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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
Untitled The Exorcist film Mike Flanagan United States [1][2]
TBA
10-31 Gigi Saul Guerrero United States [3]
16 States Fede Álvarez United States Zombie thriller[4]
Abraham's Boys Natasha Kermani United States Action horror[5]
Adrift Darren Aronofsky Jared Leto United States Supernatural horror thriller[6]
Arcane Corin Hardy United States Monster[7]
Bjorn of the Dead Elza Kephart Bruce Dickinson United States Horror comedy[8]
Blood Count Peter Ramsey United States Neo-noir vampire thriller[9]
Christine[broken anchor] Bryan Fuller United States Supernatural horror[10]
Untitled Chucky film Don Mancini Brad Dourif United States Slasher[11]
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[12]
Creep 3 Patrick Brice Mark Duplass United States Found footage psychological horror[13]
Dark Army Paul Feig United States Monster[14]
Dracul Andy Muschietti United States Horror[15]
Dracula Chloé Zhao United States Monster, sci-fi, western[16]
Elijah Alexandre Aja United States Horror thriller[17]
Frankenstein TBA United States Monster[18]
Hellsing TBA United States Action horror[19]
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[20]
Infidel Hany Abu-Assad United States Supernatural horror[21]
Little Monsters Josh Cooley United States Live-action animated hybrid, children's fantasy, monster[22]
Meet Jimmy David-Jan Bronsgeest United States Supernatural horror[23]
Memetic TBA United States Psychological horror[24]
Monster Mash Matt Stawski United States Monster, musical[25]
Most Evil Daniel Robbins United States Horror-thriller[26]
Mother Nature Jamie Lee Curtis United States Horror[27]
Night of the Comet TBA United States Sci-fi horror[28]
Open Wounds Ronald Krauss Jack Kilmer, Paris Jackson, Eric Roberts, Lambert Houston, Renata Notni, Richie Radichi, Jay Giannone United States Horror thriller[29]
Pumpkinhead TBA United States Horror[30]
Reunion Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett United States High school monster[31]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2 André Øvredal Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Natalie Ganzhorn, Dean Norris United States Supernatural horror[32]
Scream 7 Kevin Williamson Neve Campbell United States Slasher[33][34]
Shelter Bishal Dutta United States Apocalyptic horror[35]
Shhh Gustavo Cooper United States Horror thriller[36]
Sinkhole TBA United States Supernatural horror[37]
Spooked Peter Foott United States Horror comedy[38]
Stray Dogs TBA United States Animated horror-thriller[39]
The Blindings Alexis Jacknow United States Horror-thriller[40]
The Bride of Frankenstein TBA United States Monster[41][42]
The Culling David F. Sandberg United States Supernatural horror[43]
The Dark Half Alex Ross Perry United States Horror-thriller[44]
The Hill's Have Eyes for You Eli Craig United States Horror, rom-com[45]
The Invisible Woman Elizabeth Banks United States [46]
The Lost Boys Jonathan Entwistle Noah Jupe, Jaeden Martell United States Horror comedy[47]
The One Kevin Armento, Jaki Bradley Nicholas Hoult, Melissa Barrera, Lana Condor, Riley Keough United States [48][49][50]
The Season of Passage Mike Flanagan United States Sci-fi horror[51]
The Thing TBA United States Sci-fi, horror-thriller[52]
The Tommyknockers TBA United States [53]
The Troop E.L. Katz United States Horror[54]
The Unsound David F. Sandberg United States Psychological horror[55]
Throttle TBA United States [56]
Until Dawn David F. Sandberg Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Ji-young Yoo, Odessa A'zion, Maia Mitchell, Belmont Cameli, Peter Stormare United States [57]
Van Helsing Julius Avery United States Horror thriller[58]
Video Killed the Radio Star Brad Watson Harriet Cains, Luke Brandon Field United Kingdom [59]
Whisper Julian Terry United States [60]
Year 2 Steven C. Miller Frank Grillo, Katrina Law United States Horror-thriller[61]
Zombies vs. Gladiators Clive Barker United States Zombie horror[62]

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