Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s new film,28 Years Later, has quickly become one of the best horror movies of 2025.28 Years Lateris a thrilling moviepacked with zombies and plenty of spectacular visuals, gory action, and top-tier performances. One can only imagine how any other filmmaker could top it in 2025. Thankfully, they don’t have to.
Although the year is half over, there are still plenty of exciting horror movies scheduled for 2025 that could match up to28 Years Laterin theaters and on streaming platforms.Great horror filmmakers like Jordan Peele, Guillermo del Toro, Zach Cregger, Scott Derrickson, and Osgood Perkins have many more frightening projects in store for audiences later in the year.
From sequels to remakes to original stories,2025 has a variety of scary movies that could top28 Years Later.
Release Date: July 18, 2025
A sequel to Scott Derrickson’s hit horror film,Black Phone 2sees siblings Finney and Gwen haunted by the vengeful spirit of Ethan Hawke’s chilling villain, the Grabber, who kidnapped Finney years before. Based on the trailer,this upcoming movie will trade the first film’s kidnapping story for a supernatural slasherin the vein ofFriday the 13thandA Nightmare on Elm Street.
With Derrickson back as director and the fiendish Grabber hunting the heroes from beyond the grave in an eerie winter wonderland,Black Phone 2seems ready to unleash another thrilling and subversive horror experience.
7The Long Walk
Release Date: July 18, 2025
This adaptation of Stephen King’s dystopian novel centers on a group of boys as they compete in a contest where they must walk endlessly under threat of death until one person remains. ThoughThe Long Walkis one of King’s earliest works, a film based on it has been long overdue. Thefilm is fittingly helmed by long-timeHunger Gamesdirector Francis Lawrence.
The movie also features a strong cast featuring Mark Hamill and Judy Greer, as well as young stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Charlie Plummer, and Roman Griffin Davis. Additionally, the film has a script penned byStrange Darlingcreator JT Mollner, who received praise from King himself. Thus,The Long Walkpromises to be a terrifying and suspenseful competitionthat King fans should enjoy.
6Keeper
Release Date: July 07, 2025
After rising to the top of the indie horror scene with the hit filmsLonglegsandThe Monkey, director Osgood Perkins and NEON will deliver another movie later this year. Written by Nick Lepard,Keeperdepicts a man and woman on a romantic getaway to an isolated cabin.
However, when the man suddenly returns to the city, the woman is left alone to face a dark, supernatural presence in the cabin tied to its dark past.Longlegshas demonstrated that Perkins is a master at crafting psychological and supernatural horror, meaningKeeperhas the potential to be another scary success.
5Him
Release Date: June 03, 2025
Produced by modern horror icon Jordan Peele, director Justin Tipping’s new filmrevolves around a young football star as he trains with a veteran athlete, played by Marlon Wayans, to be the best at the game, sending him on a terrifying and dangerous pursuit of glory and success.
It’s an incredibly unique premise for a horror picture that should resonate with modern audiences, especially football fans. Looking atHim’s trailer, the film seemsready to unleash an intense social horror that satirizes the world of professional sports, tackling issues of toxic masculinity, athletes' health, and the corrupting nature of fame.
4Predator: Badlands
Release Date: August 17, 2025
Similar to28 Years Later,Predator: Badlandswill seemingly take a classic horror franchise to a whole new level with its cosmic story. Created byPreydirector Dan Trachtenberg, this new filmpresents an exiled Predator as a hero when it teams up with an android to hunt the biggest gameon its treacherous alien homeworld.
Thetrailer forPredator: Badlandsteases a suspenseful, vibrant, and action-packed sci-fi/horror blockbuster. With Trachtenberg back in the director’s chair, the upcoming installment has all the makings of a worthy follow-up to the game-changingPreyand another part of thePredatorfranchise’s modern resurgence.
3Frankenstein
Release Date: November 2025
After years of waiting, Netflix will finally release horror masterGuillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’sFrankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Jacob Elordi, and Christoph Waltz. It’s a classic tale of science gone wrong that has been told countless times in cinema in the past century.
However, del Toro has given an electrifying glimpse of his new horror epic. Boasting an all-star cast, a vibrant visual aesthetic, a faithful adaptation of the story, and Elordi’s terrifying monster,del Toro’s vision ofFrankensteinseems primed to become one of the best versions of Shelley’s book ever put to film.
2Together
Release Date: June 17, 2025
Written and directed by Michael Shanks,Togetherfollows a husband and wife (played by real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie) who move to a house in the countryside and encounter a mysterious force altering their bodies. This moviehas generated plenty of buzz following its debut at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Since then,Together’s marketing presents a terrifying blend of marital dysfunction and gruesome body horror, with the two leads on the brink of being fused by some cosmic terror. It’s an unusual and unsettling story thathas already been dubbed the best horror film of 2025.
1Weapons
Release Date: June 18, 2025
After shocking audiences with the hit filmBarbarian, writer-director Zach Cregger has returned with a mysterious horror epic,Weapons. The moviedepicts the strange disappearance of all but one student in the same classafter walking out of their homes at the same time and into the night.
The trailers forWeaponsgive little away, hinting at a layered and terrifying mystery featuring a cast of notable stars, including Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Benedict Wong, and Alden Ehrenreich. While almost nothing is known about the film’s frightening story, that has only made Cregger’s new cinematic nightmare all the more tantalizing and could beat28 Years Lateras the best horror movie when the year ends.
