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List of horror films of the 2020s

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Horror films originally released in the 2020s include the following. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between horror and other genres (including, thriller, suspense, slasher, and sci-fi); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to horror, even if they bend genres.

List of horror films of the 2020s

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Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/notes
2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Nia DaCosta Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O'Connell, Emma Laird United Kingdom
United States		 Post-apocalyptic horror[1]
The Bride! Maggie Gyllenhaal Penelope Cruz, Christian Bale, Jessie Buckley, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening United States Sci-fi horror[2]
Evil Dead Burn Sébastien Vaniček Souheila Yacoub, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Tandi Wright United States Supernatural horror[3][4]
Untitled The Exorcist film Mike Flanagan TBA United States [5][6]
Scream 7 Kevin Williamson Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May, Celeste O'Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner, Mason Gooding, Anna Camp United States Slasher[7][8][9]
SOULM8TE Kate Dolan Lily Sullivan, David Rysdahl, Claudia Doumit United States Sci-fi horror thriller[10][11][12][13]
Werwulf Robert Eggers TBA United States [14][15]
TBA
10-31 Gigi Saul Guerrero United States [16]
16 States Fede Álvarez United States Zombie thriller[17]
Abraham's Boys Natasha Kermani United States Action horror[18]
Adrift Darren Aronofsky Jared Leto United States Supernatural horror thriller[19]
Arcane Corin Hardy United States Monster[20]
Bjorn of the Dead Elza Kephart Bruce Dickinson United States Horror comedy[21]
Blade TBA Mahershala Ali United States Superhero horror[22]
Blood Count Peter Ramsey United States Neo-noir vampire thriller[23]
Christine Bryan Fuller United States Supernatural horror[24]
Untitled Chucky film Don Mancini Brad Dourif United States Slasher[25]
A Corpse in Kensington Brian Patrick Butler Derrick Acosta, Michael Madsen, Ryan Bollman, Vinny Curran, Kimberly Weinberger, Savannah Porter, Sutheshna Mani, Alex Chernow United States Psychological horror[26]
Creep 3 Patrick Brice Mark Duplass United States Found footage psychological horror[27]
Dark Army Paul Feig United States Monster[28]
Dracul Andy Muschietti United States Horror[29]
Dracula Chloé Zhao United States Monster, sci-fi, western[30]
Elijah Alexandre Aja United States Horror thriller[31]
Frankenstein TBA United States Monster[32]
Hellsing TBA United States Action horror[33]
Howdy, Neighbor Allisyn Snyder Matthew Scott Montgomery, Grant Jordan, Debby Ryan, Alyson Stoner, Kevin Chamberlin, Tim Bagley, Shayne Topp, Damien Haas United States Horror-thriller[34]
Infidel Hany Abu-Assad United States Supernatural horror[35]
Little Monsters Josh Cooley United States Live-action animated hybrid, children's fantasy, monster[36]
Meet Jimmy David-Jan Bronsgeest United States Supernatural horror[37]
Memetic TBA United States Psychological horror[38]
Monster Mash Matt Stawski United States Monster, musical[39]
Most Evil Daniel Robbins United States Horror-thriller[40]
Mother Nature Jamie Lee Curtis United States Horror[41]
Night of the Comet TBA United States Sci-fi horror[42]
Open Wounds Ronald Krauss Jack Kilmer, Paris Jackson, Eric Roberts, Lambert Houston, Renata Notni, Richie Radichi, Jay Giannone United States Horror thriller[43]
Pumpkinhead TBA United States Horror[44]
Reunion Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett United States High school monster[45]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2 André Øvredal Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Natalie Ganzhorn, Dean Norris United States Supernatural horror[46]
Shelter Bishal Dutta United States Apocalyptic horror[47]
Shhh Gustavo Cooper United States Horror thriller[48]
Sinkhole TBA United States Supernatural horror[49]
Spooked Peter Foott United States Horror comedy[50]
Stray Dogs TBA United States Animated horror-thriller[51]
Terrifier 4 TBA United States Slasher[52]
The Backrooms Kane Parsons Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, Avan Jogia United States Sci-fi horror[53]
The Blindings Alexis Jacknow United States Horror-thriller[54]
The Bride of Frankenstein TBA United States Monster[55][56]
The Culling David F. Sandberg United States Supernatural horror[57]
The Dark Half Alex Ross Perry United States Horror-thriller[58]
The Hill's Have Eyes for You Eli Craig United States Horror, rom-com[59]
The Invisible Woman Elizabeth Banks United States [60]
The Lost Boys Jonathan Entwistle Noah Jupe, Jaeden Martell United States Horror comedy[61]
The One Kevin Armento, Jaki Bradley Nicholas Hoult, Melissa Barrera, Lana Condor, Riley Keough United States [62][63][64][65]
The Season of Passage Mike Flanagan United States Sci-fi horror[66]
The Thing TBA United States Sci-fi, horror-thriller[67]
The Tommyknockers TBA United States [68]
The Troop E.L. Katz United States Horror[69]
The Unsound David F. Sandberg United States Psychological horror[70]
Throttle TBA United States [71]
Van Helsing Julius Avery United States Horror thriller[72]
Vicious Bryan Bertino Dakota Fanning, Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Devyn Nekoda United States Slasher[73][74]
Video Killed the Radio Star Brad Watson Harriet Cains, Luke Brandon Field United Kingdom [75]
Whisper Julian Terry United States [76]
Year 2 Steven C. Miller Frank Grillo, Katrina Law United States Horror-thriller[77]
Zombies vs. Gladiators Clive Barker United States Zombie horror[78]

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