List of horror films of the 2020s
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Horror films originally released in the 2020s include the following. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between horror and other genres (including, thriller, suspense, slasher, and sci-fi); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to horror, even if they bend genres.
List of horror films of the 2020s
Upcoming and proposed
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ||||||
| Insidious: Out of the Further | Jacob Chase | Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Lin Shaye | United States | Supernatural horror[1] | ||
| Resident Evil | Zach Cregger | Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis | United States, Germany | Horror film[2] | ||
| Ice Cream Man | Eli Roth | Ari Millen, Benjamin Byron Davis, Karen Cliche, Dylan Hawco, Sarah Abbott | United States | Horror film[3][4] | ||
| Other Mommy | Rob Savage | Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, Dichen Lachman, Sean Kaufman, Karen Allen | United States | Supernatural horror[5] | ||
| Werwulf | Robert Eggers | Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson | United States | Period gothic horror[6] | ||
| Clayface | James Watkins | Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, Max Minghella | United States | Body horror[7][8] | ||
| 2027 | ||||||
| Pendulum | Mark Heyman | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor, Jacki Weaver, Norman Reedus | United States | Mystery thriller horror[9] | ||
| Skeletons | JT Mollner | Brie Larson, Kyle Gallner, Willa Fitzgerald, Ione Skye, Keith Carradine, John Goodman | United States | Horror film[10] | ||
| A Quiet Place Part III | John Krasinski | Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Jack O'Connell, Katy O'Brian, Jason Clarke | United States | Sci-fi horror[11] | ||
| Monitor | Matt Black, Ryan Polly | Brittany O'Grady, Taz Skylar, Viveik Kalra, Ines Høysæter Asserson, Gunner Willis, Sara Alexander, Camila Bejarano Wahlgren | United States | Horror film[12] | ||
| The Exorcist: Martyrs | Mike Flanagan | Scarlett Johansson, Diane Lane, Jacobi Jupe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laurence Fishburne, Sasha Calle, John Leguizamo, Hamish Linklater, Carl Lumbly, John Gallagher Jr., Benjamin Pajak, Carla Gugino | United States | Supernatural horror[13][14] | ||
| The Revenge of La Llorona | Santiago Menghini | Monica Raymund, Jay Hernandez, Raymond Cruz, Edy Ganem | United States | Supernatural horror[15] | ||
| The Third Parent | David Michaels | Rob Lowe, Roselyn Sánchez, Crispin Glover | United States | Supernatural horror[16] | ||
| Paranormal Activity 8 | Ian Tuason | Chase Yi, Sonia Mena, Maya Da Costa | United States | Supernatural horror[17] | ||
| 2028 | ||||||
| Evil Dead Wrath | Francis Galluppi | Charlotte Hope, Jessica McNamee, Zach Gilford, Josh Helman, Ella Newton, Elizabeth Cullen, Ella Oliphant | United States | Supernatural horror[18] | ||
| Heart Eyes 2 | Josh Ruben | United States | Romantic comedy Slasher[19] | |||
| TBA | ||||||
| 10-31 | Gigi Saul Guerrero | United States | [20] | |||
| 16 States | Fede Álvarez | United States | Zombie thriller[21] | |||
| Film based on Abraham's Boys | Natasha Kermani | United States | Action horror[22] | |||
| Adaptation of "Adrift" | Darren Aronofsky | Jared Leto | United States | Supernatural horror thriller[23] | ||
| Arcane | Corin Hardy | United States | Monster[24] | |||
| Bjorn of the Dead | Elza Kephart | Bruce Dickinson | United States | Horror comedy[25] | ||
| Blood Count | Peter Ramsey | United States | Neo-noir vampire thriller[26] | |||
| Christine | Bryan Fuller | United States | Supernatural horror[27] | |||
| Untitled Chucky film | Don Mancini | Brad Dourif | United States | Slasher[28] | ||
| A Corpse in Kensington | Brian Patrick Butler | Derrick Acosta, Michael Madsen, Ryan Bollman, Vinny Curran, Kimberly Weinberger, Savannah Porter, Sutheshna Mani, Alex Chernow | United States | Psychological horror[29] | ||
| Creep 3 | Patrick Brice | Mark Duplass | United States | Found footage psychological horror[30] | ||
| Dark Army | Paul Feig | United States | Monster[31] | |||
| Adaptation of Dracul | Andy Muschietti | United States | Horror[32] | |||
| Dracula | Chloé Zhao | United States | Monster, sci-fi, western[33] | |||
| Elijah | Alexandre Aja | United States | Horror thriller[34] | |||
| Frankenstein | TBA | United States | Monster[35] | |||
| Hellsing | TBA | United States | Action horror[36] | |||
| Howdy, Neighbor | Allisyn Snyder | Matthew Scott Montgomery, Grant Jordan, Debby Ryan, Alyson Stoner, Kevin Chamberlin, Tim Bagley, Shayne Topp, Damien Haas | United States | Horror-thriller[37] | ||
| Adaptation of Infidel | Hany Abu-Assad | United States | Supernatural horror[38] | |||
| Little Monsters | Josh Cooley | United States | Live-action animated hybrid, children's fantasy, monster[39] | |||
| Meet Jimmy | David-Jan Bronsgeest | United States | Supernatural horror[40] | |||
| Memetic | TBA | United States | Psychological horror[41] | |||
| Monster Mash | Matt Stawski | United States | Monster, musical[42] | |||
| Most Evil | Daniel Robbins | United States | Horror-thriller[43] | |||
| Mother Nature | Jamie Lee Curtis | United States | Horror[44] | |||
| Night of the Comet | TBA | United States | Sci-fi horror[45] | |||
| Open Wounds | Ronald Krauss | Jack Kilmer, Paris Jackson, Eric Roberts, Lambert Houston, Renata Notni, Richie Radichi, Jay Giannone | United States | Horror thriller[46] | ||
| Pumpkinhead | TBA | United States | Horror[47] | |||
| Reunion | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | United States | High school monster[48] | |||
| Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2 | André Øvredal | Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Natalie Ganzhorn, Dean Norris | United States | Supernatural horror[49] | ||
| Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead | Steven LaMorte | United States | Horror comedy[50] | |||
| Shelter | Bishal Dutta | United States | Apocalyptic horror[51] | |||
| Shhh | Gustavo Cooper | United States | Horror thriller[52] | |||
| Sinkhole | TBA | United States | Supernatural horror[53] | |||
| Spooked | Peter Foott | United States | Horror comedy[54] | |||
| Adaptation of Stray Dogs | TBA | United States | CGI Animated horror-thriller[55] | |||
| Terrifier 4 | TBA | United States | Slasher[56] | |||
| The Blindings | Alexis Jacknow | United States | Horror-thriller[57] | |||
| The Bride of Frankenstein | TBA | United States | Monster[58][59] | |||
| The Culling | David F. Sandberg | United States | Supernatural horror[60] | |||
| The Dark Half | Alex Ross Perry | United States | Horror-thriller[61] | |||
| The Hill's Have Eyes for You | Eli Craig | United States | Horror, rom-com[62] | |||
| The Invisible Woman | Elizabeth Banks | United States | [63] | |||
| The Lost Boys | Jonathan Entwistle | Noah Jupe, Jaeden Martell | United States | Horror comedy[64] | ||
| The One | Kevin Armento, Jaki Bradley | Nicholas Hoult, Melissa Barrera, Lana Condor, Riley Keough | United States | [65][66][67][68] | ||
| Adaptation of The Season of Passage | Mike Flanagan | United States | Sci-fi horror[69] | |||
| The Thing | TBA | United States | Sci-fi, horror-thriller[70] | |||
| The Tommyknockers | TBA | United States | [71] | |||
| Adaptation of The Troop | E.L. Katz | United States | Horror[72] | |||
| Adaptation of The Unsound | David F. Sandberg | United States | Psychological horror[73] | |||
| Adaptation of Throttle | TBA | United States | [74] | |||
| Van Helsing | Julius Avery | United States | Horror thriller[75] | |||
| Video Killed the Radio Star | Brad Watson | Harriet Cains, Luke Brandon Field | United Kingdom | [76] | ||
| Whisper | Julian Terry | United States | [77] | |||
| Year 2 | Steven C. Miller | Frank Grillo, Katrina Law | United States | Horror-thriller[78] | ||
| Zombies vs. Gladiators | Clive Barker | United States | Zombie horror[79] | |||