2024 is here and the year promises to be full of surprises, new hopes and ambitions, as well as horror movies that will leave us fearful out of our minds! These upcoming horror movies in 2024 are sure to leave everyone at the edge of their seats while providing a different, fun flavour for everyone. 2024 is going to be the year for horror fans, where dark secrets and horrible monsters will try to take us for a spin, as the horror genre has done for years on end. These new horror movies, featuring celebrated directors, writers and actors, might just bring a new take to the genre and original stories to the big screen.
Night Swim
Release Date: January 05, 2024
Starring: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren
If supernatural horror films are your pick, especially ones which focus on haunted houses, this one’s going to be right up your alley, but with a twist! Here, the swimming pool of their new home is haunted by horrifying entities who are keen on taking the homeowners to its depths. It’s produced by James Wan.
Nosferatu
Release Date: December 25, 2024
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe
Robert Eggers’ horror film showcases a terrifying vampire taking a dangerous liking to a haunted young woman, resulting in a chilling tale of obsession and leaving pure terror in its wake. It’s a gothic tale of obsession!
Beetlejuice 2
Release Date: September 06, 2024
Starring: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe
Tim Burton directs this fantasy horror comedy film, and the plot of the sequel revolves around a ghost who is recruited to help haunt a house.
Alien: Romulus
Release Date: August 16, 2024
Starring: Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu
Fede Álvarez directs this science fiction horror film, which is a standalone instalment in the Alien franchise and takes place between the events of Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986).
A Quiet Place: Day One
Release Date: June 28, 2024
Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Denis O’Hare
This is a post-apocalyptic horror film from Pig director Michael Sarnoski and writers Sarnoski & John Krasinski that will play as a spin-off prequel to the other movies in the A Quiet Place series. By the title alone, it will focus on the day on which the alien species first came to Earth.
Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Release Date: February 14, 2024
Starring: Scott Chambers, Ryan Oliva, Eddy MacKenzie, Lewis Santer, Marcus Massey, Simon Callow
This British independent slasher film will likely continue the story from the first film, although the original cast is not returning.
Lisa Frankenstein
Release Date: February 09, 2024
Starring: Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry, Joe Chrest, Carla Gugino
Writer Diablo Cody brings a horror comedy movie to us where a goth girl reanimates a handsome Victorian-era man and promptly goes on a murder spree to find themselves and a few missing body parts.
Terrifier 3
Release Date: October 25, 2024
Starring: Lauren LaVera, Elliott Fullam, Samantha Scaffidi, David Howard Thornton
The unsuspecting residents of Miles County face Art the Clown once more on Christmas Eve.
Imaginary
Release Date: March 08, 2024
Starring: DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Veronica Falcón, Betty Buckley
Writer-director Jeff Wadlow brings the innocent imaginary friends from childhood to sinister reality as Jessica realises that her childhood stuffed teddy bear, Chauncey, has grown attached to her step-daughter, and their bond is anything but innocent.
Smile 2
Release Date: October 18, 2024
Starring: Naomi Scott
Although there is no news on the plot of the movie, it might focus on Joel’s quest or can be a completely new storyline. Scott’s addition points to the latter.
The Strangers: Chapter 1
Release Date: May 17, 2024
Starring: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Rachel Shenton, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath
The three murderous masked killers are back to terrorise a couple who are forced to take refuge in an isolated Airbnb after their car breaks down on the road.
The Watchers
Release Date: June 07, 2024
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell
Produced by M. Night Shyamalan and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, the story follows a woman getting stranded in an expansive forest with three strangers who are then stalked by mysterious creatures.
The First Omen
Release Date: April 05, 2024
Starring: Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sônia Braga, Bill Nighy, Ralph Ineson
A woman sent to a church in Rome finds a secret plan to bring back the Antichrist to the Earth and must fight against oppressive powers to stop the horrifying reality from setting in.
Sunrise
Release Date: January 19, 2024
Starring: Guy Pearce, Alex Pettyfer
After losing his family at the hands of a demagogue, a man roams the Earth as a creature of the night to come to terms with it, with devastating consequences.
Saw XI
Release Date: September 27, 2024 (Expected)
Although no news about the plot is yet known, the movie will take place chronologically between Saw I and Saw II.
The Crow
Release Date: September 26, 2024 (Expected)
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston
Serving as a reboot of The Crow franchise, where murdered musician Eric Draven tries to avenge the deaths of his fiance and himself after he is resurrected.
Trap
Release Date: August 02, 2024
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Saleka Shyamalan
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, this psychological thriller film’s plot details are a little blurry at the moment, but it’s supposed to take place at a concert.
Immaculate
Release Date: April 25, 2024
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, Dora Romano, Giorgio Colangeli, Simona Tabasco
Cecelia’s new house in an idyllic Italian countryside turns out to be a nightmare when she starts a new job at a convent.
Hellboy: The Crooked Man
Release Date: June 20, 2024 (Expected)
Starring: Jack Kesy, Jefferson White, Adeline Rudolph
Hellboy meets a dangerous entity from his past as he gets stranded in the Apalacian and stumbles across a community of witches led by the Crooked Man.
Speak No Evil
Release Date: August 09, 2024
Starring: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy
In this Danish film, a dream vacation turns out to be a horrifying psychological nightmare for a couple.
Terminator: Skynet Rising
Release Date: TBD
Starring: Paulo Constantino, Rui Constantino, Miguel D. Dias
After the fall of Legion, the machines have been hard at work to get Skynet back online. Having discovered their plans, the Resistance must do whatever is necessary to stop them before it’s too late.
Cuckoo
Release Date: September 26, 2024
Starring: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick
A family gets into a shockingly haunting situation when they all move to a resort.
Crawlers
Release Date: October 10, 2024
Starring: Richard Ryan, Steve Silverie, Mateo de Lima, Luis de Lima, Anniette Sharai Calderon
A zombie apocalypse destroys the United States in 2030, forcing survivors to move to Mexico, which is expected to be the only zombie-free area.
I Saw the TV Glow
Release Date: January 18, 2024
Starring: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Amber Benson, Fred Durst, Danielle Deadwyler
Reality begins to blur for two teens whose favourite television show gets cancelled.
Horrorscope
Release Date: May 10, 2024 (Expected)
Starring: Humberly González, Avantika, Jacob Batalon, Harriet Slater, Olwen Fouéré, James Swanton, Alana Boden
Directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg bring forth the story of a group of college friends who start dying in the exact same ways that are outlined in their latest horoscopes!
The Night of the Harvest
Release Date: May 07, 2024
Starring: Eleanor Bennett, Ariella Mossey, Kristin Macke, Ella Bennett, Brianna Hauser
Aubrey and her friends are hunted by a masked woman in white after they get trapped in a cornfield in this independent horror movie.
Cinderella’s Curse
Release Date: April 04, 2024
Starring: Kelly Rian Sanson, Chrissie Wunna, Lauren Budd, Natasha Tosini, Danielle Scott, Sam Barrett
If you love Cinderella and want a horrifying twist to it, this one’s going to be right up your alley!
Halloween: Season of the Boogeyman
Release Date: October 31, 2024
Starring: Michael White Jr., Justin Ray Harvey, Cheyanne Alexander, Clint Shelton
This Halloween, Michael Myers for another movie with gory kills and a wish for revenge.
The Wolf Man
Release Date: October 25, 2024
Starring: Christopher Abbott
Leigh Whannell directs this monster movie wherein a family is haunted by a dangerous predator.
MaXXXine
Release Date: TBD
Starring: Mia Goth, Michelle Monaghan, Elizabeth Debicki, Kevin Bacon, Lily Collins
After the events of the second movie, Maxine continues on her journey to be a movie star in 1980s Los Angeles in this Ti West feature.
Return to Silent Hill
Release Date: TBD
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson
This reboot, which is the third instalment in the Silent Hill film series and is based on the video game Silent Hill 2 by Konami, follows a man trying to find his soulmate and being led to the town called SIlent Hill, which has changed thanks to a malevolent force.
Witchboard
Release Date: TBD
Starring: Jamie Campbell Bower, Madison Iseman, Aaron Dominguez, Antonia Desplat, Charlie Tahan
Emily and her fiance, Christian, find themselves in peril after she finds an ancient pendulum board that was once used for summoning spirits. It catapults their lives into dangerous territories wherein they have to ward off ancient spirits and horrifying witches who are out to take her soul.
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