Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's new film, , has quickly become one of the best horror movies of 2025. 28 Years Later is a thrilling movie packed with zombies and plenty of spectacular visuals, gory action, and top-tier performances. One can only imagine how any other filmmaker could top it in 2025. Thankfully, they don't have to.

Although the year is half over, there are still plenty of exciting horror movies scheduled for 2025 that could match up to 28 Years Later in theaters and on streaming platforms. Great horror filmmakers like Jordan Peele, Guillermo del Toro, Zach Cregger, Scott Derrickson, and Osgood Perkins have many more frightening projects in store for audiences later in the year.

From sequels to remakes to original stories, .

A sequel to Scott Derrickson's hit horror film, Black Phone 2 sees siblings Finney and Gwen haunted by the vengeful spirit of Ethan Hawke's chilling villain, the Grabber, who kidnapped Finney years before. Based on the trailer, in the vein of Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street.

With Derrickson back as director and the fiendish Grabber hunting the heroes from beyond the grave in an eerie winter wonderland, Black Phone 2 seems ready to unleash another thrilling and subversive horror experience.

This adaptation of Stephen King's dystopian novel centers on a group of boys as they compete in a contest where they must walk endlessly under threat of death until one person remains. Though The Long Walk is one of King's earliest works, a film based on it has been long overdue. The.

The movie also features a strong cast featuring Mark Hamill and Judy Greer, as well as young stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Charlie Plummer, and Roman Griffin Davis. Additionally, the film has a script penned by Strange Darling creator JT Mollner, who received praise from King himself. Thus, that King fans should enjoy.

After rising to the top of the indie horror scene with the hit films Longlegs and The Monkey, director Osgood Perkins and NEON will deliver another movie later this year. Written by Nick Lepard,.

However, when the man suddenly returns to the city, the woman is left alone to face a dark, supernatural presence in the cabin tied to its dark past. Longlegs has demonstrated that Perkins is a master at crafting psychological and supernatural horror, meaning Keeper has the potential to be another scary success.

Produced by modern horror icon Jordan Peele, director Justin Tipping's new film , played by Marlon Wayans, to be the best at the game, sending him on a terrifying and dangerous pursuit of glory and success.

It's an incredibly unique premise for a horror picture that should resonate with modern audiences, especially football fans. Looking at Him's trailer, the film seems , tackling issues of toxic masculinity, athletes' health, and the corrupting nature of fame.

Similar to 28 Years Later, Predator: Badlands will seemingly take a classic horror franchise to a whole new level with its cosmic story. Created by Prey director Dan Trachtenberg, this new film on its treacherous alien homeworld.

The trailer for Predator: Badlands teases a suspenseful, vibrant, and action-packed sci-fi/horror blockbuster. With Trachtenberg back in the director's chair, the upcoming installment has all the makings of a worthy follow-up to the game-changing Prey and another part of the Predator franchise's modern resurgence.

After years of waiting, Netflix will finally release horror master Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Jacob Elordi, and Christoph Waltz. It's a classic tale of science gone wrong that has been told countless times in cinema in the past century.

However, del Toro has given an electrifying glimpse of his new horror epic. Boasting an all-star cast, a vibrant visual aesthetic, a faithful adaptation of the story, and Elordi's terrifying monster,

Written and directed by Michael Shanks, Together follows a husband and wife (played by real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie) who move to a house in the countryside and encounter a mysterious force altering their bodies. This movie

Since then, Together's marketing presents a terrifying blend of marital dysfunction and gruesome body horror, with the two leads on the brink of being fused by some cosmic terror. It's an unusual and unsettling story that

Release Date: August 8, 2025

After shocking audiences with the hit film Barbarian, writer-director Zach Cregger has returned with a mysterious horror epic, Weapons. The movie after walking out of their homes at the same time and into the night.

The trailers for Weapons give little away, hinting at a layered and terrifying mystery featuring a cast of notable stars, including Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Benedict Wong, and Alden Ehrenreich. While almost nothing is known about the film's frightening story, that has only made Cregger's new cinematic nightmare all the more tantalizing and could beatas the best horror movie when the year ends.