Sophia Michaels
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 The Exorcist 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 throughout what’s left of 2023 and into 2024, with more to come that has 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:
Dark Harvest – October 13, 2023
David Slade’s adaptation of the 2006 award-winning horror novel, Dark Harvest, has been a mainstay on this upcoming horror movies list for years, previously finding previous release dates in 2021 and 2022. Finally, the MGM movie is set to be released, with it coming to Alamo Drafthouse Theaters on October 11 only and digital on Friday the 13th. Dark Harvest is about a cursed town that involves a pumpkin-headed creature named Sawtooth Jack that goes on a murderous rampage every fall. However, on one occasion in 1963, a group of teen boys band together to slaughter the creature for good.
Five Nights At Freddy’s – October 27, 2023
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse are adapting the video game franchise Five Nights At Freddy’s into a 2023 movie coming to theaters and Peacock the week of Halloween. The movie will star Josh Hutcherson as a security guard who begins a regular night shift at a family entertainment center called Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza and soon discovers its four animatronic mascots kill anyone in sight after midnight.
Suitable Flesh – October 27, 2023
Another horror movie coming out just in time for Halloween 2023 is Suitable Flesh. The movie that stars Heather Graham is based on the H.P. Lovecraft short story “The Thing on the Doorstep.” The movie is about a psychiatrist (Graham) who becomes obsessed with helping a patient of hers dealing with extreme personality disorder. The movie is coming to theaters and VOD in October before becoming available to stream with a Shudder subscription in January.
It’s A Wonderful Knife – November 10, 2023
Ever wanted to see Christmas classic It’s A Wonderful Life as a slasher film? Well soon you can with It’s A Wonderful Knife. The movie stars Yellowjackets’ Jane Widdop as Winnie, a young woman who lives in a town that’s way too into Christmas. Following her best friend getting killed one year prior, Winnie makes a wish that comes true (much like the Jimmy Stewart character in the 1946 movie) and it leads her to experiencing a nightmare version of the town and with a major mystery to solve. The writer behind Freaky, Michael Kennedy, wrote the horror movie, which also stars Justin Long, Joel McHale and Jess McLeod. It’s a Wonderful Knife is set to hit theaters smack dab in between spooky season and Christmas time.
Thanksgiving – November 17, 2023
Over 15 years following Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse, it has inspired the premise of the upcoming slasher, Thanksgiving. It’s based on the fake trailer directed by Eli Roth that was part of Grindhouse about a serial killer who ventures to a small town in Massachusetts to create a Thanksgiving carving board out of the townspeople. The movie from TriStar Pictures is set to star Addison Rae, Patrick Dempsey, Jalen Thomas Brooks and Milo Manheim, among others.
Night Swim – January 5, 2024
Now to upcoming 2024 movies! Following the success of M3GAN in 2023 in January, Blumhouse and Atomic Monster have set up another scary movie for early next year with Night Swim. The thriller will be about a hidden terror in the depths of a backyard swimming pool. The movie is set to star 2023 Oscar nominee Kerry Condon along with Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Wyatt Russell.
Imaginary – February 2, 2024
Lionsgate and Blumhouse have teamed up to bring a movie called Imaginary to audiences in early 2024. Truth or Dare, Fantasy Island and The Curse of Bridge Hollow director Jeff Wadlow is helming the movie that is about a woman who returns to her childhood home to discover her imaginary friend was real all along, still there, left behind and quite unhappy about being abandoned by her.
Baghead – February 8, 2024
The Witcher’s Ciri actress Freya Allan is set to star in an upcoming horror movie called Baghead. “Baghead” refers to a shapeshifting witch who can manifest the dead and bring them back into the world of the living for a short time. Baghead is a figure that people seek out in order to get in touch with their loved ones, but little do they know the price they must pay to bring back the dead for a few short moments. Baghead will be Alberto Corredor’s feature film debut after he helmed a short film based on the same concept.
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 – February 2024
After one of the wildest concepts ever for a horror movie haunted 2023 with WInnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, Hollywood is going to honor us with a second helping with a sequel. After the $100,000 British slasher turned a profit with a 5.2 million box office haul another movie is well on the way and expected to come out around one year after the first installment. Per the writer/director to THR, in the second movie Pooh and his friends will be “leaving the 100 Acre Wood to take their fight to the quiet community of Ashdown!”
A Quiet Place: Day One – March 8, 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. After A Quiet Place Part II became a theatrical hit, amidst pandemic challenges, another Quiet Place movie is on the way in 2024. This movie will be a standaloneQuiet Place spinoff that is being 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 expected to come after this movie as well.
Immaculate – April 25, 2024
Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney is set to lead a horror movie called Immaculate, which will have her once again collaborating with Michael Mohan after starring in his 2021 movie, The Voyeurs.Immaculate will be about a devoutly religious woman fulfilling a new role in an Italian convent when she finds out her home has some “dark and horrifying secrets,” per Deadline.
Untitled Universal Monster Movie – April 19, 2024
Scream has been revitalized in the past few years with the help of filmmakers, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. After making the fifth and sixth Scream installments, they are helming an untitled Universal monster movie starring Scream star Melissa Barrera along with Kathryn Newton, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand and Angus Cloud. Plot details for the upcoming movie are being kept under the wraps right now, but given the release date we imagine we’ll find out sooner than later.
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 film.
Horrorscope – June 28, 2024
Horror fans can also look forward to Screen Gems’ Horrorscope next summer starring Spider-Man actor Jacob Batalon, Alana Boden, Adain Bradley and Avantika. The movie is about a group of college friends who get their horoscopes read and then begin dying off in ways that are connected to their readings. The movie is based on the 1992 novel by Nicholas Adams and serves as a feature film debut for writer/directors Anna Halberg and Spenser Cohen, per Deadline.
Trap – August 2, 2024
M. Night Shyamalan’s next feature after A Knock at the Cabin awaits with Trap. Per The Sixth Sense filmmaker, the movie is a “psychological thriller set at a concert,” according to Deadline. While other details are thin, the movie will be Shyamalan’s first collaboration with Warner Bros in some time after partnering with Universal on his last five movies.
Speak No Evil – August 9, 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 is already remaking the movie about a family’s weekend vacation gone terribly wrong. The upcoming movie will star Mackenzie Davis and James McAvoy and is being helmed by James Watkins.
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 next fall. 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.
Beetlejuice 2 – 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. We can’t wait to spend the next spooky season with this franchise!
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!
Untitled Jordan Peele Movie – December 25, 2024
Since the release of Get Out, Jordan Peele and the horror genre have become interwoven in really exciting ways. The filmmaker has followed up his Oscar-winning horror film with Us and Nope prior, and he has another movie with Universal dated for Christmas 2024, per Variety, but it doesn’t have a title or synopsis. We imagine it will be another exciting horror flick from the writer/director, but Peele is certainly one for surprises.
M3GAN 2.0 – January 17, 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.
The Exorcist: Deceiver – April 18, 2025
The Exorcist franchise was just rebooted by Halloween’s David Gordon Green to mixed results. The Exorcist: Believer opened to No. 1 at the box office to lower-than-expected numbers and primarily negative reviews from critics. While plans may in fact change following the reaction to Believer, a sequel from Universal called The Exorcist: Deceiver has already been added to the calendar for spring 2025.
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.
- All My Friends Are Dead
- Cuckoo
- Dust
- Hell Of A Summer
- House of Spoils
- I Saw The TV Glow
- Longlegs
- MaXXXine
- Never Let Go
- Nightbitch
- Nosferatu
- Return to Silent Hill
- Salem’s Lot
- Terrifier 3
- Time Cut
- The Deliverance
- The First Omen
- The Last Train To New York
- The Strangers
- They Listen
- True Haunting
- Your Monster
- Witchboard
So many horror movies to be excited for in 2023 and beyond! We’ll let you know about more 2023 movie release schedule and 2024 movies, along with news and updates on these coming titles.
