It won’t be long until we ring in the new year. Although 2024 is only halfway over, we can still get excited about what’s on the horizon for horror movies next year, and there are some big ones in development at the moment.
From originals to sequels, this upcoming year of The Snake is loaded with horror titles so we thought we’d give you a sampling of what to expect.
We’ve included a synopsis when there is one. A lot of times big movies keep their plots under wraps. Often they don’t have posters or stills because they are only in pre-production. As for the dates, we all know those can change, so just think of them as placeholders for now.
Wolf Man (Dir. Leigh Whannell) January 2025
“A man must protect himself and his family when they are being stalked, terrorized, and haunted by a deadly werewolf at night during a full moon.“
The Monkey (Dir. Oz Perkins) February 2025
“When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.“
M3GAN 2.0 (Dir. Gerard Johnstone) June 2025
Plot under wraps. Trivia:
“The project was announced on the 18th of January 2023, less than two weeks after the original’s very successful, both critically and commercially, release in cinemas.”
28 Years Later (Dir. Danny Boyle) June 2025
Plot under wraps, but here is more trivia:
Originally, the follow-up was set to be titled “28 Months Later”, continuing with the movie’s timeline-set title motif. However, after so much time had passed since we last returned to this world in 2007 (28 Weeks Later), it was deemed more appropriate to name the film ’28 Years Later.’”
I Know What You Did Last Summer (Dir. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson) July 2025
“A group of friends are terrorized by a stalker who knows about a gruesome incident from their past.”
Bonus trivia:
“It was reported in 2014 that director Mike Flanagan and writer Jeff Howard were developing a reboot of I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). In a 2016 episode of the “Shockwaves” podcast, Flanagan said the film would not having any connections to the 1973 novel nor the 1997 film, and the scope of the film necessitated an estimated budget of $15-20 million. This planned film eventually fell through, and instead a TV series reboot was released, I Know What You Did Last Summer (2021).”
Vicious (Dir, Bryan Bertino) August 2025
“A woman spends the night fighting for her existence as she slips down a rabbit hole contained inside a gift from a late-night visitor.“
The Conjuring: Last Rites (Dir. Michael Chaves) September 2025
No plot details at this time, but here is some trivia.
“Taissa Farmiga (Sister Irene) and Vera Farmiga (Lorraine Warren) are sisters in real life. They might be confused for being mother and daughter because of their age difference but they are siblings.”
Saw XI (Dir. Kevin Greutert) September 2025
The 11th installment of the “Saw” film series. Trivia:
“Third film in the series to not be released in October and the second film in the series to be released in September, the first was ‘Saw X’ (2023). It was released September 29, 2023. This film will be released on September 26, 2025.”
Hell House LLC: Lineage (Dir. Stephen Cognetti) October 2025
Hell House LLC: Lineage will “continue a deeper dive into the back stories of various characters within the franchise, while introducing new characters and storylines.” No further plot details are available at this time.
The Black Phone 2 (Dir. Scott Derrickson) October 2025
No plot details. But here is some more trivia:
“Ethan Hawke (The Grabber), Mason Thames (Finney), Madeleine McGraw (Gwen Blake), Miguel Mora (Robin Arellano) and Jeremy Davies (Terrence Blake) will all reprise their roles from ‘The Black Phone’ (2021).”
Stanley (Dir. Scott Sloan) TBD December 2025
“An aspiring filmmaker holds a young man hostage so he can complete his masterpiece.“
Dracula: A Love Tale (Dir. Luc Besson) TBD 2025
“After his wife dies, a 15th century prince renounces God and becomes a vampire. Centuries later in 19th century London, he sees a woman resembling his late wife and pursues her, sealing his own fate.“
Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro) TBD 2025
“Dr. Pretorius tracks down Frankenstein’s monster, who is believed to have died in a fire forty years before, in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.“
Thread: An Insidious Tale (Dir. Jeremy Slater) TBD 2025
No plot details at this time, but here’s more trivia:
“In the paranormal world the term “thread”, also known as the “silver cord”, refers to the link that keeps the spiritual self-connected to the physical body during astral projection. In ancient mythology ‘thread’ also refers to the Three Fates who thread/weave your destiny.”
Final Destination Bloodlines (Dirs. Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein) TBD 2025
“A teenage girl inherits premonitions of a 1960s tower collapse from her late grandmother. She must confront Death to save her family’s bloodline, battling to stop her recurring nightmare visions from becoming reality.“
The Backrooms (Dir. Kane Parsons) TBD 2025
“A mystery series revolving around a plot to get inside a mysterious alternate dimension known as The Backrooms.”
Mickey Vs Winnie (MVW) Dir. Glenn Douglas Packard TBD 2025
MVW is a new slasher film that reimagines Mickey and Winnie as twisted, monstrous adversaries. The movie follows a group of friends who stumble upon these nightmarish characters in a cursed forest. While the plot sounds straightforward, it promises unexpected twists that horror fans will LOVE! More details to come.
‘Mickey Vs Winnie’ coming soon!
🆚MVW is a new slasher film that reimagines #Mickey and #Winnie as twisted, monstrous adversaries.
The movie follows a group of friends who stumble upon these nightmarish characters in a cursed forest. While the plot sounds… pic.twitter.com/xyGcjiTZuS
— iHorror.com (@iHorrorNews) July 10, 2024
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