Summary
2024 had some excellenthorrormovies, fromthe gripping Netflix thrillerDon’t Moveto the gory and violentTerrifier 3andthe intense body horror ofThe Substance. Each year, fans of slashers, body horror, and supernatural tales love finding out which upcoming releases they should check out. While some horror fans see every film from each subgenre, others prefer to stick to one type of scary flick.
2025 is shaping up to be a strong year for the horror genre, with Blumhouse putting out several movies and beloved filmmakers gearing up to screen their newest releases.
The Monkey (August 02, 2025)
Osgood Perkins wrote and directedThe Monkey, the adaptation of Stephen King’s 1980 short storythat will be released in February 2025. The story follows Bill and Hal (Theo James), twins who find a toy monkey that belonged to their father and might be more evil than they ever could have anticipated.Many of King’s short stories deserve adaptations, and this movie seems particularly compelling. For one thing, the premise works so well since evil dolls and other seemingly innocent childlike objects lend themselves particularly well to scary stories. For another, the cast includes talented actors such as Rohan Campbell, Elijah Wood, and Tatiana Maslany.
In an interview on theBloody Disgustingpodcast Boo Crew, Perkins shared what horror fans can expect fromThe Monkey. He said:
“It’s gonna feel more likeMiseryorCreepshoworGremlinsorAmerican Werewolf. It couldn’t be LESS likeLonglegs. To me, if you’re gonna make a movie about a toy monkey, you may be serious about it. But so much of King is funny and nostalgic feeling. So we tried to make a movie that felt a little bit more like something from the late ’80s – ’90s.”
Drop (July 06, 2025)
Christopher Landon’s upcoming horror movieDropseems fascinating since it follows the main characterViolet (Meghann Fahy) on a date that becomes one of the most terrifyingnights of her life. When an intruder sends drops to her phone and says they will kill her babysitter and children if she doesn’t listen, she has to think and act fast.
Landon has written and directed severalcampy and entertaining slasher movies likeFreakyandHappy Death Dayand its sequelHappy Death Day 2U, and it’s always exciting to see what he does next. Although the premise of each of his movies is solid,Drophas a particularly cool one that hasn’t been done before.
Final Destination: Bloodlines (May 16th, 2025)
Final Destination: Bloodlinesis finally coming out in spring 2025, and fans will get to see where this beloved horror franchise goes next.The past five movies have followed a similar formula: a main character has a freaky premonition that they and others are going to die, several other characters are involved in a brutal accident, and then Death chases anyone who survived.
There are no final details aboutFinal Destination 6, but several sources have said that the story will follow a young woman named Stefani whose grandma survived a tower accident.Hopefully the movie will feature a unique character and storyline. But either way, fans are excited to check it out.
M3GAN 2.0 (July 04, 2025)
How does M3GAN stack up against the manyother eerie horror movie dolls? The villain in the 2023 Blumhouse horror movieM3GANseems even smarter and more dangerous than some of the most iconic in the genre, from Annabelle to Chucky. Anearly look at the sequelM3GAN2.0shows thatM3GAN iseven scarier and more stylish than in the original movie.
In an interview withTime Magazine, Allison Williams, who plays Gemma, the woman who creates the M3GAN doll, talked about how terrifying the villain was on set. Williams said:
“Whether it was the animatronic puppet or Amie Donald in her hellish mask, every version [of M3gan] was so scary that it was not hard to inject fear into my performance.”
Not every horror movie indeed lends itself to a sequel easily, butit’s possible to picture an entireM3GANfranchise. There are so many avenues for these movies to take, from other characters getting the creepy doll to Gemma’s story continuing.
The Black Phone 2 (May 23, 2025)
The Black Phonewas released in 2021and told agripping and tragic story of kids living in an abusive homewho are terrified ofThe Grabber (Ethan Hawke), a strange figure who has been abducting neighborhood children. Similar to Stephen King’sItmovies,The Black Phonedoesn’t shy away from showing how brutal some childhoods can be.
Blumhouse is known for its fun horror releases and, given the popularity of the original film, it’s no wonder thatThe Black Phone 2is coming out in the fall of 2025. Fans are curious aboutwhat The Grabber will look likethis time around. One thing is for sure, he will be just as dangerous as he was. It’s easy to imagineThe Black Phone 2being just as successful as the first movie.
