Horror fans can look forward to many a genre treat in the 2024 film year. In addition to shockers with completely new, wacky ideas, sequels to Alien, Smile and Silent Hill are also waiting for you
Slasher, psychological thrills or gore? The horror films of 2023 had it all. But once the first scare has faded, horror fans are already looking for the next shock of their lives, so we’ve put together a horror overview of the new year for you. The list is made up of:
16 horror films that already have a 2024 release date
28 horror films without a release date, but which are also scheduled for 2024
The 16 2024 releases of these horror films have already been confirmed
The horror year begins with an evil spirit in a swimming pool, hands over the reins to M. Night Shyamalan and his daughter (with one film each) and finally delivers sequels to franchises such as Alien, A Quiet Place and Terrifier. So no moviegoer need be bored in 2024.
Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives – cinema release: January 25, 2024
Night Swim – cinema release: February 8, 2024
Imaginary – cinema release: March 14, 2024
Dream Scenario – cinema release: March 21, 2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – March 28, 2024
Universal monster thriller – cinema release: April 18, 2024
Horrorscope – theatrical release: May 9, 2024
The Watchers – cinema release: June 6, 2024
A Quiet Place: Day One – cinema release: June 27, 2024
Trap – theatrical release: August 1, 2024
Speak No Evil – August 8, 2024
Alien: Romulus – theatrical release: August 15, 2024
Beetlejuice 2 – cinema release: September 5, 2024
Wolf Man – theatrical release: October 24, 2024
Smile 2 – theatrical release: October 17, 2024
Terrifier 3 – theatrical release: October 31, 2024
These 28 horror films are also aiming for a 2024 release
Not every horror film wants to commit to a specific release date just yet. But what has already been announced for 2024, aside from deadlines, is sure to make some people’s breath catch in their throat or their mouths water:
15 remakes, sequels, spin-offs and reinterpretations of existing horror franchises
Nosferatu – Robert Eggers remake of the silent film classic
The Last Train to New York – US remake of Train to Busan
Return to Silent Hill – Part 3 of the video game adaptation
They Follow – Sequel to David Robert Mitchell’s curse chase It Follows with Maika Monroe
The Conjuring 4: Last Rites – Mr. and Mrs. Warren are back on the hunt for demons
The First Omen – Prequel to The Omen with Bill Nighy
The Lost Boys – vampire revival of The Lost Boys
Salem’s Lot – remake of Stephen King’s vampire story
The Strangers: Chapter 1 – Trilogy prelude to the spin-off of The Strangers
Lisa Frankenstein – Horror romance with a corpse, inspired by Mary Shelley
Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 – new bloodbath in the Hundred Acre Wood
Saw XI – after the Saw X hype, the torture universe wants to follow up quickly
MaXXXine – Ti West’s conclusion to his X trilogy after Pearl
The Crow – new edition of the avenger The Crow with Bill Skarsgård
The Shaft 2 – sequel to Netflix’s vertical sci-fi horror hit
13 original horror films 2024 with hype potential and lots of stars
Polaris – Joaquin Phoenix meets the devil in Alaska as an ice photographer
Dust Bunny – 8-year-old persuades neighbor to hunt monsters under her bed, with Mads Mikkelsen
Twins – Gérard Depardieu and Lars Eidinger defend twins against evil as priests
Arcadian – Nicolas Cage fights for survival with two sons in a hut after the end of the world
The Life of Chuck – Mike Flanagan films Stephen King with Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill
Never Let Go – after years of haunting, a child of Halle Berry questions whether evil really exists in Alexandre Aja’s film
Cuckoo – Hunter Schafer fights for survival at a vacation resort
Azrael – Samara Weaving is to be ritually sacrificed to an ancient evil in a world where no one speaks
Sting – Spider horror taken to the extreme
They Listen – secret project by Chris Weitz with Katherine Waterston and John Cho
Whistle – a death whistle shows the whistler his future demise
Dust – Fear in a sandstorm with Sarah Paulson
The Home – Horror in an old people’s home with Pete Davidson
