024 onwards, with more to come that have yet to land a specific release date on the calendar, as well. While we wait to see if any of these titles find a spot on our list of the best horror movies of all time, check the upcoming scary movies out, here:
In A Violent Nature – May 31, 2024
After Canadian independent film In A Violent Nature premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the movie is set to come to theaters this Spring before becoming available to stream with a Shudder subscription down the line. The slasher film takes audiences into the perspective of a mute killer as he comes after a handful of teens in the Ontario wilderness. So far, the movie has earned rave reviews… and had reports of people puking at screenings.
The Exorcism – June 7, 2024
After Russell Crowe starred in last year’s “terrible” The Pope’s Exorcist, the actor is back for another horror movie on the topic with The Exorcism. According to Deadline, the movie has Crowe playing a troubled actor who “begins to unravel” while filming a supernatural horror film. This leads his daughter to suspect an exorcism is at play.
The Watchers – June 7, 2024
M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter, Ishana Night Shyamalan has her directorial debut lined up with The Watchers. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Dakota Fanning will star as an artist who gets stranded in an “expansive, untouched forest” in western Ireland and unknowingly becomes trapped with three strangers that are being “watched and stalked by mysterious creatures at night.” Ishana wrote the film based on a novel of the same name by A.M. Shine. Plus, her famed father is producing the film and New Line won a bidding war to back the movie.
A Quiet Place: Day One – June 28, 2024
John Krasinski has successfully created an intriguing and scary world where humanity must stay silent in order to survive the aliens who have inhabited Earth with the Quiet Place movies. After A Quiet Place Part II became a theatrical hit, amidst pandemic challenges, the next Quiet Place movie is on the way in 2024. This one will be a standalone Quiet Place spinoff that is directed by Pig’s Michael Sarnoski based on an idea by Krasinski, to what we imagine will dive into the invasion’s origins. The third Quiet Place film from the core franchise is still expected to come after this movie, as well, but currently remains in development. You can check out the first A Quiet Place: Day One trailer ahead of its summer release.
MaXXXIne – July 5, 2024
Ti West and Mia Goth pleasantly surprised us in 2022 with not one, but two magnificent horror movies set in the same world: X and Pearl. Following the events of X, this summer’s MaXXXine will take Goth’s Maxine to Los Angeles in the 1980s where she continues to pursue her dreams of becoming a famous actress and ends up needing to evade the infamous serial killer in the area known as The Night Stalker. The movie also stars Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Halsey, Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon. You can check out the MaXXXine trailer ahead of its release.
Longlegs – July 12, 2024
Longlegs looks like it could be one of the best and most terrifying movies of 2024. Along with starring two actors who have a knack for starring in great horror movies, Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage, the movie is about a new FBI agent (Monroe) living in 1974 who is assigned to solve the case of a serial killer (Cage). As she follows the clues, she finds out a personal link to the killer that must aid her in stopping him from slaying again. The images of the film thus far make the movie look stylish, yet horrifying.
Cuckoo – August 2, 2024
Along with Sydney Sweeney and the late Angus Cloud already starring in horror movies earlier this year, Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer is also joining the genre for a movie of her own. Schafer stars in Cuckoo, which is about a teenager who is forced to move in with her family to a resort to unexpected terrors under the surface. The movie, which also stars Dan Stevens and Jessica Henwick, will premiere at this March’s South by Southwest before coming to theaters a couple months later.
Trap – August 9, 2024
M. Night Shyamalan’s next feature after A Knock at the Cabin awaits with Trap. The movie will be Shyamalan’s first collaboration with Warner Bros. in some time after partnering with Universal on his last five movies. It is a psychological thriller set at a pop singer’s concert that starts by following a father and daughter attending the stadium show of a fictional artist named Lady Raven before some horrifying details are revealed about what’s set to go down at the show. The Trap release date is set for August and will star Josh Hartnett and iconic 77-year-old Hollywood actress, Hayley Mills. Check out the Trap trailer, which seems to give away an intriguing twist.
Alien: Romulus – August 16, 2024
The filmmaker behind the Don’t Breathe movies, Fede Alvarez, is set to put his mark on the Alien franchise next with Alien: Romulus, coming this August. While we don’t know much about the plot, it’s reportedly a standalone Alien movie that will not be directly connected to the other films. The cast includes Mare of Easttown’s Cailee Spaeny, Dora and the Lost City of Gold’s Isabela Merced and Shadow & Bone’s Archie Renaux. Original Alien filmmaker Ridley Scott has already seen the movie, per the film’s director, and apparently told him it’s “fucking great.” So, it’s time to get excited!! Check out the Alien: Romulus trailer now.
Blink Twice – August 23, 2024
Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut is coming this summer in the form of Blink Twice, which was originally called Pussy Island. The movie stars Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Christian Slater, Geena Davis, Haley Joel Osment, Kyle MacLachlan and Alia Shawkat. It’s about a cocktail waitress who becomes obsessed with a tech mogul before traveling with him to his private island, where all the red flags (and more) start to reveal themselves. You can check out the Blink Twice trailer ahead of its summer release.
Dollhouse – August 30, 2024
Selena Gomez is getting into the horror genre as producer of STXfilms’ Dollhouse alongside 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen, as reported by Deadline. The movie is a psychological thriller that takes place in the world of New York City’s fashion scene. Dollhouse is set to be directed by Emma Tammi, who just found success by helming commercial hit, Five Night At Freddy’s.
They Listen – August 30, 2024
Blumhouse and Sony Pictures are working together on a mysterious horror movie called They Listen, set to be released next summer. The movie stars Katherine Waterston of the Alien and Fantastic Beasts movies along with Star Trek’s John Cho. The movie is written and directed by John Weitz, who is known for making 2002’s About A Boy, 2007’s The Golden Compass, along with having writing credits on Disney’s live-action Cinderella, Rogue One and The Mountain Between Us among many projects over the years.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – September 6, 2024
Tim Burton’s classic 1988 movie is finally getting a sequel starring Michael Keaton as you guessed it, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! The horror comedy also set to be helmed by Burton will also see the return of Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara as Lydia and Delia Deetz. Plus, Wednesday’s Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe have joined the cast of Beetlejuice 2 as well. The movie wrapped filming in late November. We can’t wait to spend the next spooky season with this franchise! You can check out the first trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as we wait for September.
Speak No Evil – September 13, 2024
One of the most messed up horror movies of 2022 was Danish film Speak No Evil, which debuted at Sundance before landing on Shudder. Now, Hollywood has already remade the movie about a family’s weekend vacation gone terribly wrong. The upcoming film will star Mackenzie Davis and James McAvoy and is being helmed by James Watkins and is produced by Blumhouse Take a look at the trailer for Speak No Evil.
Saw XI – September 27, 2024
After the Saw franchise made a comeback in 2023 with Saw X, Jigsaw is already ready for another round in the form of Saw XI. Just a couple months after the tenth installment hit theaters and was not only met with positive reception, but did well commercially, the eleventh movie was announced by Lionsgate alongside its fall 2024 release date. While we don’t know a ton about where the franchise will go next, we won’t have to wait too long to find out!!
Never Let Go – September 27, 2024
The director behind The Hills Have Eyes and Crawl is back to haunt us even further with this fall’s Never Let Go, starring Halle Berry. The movie follows the Oscar winner as a mother who keeps her twin children in a house in the woods for a decade due to them being haunted by an evil spirit. But when one of the kids starts to question if the evil is real, the horrors really begin. When CinemaBlend attended the Lionsgate panel at CinemaCon, our own Sean O’Connell said the movie looks “disturbing as hell.” Check out the Never Let Go trailer… if you dare.
Terrifier 3 – October 11, 2024
After 2022’s Terrifier 2 went viral for fans vomiting in theaters, Art the Clown is set to haunt audiences in 2024 with a third installment coming just in time for Halloween. However, this Terrifier movie will be a Christmas horror movie, with one teaser already having the clown in Santa’s costume. Terrifier 3’s director has already teased that the first five minutes of the movie is going to be “very controversial,” so bring the barf bags just in case!?!
Smile 2 – October 18, 2024
Smile told the story of Sosie Bacon’s Dr. Rose Cutter, a therapist working at a psychiatric ward who becomes terrorized by a mysterious entity that takes over human bodies and makes them smirk as they get violent. After Parker Finn’s Smile was a huge success during the 2022 Halloween season, Paramount set an official release date for a sequel for the next spooky season. Details are thin about how the second Smile movie will be approached, including casting, but it’s great to see this original horror concept getting a sequel!
Bambi: The Reckoning – October 31, 2024
Following the horror genre having success with turning Winnie The Pooh into a creepy villain, Bambi is next. Yes, Bambi. The upcoming movie will be about a mother and son who get into a car wreck and then must face the wrath of a mutated deer hellbent on getting revenge for his mother.
Nightbitch – December 6, 2024
Rachel Yoder’s novel Nightbitch is about a newly stay-at-home mother who becomes convinced she’s turning into a dog at night. The book has been adapted into an upcoming horror movie from Can You Ever Forgive Me? and A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood filmmaker, Marielle Heller. Amy Adams stars in and produced Nightbitch.
Nosferatu – December 25, 2024
Robert Eggers, the filmmaker behind movies like The Witch and The Lighthouse, is reimagining a horror classic with his take on Nosferatu this Christmas. The movie that draws from the German expressional vampire film of 1922 stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgard and Lily-Rose Depp. Nosferatu is described as a gothic tale between a “haunted young woman” and the vampire who is infatuated by her.
Wolf Man – January 17, 2025
Following the success of 2020’s The Invisible Man, director Leigh Whannell has been hard at work on reviving another classic Universal Monsters character and this year it will finally come to fruition. While The Wolf Man originally was going to be led by Ryan Gosling when it was announced years ago, the titular role has since been filled by Christopher Abbott, but he will reportedly not be playing the werewolf, but a “a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.” Ozark’s Julia Garner is also in the cast as well. Check out CinemaBlend’s reaction to the first Wolfman footage we saw at CinemaCon.
The Woman In The Yard – March 28, 2025
Following Jaume Collet-Serra directing movies like Jungle Cruise and Black Adam, he is returning to his roots in horror (most notably with 2005’s House of Wax and 2009’s Orphan) with Blumhouse movie, The Woman In The Yard. The movie starring Danielle Deadwyler has a mysterious plotline for the time being.
28 Years Later – June 20, 2025
As Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s 28 Days Later remains as one of the great zombie horror films, both filmmakers are set to return to the storyline with an exciting sequel called 28 Years Later. The movie will star Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell and will reportedly be the start of a new trilogy of movies, and Cillian Murphy is on board as an executive producer.
M3GAN 2.0 – June 27, 2025
M3GAN plans ahead. Not soon after the box office success of M3GAN in early 2023, it was announced that a sequel is in the works with the title M3GAN 2.0 and a set theatrical date. The screenwriter of the original, Akela Cooper, will write the script and Allison Williams and M3GAN herself, Violet McGraw, will be back, this time with a release date more central to the 2025 release calendar.
I Know What You Did Last Summer – July 18, 2025
Over 20 years after the original I Know What You Did Last Summer movie, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar expected to return to Sony’s horror franchise. It is said to be similar to the recent Scream movie, where its original cast are joined by a new young cast. The movie is being helmed by Do Revenge director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. It’s great to see another ‘90s franchise get a revival!
Insidious 6 – August 29, 2025
Blumhouse’s Insidious franchise is set to keep going next summer with a sixth installment, about two years after the last installment, The Red Door, per Variety. At this time, we don’t have many details about who will be in the sequel and what it will be about, but the franchise has consistently been a hit among audiences so it’s no surprise another Insidious movie has been fast-tracked.
The Bride! – October 3, 2025
It feels like more than ever, filmmakers are getting inspired to adapt Frankenstein in new ways. After Poor Things and Lisa Frankenstein came out in the past few months, Guillermo Del Toro is making his own Frankenstein vision, but so is Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Bride of Frankenstein. The Bride! stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening and Penelope Cruz and takes place in 1930s Chicago as Bale’s Frankenstein seeks the help of a mad scientist to create a companion for him.
The Black Phone 2 – October 17, 2025
After Joe Hill’s story story was successfully adapted in summer 2022 with Ethan Hawke as “The Grabber,” a sequel is on the way for 2025. It was announced that Blumhouse and Universal are teaming back up for The Black Phone 2 in October 2023, before it was then revealed that Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies and Miguel Mora are returning as the characters they played in the first film.
Blade – November 7, 2025
For years, Marvel has been preparing to bring vampires into the MCU with a new Blade movie starring Mahershala Ali. The movie has faced numerous setbacks and delays since it was announced, but appears to be on track now with Lovecraft Country’s Yann Demange directing from a script by Logan’s Michael Green. The movie is also expected to star Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre and Delroy Lindo.
Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 – December 5, 2025
In the fall of 2023, the adaptation of the popular video game Five Nights At Freddy’s became a massive commercial hit for Blumhouse. After Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard and company lead the movie, the studio has announced a Five Nights sequel that will revive Freddy Fazbear’s house of horrors.
Upcoming Horror Movies With No Release Date Set
Below is a list of movies that are expected or have reportedly been filmed, but we have yet to hear word regarding a release date. We’ll update this list as these movies find a place on theatrical and streaming calendars.
- Death of a Unicorn
- Dust Bunny
- Exorcist: Deceiver
- Fear Street: Prom Queen
- Final Destination: Bloodlines
- Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein
- Hell Of A Summer
- House of Spoils
- Please Don’t Feed the Children
- Rabbit Trap
- Return to Silent Hill
- Salem’s Lot
- Scream 7
- Time Cut
- The Deliverance
- The Front Room
- The Last Train To New York
- The Monkey
- They Follow
- The Haunting in Wicker Park
- Your Monster
- Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3
- Witchboard
- Y2K
So many horror movies to be excited for in 2024 and beyond! We’ll keep you in the loop on news and updates on these coming titles as the new year unfolds.
