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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editTitle | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes | ||
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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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