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The films listed below include recent horror movies; including movies currently showing in movie theaters ranked in order of best to worst.
Recently released horror movies in movie theaters , Blu-ray/DVD , and On-Demand/VOD services like Netflix and Hulu include Borderline (2025), Control Freak (2025), The Rule of Jenny Pen (2024), The Fetus (2025), Bloat (2025), Cannibal Comedian (2023), Vicious (2025), Unholy Song (2025) and The Monkey (2025).
A quick rundown of some scary movies coming to movie theaters soon include Ash (2025), Locked (2025), Popeye the Slayer Man (2025), Death of a Unicorn (2025), The Woman in the Yard (2025), Screamboat (2025), Wake Up (2023) and Drop (2025). Full details for these new movies and more you can find here .
Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2025
| Rank | Movie Title | Release Date | Opening | Total Gross |
| 1 | The Monkey (2025) | Feb 21, 2025 | $14,014,649 | $35,235,567 |
| 2 | Heart Eyes (2025) | Feb 07, 2025 | $8,305,156 | $30,269,000 |
| 3 | The Wolf Man (2025) | Jan 17, 2025 | $10,897,495 | $20,707,280 |
| 4 | Presence (2024) | Jan 24, 2025 | $3,328,004 | $6,900,045 |
| 5 | The Damned (2024) | Jan 03, 2025 | $769,721 | $1,342,796 |
| 6 | The Rule of Jenny Pen (2024) | Mar 07, 2025 | $263,000 | $390,368 |
| 7 | Peter Pans Neverland Nightmare (2025) | Jan 13, 2025 | $8,418 | $230,515 |
| 8 | Dark Nuns (2025) | Feb 07, 2025 | $54,923 | $103,433 |
| 9 | Unholy Song (2025) | Feb 28, 2025 | $20,345 | $27,022 |
Total Gross of All Movies $95,206,026
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Horror Movies of 2025 List (Continued)
1). The Monkey (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 7.1/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 19,572 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | Metascore: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Supernatural, Comedy
Plot / Synopsis: 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 the short story by Stephen King, produced by James Wan, and written and directed Osgood Perkins. In...
Directors: Osgood Perkins, Oz Perkins
Stars: Theo James, Osgood Perkins, Oz Perkins, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood
2). The Ugly Stepsister (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 6.97/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 166 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Satire, Body Horror
Plot / Synopsis: Follows Elvira as she battles against her gorgeous stepsister in a realm where beauty reigns supreme. She resorts to extreme measures to captivate the prince, amidst a ruthless competition for physical perfection...
Director: Emilie Blichfeldt
Stars: Lea Myren, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gårdinger, Ralph Carlsson
3). Heart Eyes (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 6.8/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 12,786 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | Metascore: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Comedy, Slasher, Romance, Valentine’s Slasher
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: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...
Director: Josh Ruben
Stars: Jordana Brewster, Olivia Holt, Devon Sawa, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado
4). Together (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 6.37/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 108 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | Metascore: 7.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Supernatural, Body Horror
Plot / Synopsis: A couple's move to the countryside triggers a supernatural incident that drastically alters their relationship, existence, and physical form...
Director: Michael Shanks
Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Damon Herriman, Sunny S. Walia, Jack Kenny
5). Ash (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.97/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Sci-Fi, Action
Plot / Synopsis: 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.On the mysterious planet of Ash, Riya (González) awakens to find her crew slaughtered. When a man named Brion (Paul) arrives to rescue her, an ordeal of psychological...
Director: Flying Lotus
Stars: Eiza González, Aaron Paul, Iko Uwais, Kate Elliott, Beulah Koale
6). Drop (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.74/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13
Blumhouse
Plot / Synopsis: A widowed mother on her first date in years, who arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.Tagline: Everyone's a suspect.From...
Director: Christopher Landon
Stars: Brandon Sklenar, Meghann Fahy, Violett Beane, Ed Weeks, Travis Nelson
7). When It Rains in LA (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.74/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,008 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Following the story of an Eastern European girl who escapes the horror of losing her boyfriend in her own country for an LA vacation with friends, she faces the reckoning of the trauma she left behind....and the rain she unearthed coming here.Tagline: European woman meets her fate in the USA, when it rains in LA...
Director: David M. Parks
Stars: Eric Roberts, Mike Ferguson, Leslie Stratton, Monroe Cline, Felix Merback
8). The Devil and the Daylong Brothers (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.57/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 104 | MPAA Rating: R
Southern Gothic
Plot / Synopsis: Deep in the kudzu-choked backwaters of the American South, three brothers set out on a blood-soaked quest for revenge against their father, who sold their souls to the Devil before they were born...
Director: Brandon McCormick
Stars: Brendan Bradley, Nican Robinson, Jordon Bolden, Rainey Qualley, Keith Carradine
9). The Gorge (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.56/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 20,192 | MPAA Rating: PG-13
Action, Romance, Monsters
Plot / Synopsis: Two highly-trained operatives are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast and highly classified gorge, protecting the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks within. They bond from a distance while trying to stay vigilant in defending against an unseen enemy. When the cataclysmic threat to humanity is revealed to them, they must...
Director: Scott Derrickson
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Miles Teller, Sigourney Weaver, William Houston, Sope Dirisu
10). Borderline (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.51/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 895 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1/10 | Metascore: 6.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Psychological
Plot / Synopsis: A bodyguard protects a pop superstar and her athlete boyfriend from a determined stalker in 1990s Los Angeles.Tagline: You're cordially invited to a violently romantic comedy...
Director: Jimmy Warden
Stars: Samara Weaving, Eric Dane, Ray Nicholson, Jimmie Fails, Alba Baptista
11). A Knights War (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.46/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 122 | MPAA Rating: R
Demons, Fantasy, Medieval Fantasy
Plot / Synopsis: Bound by duty, the fearless knight Bhodie is sent to the fallen realm to reclaim the corrupted soul of the Chosen One. To gain entry, he makes a dangerous pact with the Gatekeeper, plunging into a hellish world crawling with witches, demons, and savage barbarians. As he battles his way closer to his goal, Bhodie uncovers a horrifying truth:...
Director: Matthew Ninaber
Stars: Jeremy Ninaber, Kristen Kaster, Matthew Ninaber, Kristen MacCulloch, Ariel Gerard
12). The Baby in the Basket (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.34/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 68 | MPAA Rating: R
Supernatural, Nunsploitation
What is The Baby in the Basket Streaming On?
The Baby in the Basket is Streaming on Tubi
Plot / Synopsis: It's 1942 and World War II rages on as the nuns of isolated Scottish monastery St. Augustine's prepare for an incoming storm front. During the night a baby in a basket is left on the doorstep and the sisters take it in to care for it. As the evening goes on, one nun, Sister Agnes soon suspects the child...
Directors: Andy Crane, Nathan Shepka
Stars: Amber Doig-Thorne, Michaela Longden, Elle O``Hara, Lisa Riesner, Maryam d``Abo
13). The Parenting (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.34/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 205 | MPAA Rating: R
Comedy, Haunted House
What is The Parenting Streaming On?
The Parenting is Streaming on HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis:A couple rents a countryside house for a weekend with their parents and then discover it's inhabited by a 400-year-old poltergeist.Tagline: Meeting the parents... it's a necessary evil.A hilariously terrifying comedy, THE PARENTING follows young couple Rohan and Josh as they plan a perfect weekend getaway in the country to introduce their parents. As tensions begin to flare...
Director: Craig Johnson
Stars: Nik Dodani, Brandon Flynn, Brian Cox, Edie Falco, Lisa Kudrow
14). The Wolf Man (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.23/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 21,910 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.1/10 | Metascore: 5.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $20,027,975
Werewolves, Blumhouse
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: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. But as the night stretches on, the man begins to behave strangely.Leigh Whannell brings a dark new twist to one of Universal’s most iconic monsters inWOLF MAN, available to own or rent on...
Director: Leigh Whannell
Stars: Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott
15). Peter Pans Neverland Nightmare (2025) (full poster/trailer)
Score: 5.2/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,091 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.0/10 | Metascore: 5.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $230,515
Slasher, Serial Killer, Kidnapping, B-Horror
Plot / Synopsis: Wendy Darling strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from 'the clutches of the evil Peter Pan.' Along the way she meets Tinkerbell, who will be seen taking heroin, believing that it's pixie dust.Tagline: He's every parents' worst nightmare.From Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios, the makers ofWinnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 1 & 2,comesPeter...
Director: Scott Chambers
Stars: Kierston Wareing, Chrissie Wunna, Nicholas Woodeson, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Martin Portlock
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