List of horror films of the 2020s

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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