{"id":23836,"date":"2025-01-16T09:17:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=23836"},"modified":"2025-01-29T15:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T23:37:06","slug":"horror-movies-coming-out-in-2025-release-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/horror-movies-coming-out-in-2025-release-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Of The Most Exciting Horror Movies Coming Out In 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Horror movies have proven themselves big business year &#8217;round, and so it makes sense that 2025 is kicking off with a bang. The first big horror movie to kick off the year in scars is Leigh Whannell&#8217;s Wolf Man, dropping on January 17. It&#8217;s the start of what looks like one of the best and most incentives years in horror, with big horror franchises dropping new installments, reinventions of classic Universal monster movies, a few Stephen King adaptations, wacky A24 dark horror comedies, a Ryan Coogler-Michael B. Jordan joint, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are just a few of the most exciting horror movies hitting theaters in 2025, but we&#8217;ll be updating this list throughout the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wolf Man &#8211; Release Date: Friday, January 17<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Leigh Whannell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast:<\/strong> Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, Sam Jaeger, Matilda Firth, Benedict Hardie, Ben Prendergast, Milo Cawthorne, Beatriz Romilly, Zac Chandler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wolf Man | Official Trailer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kAw4PH2IQgo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heart Eyes &#8211; Release Date: Friday, February 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Josh Ruben<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: <\/strong>Devon Sawa, Jordana Brewster, Olivia Holt, Gigi Zumbado, Mason Gooding, Chris Parker, Latham Gaines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HEART EYES - Official Trailer (HD)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1cRzZcMlJh8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>Two co-workers are mistaken for a couple by a murderer in Seattle on Valentine&#8217;s Day. Forced to evade the killer, they navigate the city&#8217;s romantic landscape while working together to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Monkey &#8211; Release Date: Friday, February 21<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Osgood Perkins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: <\/strong>Osgood Perkins, Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Elijah Wood, Laura Mennell, Sarah Levy, Rohan Campbell, Colin O&#8217;Brien, Corin Clark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE MONKEY - Official Redband Teaser -  In Theaters February 21\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3jfTApWPX7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Based on the terrifying Stephen King short story, when twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Death of a Unicorn &#8211; Release Date: Friday, March 28<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Alex Scharfman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: <\/strong>Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, T\u00e9a Leoni, Jessica Hynes, Richard E. Grant, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani, Steve Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Death Of A Unicorn | Official Trailer HD | A24\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9cMIarrxLGs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Father-daughter duo Elliot and Riley accidentally hit a unicorn with their car and bring it to the wilderness retreat of a mega-wealthy pharmaceutical CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sinners &#8211; Release Date: Friday, April 18 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Ryan Coogler<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast:<\/strong> Michael B. Jordan, Jack O&#8217;Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Hailee Steinfeld, Omar Benson Miller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sinners | Official Trailer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKGxHflevuk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">28 Years Later &#8211; Release Date: Friday, June 20<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Danny Boyle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: <\/strong>Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer, Cillian Murphy, Jack O&#8217;Connell, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry, Edvin Ryding, Nathan Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"28 YEARS LATER \u2013 Official Trailer (HD)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mcvLKldPM08?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> It\u2019s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">M3GAN 2.0 &#8211; Release Date: Friday, June 27<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Gerard Johnstone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast:<\/strong> Allison Williams, Jermaine Clement, Violet McGraw, Jenna Davis, Amie Donald, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Ivanna Sakhno<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/m3gan-doll-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/m3gan-doll-980x633.jpg 980w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/m3gan-doll-480x310.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Plot under wraps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Conjuring: Last Rites &#8211; Friday, September 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Michael Chaves<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: <\/strong>Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/conjuring-last-rites-wraps-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/conjuring-last-rites-wraps-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/conjuring-last-rites-wraps-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bride! &#8211; Release Date: Friday, September 26<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast:<\/strong> Christian Bale, Jessie Buckley, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, Julianne Hough, John Magaro, Jeannie Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-bride-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-bride-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-bride-980x508.jpg 980w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-bride-480x249.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Black Phone 2 &#8211; Release Date: Friday, October 17<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Scott Derrickson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast:<\/strong> Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, Miguel Cazarez Mora<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-black-phone-2-605x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-black-phone-2-605x1024.jpg 605w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-black-phone-2-480x812.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 605px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Plot under wraps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Predator: Badlands &#8211; Release Date: Friday, November 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Dan Trachtenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast:<\/strong> Elle Fanning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM-1024x685.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM-1536x1028.png 1536w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM-500x335.png 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM-1080x723.png 1080w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM-1280x857.png 1280w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM-980x656.png 980w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM-480x321.png 480w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.13.26\u202fPM.png 1796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Plot under wraps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frankenstein &#8211; Release Date: TBD, Likely 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Guillermo del Toro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast:<\/strong> Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Ralph Ineson, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance, David Bradley, Burn Gorman, Lars Mikkelsen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/guillermo-del-toro-frankenstein-1024x669.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/guillermo-del-toro-frankenstein-1024x669.png 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/guillermo-del-toro-frankenstein-980x640.png 980w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/guillermo-del-toro-frankenstein-480x314.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>Dr. Pretorius tracks down Frankenstein&#8217;s monster, who is believed to have died in a fire forty years before, in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/\">Get tickets to all these movies and more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horror movies have proven themselves big business year &#8217;round, and so it makes sense that 2025 is kicking off with a bang. The first big horror movie to kick off the year in scars is Leigh Whannell&#8217;s Wolf Man, dropping on January 17. 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