After 2023proved to be a cracking twelvemonth for horror fans — thanks to movies likeScream VIandTalk to Me — 2024 is gearing up to be even right . Loaded with prequels , sequels , remakes , and Modern account , 2024 has a lot to offer repugnance lovers . There are even going to be lots of excellent “ horror - conterminous ” moving-picture show too , likeBeetlejuice 2andGodzilla x Kong : The New Empire . Though these movies are n’t technically revulsion films , they have a lot of elements that repugnance fan eff .
Whether you love psychological horror , supernatural horror , or sound honest-to-goodness - fashioned slasher flicks , 2024 is going to be an excellent twelvemonth for anyone who fuck a good chilling film . ascertain out the 10 most awaited horror movies of 2024 , from Orcinus orca buffoon to the retort of the Xenomorph , and more .
10. MaXXXine
Completing the X trilogy , MaXXXinewill pick up after the issue ofXandPearland focus on Maxine ’s journey to become an actress in 1980s Los Angeles . Mia Goth will reprise her role and she ’ll be joined in the cast by Lily Collins , Kevin Bacon , and Halsey , among others . The film ’s plot is being hold open to a great extent under wrap , but director Ti West gaveMen ’s Healtha little taste of what fan can expect .
“ MaXXXine — and I ’m not going to go into it too much , because the joy of these movies has been keeping them a hush-hush — is as different fromXasPearlis fromX. It ’s nothing likePearl , but it ’s a big , like , Oh shit , this is a different thing,”West told the issue . He also said that viewers do n’t needfully involve to watchXorPearlbefore watchingMaXXXine , saying : “ There ’s a couple of thing inMaXXXinethat ’s like , itmightbe a little better if you know certain things , but if you did n’t know them , you ’d figure it out , or the motion-picture show would eventually inform you on it . ”
9. Stream
From the team that brought youTerrifier 2comes a new low - budget , radical - gory , and implausibly interesting revulsion film calledStream . In the movie , a chemical group of strangers incur themselves trapped , fence by killers who are armed with a broad arsenal of weapons … all while being watched by a sadistic maniac .
Thanks toTerrifier 2‘s commercial-grade success , Streamwas able-bodied to put together an all - wiz shape of horror royalty , including Dee Wallace ( Cujo ) , Tony Todd ( Candyman ) , Danielle Harris ( Halloween ) , and Felissa Rose ( Sleepaway Camp ) , among many others . Be prepared for more low - budget antics , lots of gore , and some rattling carrying into action .
8. Imaginary
As we ’ve seen with the Annabelle picture , everyone make love a unholy toy . InImaginary , which is releasing in March , the demonic plaything is a teddy bear named Chauncey . In just one month , the drone rack up over 11 million opinion onYouTube , and a abbreviated teaser also test during the trailer forFive Night at Freddy ’s , which really help oneself work up up hype .
In the film , an “ imaginary champion ” ( who inhabits the teddy bear ) jump telling a little girl to do horrific thing . Once her female parent start to interpose , the entity uprise raging and unwrap its lawful shape . When speak toFangoria , director Jeff Wadlow tease a minuscule about what fans can look , say : “ There is so much more to show … but we ’re holding it back , letting you fill up in the blanks yourself … because nothing is scarier than your own imagination . ”
7. The Crow
InThe Crow , Eric and his fiancé ( Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs ) are beaten to demise by a bunch , but a mysterious crow resurrects Eric so he can enact retaliation against his murderers . The 2024 film will be a reimagining of the original 1994 movie where an on - set accident tragically kill the photographic film ’s lead , Brandon Lee .
Because of the two massive stars headlining the motion picture andThe Crow‘s lasting bequest as a cult classic , the indie film has start getting quite a flake of bombination — so much so that Lionsgate purchased it for eight figures . On top of holler it an “ anti - Marvel ” movie , producer Sam Pressman also say that he hopes to construct an entire universe aroundThe Crow , tellingDeadline , “ I think the movie is just hold out to shoot a line people off . Our partners want to approach it in a very 360 path , whether it be video game , an recreate serial , or a universe , but it ’s got this cosmic bequest that can spread out beyond a singular account . ”
6. Return to Silent Hill
It ’s been more than a decennium since the last Silent Hill film was released — it ’s also been over a decade since we had a proper Silent Hill video game – but 2024 seems to be the year that will change all that . On top of theSilent Hill 2remakeexpected to liberate for consoles this year , we ’re also getting a new film , Return to Silent Hill .
In the movie , a man get a letter of the alphabet from a long - fall back honey , urging him to take back to a town call Silent Hill . But as everyone who has roleplay the games knows , once he get , he discovers the township has devolve into a hellish incubus . While both previous Silent Hill film were totally panned by critic , they managed to turn a profit thanks to the plot ’s dedicated fan base . While the quality ofReturn to Silent Hillis still unidentified , the dealership ’s popularity has a caboodle of people eager to watch it .
5. A Quiet Place: Day One
A Quiet Placeis getting a standalone prequel in 2024 that will focus on the initial takeover by the unseeing aliens and the societal collapse that followed . The plat of the movie , which stars Djimon Hounsou and Lupita Nyong’0 , is being kept underground , though it has already received an official premiere date : June 28 .
John Krasinski is returning to the project as both a writer and producer , and some rumour say that both he and Emily Blunt make cameo appearance . Krasinski is also in early development forA Quiet Place : Part III , which will continue focus on the main storyline .
4. Nosferatu
On top ofThe Crow , Bill Skarsgård will also be starring in 2024 ’s adaptation of the lamia filmNosferatu . Joining him in the cast areThe Idol‘s Lily - Rose Depp , Willem Dafoe , and Nicholas Hoult , among others . Just like the original 1922 pic , the remake focuses on the freaky and haunting infatuation between a lamia and a young somebody .
The film ’s director , Robert Eggers , praised Skarsgård ’s performance as the lamia Count Orlok . Much like his take on Pennywise , Eggers says that Skarsgård was totally absorbed by his character on the set ofNosferatu . He toldEmpire : “ I ’ll say that Bill hassotransformed , I ’m dire that he might not get the credit that he merit because he ’s just … he ’s not there . ”
3. Terrifier 3
Art the Clown has had one hell of a ride at the box part . The character originally star in a segment in the anthology horror filmAll Hallows ’ Evein 2013 before getting his own photographic film , Terrifier , in 2016 . By that spot , Art had become famous among the indie revulsion crew , but it was n’t until the 2022 sequelTerrifier 2that he would become one of the with child gens in horror .
Terrifier 2quickly became a religious cult strike and make tons of promotional material simply by Holy Scripture of mouth . Before long , it was playing in theaters all over the earth and receive rave reviews from critic . Made on a budget of just $ 250,000,Terrifier 2ended up gross over $ 15 million — which by nature prompted another sequel to get the dark-green light .
In 2024 , graphics will return , this time terrorise Christmas . When speaking toDeadline , conductor Damien Leone also promised the third film will be even bloodier and gorier . “ Everything has to be take to the next grade , ” he said , “ and Part 3 is proceed to be no unlike . ” Leone also enounce that , like the first two pic , Terrifier 3will premiere without a rating .
2. The Strangers trilogy
In May , the Strangers are back again , this clip tormenting a young couple who are forced to spend the night in a privy cabin after their car breaks down . TitledThe Strangers : Chapter 1,some might think this is a prequel , but it ’s actually a reimagining of the franchise that will be recite in three chapter ( create a Strangers trilogy ) . It ’s also been report that all three film are go to release in 2024 , within just a few month of each other .
Director Renny Harlin toldSlashFilm : “ When my manufacturer , Courtney Solomon , transmit me the handwriting , and I opened it and I realized it was 280 page long , I was just wondering , What is going on ? And I read the whole thing in one sitting and was just blown away by it . ”
1. Alien: Romulus
On August 16 , everyone ’s favorite Xenomorph will be heading back to theaters withAlien : Romulus . The plot is being kept tightly under wrapper , but star Cailee Spaeny ( Priscilla ) revealed toVarietythat the pic is somewhat of a standalone sequel , and that it takes place betweenAlienandAliens . “ It ’s supposed to slot in between the first movie and the second movie , ” she told the publication . “ They brought the same squad fromAliens , the James Cameron film . The same people who build those xenomorphs actually issue forth on and work up ours . ”
Can the late installment becomeone of the good foreign movies ever ? Or will it fall compressed like 2017’sAlien : Covenant ? An article inThe Guardianput it best , say what many fans have been quietly expect for years : “ What do you do when a sci - fi enfranchisement has been poor to average for more than 30 years , yet everyone who has ever seen Ridley Scott ’s dark , yet exhilaratingAlienor its all - American , sex gland - swinging sequel , Aliens , is somehow still desperate for more ? ”
It seemsRomulushas answered this question by go back to the bedrock and placing the new film between the first two ( and most successful ) films in the franchise . That tactic worked forSaw X , so hopefully a return to chassis can save the Alien enfranchisement as well . disregardless , fans are highly excited , easily making it the most awaited repulsion movie of 2024 so far .
