Top 10 Best Horror Movies of 2025

Ryan Coogler's period vampire film in which Michael B. Jordan plays twin brothers. The two return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South to open a juke joint and run into occult horror. An artistic and commercial triumph with brilliant musical sequences.

Zach Cregger's follow-up to Barbarian. A structured horror mystery in which a whole class of children vanishes on the same night at exactly the same time. Julia Garner and Josh Brolin navigate shifting perspectives and terrifying revelations.

Guillermo del Toro's lavish gothic horror epic. Oscar Isaac plays Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi is the creature. Visually breathtaking, emotionally devastating and more alive than a film about dead tissue has any right to be.

Death returns after 14 years. A college student discovers that her grandmother once cheated death, which means her entire family is now on the list. Inventive Rube Goldberg death chains and a moving final appearance by Tony Todd as the ominous William Bludworth.

Danny and Michael Philippou's domestic nightmare. Sally Hawkins gives a deeply unsettling performance as a new foster mother. A brother and sister discover a terrifying ritual in their new home. Pure, devastating horror.

Stephen King's first-written novel finally adapted. A hundred young men take part in a grim contest in which slowing down means being shot. Francis Lawrence delivers dystopian horror with emotional depth, proving that 2025's horror films could offer social commentary too.

Dave Franco and Alison Brie move to the countryside, but a mysterious force begins to fuse their bodies and their relationship. Body horror meets couples therapy in a claustrophobic, emotionally sticky nightmare.

A weekend getaway derails when it turns out that one guest is an AI robot. Sophie Thatcher shines in this sci-fi survival thriller in which relationship tensions and violence merge into a claustrophobic nightmare.

The 'Heart Eyes Killer' hunts couples every Valentine's Day. Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding become the next targets and decide to fight back. Slasher meets rom-com in a bloody but funny mix proving that 2025's horror dared to embrace humor.

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland return to the Rage Virus. Survivors on an island off the British mainland discover that the infected on the mainland have evolved. A coming-of-age horror film that explores British identity with visceral urgency.