The Best Horror Movies of 2024 and 2025 Worth Watching

Ryan Coogler's most ambitious film. Twin brothers return to 1932 Mississippi to open a juke joint — and attract something ancient and ravenous. Michael B. Jordan plays both roles. The horror is original, the music is extraordinary, and the third act is unlike anything else in recent memory.

Robert Eggers' gothic masterwork. Bill Skarsgård as the most terrifying Count Orlok ever put on screen, Lily-Rose Depp as his obsession, Willem Dafoe as a delightfully eccentric occultist. Dark, sensual, and completely committed to its 1830s atmosphere.

Demi Moore injects a mysterious drug to create a 'better version' of herself — played by Margaret Qualley. Coralie Fargeat's Cannes Best Screenplay winner is satire, body horror, and spectacle all at once. Not for the faint-hearted. Nothing else looks like it.

An FBI agent (Maika Monroe) hunts a serial killer with an occult connection to his victims. Nicolas Cage as Longlegs is a genuinely original creation — barely recognisable, deeply disturbing. Osgood Perkins builds dread from atmosphere rather than jump scares.

A group of young colonists scavenge an abandoned space station and disturb something they shouldn't. Fede Álvarez strips the franchise back to pure survival horror, with production design that references Alien and Aliens in ways that never feel cheap. The best entry since the original.

Two Mormon missionaries visit a man's home and find themselves in a theological trap. Hugh Grant plays the villain with obvious relish — controlled, charming, and deeply unsettling. More intellectual than most horror, and all the better for it.

A prequel set in New York City on the day the alien creatures arrive. Michael Sarnoski (Pig) makes the franchise his own — this is quieter, sadder, and more personal than the main series. Lupita Nyong'o carries every scene.

Ti West's conclusion to his X trilogy. Mia Goth in 1980s Hollywood, chasing stardom while a killer follows her trail. Sleazier and more overtly entertaining than X or Pearl — a love letter to 80s slashers that's also sharply critical of them.

A pop star (Naomi Scott) becomes infected with the same demonic entity from the first film. Parker Finn improves on the original — bigger in scale, more emotionally grounded, and with a lead performance that genuinely carries the horror.

Art the Clown descends on a family at Christmas. Damien Leone's third film is the most extravagantly gory of the trilogy — not for everyone, but for fans of practical effects horror on a genuine budget, it delivers everything it promises.