2025 is wrapping up, but you haven’t seen all of this year’s top horror movies. We’re fixing that: here is our latest selection of the most intriguing horror films that have just been released.
Content
- Weapons
- Den stygge stesøsteren
- 28 Years Later
- Sinners
- Frankenstein
- Bring Her Back
- Alien: Earth
- Together
- The Monkey
- Haunted Hotel
Weapons
IMDb: 7.5/10
2025, Horror, Mystery
USA, R
Director: Zach Cregger
Top Cast: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich
This brand-new horror movie captivated even the most experienced viewers. An entire class of children vanishes at the same time on the same night. Only one child is left behind. Could this child be involved in the disappearance of others? Locals, school staff, and the police are all trying to figure out what, or who, is behind that. Trust us, you won’t solve this puzzle right away.
Den stygge stesøsteren
IMDb: 7.0/10
2025, Horror, Drama
Norwey, R
Director: Emilie Blichfeldt
Top Cast: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp
This is a dark, Scandinavian version of the Cinderella fairy tale. The narrative focuses on two stepsisters: Elvira is the eldest daughter, who is considered by the rigid society as hopeless and unmarriageable, and Agnes is conventionally beautiful younger one.
Their family was broken after a wealthy husband died. The only way out of poverty is to marry one of the girls to a prince who is holding a ball to find a bride. But just as in the old tale, the royal invitation is exclusive, reserved only for “beauties.”
Elvira has no chance to get a prince’s heart, but she must surpass Agnes, no matter the cost. The only way she found is to improve her appearance on her own. And you will see every detail of Elvira’s desperate transformation.
28 Years Later
IMDb: 6.6/10
2025, Horror, Thriller
UK, USA, R
Director: Danny Boyle
Top Cast: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O’Connell
28 years after the last outbreak of the rage virus people still exist. Great Britain remains under quarantine. But we see new heroes — a new generation of survivors. Twelve-year-old Spike lives in a small community on Lindisfarne Island with his father, Jamie, and his sick mother, Isla.
His mother suffers from an unknown illness, and their isolated community has no doctors. Trusting rumors about a mysterious doctor on the mainland, Spike sets off on a dangerous journey to find help for his dying mother. The problem is that over the past 28 years, the Rage Virus and the world around it have changed, and Spike is unprepared for what he finds.
Sinners
IMDb: 7.6/10
2025, Horror, Drama, Action
USA, R
Director: Ryan Coogler
Top Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell
The twin brothers, Elijah “Smoke” and Elias “Stack” Moore, have seen a lot. They are World War I veterans with criminal backgrounds. After committing many sins, they return to their hometown, Mississippi, hoping to start a new life. However, they are unlikely to succeed.
In their hometown, they encounter vampires. These vampires become true seductive demons for the brothers, using them to carry out their sinister goals.
Frankenstein
IMDb: 7.4/10
2025, Horror
USA, Mexico, R
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Top Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz
You will hear a lot about this new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel by Guillermo del Toro, because the filmmakers mounted a huge marketing campaign and assembled a truly all-star cast.
The film tells the story of Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac), who wants to conquer death itself, partly due to a personal trauma. This intense desire leads him to a frightening experiment: he creates life from dead flesh.
Initially, he sees this as his greatest success. However, frightened by the grotesqueness and unexpected strength of his Creation (Jacob Elordi), Victor disowns it, abandoning his “child” to a cruel world.
Bring Her Back
IMDb: 7.2/10
2025, Horror
Australia, R
Director: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
Top Cast: Billy Barratt, Sally Hawkins, Sora Wong
This thriller comes from the directors of Talk to Me. Two step-siblings are orphaned and placed in the care of a new foster mother. At first, Laura seems caring, but her behavior grows increasingly strange and manipulative.
She begins to favor Piper heavily, seeing her as a replacement for her own deceased and visually impaired daughter. Andy, who desperately tries to protect his sister, soon suspects that Laura’s hospitality is far from selfless.
Gradually, Andy realizes the truth: Laura isn’t just seeing his sister as her daughter; she is trying to involve her in a horrifying occult ritual to move the soul of the dead Katie into the living Piper’s body.
Alien: Earth
IMDb: 7.2/10
2025, Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller
USA, TV-MA
Director: Noah Hawley
Top Cast: Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Timothy Olyphant
This is another film set in the Alien universe, with the events taking place roughly two years before the 1979 movie.
The plot focuses on a team of tactical soldiers and a young hybrid girl named Wendy. Their deep-sea research vessel, the USCSS Maginot, crashes on Earth. This crash unleashes Xenomorphs into a populated area.
Unlike the other films in the franchise, Alien: Earth explores a wider view of a post-apocalyptic world. It’s not just a classic horror story about humanity encountering the unknown; the film also functions as a broad satire on a future society where life and death are nothing more than bargaining chips in the corporate world.
Together
IMDb: 7.0/10
2025, Horror
Australia, USA, R
Director: Michael Shanks
Top Cast: Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Damon Herriman
Tim (Dave Franco), a struggling 35-year-old indie musician, and Millie (Alison Brie), a teacher who supports their family, have been together for ten years. Their relationship is facing a crisis filled with resentment and unspoken issues.
The couple tries to save their relationship and change their surroundings by moving to a country house. While walking in the woods, they stumble into a creepy cave and drink water from a mysterious spring. This turned out to be a fatal mistake.
Soon after, Tim and Millie start feeling an irresistible physical pull toward each other. This is not romance; it is a literal, horrifying merging of flesh.
The Monkey
IMDb: 5.9/10
2025, Comedy, Horror
USA, R
Director: Osgood Perkins
Top Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Elijah Wood
This is another film adaptation of a Stephen King short story. Twin brothers Hal and Bill Shelburne discover an old cymbal-clapping toy monkey that belonged to their father.
As soon as the children wind up the toy, their friends and family begin dying mysterious and horrific deaths. To stop the killings, the brothers decide to seal up and hide the cursed toy, hoping it will never see the light again. But 20 years later, after the men have grown up and forgotten about it, the monkey returns.
Haunted Hotel
IMDb: 7.7/10
2025, Animation, Comedy, Horror
USA, TV-MA
Director: Matt Roller
Top Cast: Will Forte, Eliza Coupe, Skyler Gisondo, Jimmi Simpson
This is a comedy-horror movie about a group of friends who take a weekend trip to the luxurious but clearly abandoned “Grand Atlantic” Hotel in New Orleans. From the moment they arrive, the characters realize the hotel has a dark past. They later encounter ghosts and poltergeists there.
The evil spirits can only communicate with the living through jazz and blues songs. When the ghosts start haunting the group, they don’t just scare them; they sing and dance about their old traumas, the injustice they suffered, and their desire for revenge. The main characters are then forced to respond to the ghosts in kind.
