The Fisherman and his mean hook are back in legacy sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer, but he’s hardly alone when it comes to horror releases. Keep your dance card wide open this weekend, because nine brand new ones have released at home and in theaters this week. It’s another packed week for […]
The Fisherman and his mean hook are back in legacy sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer, but he’s hardly alone when it comes to horror releases. Keep your dance card wide open this weekend, because nine brand new ones have released at home and in theaters this week. It’s another packed week for horror!
Here’s all the new horror that released from July 14 – July 18, 2025.
Well Go USA released South Korean exorcism horror movie Dark Nuns on Digital and Blu-ray/DVD this past Tuesday, July 15.
In Dark Nuns, “After learning that the priest cannot arrive in time to save a young boy possessed by a powerful evil spirit, two nuns take on the dangerous forbidden exorcism ritual themselves in direct violation of the Church’s sacred order—putting both their lives and their immortal souls in grave danger.”
Song Hye-Kyo, Jeon Yeo-Been, Lee Jin-Wook (“Squid Game”, “Sweet Home“), and Moon Woo-Jin star.
Dark Nuns is directed by Kwon Hyeok-Jae. The supernatural thriller is a spinoff to the 2015 horror film,The Priests, which also released on Digital and physical media, centered around “A young girl is possessed by one of the 12 manifestations of evil after a hit and run accident. Father Kim and a young rebellious seminarian conduct one last exorcism to free her from the demon’s powerful reach. They all must battle within their dark inner past in order to save themselves and the world around them.”
Taller, stronger, faster and now unrated, M3GAN 2.0is now available on Digital as of July 15.
Written and directed by M3GAN helmer Gerard Johnstone, the sequel is produced by James Wan‘s Atomic Monster and Jason Blum‘s Blumhouse.
When an autonomous android engineered to be the ultimate weapon threatens M3GAN’s beloved Cady, M3GAN convinces her creator, Gemma, to give her a glow-up that makes the original A.I. diva even deadlier. Armed with wild new upgrades and her same iconic attitude, M3GAN claps back against the wannabe techno-terror in a fierce faceoff to crown the baddest bot built for maximum mayhem.
Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Amie Donald, and Jenna Davis return to star, joined by Ivanna Sakhno, Aristotle Athari, Timm Sharp, and Jemaine Clement. Our review.
Four cosplaying best friends accidently unleash a zombie apocalypse in ZombieCON Vol. 1, now available on VOD.
In the film, “A group of cosplaying best friends must constantly battle closed-minded society just to do what they love – cosplay their favorite heroes. When a fated encounter triggers a zombie apocalypse in which all assholes are turned into zombies, the group must embody the heroes they revere, don their cosplay armor and collectable katanas, and traverse a zombie-infested Los Angeles to save their loved one.”
The film is directed by Kyle Valle (ZombieCON, “Class Act,” “Ass Lounge”), who co-wrote with stars Manny Luke and Erin Áine. Christian Casillas, Carlo Mendez (“Dexter: Original Sin,” “Parks and Recreation,” ), Punkie Johnson (Saturday Night Live), Nichole McAuley (The Nutty Professor, Beverly Hills Cop III), and Melissa Jane Rodriguez also star.
Out now in select theaters and VOD is the latest from Observance director Joseph Sims-Dennett: The Banished.
In The Banished, “After her brother mysteriously goes missing, Grace ventures into the dangerous wilderness to find him. As she uncovers the horrific truth of his disappearance, she is faced with a darkness which threatens to claim her as well.”
UK ex-pat and Australian transplant Sims-Dennett wrote and directed the film, which made its premiere last year at Beyond Fest under title Baal.
Meg Clarke, Leighton Cardno, Gautier Pavlovic-Hobba, Tony Hughes, and Diane Smith star in The Banished. Our review.
After failing to keep his wife’s dying wish, a man believes he’s being haunted for revenge in Bury Me When I’m Dead. The psychological horror thriller is now available on VOD in the US before releasing in the UK on July 28.
It marks the feature debut of writer-director Seabold Krebs.
The film follows “Henry as his life spirals out of control. When Catherine is diagnosed with brain cancer, they travel to her childhood home, where he promises to bury her in a remote forest. Meanwhile Henry’s been keeping a secret: their friend Rebecca is pregnant with his child. After Catherine’s sudden death, Henry breaks his promise and returns her body to the city under threat from her powerful father, Gary.
“The weight of Henry’s betrayal to Catherine and fear of her overbearing father pushes him to the edge. As his life quickly begins to unravel, a series of increasingly strange and devastating events lead him to believe that Catherine’s ghost is seeking vengeance. With danger lurking around every corner, Henry resorts to desperate measures to protect himself, Rebecca, and their unborn child.”
Devon Terrell (It’s What’s Inside), Charlotte Hope (“Game of Thrones”), Makenzie Leigh (Salem’s Lot), Mike Houston (“Orange Is the New Black”), Richard Bekins (Limitless), and Roxanne Hart (Highlander) star.
Japanese master of horror Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) is back with the new revenge thriller Cloud, and it’s now playing in theaters.
In the film, “Yoshii, an ambitious, yet directionless, young factory worker from Tokyo side hustles in the murky realm of black market reselling, cheating buyers and sellers alike. After swindling his way into loads of cash, he becomes slowly disconnected to humanity, moving out of the city, shunning his girlfriend, and hiring a devoted assistant.
“But after a series of mysterious, sinister incidents occur, he begins to suspect his former victims could be plotting the ultimate revenge.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. reprise their roles as Julie James and Ray Bronson in new legacy sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer, out now in theaters.
When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they’re forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer…and is hell-bent on revenge.
As one by one the friends are stalked by a killer, they discover this has happened before, and they turn to two survivors of the legendary Southport Massacre of 1997 for help.
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge) directs from a script she co-wrote with Sam Lansky, based on a story by Robinson and Leah McKendrick (M.F.A.). Madelyn Cline (“Outer Banks”), Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), Tyriq Withers (Him), and Sarah Pidgeon (“The Wilds”) lead the new cast. Our review.
Bella Thorne stars as a woman embarking on a violent vigilante quest in Saint Clare. The religious mystery-thriller is now available in select theaters and VOD.
In a small town, a solitary woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate ill intended people and get away with it, until her last kill sucks her down a rabbit hole riddled with corruption, trafficking and visions from the beyond.
Rebecca De Mornay (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle), Frank Whaley (Pulp Fiction), and Ryan Phillippe (I Know What You Did Last Summer) co-star. Bart Johnson (High School Musical), Joy Rovaris (“Beauty in Black”), Jan Luis Castellanos (“13 Reasons Why”), Dylan Flashner (The Card Counter), and Erica Dasher (“Jane by Design”) round out the cast.
Mitzi Peirone (Braid) directs from a script she co-wrote with Guinevere Turner (American Psycho), based on the 2021 novel Clare at Sixteen by Don Roff.
Irish horror film Wokenmarks feature debut of director Alan Friel (director of the 2017 short film Cake). It’s also now available on Digital.
The film is “set against a post-apocalyptic scenario in which the isle provides a safe haven from a pandemic that has decimated earth. The pic sees the protagonist Anna (Kellyman) wake up pregnant and unable to remember who her husband is. Nor does Anna recognize Helen and Peter who are supposedly helping her get her health back.
“Disbelief in what she is being told leads to a horrible revelation and Anna having to contend with existential issues brought on by man’s destruction of the planet.”
Erin Kellyman (Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Green Knight) stars alongside Maxine Peake (“Anne,” “Rules of the Game”) in the film, “set on a remote island in the North Sea.”
